Which of the Following Would Constitute a Violation of the Ethical

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would constitute a violation of the ethical standard of confidentiality?

• A) At a conference, a psychologist presents the neuropsychological assessment scores for an Alzheimer's patient, telling the audience only that the data came from "a 64-year-old Caucasian male."
• B) A professor shows a portion of a therapy session with one of his clients during a graduate seminar, after having obtained the client's consent to do so.
• C) A study author indicates that participants were 203 undergraduate students enrolled in introductory psychology at the university during fall 2011.
• D) None of the above scenarios involves a breach of confidentiality.

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Definitions:

Human Culture

The shared practices, values, norms, ideas, and artifacts that characterize groups of people, transmitted over time.

Shared Values

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ABC Triad

Affect (how people feel inside), Behavior (what people do), Cognition (what people think about)

Affect

The automatic response that something is good (positive affect) or bad (negative affect)