psychology questions 6

DUE THURSDAY APRIL 13

Please answer each question pertaining to psychology at least 250 words each use the websites below to help with codes. Provide accurate references. Be sure to put each question ( the whole question) with you answer.

http://web.csulb.edu/~psy301/apaethicsco.html

http://www.apa.org/ethics/

1.There is another code that protects student information.  Under the Education Code there is something called FERPA.  It is HIPAA for students.  All of your student information is p rotected under this law, so it is good to know about.  If you want, more information on FERPA there is an overview at https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/pdf/ferparegs.pdf that you can access.  Any psychologist working as a teacher or counselor in an educational setting, therefore, has TWO guidelines they must abide by (APA Code of Ethics and FERPA).  Do you see that there may be a time that these could impact the job negatively?

2. A student in a professional training becomes attracted to an employee at a counselor at one of the practicum sites to which they have been assigned. Later, due to a routine staffing reassignment, the counselor is asked to assume the role of practicum supervisor for the student. What are the student and counselor obligated to do according to the APA Ethics Code? Do you agree or disagree with these restrictions?  Why?

3.Many of you are at the point in your program and getting ready to work on your dissertation proposal. This proposal needs to get IRB approval in most cases.  What are the tips that are presented in the chapter to help increase your chances of getting approval for a study?  How will you utilize these tips in getting ready for the IRB?

4.A student applies for employment with an agency and identifies a previous professor as a reference. Inadvertently, during the background check, the professor discloses student information. What is the ethical course of action for the professor?

5.What is gatekeeping in the world of psychology?  Do you believe that psychologists should have the responsibility of being gatekeepers to new and existing practitioners?  Why or why not?

6. What Code of Ethics principles do nurses and psychologists have in common?  Why do you think this is?  What areas of common practice can you identify between the two professions?6.

7. What are some implications of unethical disclosure of client information?

8.  An example of ethical guidelines of professional supervision of trainees in a professional psychology programs to a specific case study. From the website