Apa Case

HISTORY 1800-PRESENT

The APA was founded in July 1892 at Clark University by a group of 26 men, many of whom accepted invitation to the group by mail. There was a progressive movement in politics and a need for more professionals to assist in political demands. In addition to corruption in the government, there was a high crime rate and a high poverty rate and concerns about the use of greenbacks, or Confederate money, and limitations in the monetary supply based on reliance on the gold standard. G. Stanley Hall had established Clark University as a research institution and had founded the American Journal of Psychology. The first Committee for Ethical Standards for Psychologists formed in 1947. The next edition, published in 1959, consisted of 18 principles and a preamble. The 2002 edition of the revised Ethics Code consists of an introduction and an applicability section and separates the ethical code and laws regarding the professional practice of psychology. The APA's Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct was amended in 2010 to deal with conflicts of psychologists providing services to the military and potentially violating human rights.( Fernberger SW. The American Psychological Association 1892-1942. Psychol Rev. 1943;50(3):33-60).

CONTROVERSIES 1800-PRESENT

Psychologists refrain from initiating an activity when they know or should know that there is a substantial likelihood that their personal problems will prevent them from performing their work-related activities in a competent manner. When psychologists become aware of personal problems that may interfere with their performing work-related duties adequately, they take

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appropriate measures, such as obtaining professional consultation or assistance, and determine whether they should limit, suspend, or terminate their work-related duties.