5 Controversial Psychology Experiments That Would Never Happen Today
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 Published On Sep 11, 2016

In the past, some psychological experiments were run in frightening and unethical ways. From using children to experimenting on unknowing subjects, these five experiments left people affected for the rest of their lives. Learn more about these fascinating ethics failures in a new episode of SciShow, hosted by Hank Green!
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Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/...
http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-a...

Little Albert
http://www.apa.org/monitor/2010/01/li...
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Watson/...

The Monster Study
http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.c...
http://www.uh.edu/ethicsinscience/Med...

The Milgram Experiment
https://www.und.edu/instruct/wstevens...

The Bystander Effect
http://www.wadsworth.com/psychology_d...
http://psycnet.apa.org/?&fa=main.doiL...

The Stanford Prison Experiment
http://www.prisonexp.org/
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/b...

Photos:
Wundt Research Group: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

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