in Unit 2.

In unit 2 it primarily speaks bout how psychologist test their ideas through experimenting uing the scientific method. I remember using this method throughout all my sciences in grade school and now reading back on how it's done with psychology is exciting to read about. The basic scientific method that I used throughout my school life, I feel, is nothing compared to how detailed these experiments have been conducted.

The ethics in experimenting is crucial to experiments, but I feel like it can be detrimental to the experiments as well. In specific, deception, it occurs whenever research participants are not completely and fully informed about the nature of the research project before participating in it. I feel like if a participant knows what the experiment is about then they will act a little different and it will not be a valid experiment. For instance, when we had to watch the video on the Milgram experiment. People say it was unethical because it was not pleasant for the participant and it pushed their emotional discomfort. Although in the "rules" it isn't ethical, I feel like it gives the experiment real life emotions and results when emotional discomfort is put into play. Once someone knows what the study is about they foresee and act the way they think they're supposed to act, rather than acting the way they truly feel.