American Psychological Association Bolstered C.I.A. Torture Program, Report Says
“The A.P.A. secretly coordinated with officials from the C.I.A., White House and the Department of Defense to create an A.P.A. ethics policy on national security interrogations which comported with then-classified legal guidance authorizing the C.I.A. torture program,” the report’s authors conclude.
.. It is more than ironic that the bulk of the research in psychology demonstrates that punishment and pain do little to change behavior and in fact set up an emotional spiral that damages the perpetrator and the victim in a variety of ways.