Scenario #3: A psychologist in independent private practice who provides individ

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Scenario #3:

A psychologist in independent private practice who provides individual, couple, and family counseling to adolescent and adult patients received a crisis call from a current patient. This new client of the psychologist calls to schedule a crisis session after normal business hours. The psychologist unlocks the building and waits for the client to arrive. The client is upset due to an event that involves sexual rejection by the clients’ lover. As the session progresses the client uses more explicit sexual language with the psychologist about the relationship and asks the psychologist if these kinds of things have occurred in the life of the psychologist. The psychologist self-discloses about a similar event and the client/psychologist relationship becomes very personal with both parties crying and consoling each other.

7. Thinking about the crisis response by the psychologist and the setting of the session, which of the following statements is true?

The psychologist should have asked another company employee to meet at the building to be available during this crisis session to provide oversight for this crisis session.

The psychologist acted appropriately and did not increase the risk to the client or the psychologist by providing an after-hours session in an empty building.

The psychologist should have seen the client in the home of the client to assist with resolution of the crisis and to provide more personal support during the situation.

The psychologist should have met the client in a public place and provided crisis services with other people around.

3 points

Question 8

Scenario #4:

A new entry level employee is asked to work late with the boss. The boss affirms the employee for the eagerness and good work and asks the employee to do some extra work on a very important project. The employee and boss are working in the bosses’ office when the boss rises from the meeting, moves behind the employee and begins giving the employee a shoulder rub. The employee feels uncomfortable, but wonders if the boss is showing genuine care for the hard work they are doing at this late hour. When your boss finishes the shoulder rub, the employee and boss continue their work again as usual.

8. Thinking about the above scenario and the boss, which of the following statements is true?

The employee should have returned the gesture by giving the boss a shoulder rub.

The boss should not have engaged in the shoulder rub with the employee because this behavior could be interpreted as sexual harassment.

The boss has the authority to provide relaxation techniques to care for the employee

d. The boss should have asked permission to give the employee a shoulder rub before engaging in this behavior.

Scenario #5:

In the 1950's, Stanley Milgram conducted a study in which he told participants he was studying the effect of punishment on learning. He told the participants that one would be randomly chosen as a learner and the other would be the teacher, and the teacher was responsible for administering electric shocks to the learner to see if punishment would help the learner remember a set of word pairs. In reality, the participant was always the teacher (the learner was working for Milgam himself), and the experiment was looking at the role of obedience in influencing moral behavior. No electric shocks were actually given, but the participant did not know that, and the experiment was very realistic.

9. Under what circumstances is it ethical to deceive participants about the true purpose of an experiment?

If the participants are provided with sufficient explanation as soon as possible.

If there are no available alternative procedures that do not use concealment or deception.

All of the above circumstances must be met for an experiment to use deception ethically.

If the deception is justified by the study's possible scientific, educational or applied value.

3 points

Question 10

Scenario #5:

In the 1950's, Stanley Milgram conducted a study in which he told participants he was studying the effect of punishment on learning. He told the participants that one would be randomly chosen as a learner and the other would be the teacher, and the teacher was responsible for administering electric shocks to the learner to see if punishment would help the learner remember a set of word pairs. In reality, the participant was always the teacher (the learner was working for Milgam himself), and the experiment was looking at the role of obedience in influencing moral behavior. No electric shocks were actually given, but the participant did not know that, and the experiment was very realistic.

10. Although Milgram's participants were told the truth about the experiment at the end, and were even given the opportunity to meet the "learner" to see that he had not actually been shocked, the experiment is still criticized for being unethical. Which of the following APA guidelines is the Milgram experiment criticized for violating?

Confidentiality: information obtained about the research participant during the course of an investigation is confidential unless otherwise agreed upon in advance.

Debriefing: at the end of the study, the investigator provides participants with information about the nature of the study and attempts to remove any misconceptions that may have arisen.

Voluntary nature of participation: the experimenter respects the individual's freedom to decline to participate in or withdraw from the research at any time.

Scenario #5:

In the 1950's, Stanley Milgram conducted a study in which he told participants he was studying the effect of punishment on learning. He told the participants that one would be randomly chosen as a learner and the other would be the teacher, and the teacher was responsible for administering electric shocks to the learner to see if punishment would help the learner remember a set of word pairs. In reality, the participant was always the teacher (the learner was working for Milgam himself), and the experiment was looking at the role of obedience in influencing moral behavior. No electric shocks were actually given, but the participant did not know that, and the experiment was very realistic.

9. Under what circumstances is it ethical to deceive participants about the true purpose of an experiment?

If the participants are provided with sufficient explanation as soon as possible.

If there are no available alternative procedures that do not use concealment or deception.

All of the above circumstances must be met for an experiment to use deception ethically.

If the deception is justified by the study's possible scientific, educational or applied value.

3 points

Question 10

Scenario #5:

In the 1950's, Stanley Milgram conducted a study in which he told participants he was studying the effect of punishment on learning. He told the participants that one would be randomly chosen as a learner and the other would be the teacher, and the teacher was responsible for administering electric shocks to the learner to see if punishment would help the learner remember a set of word pairs. In reality, the participant was always the teacher (the learner was working for Milgam himself), and the experiment was looking at the role of obedience in influencing moral behavior. No electric shocks were actually given, but the participant did not know that, and the experiment was very realistic.

10. Although Milgram's participants were told the truth about the experiment at the end, and were even given the opportunity to meet the "learner" to see that he had not actually been shocked, the experiment is still criticized for being unethical. Which of the following APA guidelines is the Milgram experiment criticized for violating?

Confidentiality: information obtained about the research participant during the course of an investigation is confidential unless otherwise agreed upon in advance.

Debriefing: at the end of the study, the investigator provides participants with information about the nature of the study and attempts to remove any misconceptions that may have arisen.

Voluntary nature of participation: the experimenter respects the individual's freedom to decline to participate in or withdraw from the research at any time.

The psychologist should have asked another company employee to meet at the building to be available during this crisis session to provide oversight for this crisis session.

The psychologist acted appropriately and did not increase the risk to the client or the psychologist by providing an after-hours session in an empty building.

The psychologist should have seen the client in the home of the client to assist with resolution of the crisis and to provide more personal support during the situation.

The psychologist should have met the client in a public place and provided crisis services with other people around.

Explanation / Answer

Ans scenario 3 - What psychologist did was totally wrong, a psychologist should not be so involved in client's emotion, he should maintain a distance. Amongst given option a is correct, other employee may give fair idea about what is happening with the client, instead of having client as the only source of information

Ans 4 scenario option b) This is definately a sign of sexual harassment. In this case employee should report to HR or express about her discomfort to boss. Since the employee is fresher may be, employee is not aware about the rules of work place

Ans 5) Social psychologist impersonate to study racial difference, Market researchers impersonate to study unethical practices. Hence there shoud be some reason involved behind deception and should be used as the last alternative, hence option c can be correct one.

Ans 6) Option b) He told about nature of the experiment in the end.

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