Ethics in learning

[kinglouie]

Hey guys, i've been following this forum all year and really enjoying the feedback and advice to come from it. I was wondering if someone could help me with a summary of the ethics in expreriments in regards to learning. Most people are fairly confident that this exams extended response will be a research methods and i've heard two examiners mention that their tip is that this question may involve one of the published researches on learning that are in the studying design. So i was wondering if anyone could give me a summary of ethics involved in experiements
- Little Ablert
- John Garcia and Robert A. Koelling (1966) one trial learning
- Thorndikes trial and error
- insight learning - Wolfgang Kőhler
- latent learning - Edward Tolman
- Bandura
- Pavlov's dog

Any advice and help on this would be great. Thanks

[nemolala]

I thought the ethical principles that were  breached occurred in Watson's experiment with Little Albert?

Whats there to talk about the rest?

[Anon123]

I thought the ethical principles that were  breached occurred in Watson's experiment with Little Albert?

Whats there to talk about the rest?

Yes.
BUT, in regards to most of the others, they may ask stuff about advantages/disadvantages/ethics with using animals in research.

[buzzwith]

Yes.
BUT, in regards to most of the others, they may ask stuff about advantages/disadvantages/ethics with using animals in research.

Why are animals sometimes used in reseach instead of humans? And what considerations should be taken?

[nemolala]

Are you asking us or thats an example of the kinds of questions expected?

[Zafaraaaa]

Why are animals sometimes used in reseach instead of humans? And what considerations should be taken?

I think it's because they're able to perform tasks which may be threatening or fatal to humans - and the fact that they aren't as much affected by extraneous variables like demand characteristics or expectations - and they can be used more efficiently for particular kinds of studies; E.g. it'd be much quicker to study lifespan stages of a mouse since it's life expectancy is much less than that of a human; so the study could be conducted more quickly

[buzzwith]

Are you asking us or thats an example of the kinds of questions expected?

Both. It was my questions and i did see that question in an exam paper so yeah

I think it's because they're able to perform tasks which may be threatening or fatal to humans - and the fact that they aren't as much affected by extraneous variables like demand characteristics or expectations - and they can be used more efficiently for particular kinds of studies; E.g. it'd be much quicker to study lifespan stages of a mouse since it's life expectancy is much less than that of a human; so the study could be conducted more quickly

Thankss,