PSY 380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Equal Employment Opportunity, Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act, Takers
8 Mar 2016
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Accommodation in services: minor, removes barrier, levels playing ield. Modiication: actually changes conditions with physical interaction, or conditions in which person is assessed. During test taking: visually impaired, so modiication would be create in braille or give oral version of test - if cant otherwise be deliver in modality, waive that particular requirement. Originally apa ethical standards for distribution of psychological tests and diagnostic aids. Now standard for educational and psychological testing (july 2014) Apa code of professional ethics related to. Expertise, best interest of client, duty to warn/protect, standard of care, responsible report writing, considering individual diferences. Right to be informed of test results. Except for court ordered, or for legal purposes if lawyer hired clinical professional. Assumption 3: test related behavior predicts non test related behavior. Test and its scores represents or predicts underlying real world behavior. Even if test mimics, it is still only an estimate or sample of behavior. Assumption 4: tests have strength and weaknesses.
