 Age of the students  Toying with their trust/understanding/e motions  Misleading the subjects (kids/adults)  Creates tense situations – conflict likely.

 Why they exist…..  Keep researchers honest  Make sure that people being studied are treated properly  They keep the subject respectable  They provide a guideline for sociologists

 American Sociological Association  Professional group that establishes rules for Sociological research  Guidelines focus on: ▪ Confidentiality ▪ Deception ▪ Informed Consent 

 Personal information of subjects must be kept private  Why?  Creates trust between subjects and researchers  People are more likely to be truthful if they can trust you  Lying negatively affects the results of the research  Sociologists need information that people consider personal and private (Medical info, etc…)

 Keeping information private creates problems for us  Researching illegal activity can put us in difficult situations  Notes with info on crimes or criminals can be requested by authorities  We must balance confidentiality w/ legal standards

 Sometimes researchers must hide the fact that they are conducting research  We may need to mislead people as to the true subject or focus of our research  When people know their behavior is being studied, they change their behavior  We accept the fact that we made need to use deception  Only when the positives outweigh the negatives

 In most cases subjects must agree to participate in studies  Research must be explained to the subjects  In almost all studies they give their consent by signing agreements/contracts  Why?  Provides researchers with legal protection  Also gives subject some control over their participation

 Take notes on Milgram’s experiment  Evaluate the ethics of the study  Was the research ethical? Why? Why not?  wk wk  /jul/tuskegee/ /jul/tuskegee/

 Stanford Prison study  qG0&feature=related qG0&feature=related  3:06