Institutional ethics review procedures aim -- in principle -- to minimise harm and evaluate risks, providing an important space to consider the safety of participants and researchers. However, literature has questioned the effectiveness of the process, particularly for reviewing 'risky' topics in a risk-averse environment. This article reports the…

Children aged 3 years and 4 1/2 years old watched a puppet, struggling to achieve goals, who was helped by a 2nd puppet and violently hindered by a 3rd. The children then distributed wooden biscuits between the helper and hinderer. In Experiment 1, when distributing a small odd number of biscuits, 4 1/2-year-olds (N = 16) almost always gave more…

When he conducted the Stanford prison experiment, Philip G. Zimbardo wanted to know who would win--good people or an evil situation--when they were brought into direct confrontation. The situation won; humanity lost. Out the window went the moral upbringings of the young men involved in the experiment, as well as their middle-class civility. Power…

Based on Zimbardo's (1970) theory of deindividuation and Duval and Wicklund's (1972) theory of "objective self-awareness" it was predicted that self-awareness would lead to a decrease in transgressive behavior. (Editor)

This study attempts to clarify the nature of the situations which do or do not lead to discriminatory behavior towards women. An attempt was made to compare women, under identical stimulus conditions, with a group known to receive discriminatory treatment, e.g., hippies. Sex and social deviance was factorially combined in two experimental…

An evaluation was made of the methodology and findings presented in "Television and Antisocial Behavior. Field Experiments," by Stanley Milgram and R. Lance Shotland (New York: Academic Press, 1973). In the book, seven experiments were reported, all concerned with antisocial behavior toward a medical charity. Three episodes of Medical…

FAILURE OF A CLASSROOM EXPERIMENT IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION SCHEDULING BASED ON A CONTINGENCY CONTRACT BETWEEN TEACHER AND PUPIL WAS ATTRIBUTED TO LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EXPERIMENTERS, TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS (TEACHER ATTITUDES DID NOT CHANGE), AND LACK OF OPTIMUM CLASSROOM CONDITIONS. TO CORRECT THESE, A NEW UTILIZATION MANUAL…