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The emerging standards, along with the illustrative critical incidents, were published in the American Psychologist (APA Committee, 1951a, 1951b, 1951c). The standards were grouped into six major sections:

1 Ethical standards and public responsibility

2 Ethical standards in professional relationships

3 Ethical standards in client relationships

4 Ethical standards in research

5 Ethical standards in writing and publishing

6 Ethical standards in teaching

The draft sparked much discussion and several revisions. Finally, in 1952, it was formally adopted as the Ethical Standards of Psychologists, and it was published in 1953.

In 1954, information on the complaints that the committee had handled for the past 12 years, during most of which there had been no formal code of ethics, was published in the American Psychologist (“Cases and Inquiries,” 1954). During this period, the ethical principles most frequently violated were:

 Invalid presentation of professional qualifications (cited 44 times).

 Immature and inconsiderate professional relations (cited 23 times).

 Unprofessional advertisement or announcement (cited 22 times).

 Unwarranted claims for tests or service offered usually by mail (cited 22 times).

 Irresponsible public communication (cited 6 times).