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*95% of animals used for experiments are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act, the only act governing animal testing. Laws protecting animals need to include test animals used for experiments and these laws should be more strongly enforced. In order to minimize the number of animals used for testing and make sure they are not mistreated, the laws need to make it harder for researchers to use animals, making alternatives more appealing. Many people would agree that animal testing is morally…

Dr. Philip Zimbardo was an American psychologist who largely contributed to social psychology with his well-known study: the Stanford Prison Experiment. Zimbardo studied sociology, anthropology, and psychology throughout college and landed a job as a psychology professor. He then began studying cult behavior and mind control, which led to starting of the Stanford Prison experiment. The controversial study led to debates of ethical standards and negative psychological impacts on participants…

The experiment was conducted to test the effectiveness of one’s ability to balance and walk on a 2x4 platform that is approximately 332cm or 11ft long, while blindfolded. It is known that vision impairment is associated with poor balance. We predicted that the subjects that were blindfolded will have poor balance and will not be able to walk very far on the 2x4 platform. In this experiment we had a total of eight (8) test subjects. First we allowed 4 individuals to walk the 2x4 without a…

From the moment we are born we enter a society where it is the norm to conform and obey. From a very young age we learn that if we do not obey then we will suffer the consequences for these actions. People within society have a desire to be accepted and to belong; whether to a group or a family this social influence can change our thoughts, feeling and even our behaviour. So can we truly be an individual or are we pre-defined by a set of social boundaries? ‘Conformity is the jailer of freedom…

In Witt, J. K., & Proffitt, D. R. (2005), the experiments assess whether the influence of effort on distance perception is generally or functionally specific. In the first three experiments, the effort for throwing was manipulated by having half of the participants throw a heavy ball and the other half throw a light ball. It was found that effort for throwing influenced verbal reports of distance as well as perceptual distance - matching tasks, but, effort for throwing did not influence…

Egg Drop Experiment My Plan was a very simple but complicated task. My plan was to make one small triangular prism. I did this out of transparent tape (scotch tape), duct tape, and straws. First I made a small triangle that held the egg snug for maximum protection. Then I taped straws to every side of the triangle. But I tested it and it wasn’t enough off the roof of my house. So, what did I do? I reinforced the straws and made it into triple straws for more suspension. Before I dropped I was…

Bed bugs have similar engorgement characterizes as many other bugs when it comes to the sodium solution concentrations. When offered only water versus when a solution that contained phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), the later was what was found to be the situation where more engorgement occurred. It was expressed that mouthparts that bring about the acceptance of different concentrations of sodium chloride are receptors known as gustatory receptions. In the instances lower sodium was engorged…

The articles “Just Do What the Pilot Tells You” by Theodore Dalrymple and “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” by Erich Fromm both can be linked to the movie directed by Rob Reiner, A Few Good Men. The article by Dalrymple is about himself sitting on a plane with a woman when she expresses that she doesn’t obey authority. He gives her several examples of how she obeys authority blindly and that obedience is far from abnormal. The article by Erich Fromm tells us that mankind is…

In this class, we have studied why somebody does what they do. The study of psychology is to attempt to put those pieces together. This question asks what steps should we take to protect human subjects? When the study begins, what steps do you think they took to begin with? None. Although, presently we attempt to protect feelings and future issues. But how did we get to today, but not taking chances. Before, subjects were given LDS. The researchers knew that this drug was dangerous back then.…

into his experiment which to me is quite interesting and impressive. In this experiment, Zimbardo is wanting to prove that in certain situations, normal good people can turn into perpetrators of evil who commit such behaviors. He calls this, “The Stanford Prison experiment” in which normal individuals were assigned to prisoners and guards as a test of psychology of imprisonment. After having done this, Zimbardo became witness to an extreme number of high levels of unpredicted cruelty. Upon…