The Experiment

The introduction to this experiment goes over the background knowledge and purpose of this entire experiment along with the ideas/theories and hypothesis as well. Starting off with the background knowledge, two scientists named Vandello and Bosson, made the assumption in their research Precarious Manhood that the whole concept of manhood is “hard won and easily lost.” This means that it is easy for the title of “manhood” to be revoked from men and close to impossible to gain it back fully and…

The Stanford prison experiment was an investigation of the mental impacts of turning into a detainee or jail monitor. The investigation was directed at Stanford University on August 14–20, 1971, by a group of analysts drove by brain science teacher Philip Zimbardo utilizing undergrads. It was subsidized by the U.S. Office of Naval Research and was important to both the U.S. Naval force and Marine Corps as an examination concerning the reasons for strife between military gatekeepers and detainees…

Medical Experiments During the Holocaust Around the time of the Holocaust, physicians and doctors started experimenting on the inmates at concentration camps. These experiments were done without the victim’s consent and sometimes without their knowledge. There were at least 30 different famous experiments done (Seheff, ReduceTheBurden.org). These experiments could result in death, mental distress, or permanent disability. Afterwards, some of the doctors were put on trial. The most well known…

doctors carried out at least thirty different experiments on prisoners (Tyson, "The Experiments"). They weren’t crazy scientists, rather they were actually well-learned doctors. They’re crimes to humanity were well planned and thought out. They tried to hide the evidence of what they had done, even years later their samples still remain. Nazi human experimentation, though not well known, was one of the most horrific parts of World War II. The experiments were centered in many concentration…

Differences between experiments and demonstrations: The goals of doing research in biochemistry and biotechnology, along with others, are to find the truth about natural and unnatural occurrences with the help of the laws of nature. It is very important to note that the goal of most research is to simply answer, “what is going on;” it is possible that this question may have one or more answers. In the case of an experiment, the scientist may not know the outcome of their experiments, although…

Using experiments to validate scientific findings has not always been the universal concept that it is today. During the Aristotelian era, experimentation was not considered necessary because many people believed Aristotle’s ideas were sound in logic and need not be proven any other way. However, beginning in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, experimentation became more important to philosophers such as Blaise Pascal, William Harvey, and Robert Hooke. These men had opinions of their own…

Mystery Black Powder: Living or Non-living? Based on the evidence provided I have to say that the mystery black powder is non-living. This is based upon the fact that we have no proof that it has any of the characteristics of a living thing. All living things have six characteristics, they all have cells, they all use energy, they all grow and develop, they all reproduce, they respond to their environment, and they all adapt to their environment. Based on these characteristics we cannot…

Milgram Experiment Introduction Many people question whether the Milgram experiment was ethical or not, and whether the experiment should had been allowed at all. But like most significant psychological discoveries, sometimes ethics could’ve been overseen in order to obtain great data. Because of Milgram experiment, psychologists today have a better understanding of group dynamics. Milgram’s experiment enabled better understanding of human obedience to an authority figure. Ethics that might have…

The Effects of Recall and Recognition in Different Experiments The purpose of this study was to determine recall and recognition amongst different types of people. The differentiation between these people included age, gender, timing, and many other characteristics that may or may not affect the memory of a person or persons. Recall is simply defined as bringing a thought or idea that has been learned previously back to the remembrance of a person. Recognition is being able to recognize what…

Aim: The BBC prison experiment was a study that tested the psychological effect of people being placed in an environment where there was inequality in terms of power, status and resources. As stated by Haslam and Reicher, they “were trying to investigate the factors (e.g., social identification, permeability, cognitive alternatives) that determine when people act as group members and how they respond to an unequal social system.” (Haslam and Reicher, 2008). Method: Fifteen men were chosen to…