This essay will focus on two famous experiments that were considered to be a piece of history in psychology and were included in nearly all the psychology courses around the world, Little's Albert Experiment and Bobo Dolls Experiment. This experiments will be explored in further details, but the main purpose of this essay will aim to discuss about the ethical concerns raised in the way that the experiments were conducted, and lastly, I will highlight the importance of the benefits resulted from this experiments. The Little's Albert experiment was an important psychology experiment conducted by behaviourist John B. Watson and graduate student Rosalie Raynor. The purpose of this experiment was to take Pavlov's research further and…show more content… Both Little's Albert experiment and Bobo doll experiment raised many ethic concerns, because of several important factors, that have not been considered at that time. Little's Albert experiment would be considered unethical in our days, because during the experiment ethical standards has been violated, from various reasons. One of the reasons could be the fact that Little Albert has not been protected from psihologycal harm and because it is immoral to implement fear to someone, especially to a child. Another reason could be the fact that he didn't have the parents consent to perform those experiments on Little Albert, as well as Little Albert did not have the proper age to consent himself. Because of the distress, Little Albert may have developed phobias during his life, because he hasn't been desenswitized, although, this fact has never been proved, as the identity of Little Albert remained unknown. Like in the Litte's Albert experiment, the Bobo doll experiment brings some important ethical concerns, as well. The experiment would be considered unethical in owr days, as the scientists e that children involved in the study suffered long term consequences, because of their exposean to aggressivity, and they may have been psyhical, mental or emotional harmed. The lack of confidentiality during the experiment, could aslo be considered an unethical factor, because the participnts did not give their writen conscent to have their personal informations published, therefore their privacy has been
