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    Privacy and confidentiality are important ethical issues regarding psychological testing. Private information revealed during testing should be kept confidential unless necessary to prevent harm. While concerns about privacy apply to all types of tests, psychological tests in particular have faced scrutiny due to misconceptions about tests and their misuse to solely assess individuals. For privacy to be protected, tests must only be used as behavior samples, information must be kept confidential with exceptions to prevent harm, identifying information must be removed, the information sought must be relevant to the test purpose, and informed consent is required so test takers understand what is being tested and can refuse. Psychologists have a responsibility to ensure information is not misused and individuals understand their rights.

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    Privacy and confidentiality are important ethical issues regarding psychological testing. Private information revealed during testing should be kept confidential unless necessary to prevent harm. While concerns about privacy apply to all types of tests, psychological tests in particular have faced scrutiny due to misconceptions about tests and their misuse to solely assess individuals. For privacy to be protected, tests must only be used as behavior samples, information must be kept confidential with exceptions to prevent harm, identifying information must be removed, the information sought must be relevant to the test purpose, and informed consent is required so test takers understand what is being tested and can refuse. Psychologists have a responsibility to ensure information is not misused and individuals understand their rights.

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    Privacy and confidentiality are important ethical issues regarding psychological testing. Private information revealed during testing should be kept confidential unless necessary to prevent harm. While concerns about privacy apply to all types of tests, psychological tests in particular have faced scrutiny due to misconceptions about tests and their misuse to solely assess individuals. For privacy to be protected, tests must only be used as behavior samples, information must be kept confidential with exceptions to prevent harm, identifying information must be removed, the information sought must be relevant to the test purpose, and informed consent is required so test takers understand what is being tested and can refuse. Psychologists have a responsibility to ensure information is not misused and individuals understand their rights.

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    Privacy and confidentiality are important ethical issues regarding psychological testing. Private information revealed during testing should be kept confidential unless necessary to prevent harm. While concerns about privacy apply to all types of tests, psychological tests in particular have faced scrutiny due to misconceptions about tests and their misuse to solely assess individuals. For privacy to be protected, tests must only be used as behavior samples, information must be kept confidential with exceptions to prevent harm, identifying information must be removed, the information sought must be relevant to the test purpose, and informed consent is required so test takers understand what is being tested and can refuse. Psychologists have a responsibility to ensure information is not misused and individuals understand their rights.

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    Protection of privacy

    •Privacy is the protection of personal information.


    •Private information must be kept confidential and not revealed to others.

    •Of the many ethical issues surrounding psychological testing, two have received particularly
    prolonged public scrutiny.
    •They are *issues of privacy and confidentiality*

    •Widespread public concern about psychological testing began in the late 1950s.

    •Though concerns about the protection of privacy have been commonly expressed about
    personality tests, they apply to any type of test.
    •For example, any intelligence, aptitude, or achievement test may reveal limitations in skills
    and knowledge that an individual would rather not disclose.
    •Even during interviews, casual conversations, and other personal encounters, individuals
    may yield information that they would prefer to conceal.

    •Then *Why are psychological tests alone of concern?*


    The reason that psychological tests have been singled out during discussions of protection
    and invasion of privacy is due to
    1. Misconceptions about the test
    2. Misuse as a sole basis for assessing individuals.

    •If these tests were used only as measures of behaviour samples, fears and suspicions
    could be reduced.

    •Exceptions to the protection of privacy


    Private information must be kept confidential but there are exceptions to this rule
    1. Situations in which information can be used to prevent harm being caused to others or the
    test taker.
    If the person is suicidal or homicidal, the psychologist must alert the authorities.
    2. While testing effectiveness, it may be necessary to keep the examinee ignorant of how
    responses to any one of the tests are to be interpreted but a person should not be subjected
    to any test under false pretenses.
    3. Another criterion that would allow information to be released is the removal of all
    identifying information

    •2Key concepts of protection of privacy*

    A) RELEVANCE
    •The information asked to reveal must be relevant to the stated purpose of testing
    • it's important to have a clear understanding with the test taker regarding the utilization of
    test results

    B) INFORMED CONSENT
    • The end users of the services have the right to know precisely
    ~what services are being offered by the psychologist?
    ~what are the benefits?
    ~ what are the risks involved?
    After being informed, they have the right to refuse the services or terminate their
    participation

    •Responsibility of the psychologists


    Legalities regarding the protection of privacy are not that strict so it is the responsibility of the
    practitioner to ensure that
    • information is not misused
    • People are aware of their rights when taking services.

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