Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Unit 5: Testing and Assessment in Psychology - Coggle Diagram
Unit 5: Testing and Assessment in Psychology
An overview of the various professional ethical standards that guide our work in this area. Related with American Psychological Association (APA)
3 important things in this unit
Professional Ethnic- Ethics is a broad term that encompasses the commonly endorsed values of professional psychology
Standards for Education and Psychological Testing- 1985, AERA, APA, and NCME collaborated to develop the Standards for Education and Psychological Testing
Guidelines for Computer-Based Tests and Interpretations-set of 31 guidelines aimed at both test developers,
13 APA Ethical Standard on Assessment
Bases of Assessments- Stipulates that all oral and written opinions and conclusions made by psychologists be based on information and techniques
Scientific and professional bases- Psychologists are responsible for personally ensuring that the reliability
and validity of the assessment tools and techniques they use are adequate
Limitations of assessment results- Psychologists should appropriately limit the nature and extent
Informed Consent in Assessments- Legal and ethical term defined as the consent by a client
Nature and purpose of assessment- Informed consent in the assessment context includes an explanation of the nature and purpose of the test
or assessment
Confidentiality and release of information- Informed consent is explaining the limits of confidentiality
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act- Refer to the Protected health information refers & created or received by a health care provider.
Language and use of interpretation services- Responsibility to provide informed
consent in the language of the examinee
Release of Test Data- Protect a client/patient or others from substantial harm or misuse or misrepresentation
Test Construction- To make sure the test is standardization, Reliability & Validity.
Assessment by Unqualified People- To ensure the test is very qualify to individual within the scope of their competence
Obsolete Tests and Outdated Test Results- Psychologists are prohibited from basing their decisions and recommendations on test data that are
outdated for the test’s current use
Maintaining Test Security- Psychologists are obligated to maintain
the security of test materials
Copyright Law- illegal and an ethical violation to reproduce test materials without obtaining permission from test developers or publishers
Refer to the professional process that involves checking the integration of information from multiple sources