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Unethical Proponent Date/Year Participants Key Points
Experiments/
Researches
Dr. William Dr. William 1822 fur trader on observe the digestive
Beaumont and the Beaumont Mackinac Island in process
Stomach Michigan
Emma Eckstein Sigmund Freud 1895 Emma Eckstein given only cocaine and
Experiment a local anesthetic
Medical Dr. Leo Stanley 1913-1951 prisoners in San performed testicle
Experiments on Quentin transplants &
Prison Inmates vasectomies
San Quentin
Little Albert John B. Watson 1920s Little Albert: 9- Classical conditioning -
Experiment month-old fear could be
conditioned
Humanzee Project -- 1920s-1970s Humans & attempted to create a
chimpanzees hybrid between
humans and
chimpanzees,
Hawthorne Studies Elton Mayo 1924-1932 Workers Investigate factors that
affect work productivity
& morale
Facial Expressions Carney Landis 1924 Student volunteers wanted to know if
Experiment (University of everyone’s
Minnesota) expressions of
happiness, shock,
disgust appeared the
same
Human Grigory 1921 - 21st Prisoners from the subjects were exposed
Experimentation in Mairanovky century Gulags to a number of deadly
the Soviet Union (Soviet Union) poisons as
“medication,” or part of
a meal or drink
Tuskegee Syphilis U.S. Public 1932-1972 600 low-income Studied on people w/
Study Health Service African-American syphilis but
males, 400 of researchers did not
whom were give any treatment
infected with
syphilis
Unit 731 Japanese Army 1937-1945 Chinese and biological and chemical
aka Kamo Russian: men, warfare research
Detachment women, children, experiment called Unit
infants, the elderly, 731; exposing
and pregnant prisoners to bombs &
women infectious agents
The Monster Study Wendell 1939 22 orphans living in giving positive &
Johnson & Davenport, Iowa negative feedbacks to
Mary Tudor stuttering children
Minnesota Ancel Keys 1940s 36 men learn about how to help
Starvation people recover from
Experiment starvation
Mustard Gas U.S. Navy 1943 Exposed its own testing the
Tested on sailors to mustard effectiveness of new
American Military gas clothing and gas
4000 were affected masks against the
deadly gas
Mengele’s Twin Josef Mengele 1943-1944 1500 twins like Eva Deadly genetic
Studies and Miriam experiments
Stateville Dr. Joseph 1944-1945 441 volunteer participants were
Penitentiary Goldberger inmates exposed to bites from
Malaria Study malaria- infected
mosquitoes
Radioactive Vanderbilt Cold War 829 pregnant Pregnant women were
Materials in University (1945) women given “vitamin drinks”
Pregnant Women (containing radioactive
iron isotopes)
Syphilis US government, 1946-1948 Guatemalan doctors infected
Experiments in Guatemalan citizens soldiers, prostitutes,
Guatemala president Juan prisoners, & mental
José Arévalo & patients with syphilis
Guatemalan and other sexually
health transmitted diseases
ministries, John
Cutler
Nazi Human German Dec. 9, 1946 Jews, POWs, a. genetically
Experimentation physicians Romani, and other manipulate twins;
Nuremberg Code persecuted groups bone, muscle, and
nerve transplantation
b. exposure to
diseases and chemical
gasses
c. sterilization
Asch Conformity Solomon Asch 1950s students demonstrated that
Experiments people would give the
wrong answer on a test
to fit in with the rest of
the group
Thalidomide US Government 1950s Pregnant women caused severe
deformities in the fetus
during pregnancy
Operation Midnight CIA 1950s non-consenting mind-control research
Climax individuals in San project, study the
Francisco and New effects of LSD on
York people
Project Artichoke CIA’s Office of 1950s -- mind control projects;
Scientific studied hypnosis,
Intelligence forced morphine
addiction and the use
of other chemicals like
LSD
Willowbrook Dr. Saul 1950s children Infected mentally
Hepatitis Krugman disabled children w/
Experiment hepatitis
Retin-A Cream Dr. Albert M. 1951 inmates at dermatological
Experiment Kligman Philadelphia’s experiments on
(Prison Inmates as Holmesburg Prison prisoners at
Test Subjects)
Holmesburg Prison
Project MKUltra Sidney 1953-1973 found at formerly known as
Gottlieb(CIA universities, Project Artichoke;
Chemist) & hospitals, prisons mind-altering drugs,
Allen Dulles sensory deprivation,
(CIA Director) verbal & sexual abuse,
US government, extreme isolation,
sponsored by hypnosis, & other
the CIA forms of torture
Project CIA & Leading 1954 -- study Chinese
QKHILLTOP researcher: Dr. brainwashing
Harold Wolff of techniques then was
Cornell used to develop new
University methods of
Medical School interrogation
Study of Humans U.S. of residents 1954 239 Marshallese study to “evaluate the
Accidentally of the Marshall severity of radiation
Exposed to Fallout Islands injury” to those
Radiation aka accidentally exposed
Project 4.1
Robbers Cave Muzafer Sherif 1954 all boys ages 11 & Prove group conflict
Experiment 12 theory: group conflict
can result from
competition over
resources.
Henrietta Lacks US government 1955 Henrietta Lacks source of cells which
(uneducated where then cultured for
African-American the purpose of medical
woman from research
Baltimore)
HeLa Cancer Cells Chester 1950s-1960 Injected cancer cells to
Southam patients; tests whether
a cell line is cancerous
or not
Infected Mosquitos US Army 1956-1957 cities of Savannah, millions of infected
in Towns Georgia & Avon mosquitos were
Park, Florida released into the 2
cities
Experiments on University of 1960s 113 newborns study changes in blood
Newborns California ranging in age from pressure and blood
1 hour to 3 days flow; catheter was
old inserted thru umbilical
arteries & into the aorta
Harlow's Monkey Harry Harlow 1960s rhesus monkeys a. "pit of despair."
Experiment ranging in age from b. "rape rack"
3 months to 3 c. “iron maiden”
years old
Stanford Walter Mischel 1960s and Children at Bing study was to
Marshmallow 1970s Nursery School understand when the
Experiment control of delayed
gratification
Minnesota Iron -- 1960s-1980s studies on the health
Range Studies effects of workplace
exposures in mines
Electroshock Dr. Lauretta 1960s children administering
Therapy on Bender electroconvulsive
Children therapy to children w/
schizophrenia
Bobo Doll Albert Bandura 1961 72 primary-age investigate the impact
Experiment children of observed aggression
on children's behavior
Radiation on Carl Heller 1963-1973 prisoners test the effects of
Testicles radiation on testicles
Milgram Stanley Milgram 1963 -- series of experiments
Experiment to explore the nature of
obedience
Learned Martin Seligman 1965 dogs how control could be
Helplessness perceived, and if
helplessness could be
taught
Unnecessary Dr. John Money 1965 7 months old, Prove that gender
Sexual David Peter identity is learned by
Reassignment Reimer’s raising a boy as a girl
after a botched
circumcision
Bystander Effect John M. Darley 1968 -- idea that witnesses do
& Bibb Latané not take action to help
someone when they
are in a large group
Racism Among Jane Elliott 1968 8 y/o students demonstrate the
Elementary School effects of racism thru
Students eye color: Blue
Or Brown Eyes vs.
Eyes/Brown Eye
Blue Eye
Experiment
Tearoom Sex Laud 1968-1970 homosexuals observing men
Experiment Humphreys engaging in
homosexual acts in
public restrooms
Monkey Drug Deneau, 1969 Monkey study the effects of
Trials Yanagita, And drug addiction using
Seevers animals; monkeys
were trained to inject
themselves
Oklahoma City -- 1970 Children children were
Lead Poisoning intentionally exposed
Study to lead dust to
investigate the
effectiveness of lead
abatement measures
The Aversion Dr. Aubrey 1970s-1980s Homosexual Homosexuals were
Project Levin soldiers subjected to
electroconvulsive
aversion therapy
meant to “reorientate”
them
Stanford Prison Philip Zimbardo August of 1971 24 participants impact of situational
Experiment factors and power
dynamics on human
behavior; how
individuals would
conform to the roles
The Good John Darley 1973 40 students how willing people are
Samaritan to do a good deed
Experiment
Rosenhan’s David Rosenhan 1973 Pseudopatients healthy individuals
Pseudopatient pretended to be ill to
Experiment or test validity of
Thud Experiment
psychiatric diagnoses
Car Crash Elizabeth Loftus 1974 prove how deceiving
Experiment & John Palmer memories can be;
evaluate whether
wording questions a
certain way could
influence a
participant’s recall by
twisting their memories
of a specific event
Havasupai Tribe Researchers at 1980s Havasupai Tribe exploring the genetic
Diabetes Arizona State basis of diabetes
Experiment University
Big Baby Robert Frantz 1980s Infants Placed infants to
Experiment rocking crib, similar to
being the womb
UCLA Michael Gitlin & 1983–1994 hundreds of study why and how
Schizophrenia Keith H. schizophrenics people suffering from
Experiments Nuechterlein schizophrenia relapse
& predict psychosis;
deprived participants
from medication
Perinatal HIV -- 1994-1998 determine the efficacy
Transmission of nevirapine in
Study preventing maternal-
fetal HIV transmission
Enhanced CIA aftermath of the -- use of waterboarding,
Interrogation 9/11 attacks stress positions, &
Techniques other harsh methods
during interrogations
Human black van aka -- 50 women healthy women
Experimentation in "the crow" prisoners were given
North Korea poisoned cabbage
leaves & were dead
within 20 minutes
Language King Frederick -- infants Forbidden experiment;
Deprivation the Great babies died without
Experiment or touch; discover the
Frederick’s fundamental character
Experiment of human nature or the
origin of language
