Principles of Assessment
In addition to tests, professionals may also gather client information from:
What are Interviews, Observations and Collateral Sources
Measures of central tendency include:
What are the Mean, Median, and Mode
The best source of information and critical reviews about commercial tests in in the:
What is the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY)
What is the primary purpose of an interview?
Which are elements of clinical evaluation according to the competencies model discussed in Chapter 6 (McHenry)?
What are Assessment and Interview
_______ is an assessment method that involves watching and recording the behavior of an individual in a particular environment.
What is Observation
Accessibility and universal design are two primary components of:
What is Measurement Bias
Intelligence tests can be classified as:
What are the important guidelines for a successful interview?
What are describing confidentiality and the limits of confidentiality, alertness to nonverbal behavior, open-ended questions
The CAGE is useful in determining the client's ________.
What is Probability of having a substance use disorder.
Lack of qualifications in assessments can lead to:
What is Harm to Client
When a test accurately measures what it is intended to measure it is said to have sound:
What is Validity
A test used by a school to measure skills learned over the course of a year would be classified as a (an):
What is an Achievement Test
What are some of the categories that are essential components of an intake?
What are level of education, employment, medical conditions, medications, legal history, psychiatric history
The group scores to which each individual is compared are referred to as:
What are the Norms
_______ refers to the combination of knowledge, skills, abilities, training and credentials optimal for using assessment instruments.
What is Competence
When comparing the 4 scales of measurement, what distinguishes the interval scale from the ratio scale?
What is an Absolute Zero
Who developed the first intelligence test?
Who is Alfred Binet
What does the acronym KSA in the competencies model denote?
What is Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes
Several test takers complained that items on the test were vague and confusing. This creates concern for:
What are Quality of Test Items
Assessment occurs when?
What is throughout the course of the helping relationship.
When looking at a list of students' test scores, the teacher notices that one test score is extremely lower than the majority of the scores. This is know as a (an):
What is an Outlier
What are some ethical considerations when administering the WISC-V?
What are a clients cultural background, understanding implications of the interpretation, being mindful of test fairness
What are the categories of information that are covered by the Mental Status Exam (MSE)?
________ are concepts, ideas, or hypotheses that cannot be directly measured or observed.
What are Constructs