In the Early Twenty-First Century,Serena Writes a Research Ethics Paper

question 16

Multiple Choice

In the early twenty-first century,Serena writes a research ethics paper about the legacy of Philip Zimbardo.She considers his work and reputation over the 40 years since the Stanford Prison Experiment (1971) and concludes he was

• A)an evil researcher whose credential should have been stripped,because no one should make an error such as he did.
• B)a good researcher who recognized his mistake,and continued to work for decades on understanding authority and abuse.
• C)a stubborn researcher who continued running prison experiments without oversight or IRB approval,despite the disapproval of his sociology peers.
• D)simply following the norms of the time,and ethical breaches such as the harm to subjects in this study could not become apparent until years later.

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Definitions:

Control

The power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events.

Congregationalist Puritans

Members of a group of English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices.

North America

A continent located in the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere, comprising countries like the USA, Canada, and Mexico.

Church of England

The primary state church in England, a Christian denomination that broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century under King Henry VIII.