Ethics in Psychological Assessments

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Humanities

Write a 1,000 word paper discussing codes of practice and ethical issues that must be considered when using psychological assessments. Address the following in your paper:

  1. A description of at least three ethical issues including multicultural and diversity issues
  2. Ways to avoid the ethical issues in psychological assessments
  3. A discussion of how a clinician assesses behaviors that stem from cultures or subcultures
  4. A discussion of how a client’s academic/education, career, personal, and social development impacts assessment choice

Include a discussion of how these ethical issues are addressed in “Section E: Evaluation, Assessment, and Interpretation” from the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics located at: http://www.counseling.org/Resources/aca-code-of-ethics.pdf.

Include at least three scholarly references in addition to the textbook in your paper.