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¶ … multicultural education regarding sensitivity to ethnic and racial differences: "psychologists are encouraged to be aware of their attitudes and work to increase their contact with members of other racial/ethnic groups, building trust in others and increasing their tolerance for others" (Guidelines, APA, 2013: 8). The practice of psychology requires a sense of acute self-awareness. The psychologist cannot necessarily assume that he or she is innately unbiased, given that simply being a part of a specific cultural worldview of any kind carries with it some inherent biases. Psychologists have a responsibility to engage in "efforts to change their attitudes and biases help to prevent those attitudes from detrimentally affecting their relationships with students, research subjects and clients who are racially/ethnically different from them" (Guidelines, APA, 2013: 8).
This sense of acute self-awareness is intimately related to the specialty guidelines issued by the APLS for forensic psychologists, including those related to impartiality and fairness (3.02) which state "when offering expert opinion to be relied upon by a decision maker" the psychologist must support the "goals of accuracy, objectivity, fairness, and independence"...
For example, someone might assume that simply because the psychologist is examining him or her that the psychologist is assuming the role of a friend or confidant because of a poor level of comprehension of the full nature of the judicial process.
A final guideline to keep in mind to ensure multicultural 'best practices' for forensic psychologists is 12.02 Appropriate Use of Assessment Procedures, which states that "forensic practitioners use assessment procedures in the manner and for the purposes that are appropriate in light of the research on or evidence of their usefulness and proper application." Not all instruments are indicated for use in a…
References
Guidelines on multicultural education, training, research, practice, and organizational change for psychologists. (2013). APA. Retrieved:
http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/policy/multicultural-guidelines.aspx
American Psychology-Law Society: Specialty guidelines for forensic psychologists. (2013).
APLS. Retrieved: http://www.ap-ls.org/aboutpsychlaw/SpecialtyGuidelines.php
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