Psychological Testing and Assessment of Adolescents An assessment involves administering and interpreting psychological tests and integrating this with current and past symptoms‚ observations‚ information about developmental‚ biological‚ social‚ educational‚ and life experiences (Kirst-Ashman & Hull‚ 2006). Educational assessments of adolescents are based on obtaining a profile of the child’s learning weaknesses as well as his or her strengths. When an educational assessment is performed on the
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The Overuse and Misuse of Psychological Testing The article “The Overuse and Misuse of Psychological Testing: Why Less Is More” by Jill Sanders and Sheba Katz‚ discusses the use of psychological test in family court. The article explained how the use of psychological testing in child-custody cases can provide helpful information‚ but many people including attorneys and judges place too much emphasis on the outcome of the test. The article explains that there is no test to determine whether a person
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Material Issues in Psychological Testing Worksheet Using the text for this course‚ the University Library‚ the Internet‚ and/or other resources answer the following questions. Your response to each question should be at least 200 words in length. .1 What are at least two ethical issues associated with psychological testing? What impact do these issues have on the field of psychological testing? There are a lot of ethical issues that are associated with psychological testing but the two that
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Ethical considerations in the research of applied linguistics JIAN HE Monash University 1. Introduction In applied linguistics researches‚ there are unlikely considerable issues related to ethics or morality due to the harmlessness of the nature of language study. And in most cases‚ the participants are even able to get more or less some benefits from the research. For example‚ the participants may have an opportunity to gain certain knowledge of a target language via practicing
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when they are taking action. This brings us to the discussion of the difference between psychological egoism and ethical egoism and my position upon ethical egoism. I will begin by defining both psychological and ethical egoism. I will then state the counterexamples/arguments against it‚ and finally critically assess my position on ethical. Psychological egoism‚ as Dr. Belcher describes it is‚ "Psychological egoism is the claim that humans are (and can be) motivated only by selfish desires or that
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changes in our genes. Most human disease results‚ in whole or in part‚ from alterations in genes. Because the tests are expected to have incredible predictive power and because they may tell us personal information before we are ready to receive it‚ testing requested by a third party could be considered an infringement on privacy. Furthermore‚ the technology is new and thus subject to errors in interpretation that could result in unfair discrimination against the person who has been tested. Genes are
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Research Summary / Ethical Considerations Student Class Grand Canyon University Date Introduction Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus‚ MRSA‚ is a common infection in a lot of hospitals‚ nursing homes‚ and among those with weak immune systems. MRSA infections are mostly non-life threatening but can be fatal if left untreated due to its resistance to antibiotics commonly used. Even a healthy person can be a “carrier” and not be infected. To aid in the prevention of MRSA infection
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Chapter Four ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS The prospect of creating children through somatic cell nuclear transfer has elicited widespread concern‚ much of it in the form of fears about harms to the children who may be born as a result. There are concerns about possible physical harms from the manipulations of ova‚ nuclei‚ and embryos which are parts of the technology‚ and also about possible psychological harms‚ such as a diminished sense of individuality and personal autonomy. There are ethical concerns as
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Ethical Considerations in Annuity Sales to Seniors National American University TABLE OF CONTENTS A. Abstract B. Introduction - Thesis C. Definitions i. Annuities ii. Fiduciary responsibility D. The specialty of the senior market E. The evolution of ethical issues surrounding sales to seniors F. The Government’s Involvement in the Problem G. In general‚ when is selling these products to seniors inappropriate? H. In general‚ when is selling
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Essay Ethical considerations in publishing news images Publishing a news image has become even more complicated since the new digital age and the rise in social media‚ which means that photojournalists now have to consider the ethical decisions they make more closely than they did several years ago. However‚ some ethical boundaries are clearer than others and it is in a photojournalist’s best interest to be informed of those ethics before they go ahead and publish a picture they think the public
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