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Ethical Standards in Behavioral Research

A Historical Analysis and Review of Publication Practices

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Research Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis

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In a series of military experiments designed to ameliorate behavioral degradation under psychological stress, subjects were required to perform a task while being led to believe that they were in immediate danger of losing their life through a simulated plane malfunction (Berkun, Bialek, Kern, & Yagi, 1962).

Preparation of this manuscript was supported in part by grants from the Office of Special Education G00-800-1702 and G00-82-05409, the Maternal and Child Health Service, 000917-15-0, and The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development HD-16052.

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Neef, N.A., Iwata, B.A., Page, T.J. (1986). Ethical Standards in Behavioral Research. In: Poling, A., Fuqua, R.W. (eds) Research Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8786-2_11

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