As it happened, two-thirds of men and a quarter of women chose to shock themselves at least once
A perfect example of why informed consent is important^^
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The dilemma is less problematic if researchers can obtain informed consent from their participants prior to their participation.
Informed consent in research cases is SO important, if someone is consenting to certain situations you have a lot more leeway.
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In their quest to create realistic, engaging situations, social psychologists frequently face ethical dilemmas.
Yeah as stated in the "correlations and causality" video, causality says that A causes B, so it is common for researchers to want A to cause/not cause B so bad that they lose sight of what is morally right.
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But these projects have themselves proved to be controversial.
Controversial projects used to be super common back before IRB. Think of all the case studies where people had no idea they should be concerned for their safety or mental health.
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Cross-cultural researchers are sensitive to these issues, and as more and more cross-cultural research is conducted carefully, we will be able to determine which social psychological processes are universal and which are culture-bound
That made me happy to read. So many cultures have different standards and ideas on things so to try and put an umbrella over all of them to fit into 1 narrative would never work or be morally right.
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Can you see the problem with this conclusion?
Yes, it was not specific. As the chapter goes on to say, maybe one woman had fewer sexual partners. Not all the facts were presented or accounted for and that is the problem with the conclusion.
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Correlation Coefficient A statistical technique that assesses how well you can predict one variable from another—for example, how well you can predict people’s weight from their height
In the Ted Talk, "Why should we trust scientists" the speaker talks about how science is a judge and it judges based on evidence. Similar to how with correlation coefficients you need a statistical technique which will offer you evidence.
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If the goal is to describe what a particular group of people or type of behavior is like, the observational method is very helpful.
Before this class I did not know what the observational method was so it was nice to learn new methods for if I ever need it in the future in other labs or my own life and research.
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Genovese’s neighbors might have assumed that someone else had called the police
This is apparently super common. People love to assume someone else will help so the needy/person who needed help never ends up getting any help.
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Researchers observe something in their lives or the lives of others that they find curious and interesting
Similar to what was discussed in the "On Being Wrong" Ted Talk. People were interested in the concept of how we assume the kid getting C's in school is the lazy one.
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