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Discuss a legal issue that you were unaware as it relates to psychological testing.

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This solution analyzes ethical and legal issues of testing. References are also provided to further validate the findings.

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Let's take a closer look. Many ethical issues of testing are also legal issues.

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1. Discuss a legal issue that you were unaware as it relates to psychological testing.

One legal (and ethical) requirement of psychological testing to consider is informed consent. Legally, before administering a psychological test to an individual, the person must sign a consent form. Consent requires "affirmative permission before actions can be taken" (Knauss, 2001). For emaple, in schools, certain ...

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