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
Describe the extra validity concerns related to testing.
Review the articles by Fergus (2013), Kosson, et al. (2013) and Mathieu, Hare, Jones, Babiak, & Neumann (2013).
Analyze 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 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. https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index?item=12
