3 Psychological experiments that went too far

Scientific knowledge and its tactics, as we conceive them today, has evolved throughout history, but in this long road, based on experimentation, not everything has been successful even leading to true tragedies as happened in the following psychological experiments.

3 Psychological experiments that went too far

Little Albert

The first of these rugged experiments is the one that took It was conducted in 1920 and was directed by Dr. John B.Watson of Johns Hopkins University, which sought to certify the Classic Conditioning by which the behavior of a subject through “learning by association”.That said it does not sound bad at all but to prove this theory, Dr.Watson used a baby of only 11 months, who like any baby did not have prejudices with animals, which scared again and again with strong metal strokes at the same time that showed an animal until totally traumatize the child, that after the experiment, he suffered a phobia towards anything that had hair.

Landis' facial experiment

In 1924, Dr.Landis intended to put a "face" on feelings such as fear, joy, disgust, etc.To do this he gathered a group of people from different sexes and ages, among which an 11-year-old boy, and subjected them to different experiences with painted faces to make the gestures they made more evident and then photographed them for later comparison.Among these experiences the scientist wanted to try the murderous feeling for that I order you decapitate r a mouse, the majority refused but a third of the middle group under the pressure of the doctor, who to convince them came to explain how they should do it.

3 Psychological experiments that went too far

After this last experiment people needed psychological treatment.The experiment failed to establish any association between gesture and feeling, since each person feels and externalizes in a different way.What he did achieve was to demonstrate in which degree the “morbidity” is present in all people and the vulnerability against to coercion .

The study of the monster

This research was carried out at the University of Iowa by the renowned psychologist Wendell Johnson , specialist in language pathology, and his collaborator Marie Tudor, in 1939. Officially ng> intended to try some stuttering treatments and to that end they selected a total of 22 boys between 5 and 15 years all orphans, ten of which diagnosed as stutterers and the rest without disorders of the language.If they were not stutterers, why were they selected? Because unofficially the study actually sought to demonstrate an ancient belief according to which the origin of stuttering is in a rearing full of recriminations and ridicules infringed on children.And how could such hypothesis be demonstrated? Well, dividing the boys into several groups.The lucky ones who were in a positive group received a treatment based on rewarding, praising and reinforcing self-esteem, those who unfortunately were in a negative group were ridiculed, recriminated, etc.as and as the old theory was supposed.

The result was disastrous in only 5 months of treatment the boys of the "negative" group, both stuttering and not, showed anxiety, fear, isolation, anguish and frustration, severely resenting their school performance.

3 Psychological experiments that went too far

For all these torments the Supreme Court of Iowa in 2007 granted compensation of $ 925,000 for permanent damages caused both psychologically and emotionally.

Regarding the real objective of the experiment, it showed that the origin of the Stuttering does not lie in the ill-treatment suffered during childhood, but that these do cause a whole series of psychological disorders with a permanent character.

All this because until relatively recently there were no ethical limits in science since they were considered implicit.They weren't so much.What do you think?

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