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.