Homework: The Minority Testing Bias Persists
For this Homework, you will write a paper about choosing appropriate measures for psychological diagnosis, evaluation, and selection. Identify and summarize psychological measures that are culturally sensitive, based on gender equity, address language barriers, and other biases such as ambiguous and cognition as well as with having a mental illness.
Be sure to address the following:
Part I: The Minority Testing Bias Persists article calls attention to the fact that some tests may be culture-specific without even knowing it.
1. Discuss the implied message from this article and the need to identify underlying testing items that have subtle stereotypical wording or context that are culturally discriminatory in nature.
2. Discuss effective measures that can address these issues based on your readings for this unit and personal professional behavior.
3. What impact does culture have on the process of psychological assessment and influence diagnosis on verbal communication, and on nonverbal communications?
Part II: Issues with ethics, legal, socio-cultural, and personal biases affecting diagnostic, treatment and selection process.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.