Counseling Assessment Techniques
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Course Introduction
This course explores the fundamental principles, methods, and tools used in counseling assessment. Students will learn to administer, score, and interpret various psychological tests and inventories related to personality, intelligence, aptitude, and achievement. Emphasis is placed on understanding the ethical, legal, and cultural considerations in assessment practices and on developing skills for selecting appropriate assessment strategies for diverse client populations. The course also covers techniques for integrating assessment results into treatment planning, goal setting, and counseling interventions, preparing students to make informed decisions in clinical and educational settings.
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Chapter 1: Psychological Testing and Assessment
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Q1) A psychological interview requires:
A) a face-to-face talk.
B) direct, reciprocal communication.
C) the assessment of nonverbal behavior.
D) meaningful eye contact.
Answer: B
Q2) As used in your text,test can refer to:
A) a paper-and-pencil examination.
B) a task.
C) an interview with a client.
D) All of these
Answer: D
Q3) Your textbook lists several means by which motivational interviewing is conducted.Which is not one of those ways?
A) telephone
B) internet chat
C) text-messaging
D) Facebook
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Historical, Cultural, and Legalethical
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Q1) The "privilege" referred to in the term privileged communication belongs to A) the test developer.
B) the test user.
C) the testtaker.
D) the test publisher.
Answer: C
Q2) Who coined the term "mental test"?
A) Alfred Binet
B) James Cattell
C) Victor Henri
D) Charles Spearman
Answer: B
Q3) Which court case resulted in the ruling that psychotherapists must reveal privileged information if a third party is endangered?
A) Allen v. District of Columbia (1993)
B) Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
C) Jaffee v. Redmond (1996)
D) Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California (1974)
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: A Statistics Refresher
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Q1) If the results of an examination are negatively skewed,the exam questions were likely: A) easy.
B) difficult.
C) biased.
D) quite novel in many respects.
Answer: A
Q2) According to Dr.Joni Mihura,meta-analysis for multiscale tests will typically
A) focus on one, or a few, but not all, characteristics.
B) meta-analyze all of the scales' characteristics.
C) meta-analyze data only for the most widely used scales.
D) supplement available data with data from published reviews of the multiscale test.
Answer: A
Q3) The mean for the set of scores 8,9,and 7 is
A) 7.
B) 8.
C) 9.
D) 24.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Of Tests and Testing
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Q1) The concept of mental age as a means of describing performance on an intelligence test has been
A) criticized for being too narrow.
B) deemed unethical by all state psychological associations.
C) criticized for being too broad.
D) found to be extremely useful in studies of autism.
Q2) Norm-referenced testing and assessment is both a method of evaluation and a way of deriving meaning from tests scores.Individual testtaker scores are evaluated against
A) the scores achieved by a matched group of testtakers on a comparable test.
B) the scores of a comparison group of testtakers.
C) scores from a demographically more diverse group of testtakers.
D) the scores achieved by a guy named norm.
Q3) Assuming the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS)is a valid measure,how would you expect someone who goes parachuting once a month to score on the SSS?
A) average
B) above average
C) below average
D) impossible to say
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Chapter 5: Reliability
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Q1) In general,which of the following is TRUE of the relationship between the magnitude of the test-retest reliability estimate and the length of the interval between test administrations?
A) The longer the interval, the lower the reliability coefficient.
B) The longer the interval, the higher the reliability coefficient.
C) The magnitude of the reliability coefficient is typically not affected by the length of the interval between test administrations.
D) The magnitude of the reliability coefficient is always affected by the length of the interval between test administrations, but one cannot predict how it is affected.
Q2) Why isn't IRT used more by "mom-and-pop" test developers such as classroom teachers?
A) most classroom teachers were trained in generalizability theory
B) IRT has no application in classroom tests
C) applying IRT requires statistical sophistication
D) All of these
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Chapter 6: Validity
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Q1) Quotas may be viewed as one type of remedy for
A) low reliability of selection tests.
B) previously unfair practices.
C) low validity of selection tests.
D) All of these
Q2) A test reviewer comes to the conclusion that a certain test is "a valid test." This means that the reviewed test has been shown to be valid for
A) a particular use with a particular population for the life of the test.
B) a particular use with a universal population of testtakers for a limited time.
C) universal use with all testtakers for the life of the test.
D) a particular use with a particular population at a particular time.
Q3) In the development of the CUWQ,the test authors hypothesized that the tendency to worry _________ would be positively related to trait-anxiety.
A) excessively
B) frequently
C) constructively
D) unconstructively
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Chapter 7: Utility
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Q1) Which is an example of a false negative in the context of employee selection?
A) hired applicants who scored at or above the cut-off score on the employment test and then went on to fail on the job
B) hired applicants who scored at or above the cut-off score on the employment test and then went on to succeed on the job
C) rejected applicants who scored below the cut-off score on the employment test who would have never gone on to succeed on the job
D) rejected applicants who scored below the cut-off score on the employment test who would have succeeded on the job had they been hired
Q2) A hospital uses a compensatory model of selection in hiring surgeons.In their hiring evaluations,ratings regarding past safety record is given more weight than ratings regarding the surgeon's "bedside manner." From this,one could reasonably conclude that the people who are in charge of hiring surgeons believe that:
A) bedside manner is not very important for surgical staff members.
B) surgical safety is an art and a skill that is amenable to training.
C) a safe, bedside manner is essential for all staff members.
D) bedside manner is more amenable to training than surgical safety.
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Chapter 8: Test Development
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Q1) Brotto and Yule reported that the development of their measure of asexuality was developed in four stages.Which best characterizes Stage 1?
A) literature search for definitions of asexuality
B) development of open-ended questions
C) literature search for correlates of asexuality
D) writing and submission of a research grant request
Q2) A sensitivity review typically focuses on which of the following?
A) individual test items
B) the standardization sample
C) statistics used as part of validity and reliability studies
D) the extent to which latent traits are latent
Q3) The elements of a multiple-choice item include
A) a stem.
B) a distractor.
C) a foil.
D) All of these
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Chapter 9: Intelligence and Its Measurement
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Q1) Most of the test items on the SB-5 are
A) timed.
B) not timed.
C) culture-free.
D) best if used before November, 2025.
Q2) Galton's conception of intelligence focused on A) sensory abilities.
B) environmental factors.
C) behavioral assets and deficits.
D) consistency of the bonds that can be established.
Q3) How many people were in the standardization sample for the fifth edition of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale?
A) 2,400
B) 4,800
C) 9,600
D) 12,600
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Chapter 10: Assessment for Education
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Q1) Achievement testing for education-related purposes is done to answer various questions.Which of the following is NOT one of those questions?
A) How much of this course material have you actually learned?
B) What is causing problems in learning this course material?
C) Are you a candidate for the program you would like to enroll in?
D) Is sufficient shredded wheat being consumed to support concentration?
Q2) Achievement tests may be administered in school settings for many reasons.Which of the following is NOT one of those reasons?
A) To gauge student progress towards instructional objectives.
B) To survey interests in various occupations and professions.
C) To compare an individual student's performance to peers.
D) To help determine what instruction might best assist students.
Q3) Gerson (2012)made reference to "an ideological opposition to testing as the enemy of educational creativity" in the context of discussing
A) school administrators who oppose standardized testing.
B) students who oppose standardized testing.
C) teachers who oppose standardized testing.
D) parents who oppose standardized testing.
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Chapter 11: Personality Assessment: an Overview
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Q1) They are built into a personality test to assist in determining how honest testtakers have been in their responses.They are referred to as
A) reliability scales.
B) validity scales.
C) honesty scales.
D) UB scales. (otherwise known as "you're busted" scales)
Q2) The term psychasthenia,as used in the 1930s when the MMPI was developed,was MOST closely related in meaning to what is now known as A) paranoid schizophrenia.
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C) suicidal tendencies.
D) borderline personality disorder.
Q3) The semantic differential rating technique consists of A) a 7-point numerical scale with numbers keyed to descriptors.
B) bipolar adjectives and a 7-point rating scale.
C) an alphabetical 7-point rating scale with letters keyed to descriptors.
D) a forced-choice format.
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Chapter 12: Personality Assessment Methods
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Q1) Based on several review articles cited in the text,what conclusion can reasonably be made about the Rorschach test and its contribution to psychological assessment?
A) Rorschach-based interpretations represent the essence of "scientifically informed psychological assessment."
B) Rorschach-based interpretations have little reliability and even less validity.
C) There exists a mixture of favorable and unfavorable reviews of the Rorschach's contributions to psychological assessment.
D) No single tool of psychological assessment has undermined the credibility of behavioral science more than Hermann Rorschach's test.
Q2) Projective instruments were originally developed in a spirit of rebellion against norm-referenced instruments.Today,projective instruments
A) remain independent of norms.
B) are either developed or converted to be norm-referenced.
C) are rebelling yet again, this time from the constraints of cultural sensitivity.
D) are the clinician's first choice to evaluate rebelliousness.
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Chapter 13: Clinical and Counseling Assessment
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Q1) A mental status examination may be administered to A) screen for intellectual, emotional, and neurological deficits.
B) assess thought content and thought processes.
C) assess whether an individual is oriented "times three."
D) All of these
Q2) Which of the following is the most common reason for psychiatric hospitalization?
A) anxiety
B) depression
C) attention deficit disorder
D) schizophrenia
Q3) A psychological report is BEST written with A) the diagnosis in mind.
B) the goal of the assessment in mind.
C) the tools of assessment that were employed at hand.
D) the best interest of the referral source in mind.
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Chapter 14: Neuropsychological Assessment
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Q1) The Porteus Maze Test is NOT
A) a measure of executive functioning.
B) to be used with children under the age of 8.
C) used to study personality traits of testtakers.
D) a measure used by neuropsychologists.
Q2) The mental status examination used as part of the neuropsychological evaluation
A) is exactly the same as a mental status examination used during a clinical or counseling assessment.
B) will typically delve into specific areas related to the referral more extensively than the one used routinely as part of a clinical or counseling assessment.
C) typically includes the administration of an intelligence test.
D) typically includes the administration of a neuropsychological adjective checklist.
Q3) A typical neuropsychological evaluation includes
A) a medical history of the patient.
B) a psychosocial history of the patient.
C) a history regarding developmental milestones.
D) All of these
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Chapter 15: Assessment,Careers,and Business
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Q1) Motivation research includes
A) focus groups.
B) individual interviews.
C) Both focus groups and individual interviews.
D) None of these
Q2) Perhaps the most widely used form of survey research is
A) the face-to-face personal interview.
B) the telephone interview.
C) the mail questionnaire.
D) the fax questionnaire.
Q3) A disadvantage of focus groups as compared to other tools in the assessment of consumer behavior is the
A) lower reliability of focus groups.
B) limited applicability of focus groups in consumer research.
C) open-ended nature of focus groups.
D) lack of in-depth information that results from focus groups.
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