User:Marlenkamal8/Monster Study

= Monster Study = It is an experiment conducted by a psychologist named Dr. Wendell Johnson and Mary Tudor on 22 children in 1939 at the Soldiers' Homes in Davenport, Iowa.

Plot
In the midst of the study there was a complete lack of ethical standards, the study did not publish its results because Johnson thought that the experiment would be exploited by the Nazis in carrying out several experiments.

Dr. Johnson thought that telling a child who stutters or stutters helps the child overcome his condition and makes his speech understandable, easy and smooth. The experiment was conducted on 22 children, all of whom were orphans, and they were divided into two groups, a group that suffers from stuttering and a group that speaks normally. The group that was suffering from stuttering were told that they were in good condition and did not suffer from anything, and the normal group were told that they needed intensive speech therapy because they were suffering from stuttering. And that's what's scary! Johnson was trying to introduce the idea that healthy children suffer from stuttering!

Healthy children were told:

“The doctors have come to the conclusion that you are suffering from major speech problems, so do not speak until you are sure that you can speak properly.”

Children with stuttering were told:

“Do not care what others say about your way of speaking, you are normal, and this is a normal stage.”

In summary, they gave a negative treatment to the first group by belittling and insulting them when any speech error occurred, and a positive treatment to the second group (which suffers from stuttering).

Result
5 out of 6 children who were healthy, stuttered and had speech problems after a negative treatment that lasted up to 6 months.

When Johnson realized the terrible thing he had done, he tried to re-experience them and give them a positive but to no-use treatment, children as they grew up had psychological problems such as depression and lack of self-confidence. The University of Iowa publicly apologized for the Beast Study in 2001, but this so-called Beast Experiment remains one of the ugliest experiments in the history of Western culture. Their manipulation of the human condition in this way is definitely not ethical and crosses ethical boundaries in any scientific study.

On August 17, 2007, seven experiment victims were paid a total of $1.2 million by the State of Iowa for lifelong psychological and emotional scars resulting from six months of agony during the University of Iowa experiment. The study learned that although none of the children stuttered, they became Some of them are shy and reluctant to speak. A spokesperson for the University of Iowa called the experience “unfortunate” and added: “This is a study that should never be considered defensible at any age. And I would never consider defending this study in any way. It is unfortunate.” Before her death, Mary Tudor deeply regretted her role in the Beast Study and asserted that Wendell Johnson should have done more to reverse the negative effects on orphaned children's speech.