Pope Ch. 4

Question 1

4 common obstacles to treating people with dignity and respect

Answer 1

1. Diagnostic categories
2. Financial concerns
3. Fatigue
4. Personal predispositions, biases, and prejudices

Question 2

Respect for People’s Rights and Dignity

Answer 2

One of five basic principles in the APA Ethics Code, which are aspirational and inform the standards. This principle states:

Psychologists respect the dignity and worth of all people, and the rights of individuals to privacy, confidentiality, and self-determination. Psychologists are aware that special safeguards may be necessary to protect the rights and welfare of persons or communities whose vulnerabilities impair autonomous decision-making. Psychologists are aware of and respect cultural, individual, and role differences, including those based on age, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language, and socioeconomic status, and consider these factors when working with members of such groups. Psychologists try to eliminate the effect on their work of biases based on those factors, and they do not knowingly participate in or condone activities of others based upon such prejudices.

Question 3

How the next (not yet official) APA Ethics Code will be different in its treatment of dignity and respect

Answer 3

The next APA Ethics Code will have a section entitled Respect for the Welfare of Persons and Peoples, which will replace, and expand on, the section in the previous Code entitled Respect for People’s Rights and Dignity. The new code will also have a section entitled Human and Civil Rights. Both of these sections will be aspirational (the new code will contain 8 aspirational principles), although certain elements will also be codified into explicit standards.