Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychology TestingPrior to beginning work on this assignment, please read the required textbook chapters and articles for this week.Create a PowerPoint presentation with 16 to 20 slides (not including the title and reference slides) entitled Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychological Testing. Your presentation must provide 2 to 3 slides for each of the required topics and include appropriate citations of your referenced sources. Separate reference slides, which follow APA formatting guidelines for a References page, must be included at the end of the presentation. You must create your own template and organize your presentation in the sequence provided. Do not use a font smaller than 20 pt. You are encouraged to insert relevant figures and graphics. Make sure to appropriately cite any images you use. If you include a table or figure from a journal article, cite it according to APA guidelines. The notes section of each slide must include the text for oral comments you would make while presentating the materials to a live audience.References must be cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. For assistance with creating a visually engaging and readable presentation, you may review Garr Reynolds’s tips for creating presentations (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..The presentation must cover each of the following topics in the order presented below.The Ethical and Social Implications of TestingProvide an overview and brief evaluation of the ethical and social implications of psychological assessment.Professional ResponsibilitiesDescribe the responsibilities of both test publishers and test users.Testing Individuals Representing Cultural and Linguistic DiversityAnalyze and describe issues related to the testing of cultural and linguistic minorities.ReliabilityExplain the common sources of measurement error and how measurement error can impact reliability.Validity Create a diagram or figure to compare the types of validity discussed in the textbook.Describe the extravalidity concerns related to testing.Review the articles by Fergus (2013), Kosson, et al. (2013) and Mathieu, Hare, Jones, Babiak, & Neumann (2013). Analyze the information presented in these articles on factor analysis and describe how it is used to validate the constructs of the instruments.Clinical Versus Statistical PredictionCompare clinical and statistical prediction of mental health decisions based on the work of Ægisdóttir, et al. (2006) and Grove & Lloyd (2006).Application One: An Ethical and Professional QuandrySelect one of the Ethical and Professional Quandries in Testing from Case Exhibit 1.2 in your textbook and describe the ethical issues specific to the scenario you selected. Include an analysis of the relevant principles from Standard 9 in the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.Taking on the role of the psychologist or counselor in the chosen scenario, describe how you might respond to the challenge you selected and provide a brief rationale for your decision.Application Two: Evidence-Based MedicineSummarize Youngstrom’s (2013) recommendations for linking assessment directly to clinical decision making in evidence-based medicine.Elaborate on each of Youngstrom’s recommendations by providing practical examples that illustrate the relevance of the recommendations in a clinical setting.Application Three: Selecting Valid InstrumentsCreate a research hypothesis or brief clinical case scenario in which you must select an instrument to measure intolerance for uncertainty.Use the information in the Fergus (2013) article to support which measure to use.The presentationMust consist of 16 to 20 slides (not including title and reference slides) that are formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..Must include a separate title slide with the following:Title of presentationStudent’s nameCourse name and numberInstructor’s nameDate submittedMust use the assigned chapters in the course text, Standard 9 from the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, and the 3 required peer-reviewed articles assigned for Week One.Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.Must include separate reference slides formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is heavily influenced by operant conditioning. The vast majority of your curriculum in ABA focuses on operant conditioning and its applications. However, respondent (classical) conditioning also has its appropriate applications in ABA. The behaviorist assumptions that all learning occurs through observable interactions with the environment and the environment shapes behavior set the stage for respondent (classical) conditioning.  Perhaps you, or someone you know, was the victim of bullying at school. The bullying often creates emotional distress for the victim. Using the behaviorist assumptions, bullying is the interaction with the environment and the emotional distress is the behavior, or reflex, shaped by the environment. Classical conditioning involves placing a neutral signal before a naturally occurring reflex. If a neutral stimulus (e.g., school) is paired with the bullying, school will come to evoke the emotional distress. At this point, the once neutral stimulus becomes known as the conditioned stimulus and evokes a learned, conditioned response of emotional distress. Quantifying and collecting data about observable behaviors can be used to identify effective, evidence-based therapeutic interventions that can be helpful in changing undesirable behaviors. For this Assignment, you will evaluate the role of respondent (classical) conditioning and how it might be used in practice to better understand a client’s behavior.  To Prepare: Review this week’s Learning Resources to gain an understanding of respondent (classical) conditioning. Consider how respondent (classical) conditioning might be used to better understand client behavior.  Why is it important to not forget the role of respondent (classical) conditioning as a practicing behavior analyst?  Give an original example of how respondent (classical) conditioning could be used in your practice to better understand a client’s behavior.

Discussions post should be at least 150 words and completed in APA format. Thank you.