Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychology Testing

PowerPoint presentation with 16 to 20 slides (not including the title and reference slides) entitled Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychological Testing. The power point presentation must provide 2 to 3 slides for each of the required topics and include appropriate citations of your referenced sources. Separate reference slides, which follow APA formatting guidelines for a References page, must be included at the end of the presentation. You must create your own template and organize your presentation in the sequence provided. Do not use a font smaller than 20 pt. You are encouraged to insert relevant figures and graphics. Make sure to appropriately cite any images you use. If you include a table or figure from a journal article, cite it according to APA guidelines. The notes section of each slide must include the text for oral comments for presenting the materials to a live audience.

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Write speaker notes to accompany each slide and include the speaker notes in the notes section of each slide. These speaker notes must include the script you would use for the oral comments you would make while presenting the materials to a live audience. Do not save your presentation as a PDF. Upload the PowerPoint with the speaker notes included.

References must be cited according to APA 7 guidelines .The presentation must cover each of the following topics in the order presented below.

The Ethical and Social Implications of Testing

Provide an overview and brief evaluation of the ethical and social implications of psychological assessment.

Professional Responsibilities

Describe the responsibilities of both test publishers and test users.

Testing Individuals Representing Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

Analyze and describe issues related to the testing of cultural and linguistic minorities.

Reliability

Explain the common sources of measurement error and how measurement error can impact reliability.

Validity

Create a diagram or figure to compare the types of validity discussed in the textbook.
Describe the extravalidity concerns related to testing.
Review the articles by Fergus (2013), Kosson, et al. (2013) and Mathieu, Hare, Jones, Babiak, & Neumann (2013). Analyse the information presented in these articles on factor analysis and describe how it is used to validate the constructs of the instruments.

Clinical Versus Statistical Prediction

Compare clinical and statistical prediction of mental health decisions based on the work of Ægisdóttir, et al. (2006) and Grove & Lloyd (2006).

Application One: An Ethical and Professional Quandry

Select one of the Ethical and Professional Quandries in Testing from Case Exhibit 1.2 in your textbook(see attachment chapter 1) and describe the ethical issues specific to the scenario you selected. Include an analysis of the relevant principles from Standard 9 in the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct
Taking on the role of the psychologist or counselor in the chosen scenario, describe how you might respond to the challenge you selected and provide a brief rationale for your decision.

Application Two: Evidence-Based Medicine

Summarize Youngstrom’s (2013) recommendations for linking assessment directly to clinical decision making in evidence-based medicine.
Elaborate on each of Youngstrom’s recommendations by providing practical examples that illustrate the relevance of the recommendations in a clinical setting.

Application Three: Selecting Valid Instruments

Create a research hypothesis or brief clinical case scenario in which you must select an instrument to measure intolerance for uncertainty.
Use the information in the Fergus (2013) article to support which measure to use.

The presentation

Must consist of 16 to 20 slides (not including title and reference slides) that are formatted according to APA 7
Must use the assigned chapters in the course text, Standard 9 from the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, and the 3 required peer-reviewed articles attached

RequiredReferencestouse.docx

Articles for this assignment

Gregory, R. J. (2014). Psychological testing: History, principles, and applications (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Chapter 1: Applications and Consequences of Psychological Testing

Chapter 3: Norms and Reliability

Chapter 4: Validity and Test Development

Ægisdóttir, S., White, M. J., Spengler, P. M., Maugherman, A. S., Anderson, L. A., Cook, R. S., Nichols, C. N.,…Rush, J. D. (2006). The meta-analysis of clinical judgment project: Fifty-six years of accumulated research on clinical versus statistical prediction. The Counseling Psychologist, 34(3), 341-382. doi:10.1177/0011000005285875

The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the Sage Journals database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. The authors of this article analyzed data from 67 studies and provide recommendations about when and under what conditions counseling psychologists might use statistical formulas as well as when they can rely on clinical methods.

Grove, W. M., & Lloyd, M. (2006). Meehl’s contribution to clinical versus statistical prediction. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115(2), 192-194. doi: 10.1037/0021-843X.115.2.192

The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. The authors provide an introduction to the concepts of statistical and clinical prediction. They also review the contributions of Paul E. Meehl’s work on this controversial topic. Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychology Testing

Youngstrom, E. A. (2013). Future directions in psychological assessment: Combining evidence-based medicine innovations with psychology’s historical strengths to enhance utility. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. 42(1), 139-159. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2012.736358.

The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. The author presents an approach to clinical practice in which the evidence-based medicine (EBM) perspective is integrated with psychological assessment practices to enhance clinical decision making.

Fergus, T. A. (2013). A comparison of three self-report measures of intolerance of uncertainty: An examination of structure and incremental explanatory power in a community sample. Psychological Assessment, 25(4), 1322-1331. doi: 10.1037/a0034103

The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. The author provides an example of how factor analysis can be used as a statistical procedure to determine the validity three self-report measures of intolerance of uncertainty.

Kosson, D. S., Neumann, C. S., Forth, A. E., Salekin, R. T., Hare, R. D., Krischer, M. K., & Svecke, K. (2013). Factor structure of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) in adolescent females. Psychological Assessment, 25(1), 71-83. doi: 10.1037/a0028986

The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. The authors present empirical findings from research investigating the validity of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) on a female sample.

Mathieu, C., Hare, R. D., Jones, D. N., Babiak, P., & Neumann, C. S. (2013). Factor structure of the B-Scan 360: A measure of corporate psychopathy. Psychological Assessment, 25(1), 288-293. doi: 10.1037/a0029262

The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. The authors present empirical findings from research investigating the validity of a measure of corporate psychopathy, the B-Scan 360.

Web Page

American Psychological Association. (2010). Standard 9: Assessment.Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx?item=12

Standard 9 of the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct provides guidance for psychologists and standards for psychology professionals who develop psychological tests and conduct psychological assessments.
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KossonetalFactorStructureoftheHarePsychopathyChecklist.pdf
FergusAcomparisonofthreeself-reportmeasures.pdf
MathieuetalFactorstructureoftheB-Scan360.pdf
YoungstromE.A.2013.Futuredirectionsinpsychologicalassessmen.pdf
Chapter1fromtextbook.pdf
Chapter4Validityfromtextbook.pdf