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We are all may be here for a different reason -some of us need the general education requirement, some arefulfilling a program requirement, and some may find the materialinteresting! Either way, I'm sure that we all come into this classwith a preconceived view about the field of psychology.

So...what do you think?  Are psychologistsjust those bearded, white-haired old timers who nod at your everyword while judging everything you say!? Do you have a preconceivednotion of what this field is all about? Here are a few questions toget you discussing your thoughts about the field.

A. What comes to mind when thinking about the field ofpsychology?

B. What names come to mind when thinking of thefield?

C. What do you think psychologists do? After you state what youthink they do, find out what they really do (either cite our textor look online at apa.org). In other words, do your expectationsmatch reality? Also, include an area that surprised you in yourreading - what made you say: \"wow, I didn't know they didthis!\"

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As our text describes, the history of psychology is full ofgreat discoveries and advances. Our history is also marred with anumber of unethical approaches to observing and assessing humanbehavior. For this discussion post I would like you to choose onestudy (for example you could choose; Henrietta Lacks or theTuskegee experiment) that demonstrated an unethical approach tostudying the mind and behavior and or human body.   

Be sure to:

(A). What happened in the study - give details of the timeline,the population studied, and what was done.  

(B). Name at least 2 ways in which this study was unethical andwhat underlining ethical principle(s) wereviolated.  

(C). In what ways could this study have been completedethically? In other words, could anything have been changed tostudy the same objectives in an ethical way?

(D). What's your take on this study? How did you react whenreading about it? What do you think lead the researchers to conductsuch a study?