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Ethics in Psychological

Testing
11 November 2015
Ethical Standards
• Ethics
– Refers to issues or practices that
influence the decision–making process
in terms of “doing the right thing”
• American Psychological Association
– have a set of professional practice
guidelines or codes known as ethical
standards.
Ethical Standards
• Ethical dilemmas
– Problems for which there are no clear or agreed-on-
moral solutions

• Consult with a colleague and others for


additional assistance
• Document steps you took and state reasoning
behind these decisions.
• Aspire to the general principles in the code of
conduct
• Refer when objectivity is jeopardized
Ethical Principles of the APA
• Ethical Standards of
Psychologists(1953)
• Ethical Principles of Psychologists
and Code of Conduct
• 5 general principles
Five Principles
• Principle A-Beneficence and
Nonmaleficence
• Principle B – Fidelity and
Responsibility
• Principle C – Integrity
• Principle D – Justice
• Principle E – Respect for People’s
Rights and Dignity
Certification and Licensure
• Certification – a professional
credential based on meeting specific
training objectives and passing a
certification exam – and licensure.

• Psychometricians
• Psychologists
Issues of Primary Concern
• Right to Privacy
– Confidentiality means that individuals
are assured that all personal information
they disclose will be kept private and
will not be disclosed without their
explicit permission
Issues of Primary Concern
• Right to Privacy
– Anonymity the practice of administering
tests or obtaining information without
obtaining the identity of the participant
Issues of Primary Concern
• Right to Informed Consent
– Individuals are entitled to full
explanations of why they are being
studied, of how the test will be used,
and what their test scores mean
Issues of Primary Concern
• Right to Know and Understand
Results
– Test-taker is entitled to a nontechnical
explanation of the scores of all tests
Issues of Primary Concern
• Right to Protection From Stigma
– Test user should refrain from using
stigmatizing terms
• feebleminded or addictive personality
Appropriate Use of Psychological
Tests
• Test Publisher Responsibility
• The Marketing of Psychological Tests
• Availability of Comprehensive Test
Materials
• Test User Responsibility
Testing Special Populations
• People with Physical or Mental
Challenges
• People with Learning Disabilities
• People from Multicultural
Backgrounds
Test takers with Physical or Mental
Challenges
• Sensory impairments
– Deafness or blindness
• Motor impairments
– Paralysis and missing limbs
• Cognitive impairments
– Intellectual disability, learning
disabilities and traumatic brain injuries
• For diagnostic and intervention
purposes, test users should not rely
on test scores alone
Test takers with Learning
Disabilities
• A difficulty in any aspect of learning
• Are disorders that affect the ability to
understand or use spoken or written
language, do mathematical
calculations, coordinate movements,
or direct attention.
• Reading disability (dyslexia)
• Dyscalculia
• Dysgraphia
• Information-processing disorders
• Language-related learning disabilities
• Instructors
• Self-declare
Test takers from Multicultural
Backgrounds
• Who belong to various minority groups
based on race, cultural or ethnic
origin, sexual orientation, family unit,
primary language, and so on.
• When test takers differ from the
original test takers that the test
developer used to develop the test,
scores can differ significantly from the
majority of test takers
• Need for more research
• Employment settings
• Educational settings

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