EPPP- Ethical/Legal/Professional Issues

Question 1

Your friend a respected psychologist suffers a mild traumatic brain injury or TBI following a car accident. You Have noticed that he has been a little more forgetful and that at times he appears confused. What should you do?

a. nothing as he has the obligation to monitor his competency
b. nothing as you believe the mild TBI and he will be back to normal
c. talk to him regarding your concerns and encourage him to seek guidance
d. report him to the State Board

Answer 1

c. talk to him regarding your concerns and encourage him to seek guidance

Question 2

A psychologist who has been at your facility for many years tells you that she would like to start using CBT on the psychiatric inpatient unit after reading a compelling article on the topic. She Reports that this is something that she has never tried before. What advice would you give her and starting this endeavor?

a. good luck
b. suggest that she apply for specialized privileges prior to starting the group at this facility
c. have a student who is familiar with this modality co-lead the group
d. encouraged her to be more appropriately trained and supervised before starting her own group

Answer 2

d. encouraged her to be more appropriately trained and supervised before starting her own group

Question 3

A radiologist asks you to provide her with a copy of some neuropsychological test to be included in a research protocol looking at the relationships between Imaging and cognitive performance and individuals with hepatitis C. Appropriate responses include:

a. provide her with instruments as requested
b. only give her older instruments that are already in the public domain
c. offer to work with her in participating, training, supervising, as appropriate
d. only offer to help if you are listed as a second author
e. both B and C

Answer 3

c. offer to work with her in participating, training, supervising, as appropriate

Question 4

Which are potentially ethical methods of recruiting new clients?

a. soliciting outside of the ballpark after a team loses the World Series
b. soliciting as part of a disaster relief effort
c. advertising you are 100% success rate in the local paper
d. asking your clients whether any of their friends they want to initiate therapy with you
e. both B and C

Answer 4

b. soliciting as part of a disaster relief effort

Question 5

Which of the following may be considered a vulnerable population for research?

a. students, when mandated as part of a course requirement
b. prisoners
c. individuals with dementia
d. All the Above

Answer 5

d. All the Above

Question 6

When a person is believed to lack the capacity in making ethical decisions the psychologist should:

a. Ask family members to help them in deciding how to proceed
b. check to see whether there is an identified conservator or surrogate decision-maker
c. continue as planned and check on informed consent later in the day
d. Presume the person has capacity until proven otherwise

Answer 6

b. check to see whether there is an identified conservator or surrogate decision-maker

Question 7

Which of the following statements is most true?

a. continuing education is required in every state for all psychologists
b. psychologist can practice outside of their competency areas
c. psychologist don’t protect confidentiality with family members
d. it is important for psychologist to maintain competencies when working with diverse groups

Answer 7

d. it is important for psychologist to maintain competencies when working with diverse groups

Question 8

Forensic practitioners should not:

a. try to avoid conflicts of interest
b. provide formal legal advice
c. provide formal legal advice accurately describe their credentials
d. limit comment under any circumstance

Answer 8

b. provide formal legal advice

Question 9

When conducting a child evaluation of parental fit, a clinician should make a custody opinion after:

a. reviewing the file, evaluating the child, and interviewing one parent
b. reviewing the file, evaluating the child, and interviewing both parents
c. reading the file and interviewing the child
d. reading the file, evaluating the child, and interviewing one parent if the data are thought to be unbiased and credible

Answer 9

b. reviewing the file, evaluating the child, and interviewing both parents

Question 10

Which is not an example of a dual relationship?

a. friending a student on Facebook
b. buying a car from a client
c. friending a client on LinkedIn
d. inviting a client to a party
e. all of the above are potentially dual relationship examples

Answer 10

e. all of the above are potentially dual relationship examples

Question 11

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Answer 11

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Question 12

Parts of a research informed consent do not include:

a. purpose of research
b. right to decline
c. limits of confidentiality
d. names of other participants
e. all of the above

Answer 12

d. names of other participants

Question 13

It is acceptable to make multiple photo copies of tests as part of a research protocol:

a. always
b. never
c. only if copyrighted
d. only if you paid for the original

Answer 13

b. never

Question 14

It is acceptable to terminate therapy when:

a. threatened by the client
b. service is not needed
c. benefit is not being realized
d. service is needed but the client won’t pay their bill
e. all of the above are acceptable grounds to terminate

Answer 14

e. all of the above are acceptable grounds to terminate

Question 15

The general principle that is related to establishing a trusting relationship with colleagues:

a. integrity
b. justice
c. beneficence and nonmaleficence
d. Fidelity and responsibility

Answer 15

d. Fidelity and responsibility

Question 16

A client in the community is interested in receiving services from you but due to the economy can only pay you in product from his local farm. In this setting bartering may be acceptable if it:

a. is exploitative
b. poses a significant dual relationship
c. is not contraindicated to treatment
d. bartering is never acceptable for services

Answer 16

c. is not contraindicated to treatment

Question 17

A psychologist who conducts psychological assessments have not updated the test he uses in 15 year. A colleague filed a complaint with an Ethics Committee Against this psychologist. What is the general ethical principle or standard underlying this case?

a. competence
b. Fidelity and responsibility
c. integrity
d. beneficence and nonmaleficence

Answer 17

a. competence

Question 18

You want to work with the client from an ethnic group you have not worked with before. You should:

a. refer the client to another therapist
b. read books about the ethnic group while you are working with the client
c. speak supervision or consultation before taking on the client and continued supervision or consultation over the course of treatment
d. rely on your basic skills as a therapist and everything will work out

Answer 18

c. speak supervision or consultation before taking on the client and continued supervision or consultation over the course of treatment

Question 19

You are providing Psychotherapy to a 15 year old female who discloses she had recent sexual contact with her father. She begs you not to tell anyone because she believes it will make things worse. Her parents contact you asking how treatment is progressing because they perceive their daughter is getting worse. You should ____.

a. Notify her parents as your client is a minor and her parents own the client-therapist privilege
b. follow your States procedure for mandatory reporting of sexual abuse
c. discuss your concerns with your client and explain your need to tell her parents and report the abuse to the appropriate agency
d. discuss your concerns with your client and explain your need to report the abuse to the appropriate agency

Answer 19

d. discuss your concerns with your client and explain your need to report the abuse to the appropriate agency

Question 20

While you are providing clinical supervision to a psychology intern he discloses significant depression in a personalal relationship and ask for your advice. You should ___.

a. assess the extent of the interns depressive symptoms and intervene as you deem appropriate
b. ignore the request for advice and focus exclusively on the clinical cases you are supervising
c. explain the boundaries of your relationship and how it is not ethical for you to address his personal difficulties. You offer to make a referral to a clinician outside of the internship program
d. explain the reporting such difficulties in the context of clinical supervision is seen as avoiding the interns deficit clinical skills

Answer 20

c. explain the boundaries of your relationship and how it is not ethical for you to address his personal difficulties. You offer to make a referral to a clinician outside of the internship program

Question 21

You are teaching a class for the local universities doctoral program as adjunct paid faculty. Which of the following is the most ethical option?

a. have some of your graduate student guest lecture when you are on vacation given that they are knowledgeable in the respective topic for the day that you are gone
b. present the option to substitute teach for all of your graduate students
c. have some of your graduate students guest lecturer when you’re on vacation given that they are knowledgeable and their respective topic for the days you were gone and compensate them based on what you would have learned for teaching those classes
d. present the option to substitute teach to all of your graduate students and compensate them based on what you would have earned for teaching those classes

Answer 21

d. present the option to substitute teach to all of your graduate students and based on what you would have earned for teaching those classes

Question 22

The holder of privilege is usually the _____.

a. clinician
b. client
c. courts
d. both client and clinician

Answer 22

b. client

Question 23

A psychologist who works as a university Professor has not updated his lectures in 15 years. His rationale is that he uses classic readings that are timeless. Select the most accurate statement from an ethical perspective.

a. the psychologist behavior is completely ethical
b. the psychologist behavior is not ethical
c. the psychologist should update his lectures to only include the most recent scientific literature
d. the psychologist should update his lectures to include some more current literature

Answer 23

d. the psychologist should update his lectures to include some more current literature

Question 24

A psychologist is dating a graduate student in his class who is approximately 15 years older than other students. The psychologists behavior is _____.

a. unethical only if he is having sexual relations with the student
b. unethical because of poor boundaries and being in a multiple role relationship with significant potential for harm to the student
c. ethical because they are only dating
d. ethical because she is consenting to the relationship and she is an older student

Answer 24

b. unethical because of poor boundaries and being in a multiple role relationship with significant potential for harm to the student

Question 25

A new client of yours discloses that she was receiving therapy from another psychologist a few months back but she terminated that relationship because of sexual advances that were made towards her. You should ____.

a. have your client tell you the name of the other psychologist and report him or her to the state licensure board
b. inform your client that the other psychologist behavior was unethical and discuss what action she may want to take
c. have your client tell you the name of the other psychologist and confront him in person or on the phone
d. do nothing since you did not witness any inappropriate behavior yourself

Answer 25

b. inform your client that the other psychologist behavior was unethical and discuss what action she may want to take

Question 26

In a group therapy situation (choose the best answer):

a. at the onset of therapy group members must sign a binding contract to maintain confidentiality
b. the psychologist should discuss the benefits of maintaining confidentiality with group members
c. group members have no obligation to maintain confidentiality
d. group members are legally obligated to maintain confidentiality

Answer 26

b. the psychologist should discuss the benefits of maintaining confidentiality with group members

Question 27

A psychology graduate student believes that her research study is causing harm to some of the subject. Her supervisor for the study indicates there is no reason for concern because the study was approved by the IRB. Who is responsible for the apparent ethical violation?

a. the University or the study is being conducted
b. the research supervisor
c. the students and she designed the study
d. both the student and the advisor

Answer 27

d. both the student and the advisor

Question 28

A college student client that you have been seeing for about 10 months asks you to attend his college graduation ceremony. You should (choose the best answer):

a. attend the ceremony because you might hurt his feelings if you do not
b. consult with your significant other as the current course of action is not entirely clear
c. refused to attend because it is a boundary violation and hens unethical
d. discuss the potential risks and benefits with your client

Answer 28

d. discuss the potential risks and benefits with your client

Question 29

In the APA ethical code of conduct the general principles presented at the beginning of the:

a. are prescriptive and describe what behaviors psychologist can follow in a change of circumstances
b. are often used by licensure boards for imposing sanctions on psychologists
c. are aspirational in nature
d. serve as an introduction to the code and are not very helpful in guiding ethical behavior

Answer 29

c. are aspirational in nature

Question 30

Which of the following is not true when considering ethics and clinical supervision?

a. multiple role relationship are more common in clinical training in clinical supervision than other areas of psychological practice
b. the higher status power of the supervisor can be problematic when multiple roles and relationships exist
c. the welfare of the client being seen by the trainee should get greater consideration than the welfare of the trainee
d. clinical supervision is considered a confidence that supervisors should possess

Answer 30

c. the welfare of the client being seen by the trainee should get greater consideration than the welfare of the trainee