After reading Chapter 3, you will be able to:

• Explain why we need ethical guidelines for research.
• Describe how ethical guidelines for psychological research were developed.
• Answer the question: Were the Milgram (1963) and Zimbardo (1974) studies ethical? Why or why not?
• Identify the current ethical guidelines for human participants.
• Explain what an institutional review board (IRB) is, and what purpose it serves.
• Identify the current ethical guidelines for animal subjects.
• Explain how ethics influence the way we report research.