Ethics in Psychology

· Please give answers for 6 questions.

· I need them right away.

· Bullets or phrases is fine, or even just terms.

· You do not need to write in complete sentences for the essay questions.

· Use your APA Ethics Code, ppt slides, no internet.

· Any indications of cheating prohibit.

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2. For the following ethical scenario, identify all of the ethical issues present (in most cases there are more than one) and what should be done differently/addressed to fix the situation.

You receive a call from a member of the family who states that he just discovered you were treating the individual who committed suicide.  He asks you to meet to discuss the case.  He also asks if you are going to attend the funeral.

3. For the following ethical scenario, identify all of the ethical issues present (in most cases there are more than one) and what should be done differently/addressed to fix the situation.

Buff Showit Ph.D., was interviewed about his book on hot-tub group therapy.  He asserted that his technique was more useful in relieving tensions and dissolving “ghosts haunting us from the past” than “all the rest of psychiatry and psychology combined” and that the technique promised relief from any emotional disturbance, no matter how serious. 

4. For the following ethical scenario, identify all of the ethical issues present (in most cases there are more than one) and what should be done differently/addressed to fix the situation.

Last month a friend of yours arranged for you to have a blind date.  The friend had talked to you about this potential date for several months and the person certainly sounded wonderful.  You and your blind date agreed to meet at a neutral place and proceeded to have a wonderful evening.  Sure enough, the person is everything your friend had said.  Toward the end of the evening your date makes the comment that he/she was certainly fortunate to run across you and your group several years ago when the plant closed.  Although you did not recognize the person, it was apparently one of your counselees from July 2012.

5. For the following ethical scenario, identify all of the ethical issues present (in most cases there are more than one) and what should be done differently/addressed to fix the situation.

Dr. Lunck has been seeing Roger for therapy for approximately 2 months.  Everything he tries seems to do nothing and Roger seems to be getting worse.  Dr. Lunck is beginning to feel he is not competent in this area of psychopathology at such an extreme level.

6. Indicate 2 things you have learned in this course about how you can behave more ethically in the practice of psychology (research, teaching, and/or practice.