PSYC0040-1 : General deontology of psychologist

Study Programmes 2015-2016

PSYC0040-1

General deontology of psychologist

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Bachelor in psychology and education : general		3
Bachelor in psychology and education : general		3
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Adelaïde Blavier

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

General overview:

- Definition of deontology, and its relationship to ethics and morals.
- Conditions that legitimate psychological intervention: requests, the notion of competence, professional ideals, privacy of information shared during professional contacts
- Detailed presentation of a deontological code and its relation to the deontological codes of other professions.
- Deontology in different sub-disciplines (clinical psychology, PMS, expert opinions, psychology of work, scientific research) and in relation to different populations (work by minors, elderly persons, experimental subjects)

Learning outcomes of the course :

Show how principles and rules can be applied in real professional situations in accordance with a code of deontology.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Successful completion of the first two years of the baccalaureate program in psychology.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

No workshop

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Course presented in lectures by professor during the second term.