Ethical Standard7.Education and Training Flashcards
Are psychologists responsible for ensuring that educational and training programs are designed to provide the appropriate knowledge and proper experiences, and meet the requirements?
7.01 Design of Education and Training Programs
YES, meet requirements for licensure,certification, or other goals for which claims are made by the program
(See also standard 5.03 descriptions of workshops and non-degree-granting educational programs)
Do psychologists need to be responsible for education and training program’s current and accurate description of the program content, training goals and objectives, stipends and benefits, and requirements that must be met for the satisfactory completion of the program?
7.02 Description of Education and Training Programs
Yes, and it must be made readily available to all interested parties.
What steps do psychologists take to ensure that there is accuracy in teaching?
- 03 Accuracy in Teaching
(a) Psychologists take reasonable steps to ensure that course syllabi are accurate regarding the subject matter to be covered, bases for evaluating progress, and the nature of course experiences.
This does not preclude an instructor from modifying course content or requirements when the instructor considers it pedagogically necessary or desirable, so long as students are made aware of these modifications in a manner that enables them to fulfill course requirements.
(See also standard 5.01 Avoidance of false or deceptive statements)
(b) When engaged in teaching or training, psychologists present psychological information accurately.
(See also standard 2.03, maintaining competence)
Do psychologists require students or supervisees to disclose personal information in course- or program-related activities, either orally or in writing, regarding sexual history, history of abuse and neglect, psychological treatment, and relationships with parents, peers, and spouses, or significant others and are there any exceptions?
7.04 Student Disclosure of Personal Information
NO, Psychologists do not require disclosure of personal information
EXCEPT if
(1) the program or training facility has clearly identified this requirement in its admissions and program materials or
(2) the information is necessary to evaluate or obtain assistance for students whose personal problems could reasonably be judged to be preventing them from performing their training- or professionally related activities in a competent manner or posing a threat to the students or others.
When psychologists require students to participate in individual or group therapy as a program or course requirement, is it the psychologist’s responsibility to allow students in undergraduate and graduate programs the option of selecting such therapy from practitioners unaffiliated with the program and faculty are not providing therapy, who are themselves not involved in evaluating student’s academic performance?
- 05 Mandatory Individual or Group Therapy
(a) YES, psychologists responsible to provide options for practitioners unaffiliated with the program.(see also 7.02 descriptions of education and training programs)
AND (b) faculty who are or are likely to be responsible for evaluating students’ academic performance DO NOT themselves provide the therapy.(see 3.05 multiple relationships)
When do supervisors provide information regarding the process of student or supervisee performance? And what are students and supervisees evaluated on?
- 06 Assessing Student and Supervisee Performance
(a) In an Academic and Supervisory relationships, psychologists establish a timely and specific process for providing feedback to students and supervisees.Information regarding the process is provided to the student at the beginning of supervision.
(b) Psychologists evaluate students and supervisees on the basis of their actual performance on relevant and established program requirements.
Are psychologists supposed to engage in sexual relationships with students and supervisees?
7.07 Sexual Relationships With Students and Supervisees
Psychologists do not engage in sexual relationships with students or supervisees who are in their department, agency, or training center or over whom psychologists have or are likely to have evaluative authority.
(See also Standard 3.05 Multiple relationships).
