What are the least two ethical issues associated with psychological testing?

Answer 1

It would depend on the type of test. For experimental psychology, You certainly don't want to harm the subject, for example the ethics of running tests on pain tolerance, or perhaps simulated application of pain upon other subjects. Either case could be traumatic. Animal experiments should not be conducted frivolously, and should take into account the minimizing the pain or sensations of harm done to the animals. I suppose another issue would be what to do with unsolicited data concerning potential pathology that a subject might have of a non critical nature. As far as pre-occupational psychological testing... that could be a can of worms. Perhaps excluding a person because of a belief of an unrealized potential for pathology. And, realizing that each person may have different strengths and weaknesses. Perhaps the same would go for routine diagnostic testing. Certainly if there is a concern a psychological test may augment other diagnostic evaluations. However, there is a lot of variety. For example, with IQ tests, some people may be smart at issues not covered by the IQ test, or perhaps they are just bad at taking tests.