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 two landmark studies in psychology: 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 standards in the AERA Code of Ethics relating to scientific integrity.