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COUN6360 Week 9 Discussion; Selecting Assessments

COUN6360 Week 11 Discussion; Using Assessments for Positive Social Change

1. Question: Which scale of measurement is being used if assigning numbers based on different professional affiliation (e.g., counselors, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists)? 2. Question: Match the standard score with its mean and standard deviation. 3. Question: NCEs range from 1 to 99 along the bell-shaped curve, but as opposed to percentiles, they are in equal units along curve. 4. Question: If a child is in grade 4.3 and receives a grade equivalent of 7.2 on an achievement test,...

1. Question: A neuropsychological assessment is most likely to be used in which of thefollowing situations? 2. Question: Match the law or act with the most appropriatedescription. 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 gradelevel. 4. Question: Environmental assessments have a distinct advantage in thatthey: 5. Question: The Exner scoring system for the Rorschach relies on all of the followingEXC...

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 botheventand timesampling. 6. Question: Aspartofagraduates schoolprogram'scomprehensiveex...

Selecting an assessment to use with a client can be an important part of a counselor’swork. A first step is to conduct a comprehensive assessment and identify the client'spresenting problem. A common assessment used in this stage is an intakeassessment. For this assignment, you will complete an intake assessment using one ofthethreecasestudypresentations,identifyamentalhealthissue,andrecommendoneformalassessment you mightuseto helpdiagnosisthe client. ToPrepare: • CompletetheRequiredReadi...

1. Question: Which of the following is NOT a diagnostic test? 2. Question: Which of the following was NOT a result of the Jaffe v. Redmond case? 3. Question: Which of the following is NOT found in a mental status report? 4. Question: Before people attempt to take their own lives or that of someone else, their thoughts and actions often lie along a continuum. Rank order the following items along this continuum. 5. Question: A student received a score on a norm-referenced standardized test tha...

Youhavelearned somedifficulttopics andtakenat leastone quiz.As youlearnaboutpsychometrics,youwilllikelyhavequestionsabouttheseconcepts.Usethisdiscussionspacetopostquestionsandhelpclarifythingsfor yourpeers.Yourpeersandyourinstructorcanprovidesupportandencouragement–andyoucanofferthesametoyourcolleagues. ToPrepare: • Reflect on the concepts from the quiz, textbook, and other resources that youunderstand • Identify whatconcepts from the quiz,textbook, and otherresourcesthatyoudonotyetunde...

This exercise will provide you with an abbreviated experience of how an apperceptiontestworks.Youwillbeassessedononeitemandthesystemwillautomaticallyevaluateyour responses and return results immediately. As you complete this exercise, considerhow this experience of evaluation feels to you, and consider how this could feel forclients. ToPrepare: • Review the Thematic Apperception Test example, “Psychology of Words:ProjectiveTestsofWordsandLanguage,”foundintheLearningResourcesforthisweekan...

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 throug...