COUC 521 Midterm || All Questions Answered Correctly.
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COUC 521
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COUC 521
Four Steps of the Counseling Process correct answers 1. Assessing the client problem(s)
2. Conceptualizing and defining the client problem(s)
3. Selecting and implementing effective treatment(s)
4. Evaluating the counseling
Know the seven assessment Strategies ("Assessment Can Be Therapeutic"...
COUC 521 Midterm || All Questions Answered Correctly.
Four Steps of the Counseling Process correct answers 1. Assessing the client problem(s)
2. Conceptualizing and defining the client problem(s)
3. Selecting and implementing effective treatment(s)
4. Evaluating the counseling
Know the seven assessment Strategies ("Assessment Can Be Therapeutic") correct answers 1.
Continue to nurture and maintain the therapeutic alliance throughout the evaluation.
2. Present all findings in a helpful context, emphasizing that the results reflect the patient's
communication.
3. Recognize that defensive protocols are useful, and attempt to discern the reasons for such
responding.
4. Encourage and allow the patient to respond affectively, and give/modify examples of findings.
5. Tie the findings to the adaptive functions of the eating disorder.
6. Use examples from the assessment process and test findings to provide education about eating
disorders to help normalize the patient's feelings.
7. Use psychological test results in the same manner with family members to enlist family
involvement. (p. 476)
What can we identify using assessments? correct answers - Identify strengths and limitations
within the client as a balance.
- Counselors should identify undermining characteristics of the client, client strengths and assets,
missing and destructive aspects of the client's environment, and recourses and opportunities
within the environment
Greeks might've used testing 2,500 years ago. Francis Galton is credited for launching the testing
movement 1890-1900. Published Hereditary Genius in 1869. Interested in sensory discrimination
to measure intelligence. William Wundt was interested in identifying factors of intelligence that
were common or innate in humans. James McKeen Cattell expanded testing to include memory
and mental process correct answers Early Testing
1900-1920 correct answers Binet-Simon scale, published in 1905 focused on assessing judgment,
comprehension, and reasoning. Later revised to the Intelligence Quotient, then the Stanford Binet
scale (measure of intelligence). Frank Parsons- father of guidance. He devised the approach to
career counseling
1920s and 1930s correct answers Spearman proposed that intelligence test should consist of two
factors: one that is general task and specific tasks. In 1921, Rorschach used inkblots as a tool for
diagnostic of personality. Similarly, Thematic Apperception Test was published in 1935 where
an individual was shown stories about the pictures. In 1923 the Sandford achievement test
provided measures of performance in different school subjects. 1939- Mental Measurements
Yearbook (Oscar Buros) provide information about instruments as well as to critique the
properties of the instruments.
, 1940s and 1950s correct answers Hathaway and McKinley developed a prominent personality
instrument, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), which incorporated
validity scales to assess the degree to which individuals portrayed themselves in an overly
positive or negative way. With the centralization of some publishing, electronic scoring became
more cost-effective. Electronic scoring reduced scoring errors and allowed for more complicated
scoring procedures.
1960s and 1970s correct answers This period is marked by an examination and evaluation of
testing and assessment. In 1974, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act was passed,
mandating that parents and children older than 18 had the right to review their own school
records. Lots more computer scoring
1980s and 1990s correct answers With the increased avail- ability of personal computers, clients
could take an assessment instrument on a computer and receive the results immediately. WISC-3
came out. WAIS revised twice during this time. Big time for authentic assessment
200 to Present correct answers Certainly, the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
has had a dramatic influence on achievement testing in the schools. The theme of accountability
is also evident for counselors interested in being mental health counselors. The Standards for
Educational and Psychological Testing - s to provide criteria for the development and evaluation
of tests and testing practices and to provide guidelines for assessing the validity of interpretation
of test scores for the intended test uses
Nominal correct answers (elementary) Classifying by name based on characteristics of the
person or object being measures (example 1 = Democrats, 2 = Republicans, 3 = Libertarians, 4 =
No party affiliation
Ordinal correct answers provides a measure of magnitude. Ranking a group of children from best
to worst behaved in the classroom
Interval correct answers variables have an order, difference between two variables is equal, and
the presence of zero is arbitrary. A difference of 5 points between 45 and 50
Ratio correct answers Same properties of interval scale but requires the existence of a
meaningful zero. Weight, height, IQ
Norm-reference instrument correct answers an individual's score is compared with scores of
other individuals who have taken the same instrument
Criterion-referenced instrument correct answers the individual's score is compared with an
established standard or criterion. (how the person performs with respect to some standard)
What does norm mean/represent correct answers refers to the group of individuals who took the
instrument to which others' scores are then compared
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