Question

identify several ethical or unethical decisions as it relates to psychological testing?

Answer 1

The ethical decisions as it's relates to psychological testing:

• Use of appropriate psychological evaluation that best suits the situation or that best measures or provides evidence for the factor that is measured.
• Use of psychological tests that are valid and reliable.
• Obtaining of informed consent from the client/patient.
• Maintaining confidentiality in the test results and interpretations.
• While developing a psychological tests and assessment techniques,,use of appropriate psychometric procedures to make the tests reliable,valid and standard, and eliminate the bias in a any form.

Unethical decisions as it relates to psychological testing:

• Not considering the situational, personal, linguistic,and cultural differences while a person is assesed .
• Use of psychological tests and assessment techniques by unqualified person ,and that is developed by an unqualified person.
• When assessment or interpretation of tests are based on outdated data or result,or that it doesn't serves the current purpose.
• When psychologist base their decision or recommendation on data and measures that are obsolete and not appropriate for the current purpose.