Hays, Ch 2: The Assessment Process

Question 1

A counselor attends closely to testing conditions.

Answer 1

Test administration

Question 2

A counselor reviews and applies scoring procedures.

Answer 2

Test interpretation

Question 3

A counselor presents a comprehensive picture using several assessment data sources.

Answer 3

Communication of findings

Question 4

A client completes a satisfaction form at the end of a comprehensive session.

Answer 4

Outcome assessments

Question 5

Type of assessment that allows information to be obtained from many people within a short period of time at relatively little cost.

Answer 5

Group assessments

Question 6

Type of assessment that permits counsellors to adapt the test administration to the needs of the client.

Answer 6

Individual assessment

Question 7

This type of assessment includes intelligence tests, ability tests, personality inventories, interest inventories and values inventories.

Answer 7

Standardized tests

Question 8

This type of assessment includes rating scales, projective techniques, behavioral observations, and biographical measures.

Answer 8

Nonstandardized tests

Question 9

This type of assessment involves informal and flexible procedure often used in individual and group counseling. Focused on increasing client self-awareness within a session. Ex: simulation exercises, projective techniques, and card sorts.

Answer 9

Qualitative assessment.

Question 10

When raters show a tendency to generalize from one aspect of the client to all other aspects

Answer 10

Halo effect

Question 11

The tendency to rate all people as “average” or near the middle of the rating scale

Answer 11

Error of central tendency

Question 12

The tendency to rate the characteristics of people more favorably than they should be rated.

Answer 12

Leniency error

Question 13

Semantic differential techniques

Answer 13

Requires raters to rate concepts (my job) by bipolar scales/rank-order scales.

Question 14

Situational tests require

Answer 14

The person to perform a task in a situation that is similar to the situation for which the person is being evaluated.

Question 15

These assessments use vague or ambiguous stimuli to which people must respond (e.g., inkblots)

Answer 15

Projective assessments

Question 16

These observations refer to behaviors that can be observed and counted.

Answer 16

Behavioral observations

Question 17

Precontemplation stage

Answer 17

Individuals are not especially state of their problems and gave no plans to change their behavior in the foreseeable future.

Question 18

Contemplation stage

Answer 18

Individuals are aware of their problems but have not yet made a serious commitment to do anything about them.

Question 19

Preparation stage

Answer 19

Individuals have begun to make small changes in their problematic behaviors, with the intention of making more complete changes within one month.

Question 20

Action stage

Answer 20

When individuals successfully change their behavior for short periods of time

Question 21

Maintenance stage

Answer 21

When individuals have maintained the behavioral and attitudinal changes that have occurred for 6+ months

Question 22

The best general source of information about commercial tests

Answer 22

Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY)

Question 23

The notion that data sometimes can be affected by what the administrator expects to find.

Answer 23

Expectancy effect it Rosenthal effect

Question 24

The notion that counsellors who seek to confirm negative stereotypes, intentionally or unintentionally, during test administration influence test performance.

Answer 24

Stereotype threat

Question 25

A counselor and client consider various assessment methods

Answer 25

Test selection