Ethics in Assessment :Resource: the American Psychological Association (APA) Code of Ethics

Select a legal case from the list in Table 2-1 in Ch. 2 of Psychological Testing and Assessment or another case related to psychological assessment.

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper discussing:

The background of your selected case and the legal implications of the decision

An analysis of the biases related to the assessments in the case

The ethical implications for diverse populations in relationship to the case

The role of norming in creating bias

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

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I want to do it on the following:

Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California (1974) Therapists (and presumably psychological assessors) must reveal privileged information if a third party is endangered. In the words of the Court, “Protective privilege ends where the public peril begins.”

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On the 27^th of October, 1969 Tatiana Tarasoff was killed by ProsenjitPoddar. Tatiana’s parents (plaintiffs) alleged that Poddar had disclosed that he intended to kill Tatiana two months prior to his psychologist Dr. Lawrence Moore, who was at the time employed at the Cowell Memorial Hospital situated at the university of California…………….

APA

1505 words

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