ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses an approach to teaching ethics in research methods classes. It discusses ethics in an increasingly specific way: ethics, ethics in science, and ethics in psychology. The chapter discusses ethics in animal research, an example of a Socratic ethical debate used in class, and a technique for ensuring ethical student research. It starts early with historical examples, later cover the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, engage students in Socratic debates of ethical scenarios, and finally, insist on proper research ethics in class research. However, the authors avoid teaching it from the top down or having students memorize it. They find that nearly all of students fully understand the requirements of the Ethics Code by the time they present their research to the class Institutional Review Board. Of course, some schools require that institutional review boards review all research, including student research.
