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Assignment: Human subjects: How has research on human subjects changed?
1. Open and read the Current Code:
• APA's Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct - PDF (223 KB)
2. At the Library, research an academic article (i.e. peer-reviewed) of a scientific experiment with human subjects that would VIOLATE CURRENT APA ETHICAL STANDARDS
3. Briefly summarize your experiment in a post. Include a summary of the study itself (topic, method, results) as well as why you think this study is unethical
4. Now listen to the following podcast:
• Trust engineers - MP3 (30.5 MB)
and discuss whether or not Facebook was conducting unethical research, and how you personally feel as a potential research subject
5. Finally, be sure to respond to two other's posts throughout the week
Your post should:
• Explain why your experiment would be considered unethical by today's standards
• Maximum two pages
• Provide APA style reference (Author, Year Published, Title of Article, Journal Name)
• Use your own words (i.e. no quotes and do not plagiarize)
• Provide a 1-2 page summary of the study, what ethics code violation you believe occurred, as well as any valuable findings from the study, in addition to your response to the Facebook research
• Provide a research post and a minimum of two (2) posts to other students' posts. Ideally, 4 posts for full credit. Please see grading rubric in course outline.
• Threaded discussions are designed to enhance your critical thinking and research skills. Your posts should be dispersed throughout the week.