Coun6360 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Psychometrics is the measurement of personality characteristics (Neukrug & Fawcett, 2015). The profile that emerges from the assessment can be used by counselors to best assist a client in his or her growth and awareness as well as other professionals such as employers in evaluating a job candidate or other situation to determine the fitness of an individual for a position or a task. To Prepare: • Review the Learning Resources to prepare for this quiz. To Complete: You must submit your fir...

1. Question: Which of the following is a type of criterion-related validity? 2. Question: Based on your readings in the text, special aptitude tests can be found in all of the following areas EXCEPT: 3. Question: Which of the following is NOT true about the Self-Directed Search? 4. Question: Concurrent and predictive validity are types of: 5. Question: On the MMPI, which of the following is NOT a validity scale? 6. Question: Which cognitive ability test measures "analytical abilities throu...

1. Question: A neuropsychological assessment is most likely to be used in which of the following situations? 2. Question: Match the law or act with the most appropriate description. 3. Question: If a child is in grade 4.3 and receives a grade equivalent of 7.2 on an achievement test, he or she is achieving at the 7.2 grade level. 4. Question: Environmental assessments have a distinct advantage in that they: 5. Question: The Exner scoring system for the Rorschach relies on all of the followin...

1. Question: Which of the following is NOT true about the BDI-II? 2. Question: Which of the following is NOT a strength of informal assessment techniques? 3. Question: "When a test has been shown to produce consistent test results, it has which of the following?" 4. Question: PL 94-142 and the IDEA asserted: 5. Question: It is unusual to find one conducting an observation of an individual that includes both event and time sampling. 6. Question: As part of a graduates school program's com...

COUN6360 Week 3 Assignment; Client Intake Assessment; Part 1

You have learned some difficult topics and taken at least one quiz. As you learn about psychometrics, you will likely have questions about these concepts. Use this discussion space to post questions and help clarify things for your peers. Your peers and your instructor can provide support and encouragement – and you can offer the same to your colleagues. To Prepare: • Reflect on the concepts from the quiz, textbook, and other resources that you understand • Identify what concepts from t...

COUN6360 Week 7 Discussion; Case Study and Assessments from MMY

This week, and over the next three weeks, you will complete quizzes that assess competency. For each quiz, you must get 8 of 10 items correct in order to receive credit. You can repeat each quiz as many times as needed to demonstrate competency. You must complete the first attempt at these quizzes successfully by Day 3 of each week. Repeat attempts must be successfully completed by Day 7 of Week 7. Learning Objectives Students will: • Apply diagnostic decision-making to assessments • Ana...

Selecting an assessment to use with a client can be an important part of a counselor’s work. A first step in selecting an assessment is often to research options using the Mental Measurements Yearbook. For this Assignment, you will identify a mental health issue, and then research assessments that may help in diagnosing a client. You will create a self-recorded video directed at your client to explain the rationale for assessing him or her, and you will describe how the assessment you selecte...