Terminology
An umbrella term for the evaluation methods counselors use to better understand characteristics of people, places, and things.
Assessment, appraisal, and/or evaluation.
According to Hays (2017), a "client" is defined as people, places, or things that we may wish to assess.
True
Allows for information to be obtained from many people within a short period of time at relatively little cost
Group assessment
Subset of assessment and systematic and often standardized process for sampling and describing a behavior of interest for client(s).
Nonstandardized tests are uniform procedures for administration, objective scoring, and use of representative norm groups for test interpretation
FALSE
Standardized tests are uniform procedures for administration, objective scoring, and use of representative norm groups for test interpretation
test that is homogenous in content and often consist of a large number of easy items that a person must complete quickly.
Speed tests
The following term describes the reliability, validity, cross-cultural fairness, and practicality of an instrument or test
Testworthiness
Most interest and personality inventories use IDIOGRAPHIC assessment, as they tend to investigate common variables with scores that are normed or compared to a group of people.
FALSE
Most interest and personality inventories use NOMOTHETIC assessment, as they tend to investigate common variables with scores that are normed or compared to a group of people. (page 22)
Type of scales that provide subjective estimates of various behaviors or characteristics based on the rater’s observations.
Rating Scales
(BLANK) data is numerical based, whereas (BLANK) data is non-numerical, such as labels or words.
Quantitative data is numerical based, whereas qualitative data is non-numerical, such as labels or words.
Non-standardized assessments are less reliable and valid than standardized techniques; however, they can be more exhaustive than formal testing procedures.
TRUE
Rating scales can be plagued by disadvantages. (BLANK) is exemplified by the tendency to rate a friendly client more positively in areas unrelated to their friendliness, such as motivation or insight.
Halo effect
(BLANK) testing measures what one has learned, while (BLANK) testing measures what one is capable of learning.
ACHIEVEMENT testing measures what one has learned, while APTITUDE testing measures what one is capable of learning.
Test administration procedures should never be altered because such accommodations will always provide an advantage over other test takers.
FALSE
Asking a client to self-report their symptomology, concerns, and motivations may be met with the most error and resistance in which stage of change?
Precontemplation