Experiment

influential human subject psychological experiments. Many experimental standards today were put in place because of the surprising and inadvertent results. Both of these studies received strong reactions from the media and critics. Many questioned whether the experiments were taken to far and some even believe the studies were unethical. Many question if whether Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Study is considered an experiment. To be considered an experiment, the study must follow a strict process…

A true experiment, taking place in a natural setting to determine the causal relationship between two things, has many important factors to account for. The experiment administrator must first consider the independent and dependent variables, pre testing and post testing of subjects, and the split between experimental and control groups. These two groups must be equivalent, and the experimental group must be exposed to the treatment, or the independent variable. My true experiment to test…

that occurred in The Milgram Experiment, the Stanford Prison Experiment, and The Lottery because the certain conditions that these individuals endured in these harsh environments striped away their personal morals, and revealed the evil tendencies of human beings.…

involvement in the infamous Guatemala Syphilis experiment. It was an American research project aimed to test the capabilities of penicillin and how it could treat or affect an array of STDs. Guatemalans were intentionally infected with syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid without their knowledge or consent. The Guatemala Syphilis Experiment is considered one of the darker episodes in medical history, even by the context of the era. The Guatemala Syphilis Experiment was justifiable by no means. All…

The first of these experiments was concentrated on improving the survivability of the nazi military. These experiments were especially deadly. Most of the jewish prisoners either died or were horribly wounded in these experiments. Some of these experiments consisted of high altitude and hypothermia testing. Others contained ways to treat field injuries and other in field encounters.(shandler) The second stage of these evil and diabolical experiments was focused on the production of…

for better or worse. For example, why good people fail to perform good acts to save a life, or why war veterans can protect the country for so long and then use the skills learned to perform unlawful deeds. An experiment was conducted by Stanley Milgram using an electronic box. The experiment was not to test the person getting shocked but the person conducting the test. He wanted to figure out why a person would continue to inflict pain on another human being with no real motive, and how far the…

What I have found about this experiment is some really interesting ideas and other ways to the experiment. Some other people use Sodium or other words, for Sodium on the periodic table this chemical is called “Na” other people use that to make the Elephant Toothpaste. The call it Elephant Toothpaste because it’s supposed to look like toothpaste and since it's so big and it looks like toothpaste so the first thing people thought of was Elephant Toothpaste. Is that it was so deadly and that it…

. The purpose of this experiment was to examine the role of attention in the performance of a new motor skill (cup stacking), to determine whether the level of attentional focus on the task impacted performance of the skill. The cup stacking experiment was performed under three different conditions; focused attention, response dual task, and cognitive dual task. Condition one was performed by solely focusing on completion of the task, while condition two, required the participant to respond to…

happening around her in the real world at the time. One of the things being new scientific advancements and experiments that were going on at the time. These experiments really scared the people at the time, and caused them to be weary of science and the outcomes. Even though scientific advancements and experiments have come a long way since Shelley’s time, there are still some experiments that really scare the people and make them weary of science even today. However, science was a lot more…

the affect temperature has on the organism’s performance. For this lab, the organism experimented on is a water flea, called Daphnia Magna. All of this matters and is important to know about because it is key to understand the background of the experiment beforehand. This investigation relates to past research based on the…