History of Atrocities in the Treatment of Human Beings with Disabilities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPvQpWEdxoY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNLyKW8fCNg

1. In the initial report, describe what you learned about the treatment of those with disabilities at Willowbrook. How did this impact you? What did it make you realize about the historical realities of treatment of those with disabilities?
2. In the follow up report, describe what you learned about the impact of institutionalization on the individual, on the parents, and on the siblings. What else did you learn from this report?
3. Why is it important for those entering human service professions who treat vulnerable populations to understand this historical factual information? What should it help us, as a profession of behavior analysts, commit to?

History of Negative Impact of Social Science Research

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCVlI-_4GZQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdrKCilEhC0

https://www.coursera.org/lecture/social-psychology/assigned-video-3-2-quiet-rage-the-stanford-prison-experiment-Ii5pR?utm_source=link&utm_medium=page_share&utm_content=vlp&utm_campaign=top_button

1. What do these studies show us about human nature? What did Milgam's work find about the tendency to listen to authority? What did Zimbado's work show us about the nature of roles and power? What is your reaction to these findings?
2. In research, experimenters have to consider risks. At this point in time, when the studies were done, the risks were not completely understood. Much was learned about risk through these studies. In many ways, such negative outcomes changed research ethics. Why should these studies have changed researchers approaches to the assessment of risk? How should you as a researcher approach risk assessment for any research you engage or assist with?
3. IRBs now oversee risk of human participants in a very specific and nuanced way. Why is it important that there be external oversight by a committee that examines the risk posed to participants? How do you know/understand the need for such review panels, after learning more of this history?