people's right to know on what he/she is being studied.

On the surface, the experiment looked legit and totally scientific. Two people were brought in at a time

and each would draw from a hat. One would be the teacher, one the learner. After going over exactly how the

"shock treatment" worked, the teacher went to his control panel and the learner was hooked up to electrodes.

The teacher would first read lists of paired words, then asked the learner to pair up the now separated words.

For each wrong answer, an increasing dose of electricity was given.

In reality, there was only one volunteer brought in at a t

wants to look like a cold-hearted killer. If they thought that their reactions were going to be examined, the

Although experiments like this provide valuable information, the question "was it ethical" is raised. To

ime. The learner was one of the scientists, and

answer this, we must examine the necessity of the means. Was there any other way to get this data? If we look

soldiers continued the horrible treatment of the people of Europe in concentration camps during WWII.

died. The results of the experiment helped researchers explain such things as why or how Nazi officers and

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Paul Brown, Hawthorne Effect, experiment ethical,
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