Discuss codes of practice and ethical issues that must be considered when using psychological assessments.

Discuss codes of practice and ethical issues that must be considered when using psychological assessments.

Write a 750-1,000-word paper discussing codes of practice and ethical issues that must be considered when using psychological assessments. Address the following in your paper:

1.A description of at least three ethical issues including multicultural and diversity issues

2.Implications of each ethical issue

3.Ways to avoid the ethical issues in psychological assessments

4.A discussion of how a clinician assesses behaviors that stem from cultures or subcultures

5.A discussion of how a client’s academic/education, career, personal, and social development impacts assessment choice

Include a discussion of how these ethical issues are addressed in “Section E: Evaluation, Assessment, and Interpretation” from the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics located at: http://www.counseling.org/Resources/aca-code-of-et….

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Introduction
Psychology is a profession that entails the psychology to assess different people for different reasons, and the conduct of the assessment must be of high quality. They are guided by the APA code of ethics that lay down the minimum practice requirements to be attained when they are performing their duties. Failure or omitting to do something according to the code of conduct leads to a psychologist facing disciplinary action by the licensing board,

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