On February 25, 2014. On December 11, 2013. The appropriateness of children reading fairy tales. Some caregivers are concerned about the possible negative effects the brutal ending of some fairy tales could have on children, and they think a more gentle ending should be appropriate.

In an article in the New Scientist magazine, published 21. April 2012, it was said that addicts can be taught to forget their addiction. The article states that exposing people to drug-related cues without actually supplying the drug can reduce the addiction, but only if the memory of addiction in the addict is retrieved first.

But of course, like everything else ever in the discussion of ethics, this issue is very much a double edged sword. A prepared speech I listened to in POPPS a few weeks ago raised several points you could use to argue that the SONA system is highly unethical and should be stopped etc.

Intentionally killing someone is an extreme act to carry out. Even during wars soldiers can become traumatised by the killing of another human being, it goes against everything we are taught not to do as grow older, however, in a war it is often acceptable and soldiers are trained to cope with that environment. Is being an obese pregnant mother just as damaging as smoking or drinking whilst pregnant? It might be reliable but is it valid? .

Thanks for dropping by psuf50! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. Do rewards really motivate us in the future? Mdash; 5 Comments. You would expect rewards to improve future behaviour, especially in young children. However, this idea has long been rejected in psychology, with the main belief being that although they sometimes work, they can also backfire. This effect has also been shown to occur amon.

Please, please, please make sure your blog is relevant to research methods, and contains an argument. Some blogs have been merely descriptive in nature, and these blogs are not attracting particularly high grades. As always, if you want individual feedback on your blogs, then I am happy to discuss this in class. Have a good Easter! .

My blog this week is about how people perceive pain differently depending on many various aspects.

At first this piece of research was one which I found .

Last week I found a list of the top ten unethical experiments that had been done throughout the many years of Psychology that involved humans and animals. Out of the list there was one such study that I found to be particularly interesting, and surprising that such an experiment was ever aloud to be conducted.