Forensic 3290
- Find the most recent newsletter of the California Board of Psychology, link below
- Read the ethics violations listed in the newsletter, and then consider your reactions and thoughts about the violations.
https://www.psychology.ca.gov/forms_pubs/updates.shtml
Part 1
- Description, in your own words, of at least one of the APA ethical guidelines (from either the “Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Ethics” or the “Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists”) that you think might be challenging to comply with, and describe why this may be the case
- Description of a solution or strategy you could apply to help ensure that you comply with all ethical guidelines
Part 2
- Description of your initial impressions of the ethics violations you read about in the California Board of Psychology publication
- Explanation of how learning about real-life ethics violations impacted your views about your subspecialty of interest and the ethical guidelines in general; specifically discuss how ethical violations of one psychologist may impact the perception of the entire discipline