Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychology Testing

Articles for this assignment

Gregory, R. J. (2014). Psychological testing: History, principles, and applications (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Chapter 1: Applications and Consequences of Psychological Testing

Chapter 3: Norms and Reliability

Chapter 4: Validity and Test Development

Ægisdóttir, S., White, M. J., Spengler, P. M., Maugherman, A. S., Anderson, L. A., Cook, R. S., Nichols, C. N.,…Rush, J. D. (2006). The meta-analysis of clinical judgment project: Fifty-six years of accumulated research on clinical versus statistical prediction. The Counseling Psychologist, 34(3), 341-382. doi:10.1177/0011000005285875

The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the Sage Journals database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. The authors of this article analyzed data from 67 studies and provide recommendations about when and under what conditions counseling psychologists might use statistical formulas as well as when they can rely on clinical methods.

Grove, W. M., & Lloyd, M. (2006). Meehl’s contribution to clinical versus statistical prediction. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115(2), 192-194. doi: 10.1037/0021-843X.115.2.192

The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. The authors provide an introduction to the concepts of statistical and clinical prediction. They also review the contributions of Paul E. Meehl’s work on this controversial topic.

Youngstrom, E. A. (2013). Future directions in psychological assessment: Combining evidence-based medicine innovations with psychology's historical strengths to enhance utility. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. 42(1), 139-159. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2012.736358.

The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. The author presents an approach to clinical practice in which the evidence-based medicine (EBM) perspective is integrated with psychological assessment practices to enhance clinical decision making.

Fergus, T. A. (2013). A comparison of three self-report measures of intolerance of uncertainty: An examination of structure and incremental explanatory power in a community sample. Psychological Assessment, 25(4), 1322-1331. doi: 10.1037/a0034103

The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. The author provides an example of how factor analysis can be used as a statistical procedure to determine the validity three self-report measures of intolerance of uncertainty.

Kosson, D. S., Neumann, C. S., Forth, A. E., Salekin, R. T., Hare, R. D., Krischer, M. K., & Svecke, K. (2013). Factor structure of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) in adolescent females. Psychological Assessment, 25(1), 71-83. doi: 10.1037/a0028986

The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. The authors present empirical findings from research investigating the validity of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) on a female sample.

Mathieu, C., Hare, R. D., Jones, D. N., Babiak, P., & Neumann, C. S. (2013). Factor structure of the B-Scan 360: A measure of corporate psychopathy. Psychological Assessment, 25(1), 288-293. doi: 10.1037/a0029262

The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. The authors present empirical findings from research investigating the validity of a measure of corporate psychopathy, the B-Scan 360.

Web Page

American Psychological Association. (2010). Standard 9: Assessment.Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx?item=12

Standard 9 of the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct provides guidance for psychologists and standards for psychology professionals who develop psychological tests and conduct psychological assessments.