Pavlov had little regards to the human safety which was why Pavlov's experiment violated the ethical guideline.
Pavlov's research experiment did not take the children's safety, well-being and rights as a human being into consideration on how these children would be affected by the experiment. This ethical principle states that the psychologist seeks to have safeguards for the welfare, rights and safety of those who interact professionally and those who are participating in the experiment including animals.
One of the Ethical Violations in Ivan Pavlov's Experiment was the Principle A: Beneficence and Nonmaleficence (APA, 2015). Pavlov's Experiment with the children has shown some ethical violations that violated the children's rights according to the APA guidelines in place today. The American Psychological Association (APA) has created and place ethical guidelines that are for all professionals in the psychology field to follow that not only protect the professionals but also the individuals who participate in the experiments. This research proposal is designed to recreate the experiment that Pavlov did with children that were unethical by today’s standards. Over time whenever the lever was pressed the child would automatically start chewing whether there was a cookie present or not. When the level was pressed causing pressure to the child’s arm, a cookie was released out of the tube directly into the child’s mouth. In one of Pavlov’s experiment shown from Film Media Group (2010), Pavlov attached an instrument to the child’s arm and a tube above his mouth that dispense cookies when a lever was pressed. However, Pavlov also performed the same experiments with children using some of the same methods. Ivan Pavlov is known for his work in classical conditioning is most famous for his work salivating dogs. The American Psychological Association (APA) created ethical guidelines that now govern all professionals in the psychology field. Earlier research and experiments had little to no regard for human safety or ethics. Research and experimentation has changed tremendously over the decades. Running Head: ETHICS IN CONDITIONING RESEARCH 1Īmber Grey, Mary Oliver, Vanessa Rodriguez, & Debra Saunders