Ethics in Assessment

Ethical standards and procedures relative to psychological assessment can be found in Article _____________ of PAP Code of Ethics

Under item a of section A, the expert opinions that psychology practitioners provide through their recommendations, reports, and diagnostic and evaluative statements must be based on ________________ and appropriate ____________________ .

Psychology practitioners shall obtain their client’s informed consent prior to conduct of any assessment EXCEPT in which of the following instances?

• When mandated by law

• When implied such as in the conduct of routine educational, institutional, and organizational activity

• When the purpose of the assessment is to determine the individual’s decisional capacity

• When the purpose of the assessment is to determine the individual’s delusional capacity

Psychology practitioners shall judiciously select and administer only those tests that are pertinent to the __________________ and ________________ of the assessment.

Psychology practitioners shall use data collection, methods, and procedures that are consistent with current ___________________ and professional developments

Psychology practitioners shall not base their interpretations, conclusions and recommendations on _________________ test results

Psychology practitioners shall not provide interpretations, conclusions and recommendations on the basis of ____________

Under no circumstances shall psychology practitioners report the test results without taking into consideration the __________________ , ________________ and _________________ of the test. Any reservation concerning the validity or reliability of an assessment procedure, arising from its administration, norms, or domain reference, should be made explicitly in any report.

Psychology practitioners shall interpret assessment results while considering the purpose of the assessment and other factors such as the client’s test taking abilities, characteristics, situational, personal, and ____________________ differences

It is the responsibility of Psychology practitioners to ensure that _________________ and _____________ are not used by persons other than those explicitly agreed upon by the referral sources prior to the assessment procedure