Ethical Practice in Applied Psychology

Abstract

This book is the coming together of many years of teaching ethics in psychology and working as psychologists in the field. When we were teaching the subject as part of the Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology we became very aware that there was no quality Australian text for our students. We were relying on US texts, which although good in many ways were not based on the Australian Psychological Society's Code of Ethics. As a result of this, many of the examples and scenarios were not appropriate for our students, so we created our own. With this book we believe that we have created something unique, which benefits both lecturers and students alike-a book on applied ethics in psychology, which directly takes reference from the APS's Code of Ethics. Throughout this book we have used the gender-specific singular pronouns she, he, him, her instead of 'they' etc. as it makes for easier reading. So, sometimes the psychologist will be female and sometimes male. The client will also have the same mix. Therefore, wherever a gender pronoun occurs throughout the book it wHl have no significant meaning. If you are reading about a female psychologist being ethically problematic in her approach then this should equally be read as a male psychologist.