Step 1: Understand Your Assignment: It is to use information about evaluating ethics from the course textbook and the additional sources below to consider ethical concerns of the Harlow Monkey Studies. Think critically about the information in all of the sources. Then, in at least 2.5 pages and in your own words, clearly explain your answers to the prompts below.
1.Identify at least two ethical concerns of the Harlow Monkey Studies, and
a.Using critical thinking, clearly explain why these aspects of the study are indeed concerning, connecting the concern to psychology’s ethical guidelines. Identify concerns you determine are relevant and important.
b.For each concern identified, describe what could have been done instead to have made the situation ethical.
2.Also discuss the following:
b. Who, if anyone, should be held accountable for the potential long-term harm in this case, even if they were not aware of the consequences at the time? Explain your reasoning.
To Write the Paper
Read this: (attached) https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/obsonline/harlows-classic-studies-revealed-the-importance-of-maternal-contact.html
Watch this: https://youtu.be/OrNBEhzjg8I
Using APA Format to Give Credit to your Sources
Only 2 things are needed for APA format for this paper… 1. a Reference List & 2. In-Text Citations. 2 sources are attached
Citing Your Sources
Keep track of where you found each piece of information. Provide the cite (e.g., Myers & DeWall, 2019) for each piece of information in the text (i.e., the body) of your paper.
Writing the Paper 85 points
Q: Identifies at least two ethical concerns and describes why these aspects are concerning /70
Discusses at least two ethical concerns
Links each concern to an ethical guideline
Explains why ethically concerning
Explains what could have been done instead
Uses critical thinking
35 points for each of 2 well-explained ethical concerns (35 x 2 = 70)
Q: Who should be accountable for long term harm; why, why not?
/15
Writing & Grammar
15 points
General Writing
7 Thoughts are well organized, Complete sentences, Statements in paragraphs support main ideas, Good use of transitions
4 Lacking in two or more of the requirements for a 7
1 Multiple unclear/incomplete statements /7
Spelling/Grammar
4 No spelling or grammatical errors
2 3 – 5 spelling or grammatical errors
1 6 – 8 spelling or grammatical errors
0 9 or more spelling or grammatical errors /4
APA Format – give credit to sources
4 Paper contains in-text citations & reference list, Format matches that given student
1 Format for in-text citations or reference list contains multiple errors
0 In-text citations and reference list are missing OR follows another format than APA
/4
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