Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences
Second Edition
Multimedia Resources
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Video Links
- Milgram Obedience Study
YouTube video that highlights the Milgrim Obedience Experiment and its implications to contemporary psychology and ethics issues raised within research and in greater society - Belmont Report Educational Video
This YouTube video describes the history of research in the United States and how the Belmont Report evolved to protect human subjects - The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
This video provides an overview of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Audio Links
- Shocking TV Experiment Sparks Ethical Concerns
This NPR audio describes a fake TV game show that is staged for a French documentary that is being questioned by psychologists. This show raises ethics due to the possible mental trauma suffered by participants - Taking a Closer Look at Milgram's Shocking Obedience Study
In this controversial NPR clip, a psychologist is interviewed who has retraced Milgram’s steps and interviewed his subjects decades later
Web Resources
- Human Research Protections
American Psychological Association’s (APA) Human Research Protections website that provides regulations, legislature, and training resources for conducting ethically-sound research involving human participants - Protecting Human Research Participants
National Institutes of Health free certification course website (referenced by Privitera) that provides ethical research education and training, specifically for federally funded human subjects investigators - APA Ethics Code
APA website with full text and enumerated Standards of the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct