Stanley Milgram's experiment with obedience and Philip Zimbardo's prison stimulation. How they fit in early approaches of modern psychology, were they ethical and would they have been conducted today?

After reading about Stanley Milgram's experiment with obedience and Philip Zimbardo's prison stimulation, I was amazed at how far the psychologist took these experiments. The studies fit early approaches by many definitions. Both of these approaches focused on the behavioral aspect or behavioral perspective, which "focuses on observable behaviors; thus it does not speculate about mental processes such as thinking." Davis & Palladino (Page 26 Para. 2) They observed and noted on the actions taken by …

…to ensure his safety. Not long after reaching the Huntsville, Texas prison he was badly beaten. Assuming he was separated from other prisoners, as told, a guard was responsible for his beating. Resources: 1) The Perils of Obedience - Stanley Milgram http://home.swbell.net/revscat/perilsOfObedience.html [Accessed 29 August 2004] 2) The Sanford Prison Experiment http://www.prisonexp.org/ [Accessed 29 August 2004] 3) Davis, Stephen F. & Palladino, Joseph J. (2004) Psychology Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.