A Most Human Enterprise: Controversies in the Social Sciences Book

Introduction ix

Granberg and Galliher Find Their Way into Ethical Issues 1

Part 1 Three Classic Studies

2 Stanley Milgram's Behavioral Study of Obedience 25

3 Philip Zimbardo's Prison Simulation Study 39

4 David Rosenhan's Pseudo-patient Study of Psychiatric Hospitals 49

Part 2 Invisible Victims

5 The Short, Tumultuous, and Ignominious Career of Project Camelot 55

6 Laud Humphreys and Tearoom Trade: A Pioneering Study of Male Homosexuality 59

Part 3 Collective Victims

7 The Strange Case of Cyril Burt 65

8 Cyril Burt and Margaret Mead: The Conflict between Biological Determinists and Cultural Determinists 75

Part 4 Plagiarism and Other Forms of Academic Deviance

9 Once a Rising Star: The Rise and Fall of Karen Ruggiero 81

10 Plagiarism by Thin Editing 99

Part 5 Plagiarism and Damage to Junior Academics

11 Plagiarism and “Punishment” Texas A&M Style: Victim Blaming and Golden Parachutes 103

12 Controversy over Five Dimensions of Religiosity 107

Part 6 Six Social Psychological Studies Causing Subject Distress

13 The Clark-Hatfield Study of Gender Differences in Receptivity to Sexual Offers 117

14 Allegations of Homosexual Arousal 121

15 An Interference with Breathing Study 125

16 Simulated Crash Landing 127

17 Henry Murray Directs Verbal Attacks on Harvard Undergraduates 129

18 Putney and Cadwallader's Simulation of the Beginning of a Nuclear War 135

19 Recent Adventures in Crime Fighting 141

20 Conclusions 145

Index 149

About the Authors 151