- Describe the design of the Milgram obedience experiments and some of the controversies surrounding its methods and results.
- Identify three other research projects that helped to motivate the establishment of human subjects’ protections.
- Define the Belmont Report’s three ethical standards for the protection of human subjects.
- Explain how an institutional review board (IRB) operates and how it classifies research.
- List current standards for the protection of human subjects in research.
- Describe the ethical issues related to conducting research with children and prisoners.
- Understand the importance of institutional review boards.
