Abstract
The Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (DAU 3481) originated from the establishment of Item III of Resolution no. 002/2003 of the Federal Council of Psychology (CFP) as partially unconstitutional. By seven votes against four, the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) regulated the commercialization of psychological tests to the population. After providing information, memorials, precautionary measure, and a Judgment Amendment Action, the CFP awaits the modulation of the STF decision. In this scenario, strategies for enabling access to scientific information while ensuring constitutional principles must be developed, without making the use of this professional technology unfeasible. This article emphasizes the negative effects of the psychological tests commercialization for both the individual and professionals in the field. Moreover, such measure also compromises instruments validity, a process that takes years of scientific studies to be achieved, impacting not only the production of psychological knowledge, but mainly the overall society - the beneficiary of the services provided by psychology. For a better understanding of this problem, this article details how the inappropriate use of the tests generates harmful consequences for the individual, regarding the self-use of the test, and for society, considering that psychological practice involves different assessments and testings.
Keywords:
Psychological assessment; Teaching psychologial assessment; Validity