Hobson V. Hansen 1967: A Case Study

Essay Questions
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26. There are some very clear cut and distinct rights that all participants of psychological tests are privy to. Discuss the importance of adhering to these rights.

It is important that assessors adhere to the rights of participants that include informed consent, treated with respect, debriefing, options, explanation, and confidentiality. It is the assessor’s responsibility to ensure the rights of those participating. When not following the guidelines of the APA rights to participates test may not be valid, and accepted in the board APA, as well as face the legal rights that can include loss of professional license, being sued and much more

It is important to adhere to
What was important in the ruling of Hobson v. Hansen (1967)? What did this change for future creation of psychological assessments and testing.

In Hobson v. Hansen, the United States Supreme Court is important because the ruling was not fair; this case questions the ability of grouping. . This case demonstrated the un appropriateness to utilize tests on African American in where were developed with the use of Caucasian participants. The case demonstrated culturally biased testing. Due to the demonstrations of testing being culturally biased it changed future testing to be culturally open.

In the case of Hobson v. Hansen (1967), “the supreme court ruled that ability tests developed on Whites could not lawfully be used to track the Black students in the school system” (Cohen, Swerdlik, & Sturman, 2013, p. 61). This was important because it helped to prove that people of different cultures who were brought up with different privileges, do not learn and test in the same manors. People of different backgrounds may not have been exposed to the same types of knowledge in their lifetime, which would make taking the same tests extremely unfair. Because of this ruling, people from different backgrounds and cultures wouldn’t have to worry about being unfairly judged based on test results that may not actually show their full abilities. As for the future of the creation of psychological assessments and testing, this case made it so that when developing a test, the test creator needed
45). People of different cultural backgrounds have access to different resources and therefore may not have the same level of education as each other. Some other issues of culture and assessment are verbal communication, and nonverbal communication and behavior. Verbal communication refers to language, or how the information is communicated. It is important that they test user and testtaker speak the same language, if not, the testtaker may not fully comprehend the instructions of the assessment. If a translator is used, then some things may get lost in translation, such as the meaning of the words. Nonverbal communication and behavior may include facial expressions, body language, and hand signs. Different cultures may interpret certain body language in different ways. Something that is considered to be a sign of respect in one culture, may be considered disrespectful in another. Because of these cultural differences in cultures, it is important to have culture-specific assessments, so that they person taking the assessment is fully capable of understanding the instructions and the questions being