APA Principles
Psychologists recognize that fairness and justice entitle all persons to access to and benefit from the contributions of psychology and to equal quality in the processes, procedures, and services being conducted by psychologists.
Principle D: Justice
A person’s voluntary agreement to participate in a procedure on the basis of their understanding of its nature, its potential benefits and possible risks, and available alternatives.
Informed consent
License exam name
examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP)
A psychologist refrains from entering into a multiple relationship if the multiple relationship could reasonably be expected to impair the psychologist's objectivity, competence, or effectiveness in performing his or her functions as a psychologist, or otherwise risks exploitation or harm to the person with whom the professional relationship exists.
Section 3: Human Relations
Psychologists respect the dignity and worth of all people, and the rights of individuals to privacy, confidentiality, and self-determination.
Principle E: Respect for People's Rights & Dignity
The process of giving participants in a completed research project a fuller explanation of the study in which they participated than was possible before or during the research.
Debrief
Age requirement to be a licensed psychologist
21 years of age
A psychologist in a hospital setting is treating a teenage client for depression. The psychologist encounters the teenager’s parent, who demands detailed information about the client’s treatment plan and progress. Without confirming the extent of parental consent or discussing confidentiality with the client, the psychologist provides specific details about recent therapy sessions.
Section 4: Privacy & Confidentiality
Psychologists strive to benefit those with whom they work and take care to do no harm.
Principle A: Beneficence & Nonmaleficence
Black, low income men were given syphilis unbeknownst to them. Some were left untreated even when penicillin became widespread.
Tuskegee Experiment
Educational requirements
Doctoral degree in psychology, Satisfy the Child Abuse Identification Reporting requirement by completing coursework or training in the identification and reporting of child abuse in accordance with Section 6507(3)(a) of the Education Law
A researcher is invited to present at a conference, where they use data from their most recent clinical trial. They selectively report only positive findings and omit mention of adverse events or limitations that could change the interpretation of the trial outcomes.
Section 5: Advertising & other public statements
Section 8: Research & Publication
In these activities psychologists do not steal, cheat or engage in fraud, subterfuge, or intentional misrepresentation of fact.
Principle C: Integrity
Turned Stanford basement into a prison. Participants had too much power, it didn't end when physical and mental abuse was occurring, and Zimbardo was a superintendent and not an impartial observer.
Fee for licensure
$294.00
After closing a client’s file, a psychologist is contacted three months later by the client’s spouse, who asks for assessment results and clinical impressions for use in a contentious divorce. The psychologist provides the results without first seeking the client’s permission or evaluating potential risks in disclosing sensitive assessment material.
Section 9: Assessment
Psychologists uphold professional standards of conduct, clarify their professional roles and obligations, accept appropriate responsibility for their behavior, and seek to manage conflicts of interest that could lead to exploitation or harm.
Principle B: Fidelity
Subject would deliver shocks of increasing voltage onto the confederate if the confederate answered questions incorrectly.
Milgram Experiment
Experience requirements
Two years of full-time supervised experience (defined as 1750 clock hours per year) or the part-time equivalent, consistent with the scope of practice in psychology in Section 7601-A of the State Education Law
A mother brings in her 12-year-old daughter who is deaf for an ADHD evaluation. You are not trained in sign language, and the patient cannot read lips. You check with your hospital regarding getting an interpreter; none are available, but you decide to go ahead with the case anyway.
Section 2: Competence
Section 9: Assessment
Section 3: Human Relations
Section 4: Privacy & Confidentiality
Section 6: Record keeping & fees