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    This document discusses informed consent and ethical issues in psychological testing. It outlines protections that must be provided to research subjects, including protection from harm, privacy/confidentiality, and protection against deception. Informed consent from both subjects and guardians of minors is required. Informed consent includes explaining the purpose and limits of testing. Consent must be written and specify the purpose, reason for testing, and types of instruments used. There are some exceptions to requiring informed consent, such as when testing is mandated by law or for routine educational/organizational activities. Informed consent is important as it ensures subjects understand the nature and process of services and evaluations.

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    This document discusses informed consent and ethical issues in psychological testing. It outlines protections that must be provided to research subjects, including protection from harm, privacy/confidentiality, and protection against deception. Informed consent from both subjects and guardians of minors is required. Informed consent includes explaining the purpose and limits of testing. Consent must be written and specify the purpose, reason for testing, and types of instruments used. There are some exceptions to requiring informed consent, such as when testing is mandated by law or for routine educational/organizational activities. Informed consent is important as it ensures subjects understand the nature and process of services and evaluations.

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    INFORMED

    CONSENT
    Ethical Issues in Psychological testing

    Presented by:
    Florence Anne Molabola
    Fritz Jenil Lopez
    Researchers are bound by a code of ethics that
    includes the following protections for subjects:
    1.Protected from physical or psychological harm (including loss of
    dignity, loss of autonomy, and loss of self-esteem)
    2.Protection of privacy and confidentiality
    3.Protection against unjustifiable deception
    4.The subject must give voluntary informed consent to participate in
    research. Guardians must give consent for minors to participate. In
    addition to guardian consent, minors over age 7 (the age may vary)
    must also give their consent to participate.
    What is an Informed Consent?

    Informed consent includes an explanation of


    the nature and purpose of the assessment,
    fees, involvement of third parties, and limits
    of confidentiality and sufficient opportunity
    for the clients/patient to ask questions and
    receive answers.
    ◦Consent must be in written rather than oral form. The
    written form should specify:
    ◦ (1) the general purpose of the testing,
    ◦ (2) the specific reason it is being undertaken in the
    present case, and
    ◦(3) the general type of instruments to be administered.
    ØElements of Informed Consent Agreements
    –Must be presented in a clear and understandable manner
    –It should inform the participants what rights they have in the
    process, particularly the right to review of material and the right
    to withdraw from the process
    –Reason for the test administration.
    –Tests and evaluations procedures to be used.
    –How assessment scores will be used.
    –Who will have access to the results.
    –Present rights of test taker e.g. to refuse.
    ØWe gather informed consent prior to the
    assessment of our clients excepts for the following
    instances:
    ◦ When it is mandated by the law
    ◦ It is implied because testing is conducted as a routine
    like educational, institutional, or organizational activity
    ◦ The purpose of testing is to evaluate decisional capacity
    Exceptions to Informed Consent
    Several exceptions to the requirement for informed consent include:

    ◦(1) the person is incapacitated.


    ◦(2) life-threatening emergencies with
    inadequate time to obtain consent.
    ◦(3) voluntary waived consent.
    Children and Informed Consent
    Children (typically under 17) cannot
    provide informed consent. As such,
    parents must permit treatments or
    interventions. In this case, it not termed
    "informed consent" but "informed
    permission."
    ØCONS:
    ◦One gray area with respect to the testtaker’s right of fully
    informed consent before testing involves research and
    experimental situations wherein the examiner’s complete
    disclosure of all facts pertinent to the testing (including
    the experimenter’s hypothesis and so forth) might
    irrevocably contaminate the test data.
    Why is Informed Consent important?
    ◦Gaining informed consent not only ensures that the
    client understands the nature and the process of the
    services being provided, but also the psychologist’s
    policies on confidentiality, payment and practice. It is
    the building block of creating a trusting and
    collaborative process. In regard to psychological
    evaluations, gaining informed consent ensures that the
    client understands the evaluation process.
    REFERENCES:
    ◦ https://www.slideshare.net/spagball/ethical-issues-in-assessment
    ◦ Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction to Tests and Measurement 7th Edition Cohen−Swerdlik
    ◦ https://researchbasics.education.uconn.edu/ethics-and-informed-consent/#
    ◦ https://nationalpsychologist.com/2017/09/ethics-for-psychologists-the-importance-of-informed-consent-for-
    psychological-services/104035.html

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