Ethical and Professional Issues Quiz Flashcards
Dr. S has been a consultant for the CIA for many years. She has been asked to consult on an interrogation that she has been told will contain harsh interrogation methods. If Dr. S agrees to consult, her participation will be considered ____________ under the APA Ethics Code.
a. ethical if not illegal
b. unethical
c. permissible
d. permissible if not illegal
b. unethical
Dr. P’s new client has just informed her that the client had a sexual relationship with her former therapist. Dr. P’s is required to:
a. attempt to resolve the ethical violation with the offending therapist, if possible
b. attempt to resolve the ethical violation with the offending therapist, if it does not violate confidentiality
c. formally report the ethics violation
d. formally report the ethics violation, if it does not violate confidentiality
d. formally report the ethics violation, if it does not violate confidentiality
Dr. P recognizes his responsibility to obtain and maintain high standards of competence in his work. He is exhibiting which General Principle:
a. beneficence and nonmaleficence
b. fidelity and responsibility
c. justice
d. integrity
b. fidelity and responsibility
Dr. O conducts research at a major university. His latest project required some degree of deception. Dr. O made sure that his research protocol was well within the guidelines of Standard 8.07, Deception in Research. Which General Principle is Dr. O exhibiting?
a. Justice
b. Integrity
c. Respect for People’s Rights and Dignity
d. Fidelity and Responsibility
b. Integrity
When conflicts between ethics and law arise, the psychologist should:
a. always obey the law
b. always obey the ethics code
c. consider the consequences of the decision to the psychologist
d. consider the consequences of the decision to the stakeholders
d. consider the consequences of the decision to the stakeholders
The following characteristics are often associated with teaching and consultation:
a. Empathy and compassion
b. Benevolence and care
c. Virtue of honesty
d. Fidelity, integrity, and wisdom
d. Fidelity, integrity, and wisdom
Dr. James has just discovered that his colleague has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. In conversation with his colleague, Dr. James learns that his colleague has decided not to take steps to provide for his clients if he becomes incapacitated. Dr. James should:
a. report his colleague to the local state licensing board
b. report his colleague to the APA Ethics Committee
c. talk to his colleague about the ethical violation
d. talk to his colleague’s clients
c. talk to his colleague about the ethical violation
Dr. G has received notice from the state ethics committee that a complaint has been filed against him. He may take all of the following steps, EXCEPT:
a. to respond to the request for information
b. to see legal counsel
c. to ignore the notice
d. to ask for a deferment
c. to ignore the notice
The role of the expert witness is:
a. to answer the court’s questions
b. to provide a legal opinion in a case
c. to educate the court on topics it may not have knowledge
d. to educate the court on legal topics
c. to educate the court on topics it may not have knowledge
The APA Presidential Task force report on evidence-based practice in psychology considered the following two factors important in treatment decisions:
a. scientific knowledge and clinical judgment
b. scientific judgment and clinical knowledge
c. clinical knowledge and skill integration
d. scientific knowledge and skill integration
a. scientific knowledge and clinical judgement
Boundaries are designed to do all of the following, except:
a. to prevent blurring of personal and professional domains
b. to prevent all self-disclosure
c. to create a safe place
d. to support effectiveness of psychologists’ work
b. to prevent all self-disclosure
When psychological services are court ordered, the psychologist should inform the individual of:
a. nature of the services, limits of confidentiality
b. nature of the services, boundaries of confidentiality
c. details of services, limits of confidentiality
d. details of services, boundaries of confidentiality
a. nature of the services, limits of confidentiality
The term reasonable precaution in Standard 4.01 recognizes the psychologist’s duty to recognize:
a. that confidentiality may be broken
b. the responsibility to be familiar with appropriate methods of protecting confidentiality
c. the responsibility to be familiar with appropriate methods of protecting confidentiality and that confidentiality may be broken
d. that privacy may be broken
c. the responsibility to be familiar with appropriate methods of protecting confidentiality and that confidentiality may be broken
Psychologists may disclose confidential information with _____________ consent of the organizational client, individual client, or another legally authorized person on behalf of the client.
a. written
b. oral
c. appropriate
d. reasonable
c. appropriate
It is ethical for psychologists to include personal information on their professional website, if:
a. it is directly relevant to professional services
b. it is directly relevant to the psychologist
c. it is not false
d. it is not misleading
a. It is directly relevant to professional services
