Navigating Ethical Boundaries: Lessons from Controversial Psych Experiments

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Issues and ethics in psych (new class) Week 6 discussion: apa code of ethics Reflecting on the APA Code of Ethics, discuss one study from the "5 Psychological Experiments you Could not do Today" video and how it violated one APA Ethical Principle (look only at the General Principles and not at the specific codes under Sections.) Be sure to share examples and details to support your response.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3l1jgmYrY Week 6 journal: ethical obligations In thinking about the video "Mental Health Professional's Duty to Warn," summarize the Tarasoff vs Regents of the University of California case. You can also review the article "Revisiting Tarasoff" to help you with your answer. What ethical obligations do psychologists have based on this case? Be sure to mention at least two codes in your response.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbbUX195v-U&t=1s Week 6 quiz In thinking about the video "Explaining the Limits of Confidentiality to a Counseling Client," if the therapist did decide to break confidentiality, what ethical codes would have been violated, despite the therapist's explanation? Please discuss at least three ethical standards, codes, or principles that are being violated in the best interest of the client. After reading the "APA Code of Ethics," please select 3 standards (which have codes) and discuss why you think they are important and explain how they can be applied in psychology. Be sure to provide examples to support your statements.  Why is informed consent important in counseling and research? Based on the "Revision of Ethical Standard 3.04 of the 'Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct'" reading, summarize the changes to Standard 3.04. What "changed" in terms of this standard? Why did it change? Reading: https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/revision-standard-304.pdf Personality (new class) Week 5 discussion: humanistic theory According to Maslow's Humanistic perspective on personality, as people meet lower needs, they advance automatically to the next higher need. However, Maslow believed that it is possible to have esteem needs met and not reach the level of self-actualization. To be motivated by self-actualized needs and not reach the level of self-actualization. To be motivated by self-actualization needs, Maslow said, people must not only have their lower needs relatively well satisfied, but they must be free from psychopathology and...