Ethics

Question 1

vicarious liability

Answer 1

an employer’s legal responsibility for the acts of his/her employees

Question 2

Privilege refers to

Answer 2

the legal requirement to protect client confidentiality in court testimony, depositions, and other legal proceedings

Question 3

what are the 4 conditions to be met for a claim of malpractice?

Answer 3

1) psychologist must have a legal duty to provide professional services to the client
2) must have breached that duty as the result of negligence or by providing services that did not meet the professional standard of care
3) client was psychologically or physically harmed or injured
4) the breach of duty was the cause of the client’s harm or injury

Question 4

Pro bono services

Answer 4

are recommended but not required

Question 5

you receive a request for information about a former client of yours from the APA’s Ethics Committee which it needs for its investigation of a complaint the client has filed against you. What is the appropriate next step?

Answer 5

you must cooperate with the request as long as the client has signed an authorization to release confidential information

Question 6

_____ and _____ are the standards used in the APA’s Ethics Code to define sexual harassment

Answer 6

hostile environment and reasonable person

Question 7

authors of articles published in an APA journal must maintain raw data for at least ____ years after publication of the article

Answer 7

5

Question 8

the insanity defense is used in only __% of all criminal cases and is successful about ___% of the time

Answer 8

1%; 25%

Question 9

the ASPPB’s E.Passport is

Answer 9

a requirement for providing telepsychology services across jurisdictional lines

Question 10

HIPPA allows covered entities to disclose a patient’s personal health information (PHI) without an authorization signed by the patient when ______

Answer 10

it’s going to be used for the purpose of treatment, payment, or health care operations