After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
1 Define research ethics.
2 Trace the history leading to the Nuremberg Code and state the 10 directives listed in the code.
3 Trace the history leading to the Belmont Report and state the three ethical principles listed in the report.
4 Identify the ethical concerns for three landmark studies in psychology: the Robbers Cave experiment, Milgram’s obedience experiments, and the Stanford prison study.
5 Describe the role of the IRB in regulating ethical research with human participants.
6 Describe the standards in the APA code of conduct relating to human participant research.
7 Describe the role of an IACUC in regulating ethical research with animal subjects.
8 Describe the standards in the APA code of conduct relating to animal subject research.
9 Describe the standards in the APA code of conduct relating to scientific integrity.