Issues in Psychological Testing PSY/475 October 24‚ 2011 Issues in Psychological Testing What are at least two ethical issues associated with psychological testing? What impact do these issues have on the field of psychological testing? Informed consent involves the process by which a psychologist gain an individual’s voluntary consent prior to the administration of an assessment or test. As stated by Hogan (2007)‚ “The psychologist is responsible for informing the person about
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use animals for testing each year. Animal testing is when the animals are put through something or injected to see how they react to what medical research they have been used for. It’s impossible to know exactly how many animals are being used in research because U.S. laws do not require scientists to report how many mice‚ rats‚ or birds they use‚ but it’s estimated that 90% of lab animals are mice and rats. It’s crucial that everyone know why animals should not be used for testing of harmful substances
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treating antibiotics as this miracle drug. “At least 30% of antibiotics prescribed in the United States are unnecessary…” [2]. Doctors have entered this vicious cycle of prescribing‚ then monitoring and adjusting rather than testing further in the beginning. Diagnostic testing is the key to helping alleviate this critical issue. There are thousands of diagnostic tests out there that can be utilized to narrow down or determine the ailment of an individual. Now it’s just a matter educating physicians
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Persuasive Essay: Animal Testing Each year‚ millions of animals suffer and die in the process of inhumane testing for the purposes of drug and chemical research‚ and medical experiments and training exercises. Animals including cats‚ dogs‚ rabbits‚ and mice are force fed harmful substances that are infected with lethal viruses causing reactions like brain damage‚ strokes‚ and heart attacks. Not only are these experiments painful to the animals and sometimes fatal‚ but also they fail to accurately
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Drug Testing And Government Benefits!! Introduction: Why is drug testing needed for assistance‚ and does drug testing welfare applicants work? What about the states that have tried drug testing‚ did it help them? Is drug testing applicants unconstitutional? The advocates of these programs argue that the drug testing is implemented not just to save money‚ but to help people who may be struggling with substance abuse. If this is the case then why is the data telling us a different story? The
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Most of us can easily say that animal testing is evil‚ barbaric and should be banned‚ but when in reality‚ when faced with an actual choice‚ how many of us would honestly choose to potentially endanger a human’s life over an animal’s life? Animal testing should not be banned for several reasons. Firstly as human beings‚ it is in our nature to value human lives above animal lives. Whether it is wrong or right all species feel an inexplicable loyalty to their own species‚ making human life of greater
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When and how has testing been a benefit to you? Testing is something that we use every day at times without a second thought as to what we are doing. We are constantly considering and evaluating what will happen as a result of what we do. This is the very essence of testing; which is merely to measure something or someone’s ability (Drummond & Jones‚ 2010). I have on many instances used testing during my work‚ both in the military and in my current position as a residential counselor. I will
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takes place in the brutal practice of animal testing. Scientists practice this‚ and even more painful and harmful things on animals‚ to test the toxicity of chemicals. It’s not just animals being affected in this process‚ but humans too. A drug that is passed on a mouse is completely irrelevant to its reaction in a human. We must eliminate animal testing because it is an unethical act of cruelness. In the first place‚ animals are being killed after testing‚ which is considered immoral in today’s society
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experimentation. Animals are forced to do things unwanted to‚ and also are deprived of certain things. Consider the people who have to do this for a living- they are finding cures for us humans‚ and also testing products such as cosmetics and shampoos and making sure that we can use them. You may think that animal testing is beneficial‚ but it’s not‚ it’s putting animals life in danger. Rabbits are used to test cosmetics and shampoos‚ during this process rabbits are powerless and have their eyelids opened by clips
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by looking at the history of workplace testing‚ then discuss some types of psychological tests‚ how these tests benefit employers‚ common testing instruments‚ institutions that use these tests‚ and some related limitations and legal concerns. History of workplace testing It’s hard to put a date on the inception of psychological testing. Who knows‚ informal means of psychological testing could have been happening between cavemen. But psychological testing in the workplace is a relatively new concept
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