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Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Over 600 African American sharecroppers were studied to "document the disease in blacks, and racial differences in the clinical manifestations of syphilis."
They were denied access to both the information of their disease as well as the medication for it. -
B.F. Skinner - Operant Conditioning
Skinner uses electrical shocks on animals to condition al specific response to a conditioned stimulus. This drew little to no negative attention. -
Palace of Justice - Nuremberg, Germany: Nuremberg Code
A military tribunal is formed to create a set of ethical principles to guide future human research. -
APA Committee on Ethical Standards for Psychologists
The APA committee was establish with the intent of producing a set of professional standards that would provide members of the profession with a set of values and practical techniques for identifying and resolving moral problems. -
Stanley Milgram - Obedience
Milgram uses electric shocks on humans in an experiment designed to test the willingness to harm another human being against ones own moral beliefs simply for the sake of obedience to authority.
This garnered public outrage and demands for explanation.