Integrative assignment. Ethical considerations PSYC37

Integrative assignment
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Ethical considerations
One of the ethical considerations is informed consent, given that Sue is not enthusiastic about psychological testing. Another related consideration is release of test data on the scaled scores. Informed consent forms the basis of conducting the tests, as this will extend to explanations on confidentiality, and gives the psychologist the go ahead after explanation on what the assessment entails. Release of test data will take into account scaled scores following responses from Sue. This will extend to protection of information in case that data may cause harm or misrepresentation of information. Unless required by law the information will not be released to third parties without Sue’s consent, as this is a breach of trust.
Rationale for conducting psychological testing
The main reason for conducting tests using both WAIS-IV and MMPI-2 is to find out the underlying cause for Sue’s lack of concentration. Sue is doing badly in most of her course work, and it is necessary to carry out assessment to find a solution. The WAIS-IV test could point to lack of attention in either her studies or show inadequate information processing. At the same time, both tests depict personality type and hence helpful in assessment. The tests are reliable as their results are consistent with each other, and even if conducted by another qualified person they will be similar . Furthermore, the scores focus on different aspects of cognitive and behavioral psychology, meaning there is less bias in the results and adhering to validity (Saccuzzo & Kaplan, 2012). Conducting both tests also highlights on validity, as both are acceptable assessment tools. Thus, comparing results between the two will offer more accurate information, than simply relying on one test.
Sue’s performance using the WAIS-IV- 12
The Full Scale IQ indicated that Sue was of average abil...