Title and Audience: Ethical issues in Psychology; 9-12 Grade
Objective: 6.5 Understand the ethical issues in the use of psychological theories and tools
Materials:
Class set of laptops
Copy of APA Ethical Standards (one for each student)
Student's individual wiki pages
online videos of: Milgram's Obedience Experiment, and Stanford Prison Experiment
Description: The students will be asked to pull up their wiki on the laptop so that they can record the information they gain from the activity, I will use their wikis as a basis for assessment. First I will ask the students to define in their own words what "ethics" and "being ethical" means and how does this term relate to psychology. The students will then review a copy of the APA Ethical Standards. They will use this handout as a guide when watching the videos that pertain to the lesson. I will give the students a choice of which video to watch. The students will view the video on their laptops. The students task while watching the video is to find the ethical issues going on in the experiment. The students will list the ethical issues on their wiki. The students are to explain why the experiments are unethical and why it is important as a psychologist to be ethical in his/her research. They will then be given the chance to research past psychology experiements that are deemed unethical. They will write down the experiement, the psychologist, and what was unethical about it and turn it in to me for extra points.
Scaffolds:
APA Ethical standards handout
Wiki page
Videos
Question for the students to answer
Rubric of how I will assess lesson
Technology to support authentic instruction: The students will be fully engaged in technology as they use their own laptop to complete the assignment. The will answer questions and evaluate a video of a psychology experiment on their wiki page. The students will also watch the required video from their own laptop.
Psychology (7-12)
Title and Audience:
Ethical issues in Psychology; 9-12 Grade
Objective:
6.5 Understand the ethical issues in the use of psychological theories and tools
Materials:
Description:
The students will be asked to pull up their wiki on the laptop so that they can record the information they gain from the activity, I will use their wikis as a basis for assessment. First I will ask the students to define in their own words what "ethics" and "being ethical" means and how does this term relate to psychology. The students will then review a copy of the APA Ethical Standards. They will use this handout as a guide when watching the videos that pertain to the lesson. I will give the students a choice of which video to watch. The students will view the video on their laptops. The students task while watching the video is to find the ethical issues going on in the experiment. The students will list the ethical issues on their wiki. The students are to explain why the experiments are unethical and why it is important as a psychologist to be ethical in his/her research. They will then be given the chance to research past psychology experiements that are deemed unethical. They will write down the experiement, the psychologist, and what was unethical about it and turn it in to me for extra points.
Scaffolds:
Technology to support authentic instruction:
The students will be fully engaged in technology as they use their own laptop to complete the assignment. The will answer questions and evaluate a video of a psychology experiment on their wiki page. The students will also watch the required video from their own laptop.