Unethical practices in psychology refer to actions that violate ethical guidelines and principles, such as conducting harmful or deceptive experiments on human subjects.
Related terms
Informed Consent: The process of obtaining permission from participants before involving them in research.
Deception: Deliberately misleading participants about the true purpose or nature of a study.
Milgram Experiment: A famous psychological study that investigated obedience to authority figures but raised ethical concerns due to participant distress.