negevrockcity:

&ldquo;This is the newspaper ad that recruited subjects for Stanley Milgram&rsquo;s obedience to authority experiments.&rdquo;(Via)

I was just talking about this.&nbsp; Very often in experimental psych studies, the participants are told the study is for something else, rather than what it is actually being studied. This little white lie is not considered trickery (like some people like to believe) but considered necessary as to not tip off the participants to what reaction/behavior the researchers are looking for (since many people try to give the &amp;#8220;right&amp;#8221; answer instead of their true response. The ethics problem Milgram faced with the APA for many years was not for his misleading recruitment hook, but for the treatment of the subjects &amp;amp; methodology.&nbsp; I&amp;#8217;m pretty sure this was before IRBs were formed.