Word: experimentals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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A glance at the notice board in William James Hall reveals the existence of numerous ongoing experiments. The Faculty of Arts and Science Standing Committee on the Use of Human Subjects evaluates about fifteen proposals at each of its monthly meetings. The Timothy Leary acid days are gone, but occasional...
At Harvard, the last fifteen years have seen the gradual evolution from a voluntary advisory board on experiments to the present Standing Committee, which is empowered to approve or dissapprove the proposals of students, professors and associates of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. HEW guidelines now require all institutions...
Confidentiality was the issue in one psychology experiment where subjects were videotaped and tested. The committee required that subjects be consulted in the event that the experimenter showed the tapes to anyone outside the experimental staff. A study which involved interviews about subjects' illegal activities was conducted very carefully, so that no questions were asked which would legally incriminate subjects, or involve experimenters as accomplices...
...come up before the Standing Committee. Six of the 12 committee members were asked whether Milgram could conduct his experiment today at Harvard. Of the five who felt they could answer, four indicated they would approve it, with firm qualifications about the selection of the subjects and their post-experimental handling...
These four committee members approached the issue by attempting to weigh the costs and the benefits of the experiment. Professor Regina Yando said she approved of deception only in cases where there was "serious, important information" to be obtained. Others also acknowledged the costs to the subjects, yet felt these...