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WorksheetsThe Five Controversial Studies
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
According to the guide, what was the main question the Little Albert Experiment aimed to answer?
Can intelligence be inherited?
Can fear be a learned emotion?
Can children be conditioned to love animals?
Can memory be improved with training?
Who led the Little Albert Experiment in 1920?
John B. Watson
B.F. Skinner
Sigmund Freud
Ivan Pavlov
In the Little Albert Experiment, what object was initially used to test Albert's fear response?
A white rat
A toy car
A loud bell
A teddy bear
Why is the Little Albert Experiment considered controversial? Select all that apply.
Psychological harm to a minor
Lack of informed consent
No debriefing or reversal
Use of animals in research
The Little Albert Experiment included procedures to decondition Albert's fear after the experiment.
True
False
According to the guide, why wouldn't the Little Albert Experiment happen today?
Modern ethical guidelines strictly prohibit causing psychological harm to participants, especially children. Informed consent procedures are more rigorous, and researchers are required to debrief participants and attempt to alleviate any negative effects of the study.
The experiment would be too expensive to conduct with current technology.
There is no longer any interest in studying classical conditioning in humans.
The results of the original experiment were never published, so it cannot be replicated.
The Monster Study (1939): What was the main research question of the Monster Study?
Does positive and negative feedback influence the development of stuttering?
Can children learn new languages quickly?
Does diet affect speech development?
Can adults overcome stuttering?
The Monster Study (1939): Who conducted the Monster Study?
Stanley Milgram
Wendell Johnson and Mary Tudor
John Watson
Philip Zimbardo
The Monster Study involved ___ orphaned children who were divided into two groups.
22
15
30
40
The Monster Study (1939): Why is the Monster Study considered so controversial?
It involved animal testing
It caused deception and psychological harm to vulnerable children
It was conducted without any supervision
It was never published
The Milgram Experiment (1961): What was the main research question of the Milgram Experiment?
How do people learn new skills?
How far will people go in obeying an authority figure when instructed to harm another person?
Can memory be improved with practice?
How do children respond to punishment?
In the Milgram Experiment, participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to a 'learner' for every ______ answer.
incorrect
correct
delayed
unanswered
What is the main question investigated in the Bystander Effect (1968) experiment?
Are people less likely to help someone in an emergency if there are other people present?
Do people remember traumatic events more vividly when alone?
Does the presence of authority figures increase helping behavior?
Are people more likely to help if they know the victim personally?
Who conducted the Bystander Effect experiments inspired by the murder of Kitty Genovese?
John Darley and Bibb Latané
Stanley Milgram
Philip Zimbardo
In the Bystander Effect experiment, when a participant was alone and saw smoke pouring into the room, they were ______ to report the smoke.
quick
reluctant
confused
hesitant
In the Bystander Effect experiment, the more people the participant believed were also listening, the less likely they were to seek help.
True
False
Why is the Bystander Effect experiment considered controversial?
Use of deception
Physical harm to participants
Potential for psychological distress
Lack of informed consent
The "Monster Study" was criticized for its unethical treatment of which vulnerable group?
College students
Prisoners
Orphaned children
Hospital patients
In the Milgram experiment, what was the primary reason participants continued to obey the experimenter despite their discomfort?
The authority of the experimenter and the pressure to obey authority figures.
Personal beliefs of the participants.
The presence of other participants who also obeyed.
The experimental setup was designed to minimize discomfort.
Why did the participants in Milgram's experiment continue to administer shocks?
They enjoyed causing harm.
They were being paid a large amount of money.
They were obeying an authority figure.
They didn't believe the shocks were real.
The Bystander Effect experiments were inspired by what real-life event?
The Holocaust
The murder of Kitty Genovese
The Vietnam War
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Why was the Stanford Prison Experiment terminated early?
The "prisoners" staged a successful rebellion.
The researchers ran out of funding.
The "guards" became abusive and the "prisoners" experienced extreme distress.
The results of the experiment were inconclusive.
