Chapter 1- Assessment in Counselling/History of Assessment

Question 1

there must be fixed instructions for administering and scoring the instrument

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Standardized Instrument

Question 2

typically measure a person’s ability to think abstractly, solve problems, understand complex ideas, and learn new material-abilities involved in a wide spectrum of activities.

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Intelligence or general ability tests

Question 3

A. Historical perspective concerning the nature and meaning of assessment
B. Basic concepts of standardized and non-standardized testing and other assessment techniques
c. Statistical concepts, including scales of measurement, measures of central tendency, indices of variability, shapes and types of distributions, and correlations
D. Reliability
E. Validity
F. Social and cultural factors related to the assessment and evaluation of individuals, groups, and specific populations
G. Ethical strategies for selecting, administering, and interpreting assessment and evaluation instruments and techniques in counselling.

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Assessment includes

Question 4

measures of acquired knowledge or proficiency, measure the extent to which an individual has “achieved” in acquiring certain information or mastering skills.

Answer 4

Achievement tests

Question 5

Predict an individual’s performance in the future

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Aptitude

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Three Types of Cognitive tests

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1. Achievement tests
2. Intelligence or general ability tests
3. Aptitude tests

Question 7

assess interest, attitudes, values, motives, temperaments, and the noncognitive aspects of personality

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Affective instruments

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individuals respond to relatively ambiguous stimuli, such as inkblots, unfinished sentences, or pictures.

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projective techniques

Question 9

individuals respond to set of established questions select answers from the provided alternatives.

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Structured personality instruments

Question 10

tendency to seek evidence that confirms an individual’s preferred hypothesis

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confirmatory bias

Question 11

Who was credited with launching the testing movement

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Francis Galton, English biologist
(late 1800- early 1900’s)

Question 12

A psychologist credited with founding psychology and was interested in measuring psychological contructs

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Wilhelm Wundt

Question 13

Benet and Henri published this scale in 1905. Revised in 1908 is know as the

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IQ test

Question 14

Most widely used instrument to assess children’s intelligence

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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children- Revised to become the WISC-III

Question 15

Had a dramatic influence on achievement tests in schools

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No child left behind (2001)