chapter 10 standard 7: Education and Training Standards Quiz

According to the APA's standards on education and training, psychologists who provide education and training must ensure that the program content:

• Is updated every 10 years to reflect changes in the field.

• Provides comprehensive coverage of the field, even if it's not accurate.

• Is accurate, current, and reflects established scientific knowledge.

• Is based solely on the psychologist's personal experiences and opinions.

When psychologists are responsible for education or training programs, they must:

• Only offer required courses and avoid elective options.

• Ensure that the program provides clear and accurate information about course requirements.

• Allow students to determine their own grading criteria.

• Focus solely on theoretical content and avoid practical training.

In educational settings, psychologists must avoid:

• Assigning work to students outside of class hours.

• Giving students too much feedback on their work.

• Engaging in unfair or discriminatory practices towards students.

• Holding students to high academic standards.

When providing supervision, psychologists are required to:

• Offer personal advice to students beyond professional matters.

• Overlook ethical concerns in favor of teaching flexibility.

• Ensure that supervisees understand their ethical and professional responsibilities.

• Provide supervision only in areas where the supervisor has no experience.

Psychologists in educational roles should ensure that evaluations of student performance:

• Are based on the student's relationship with the instructor.

• Are done informally without written records.

• Are fair, objective, and based on established criteria.

• Are based on students' personal experiences rather than course performance.

When psychologists teach courses or workshops, they are ethically required to:

• Promote only their personal theoretical orientation.

• Present the subject matter fairly and accurately.

• Avoid discussing opposing views in the field.

• Base the entire curriculum on personal research only.

Psychologists must inform students and trainees about:

• All potential personal benefits of the program.

• The exact salaries they can expect upon graduation.

• The program's goals, objectives, and requirements, including the nature of evaluations.

• Any past conflicts between faculty members.

It is ethically required that psychologists responsible for supervision provide feedback to students and trainees:

• Only at the end of the training period.

• Regularly, in a timely and constructive manner.

• Solely when problems arise.

• Only if requested by the trainee.

Psychologists involved in education or training programs must avoid relationships that:

• Lead to conflicts of interest or exploitative situations.

• Prevent students from interacting with other faculty members.

• Are strictly professional in nature.

• Encourage the student's academic growth.

When assigning supervisees to work with clients, supervisors must ensure that:

• Supervisees are given the most difficult clients to gain experience.

• The supervisee is prepared and competent to handle the assigned cases.

• Clients are unaware that the supervisee is a trainee.

• The supervisee's workload is based solely on their schedule availability.