Privacy In The Middlemist Bedroom Study

Violation of Privacy Imagine yourself in your home alone on a nice day of your liking. You have the freedom to do whatever your heart’s desires. For example, you could sing, dance, explore new ideas, makes changes, or grow. You could do all these activities and not have to explain or justify yourself of your actions or thoughts. All these activities are possible due to privacy. Privacy teaches one to respect others as they would like to be and give each other culturally appropriate boundaries in society. In the Middlemist bathroom study (Middlemist, Knowles & Matter, 1976), men’s privacy was being invaded along with other ethical problems. Given the current American Psychological Association (APA) standards, the research would not have been ethical due to the violation of various ethical standards. The researchers in the Middlemist study did not gain consent from their participants and violated section 3.10 of the APA (2017) guidelines. Although specific participant information was not exposed, the data gathered from them were still published without their consent. The restroom

There is a threat to our individual privacy that is created by other peoples’ social media accounts (Smith, Szongott, Henne, & Von Voigt, 2012). For instance, let’s say that I was minding my own business and enjoying the wind blow through my hair at a park. A photographer comes by and takes a scenic photograph down by the pond and in the background, in the far distance, you could see me sitting on a bench soaking up some sunlight with some other people also in the background. The photographer then takes the photo home and posts it on his social media account for his portfolio. This seems harmless, right? But now, I have two issues with this. First, I did not give my consent to have this photo taken and second, my location has now been