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    Ethical Issues in Psychological Testing: By: Precious Grace Patillo & Xyza Chloie Llorente

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    This document discusses ethical issues in psychological testing, specifically focusing on competence. It defines competence as a combination of practical and theoretical knowledge used to perform behaviors to a standard in professional settings. The document outlines some key ethical issues like informed consent, rights to results, and confidentiality. It provides examples of ethical problems related to competence and their solutions. It emphasizes the importance of proper training, understanding test limitations, accepting responsibility, and continual self-awareness for practitioners to demonstrate competence in psychological testing.

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    This document discusses ethical issues in psychological testing, specifically focusing on competence. It defines competence as a combination of practical and theoretical knowledge used to perform behaviors to a standard in professional settings. The document outlines some key ethical issues like informed consent, rights to results, and confidentiality. It provides examples of ethical problems related to competence and their solutions. It emphasizes the importance of proper training, understanding test limitations, accepting responsibility, and continual self-awareness for practitioners to demonstrate competence in psychological testing.

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    This document discusses ethical issues in psychological testing, specifically focusing on competence. It defines competence as a combination of practical and theoretical knowledge used to perform behaviors to a standard in professional settings. The document outlines some key ethical issues like informed consent, rights to results, and confidentiality. It provides examples of ethical problems related to competence and their solutions. It emphasizes the importance of proper training, understanding test limitations, accepting responsibility, and continual self-awareness for practitioners to demonstrate competence in psychological testing.

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    0202 ,82 TSUGUA

    Ethical Issues in
    Psychological
    Testing
    BY: PRECIOUS GRACE PATILLO & XYZA CHLOIE LLORENTE
    MAIN TOPIC

    Outline of Discussion
    COMPETENCE DEFINITION OF ETHICAL ISSUE
    ETHICAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL
    TESTING
    WHAT IS COMPETENCE?
    ETHICAL PROBLEMS IN COMPETENCE
    HOW TO PRACTICE COMPETENCE IN
    PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING?
    IMPORTANCE OF COMPETENCE
    It refers to a given decision,
    scenario or activity that can create
    conflict with society or personal
    set of moral principles. Fictional or ETHICAL
    hypothetical dilemmas of this kind
    are often used to assess the moral ISSUES
    beliefs or moral reasoning skills of
    individuals.
    ETHICAL ISSUES IN
    PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING

    Competence
    Informed Consent
    Rights to Result
    Confidentiality
    Divided Loyalties
    WHAT IS
    Competence has been defined as
    COMPETENCE? a combination of practical and
    theoretical knowledge, cognitive
    skills, behavior, and values used
    to perform a specific behavior or
    set of behaviors to a standard, in
    professional practice settings
    associated with a professional
    role.
    EXAMPLES OF ETHICAL
    PROBLEMS AND ITS
    SOLUTION
    SCENARIO SOLUTION

    How to objectively The key to the answer


    determine one’s own lies in peer consultation.
    competence and how to Presenting samples of
    deal with the perceived one’s work to a
    lack of competence in respected senior
    others whose work is colleague for review and
    encountered in the course critique is a useful
    of professional practice. strategy.
    SCENARIO SOLUTION

    The client who has been


    Dealing with the less- improperly evaluated
    than-adequate work of should be advised about
    others poses a potential remedies
    different set of ethical available through legal
    concerns. and
    regulatory channels.
    HOW TO PRACTICE
    COMPETENCE IN
    PSYCHOLOGICAL
    TESTING?
    1. To correctly administer and interpret 5. Examiners need to be aware of the material
    psychological tests, an examiner must in the test manual as well as relevant
    have proper and intensive training. research both on the variable the test is
    measuring and the status of the test since its
    2. Clinicians should have knowledge of publication.
    tests and test limitations and should
    6. Examiners must also be able to evaluate
    be willing to accept responsibility
    whether the purpose and context for
    for competent test use.
    which they would like to use it are
    3. Examiners should also acquire appropriate.
    a number of specific skills.
    7. Examiners must be continually aware of,
    and sensitive to, conditions affecting the
    4. Students who are administering tests
    examinee’s performance.
    as part of a class requirement should
    clearly inform their subjects that the
    8. Examiners should have general
    purpose of their testing is for training
    knowledge of the diversity of human
    purposes only.
    behavior.
    IMPORTANCE OF
    COMPETENCE

    In recent years, the study of


    competency has been widely cited as a
    highly important area in improving the
    quality of care provided to individuals
    seeking psychological services.
    E-books:
    Psychological Testing by Anne Anastasi (Fourth Edition)

    Handbook of Psychological Assessment by Gary Groth-Marnat & A.


    Jordan Wright (Sixth Edition)

    SECNEREFER
    https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2017.00054/full

    https://societyforpsychotherapy.org/competence-ethical-practice-and-
    going-it-alone/

    https://artsandscience.usask.ca/psychology/programs/clinical-sub-
    pages/core-competencies.php
    Thank
    you!

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