Ethical, Legal and Cultural Issues in Administering Psychological Tests

Psychologists need to consider Ethical, Legal and Cultural issues in administering psychological tests. Part of the Ethical considerations in testing involves obtaining informed consent from all the test takers or the subject. We should ask permission from the subject and they should be informed on the things that they’ll be taking and they should agree on the terms given to them. Incursion of privacy is also one of the issues to be considered. Subjects have the right to refuse answering questions that they think is too personal. They have the right to set limits. The psychologist is responsible for protecting the subject’s privacy. He/She should treat all experimental data confidentially. All information collected should be kept private even the smallest things because the subjects have their rights to privacy. The subjects also have the right to know their test results.

In Legal Considerations, we should consider if we are qualified to use it. We need to ask these questions: Was the material bought? Is it sufficient to make a conclusion about its results? Are you in the right position to make conclusions about results? Is the person capable of making right conclusions? And etc.

Lastly, we also have to consider Cultural Considerations. The tests should be appropriate to all test takers, but almost all Psychological Tests westerns. We have to know if it is appropriate for Asians.

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