Summary Of The Heist By Derren Brown
Derren Brown conducted a motivational seminar on his show The Heist to see if he could persuade 4 out of 13 businessmen and businesswoman to steal £100,000 without giving them any idea that it is an armed robbery. Also using a toy gun that they have received in the beginning to use on the actual experiment. This experiment was so astonishing but in my opinion, it was not an ethical experiment. When doing research on people, the researcher should protect their participants, develop trust with their participants, promote the integrity of research and guard against misconduct. At times it respected people rights and beliefs, but not most of the time. Also, there are 5 general principles that should also be conducted when doing a research experiment
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We do not know if the participants signed an informed consent form and they weren’t fully aware of what they were getting into. For instance, at the beginning of the seminar, they were tested by getting a bill at the dinner and without knowing and Derren was filming to see how they will react. That was a misleading act and lack of integrity among the experiment itself. They also did the Milgram obedience experiment, an experiment conducted by focusing on the conflict between “obedience to authority and personal conscience”. The person that was being tested on wasn’t really getting shocked his response was recorded through a CD. All the participants were told at the end to disclose the experiment details. which and only 50% of the participants went through the experiment because they were told do so. Hypothetically speaking, if the participants knew that his response was recorded then everyone would’ve gone right along. Lack of fidelity and responsibility was pointed out during the first test experiment where the participants had to steal something from the store. Derren and the security guards were aware that this was happening but the store clerks didn’t know what was going on and once he starts catching some in the act, they were being rude and also shocked that they saw men in suits stealing from the
We do not know if the participants signed an informed consent form and they weren’t fully aware of what they were getting into. For instance, at the beginning of the seminar, they were tested by getting a bill at the dinner and without knowing and Derren was filming to see how they will react. That was a misleading act and lack of integrity among the experiment itself. They also did the Milgram obedience experiment, an experiment conducted by focusing on the conflict between “obedience to authority and personal conscience”. The person that was being tested on wasn’t really getting shocked his response was recorded through a CD. All the participants were told at the end to disclose the experiment details. which and only 50% of the participants went through the experiment because they were told do so. Hypothetically speaking, if the participants knew that his response was recorded then everyone would’ve gone right along. Lack of fidelity and responsibility was pointed out during the first test experiment where the participants had to steal something from the store. Derren and the security guards were aware that this was happening but the store clerks didn’t know what was going on and once he starts catching some in the act, they were being rude and also shocked that they saw men in suits stealing from the