Assignment: Ethical & Professional Issues in Psychology Testing
PowerPoint presentation with 16 to 20 slides (not including the title and reference slides) entitled Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychological Testing. The power point presentation must provide 2 to 3 slides for each of the required topics.
Write speaker notes to accompany each slide and include the speaker notes in the notes section of each slide. These speaker notes must include the script you would use for the oral comments you would make while presenting the materials to a live audience. Do not save your presentation as a PDF. Upload the PowerPoint with the speaker notes included.
I. The Ethical and Social Implications of Testing
i. Provide an overview and brief evaluation of the ethical and social implications of psychological assessment.
II. Professional Responsibilities
i. Describe the responsibilities of both test publishers and test users.
III. Testing Individuals Representing Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
i. Analyze and describe issues related to the testing of cultural and linguistic minorities.
IV. Reliability
i. Explain the common sources of measurement error and how measurement error can impact reliability.
V. Validity
i. Create a diagram or figure to compare the types of validity discussed in the textbook.
ii. Describe the extravalidity concerns related to testing.
iii. Review the articles by Fergus (2013), Kosson, et al. (2013) and Mathieu, Hare, Jones, Babiak, & Neumann (2013). Analyse the information presented in these articles on factor analysis and describe how it is used to validate the constructs of the instruments.
VI. Clinical Versus Statistical Prediction
i. Compare clinical and statistical prediction of mental health decisions based on the work of Ægisdóttir, et al. (2006) and Grove & Lloyd (2006).
VII. Application One: An Ethical and Professional Quandry.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.