PSYC37H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Psychological Testing, Informed Consent, Takers
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Chapter 21: ethics and the future of psychological testing. Professional, moral, and social issues shape testing ethical issues underlie each of these concerns. Theoretical concerns, the adequacy of tests, and actuarial versus clinical prediction. The validity of these theories and their underlying assumptions is far from proved: the bottom line is that today"s tests are no better than the theories and assumptions that underlie them. Tests that lead to selection biases are suspect: in the end, it may be the u. s. supreme court or congress that tells us whether the use of a test is justified. The accuracy of predictions made by test users. Drew attention to the limits of test data even in the hands of trained practitioners. Other studies and analyses indicated that the trained practitioners is a better predictor than actuarial formulas are, especially when practitioners use data from a variety of sources such as a test battery, an interview, and a case history.
