Dr. Vance is conducting a study on cognitive decline in elderly patients. She realizes that her standard cognitive assessment tool is outdated and that she lacks the specialized training required to interpret the results of a new neurological screening test she wishes to use. Despite this, she proceeds to administer the test and make diagnostic interpretations herself.
Which of the four core ethical principles outlined in the British Psychological Society (BPS) Code of Ethics and Conduct is Dr. Vance primarily failing to uphold?
Respect
Responsibility
Competence
Integrity
276 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Debates, covering Nature/nurture, Freewill/determinism, Reductionism/holism, Individual/situational explanations, Usefulness of research, Ethical considerations, Conducting socially sensitive research, and Psychology as a science. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.