1. Is it ethical to experiment with animals? Why or why not?

I believe for the most part, that it's unethical to experiment with animals. Animals are organisms just like human beings are, and so there is no "upper-class" compared to each organism. When experimenting with animals, often times the experiments hurt the animal or the outcome of experiment is uncertain and we are putting the animal's life at risk. Putting someone else's life at stake just to potentially improve the life of your own seems a little cruel to me and it's not entirely justified. The animals being tested also don't realize that they're being used for experiments and taking advantage of this ignorance seems unethical as well. The only time I would view testing to be partially ethical would be if you were to observe an organism in its natural habitat and observe its responses to the the things it encounters such as if it were to search for food. Experimentsthat are very simplistic and don't involve injecting chemicals or psychologically manipulating an organism would be somewhat reasonable as long as it's not harming the animal and it is able to retain its normal lifestyle. Even then however, the experiment may not necessarily ethical in my opinion so it all depends on what the experiment is like.

2. Can psychology or psychological research be dangerous?

In my opinion, psychology and psychological research can somewhat be dangerous because the experiments itself can harm other human beings or the organisms the research is being tested on. Research on the mind can sometimes be exploited, and minds can possibly be manipulated into doing wrong things if the psychological affects are impacting. Since psychology is the study of the mind, sometimes studying how mental development works may actually be harmful. Creativity is one of the most unique things about the Human Brain, but if we were to fully understand how people psychologically develop, we are reducing this individuality because then everyone would be trying to become "mentally superior" because naturally people strive to be the best. Once everyone is "mentally superior" or "super-human", everyone would then actually be normal since no one would be different. Psychology and psychological research can also be beneficial to treat mental illnesses however, so it's not always dangerous or harmful.