History of Ethics in Psychology

By jsturgis_1
  • 6500 BCE

    Trephination

    This was used for people that had abnormal behavior which was only curable with this tool. The medicine man would drill holes in the person skull to release the demons

  • Tuskee Syphilis Study

    Sharecroppers documented diseases in blacks and racial differences in the clinical manifestations of syphilis

  • B.F. Skinner Operant Conditioning circa

    Used electrical shocks on animals

  • Stanley Milgram- Obedience circa

    Applied electrical shocks to human participants