1. Review the following websites: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Americans for Medical Progress. What are the guidelines to conduct research on animals ethically? What do you find to be the importance to the “Three R’s”? What are the alternatives to using animals for testing? Under what circumstances would these alternatives be able to replace animal testing with the current technology? Ensure to cite sources, relying on your textbook and scholarly sources for your response.
2. Read the Discussion Questions Psychology Internship case study, located in Topic 3 resources, then answer the following questions.
1. What is the ethical responsibility of the student intern?
2. Who would be at fault if the roommate found out?
3. What are your personal feelings about the situation and how will your personal feelings affect your actions in this situation?
4. How might the scenario be impacted if there was more than one student intern, and they were asked to work together.
5. How can a person’s morals and values, religious upbringing, ethical responsibilities, and safety create a complicated situation without an easy answer?
Select one “research disaster” from the list provided or a preapproved topic.
Topics Include:
• The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
• Thalidomide Experiments
• Death of Jesse Gelsinger
• The Stanford Experiment
• The Milgram Experiments
• The Monster Study
• The Aversion Project
In 500-750-words, address the following:
• Describe the disaster, including what occurred, when, and the demographic characteristics of those affected.
• Identify the consequences, including how the demographics of those involved placed them at risk.
• Due to these experiments or circumstances, explain the ethical/legal issues faced by both those in power and those subjected to the experiment.
• Describe what modern-day research ethics practices and/or procedures were informed by this event(s) (i.e., Informed Consent, The Belmont Report, and any specific core ethical principles or standards discussed in Chapter 4 of the course textbook). Describe how these modern-day ethical practices align with the standards of the American Psychological Association.
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