Question

Summarize APA Code of Ethics in your own words. Discuss the importance of adhering to a code of ethics in research.

Answer 1

For organizational, clinical, educational, forensic, vocational, purposes, personality assessment is the core of assessment (psychology). assessment procedures and techniques have been developed by practitioners and researchers Over the last century. In order to maintain the desired level of standard and professionalism, many ethical guidelines have developed. These guidelines are used to prevent procedural difficulties, ethical dilemmas. these guidelines help to reduce irrelevant tests and assessment procedures, cultural bias, privacy invasion, the continuation of tests despite lacking validity and other privacy issues. These type of issue decreases the credibility of psychological assessment due to public scepticism.   

Hence, in order to ensure the ethical application of personality testing psychologists can do:

• By following guidelines properly.

• By checking the validity of tests.

• By reducing cultural bias.