Code Of Ethics In Psychological Experiments

In science, there are limitations to what researchers can and cannot do during a study. In psychological experiments, there is a code of ethics designed to establish boundaries on how experiments can be performed. These ethics are designed based on society 's definition of what’s morally right and wrong. Essentially, they’re designed to prevent unfavorable treatment of the people involved in the experiment. On the contrary, these boundaries can be barriers to the discovery of life changing results of experiments. Therefore, do code of ethics allow the mistreatment of animals to prevent that of humans? While the potentially biased boundaries limiting behavior of researchers have positive intentions, they also allow for some disadvantages and inequality in the advancement of science.
When it comes to the limitations on experiments, I speculate if animals …show more content…
Although we may be able to assume the meaning of animals’ behavior, we cannot affirmatively interpret their expressions. As a result, I believe that animals’ ethical standards should be somewhat similar to the ethics governing the studies with substandard communicating skills humans, such as babies. Since I suspect that they are not, this causes me to wonder if psychologist are taking advantage of animals for the benefit of human society without any regard to the welfare of animals. If the tables were turned and animals were superior or somewhat equal to humans, such as in the movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes, maybe we would understand studies from their perspectives. While I love animals and value their lives, I still value my own and do not hesitate to eat animals. In return, I have no problem with animals eating humans. After all, we eat them for our survival so they do the same. It’s the circle of life. In contrast, strengthening ethics could in return weaken scientific