Examine the problems some sociologists may face when using different kinds of experiments in their research (20 Marks) To have control over variables and the environment they are researching‚ sociologists often use laboratory experiments in research. Lab experiments are used to test a hypothesis in a controlled environment‚ by altering an independent variable to see the dependant variable being tested changes. Positivists favour this method of research as it is a more scientific approach to research
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Altruism: A Field Experiment Kamille J. Bernabe Master in Psychology Polytechnic University of the Philippines Graduate School Advanced Social Psychology Abstract Everyday life is filled with small acts of altruism. While we may be all too familiar with altruism‚ social psychologists are interested in understanding why it occurs. What inspires these acts of kindness? What motivates people to risk their own lives to save a complete stranger? Altruism as defined as the concern
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Professor Philip Zimbardo‚ leader of the Stanford prison experiment considered three questions before initiating one of the most significant experiments to human phycology. He asked; ‘What happens when you put good people in an evil place? Does the situation outside of you come to control your behaviour? Or do the things inside you such as your attitudes‚ your values and your morality etc. allow you to rise above a negative environment? The experiment was intended to last two weeks‚ but was terminated
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your soul carefully‚ lest you forget the things your eyes saw‚ and lest these things depart your heart all the days of your life. And you shall make them known to your children‚ and to your children’s children.” Deuteronomy 4:9. (USHMM) Were the experiments that the Nazi’s conducted on the Jew’s beneficial or detrimental to the advancement of science? I think to understand the question we must understand the why‚ of the situation. For example Dr. Fritz Klein’s response to Dr. Ella Lingens-Reiner
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Milgram’s experiment in 1960 by social psychologist Dr. Stanely Milgram’s (1963‚ 1965) was a controversial experiment. He researched the effect of authority on obedience. I don’t think the scientific community overreacted to this experiment because it is unethical to reduce subjects to "twitching shuttering wrecks". Though the human mind is amazing strong we still do not know its breaking point. For interviewers to carry out the kind of experiment they did‚ they have to be willing to face the consequences
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Introduction Milgram Experiment Method 40 men were recruited for a lab experiment investigating “learning”. In exchange for their participation‚ each person was paid $4.50. After the WWII‚ Stanley Milgram a psychologist of Yale University posed a question‚ “Could it be that Eichmann and his million accomplices in the Holocaust were just following orders? Could we call them all accomplices? These men were introduced to another participant who were actually actors. These men were given role
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During World War II‚ a number of German physicians conducted painful and often deadly experiments on thousands of concentration camp prisoners without their consent. Doctors are looked at as the saviors of mankind‚ the healers‚ and caretakers of our utter existence. Even dating back to ancient civilizations‚ as they revered to doctors as having “special power” to protect life. The practice of medicine by the Nazi doctors is both outrageous and shocking‚ violating the trust placed upon them by humanity
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AIMS At the end of the experiment‚ students should be able to synthesise pure aspirin using chemical tests such as esterification and recrystallization independently and to also find out the melting point range of aspirin using melting point determination. INTRODUCTION Aspirin‚ which is also known as acetylsalicylic acid‚ is one of the commonly used and widely found in any drugstore or pharmacy. Its properties make aspirin a well-rounded drug that reduces inflammation and fever and also relieves
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ABSTRACT The study us experimenters re-conducted was based on Norman Triplett’s study of social facilitation and how social presence or encouragement improves an individual’s speed and consistency in their performance. The experiment was replicated in using several trials for accurate results and was split into two stages: a mental challenge and a physical challenge. The two male and two female participants ranged from ages 15 to 17 years old. For the mental challenge‚ each participant was pulled
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Air Pollution "Air pollution is a serious problem in many of the worlds large cities. Heavy concentrations of air pollutants‚ which are often in the form of smog‚ settle over a city‚ creating a health hazard for its people. Air pollution occurs when wastes dirty the air. People produce most of the wastes that cause air pollution. Such wastes are usually in the form of gases. These substances result chiefly from burning fuel to power motor vehicles and to heat buildings. Industrial processes
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