Deck 7: Assessment, Testing, and Diagnosis

Question 1

The terms assessment and testing are not synonyms - testing is only one form of assessment.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The need for counselors to develop assessment skills and to use tests has decreased in the past decade.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The type of assessment used in intake interviewing is similar to that used in diagnostic evaluation.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Counselors need to be prepared for crisis intervention in all work settings as more individuals are experiencing upheavals and trauma.

Question 5

Counselors assess clients during the counseling process primarily through the use of interviewing skills.

Question 6

The counselor's interpretation of standardized tests is most effective when combined with client input about the results.

Question 7

Leading counselor researchers on assessment recommend that counselors should use more qualitative assessment tools.

Question 8

Another name for content validity of a test is face validity.

Question 9

The DSM-IV-TR is a valuable tool for helping clients explore and clarify their problems with a counselor.

Question 10

The major use of standardized tests in counseling is to

A) Make predictions about client's behavior.
B) Help clients set realistic goals
C) Help clients in exploring and clarifying their problem.
D) All of the above.

Question 11

According to Goldman:

A) Most counselors should use more quantitative methods of assessment.
B) Counselors should avoid use of any of testing in counseling.
C) Counselors are well trained in assessment.
D) Most counselors should use qualitative measures of assessment.

Question 12

Which of the following is not true?

A) Counselors generally are increasing their use of both standardized and non-standardized measures.
B) More counselors are expected to assess individuals in intake interviews.
C) With the increase in managed care, fewer counselors are making client diagnosis.
D) All of the above are true.

Question 13

The primary difference between assessment in counseling and assessment in diagnostic evaluation for agencies is

A) No interview is used in diagnostic evaluation.
B) Results are confidential in counseling and not confidential in diagnostic evaluations.
C) The type of assessment tools used in the evaluation.
D) The degree and severity of the individual problem.

Question 14

The type of validity most often used in developing achievement tests is

A) Context related.
B) Criterion related.
C) Construct related.
D) All are equally used.

Question 15

Which of the following 2 inventories are appropriate to use in high school counseling?

A) Kuder Occupational Interest Survey and the Differential Aptitude Tests
B) Differential Aptitude Tests and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule
C) Kuder Occupational Interest Survey and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule
D) They are all appropriate

Question 16

Standardized tests were originally developed

A) To help counselors in vocational counseling.
B) To diagnose learning problems of children.
C) For selection and screening of army personnel.
D) For vocational and educational placement.

Question 17

A chief advantage of qualitative measures over quantitative measures is

A) They are easier to administer.
B) They offer a more active role for clients in counseling.
C) They are easier to interpret.
D) They reduce the degree of counselor involvement.

Question 18

The primary method of assessment used by counselors in the counseling process is the use of

A) Standardized tests
B) Interviewing skills
C) Non-standardized tests
D) Observation

Question 19

Which group of counselors tends to use more structured interviews in assessing client behavior?

A) Humanists
B) Psychodynamic practitioners
C) Behaviorists and cognitive behaviorists
D) They are about equal.

Question 20

What are the advantages and disadvantages in using qualitative methods of assessment and quantitative methods of assessment during the counseling process?

Question 21

Describe the counselor role in assessment during intake interviewing, during counseling, for crisis intervention, and for diagnostic evaluations.

Question 22

Compare a clinical and an actuarial (statistical) approach to interpreting tests.

Question 23

What are the chief characteristics of an effective standardized test?

Question 24

Describe Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences and why he believes it is superior to the traditional I.Q. theory in assessing a person's intelligence.

Question 25

Constructivists and social constructionists advocate allowing their alternative diagnostic models as options to the DSM-IV-TR. Describe their alternative approaches and explain why they believe their diagnostic measures could be more effective.