Ironically, the "correct results" are often cited as the reason for the tragic suicide of one of the participants.
Ironically, the "correct results" are often cited as the reason for the tragic suicide of one of the participants.
Any psychologist worth their salt knows better than to claim any interpretation of experimental results as unassailable
Pop science is another story (literally) but the profs I've had the privilege of studying under spent a lot of time warning us against the shoddy reasoning you describe
Psychology has a lot of bullshit in its orbit but the discipline as taught in quality departments is just that, disciplined
I hope you are right and I am wrong, I was taught these experiments this way at a good school, i can only hope that is more uncommon than i think it is.
After a brief look around, I also couldn’t find anything about harm to the participants.