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A 9 page paper that addresses specific issues related to personality assessment, including a case study where ethical violations were identified. The next section discusses the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Multiphasic Personality (MMPI-2), including validity and reliability. The writer discuses personality testing for selecting and hiring, and how a clinician would explain the NEO PI-R would be explained to a client. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
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of signed patients rights, confidentiality and release of information forms prior to engaging with child. Issue: Administering personality tests without permission. The psychologist gave Jimmys mother and stepfather copies of
patient rights, confidentiality forms, and release of information forms and told them to bring them back next time. The psychologist asked the parents to leave the room and administered the
MMPI A and the BSI personality assessments. The APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct states in Standard 9.03a that informed consent must obtained prior to administering any
tests to anyone (APA, 2011). It does not seem that the psychologists said anything about his preliminary interpretation of test data. Issue: Releasing information. The psychologist told the stepfather that
Jimmy did not like him, hoped he would die, and that he had started a fire in the basement. The psychologist places Jimmy in an untenable situation by making these
comments to the parents. The psychologist has not discussed the limits of confidentiality with Jimmy or the parents, thus, Jimmy would have an expectation that what he said would not
be publicized to his mom and stepfather. APA Standard 4.091 and 4.02 address this issue (APA, 2011). Standard 4.04 states psychologists may not disclose information without the consent of
the client (APA, 2011). This would be spelled out in the limits to confidentiality agreement not yet signed. These same restrictions are discussed in the American Counseling Associations Code of
Ethics in Standards B.1.b, B.1.c. and B.1.d (ACA, 2005). Goldfinger and Pomerantz (2010) point out that discussing the limits of confidentiality is crucial because most people think confidentiality is absolute.
Issue: Disclosing information to the school counselor without permission. The release of information form was not yet signed. Issue: Hasty diagnosis. What is the psychologist basing his diagnosis on?
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