Ethical Research Practices in Psychology: Comprehensive EPPP Study Guide

We elaborate on the four core principles from the Belmont Report—autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice—while detailing informed consent processes, protections for vulnerable populations, confidentiality safeguards, Institutional Review Board (IRB) functions, permissible use of deception with debriefing, and alignment with the APA Ethics Code and federal regulations such as 45 CFR