Assessment Exam 2

Assessment of couples differs from individual assessment in what three ways?

(a) It focuses on the relationships and interactions between two or more persons, (b) it can provide the opportunity to directly observe interpersonal communication, and (c) it may involve attempting to maintain a supportive alliance while assessing antagonistic partners.

Name three categories of projective techniques (ch13)

(a) association to inkblots or words, (b) story construction or sequences, (c) sentence or story completion, (d) picture arrangement/ selection or verbal choices, and (e) drawing or play techniques.

Most commonly used national achievement tests: (ch10)

(a) the Iowa Assessments, (b) the Stanford Achievement Tests, (c) the Metropolitan Achievement Tests, and (d) the TerraNova Tests.

Four guiding principles to Motivational Interviewing (Hint: EDRS) (ch8)

1. Express empathy 2. Develop discrepancy 3. Roll with resistance 4. Support self-efficacy

Approximately half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age _____, and about 75% begin by age _____ (ch8)

14, 24

Approximately _______ of U.S. adults experience mental illness in a given year (ch8)

20%

______ of U.S. adults have co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders (ch8)

51%

Genogram (ch14)

A map that provides a graphic representation of a family structure and is usually associated with Bowen's family system theory. A genogram has the potential to demonstrate origins of presenting problems, as it is assumed that family patterns tend to repeat themselves

Factor-analytic method (ch13)

A statistical procedure is used to examine the intercorrelations between all of the items on the inventory. This technique, which can effectively be completed only on a computer, groups items into factors until a substantial proportion of the variability between the items has been accounted for by the dimensions that have resulted.

Logical content method (ch13)

A test developer identifies statements that seem to be related to the content of the characteristic being assessed.

Generally, ________ refers to previous learning and ________ to learning ability. (ch10)

Achievement, aptitude

Name 3 assessment tools for identifying substance abuse (ch8)

Addiction Severity Index (ASI) Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Involvement Scale (AADIS) Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (including AUDIT-C, short form of AUDIT) CAGE Questionnaire Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (available in short form) Rapid Alcohol Problems Screen (RAPS4) Simple Screening Instrument for Alcohol and Other Drugs (SSI-AOD) TWEAK

Name 3 assessment tools for identifying ADHD (ch8)

Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS-v1.1) Learning Needs Screening Tool Structured Adult ADHD Self-Test

High-stakes testing is a well-intentioned practice that...(ch10)

Aims to serve several functions, including ensuring that pertinent content and skills that are embedded within state curricula are learned.

Contemporary theories of interpersonal functioning assert that... (ch14)

An individual's behavior can be understood only in relation to transactions with others and not for the individual in isolation. In the generally accepted model of interpersonal theory, each interaction represents a combination of two basic dimensions of interpersonal behavior: control (dominance vs. submission) and affiliation (friendliness vs. hostility)

____________ and ____________ tend to begin in adolescence or early adulthood. Women make up 90% of cases (ch8)

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

The difference between anxiety and fear? (ch8)

Anxiety - significant anticipation of a future threat leading to hypervigilance and cautious or avoidant behaviors. The cause is usually unknown or unclear. Fear - an intense emotional response to a known or imminent danger, such as snakes or crowded places.

Which mental disorder has the highest lifetime prevalence for U.S. individuals? (ch8)

Anxiety disorders

Criterion group method (ch13)

Begins with a sample with known characteristics. An item pool is then administered to individuals in the known sample and to a control group ("normal" population). The items that distinguish the known sample from the control group are then placed in a scale

Which of the following is not an aptitude test used in higher education? (ch10) A. SAT B. ACT C. PACT D. PSAT (ch10)

C. PACT

Name 3 assessment tools for identifying depression (ch8)

Center for Epidemiologic Studies- Depression Scale (CES-D) Center for Epidemiologic Studies- Depression Scale for Children Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) Mental Health Screening Form III (MHSF-III)

Achievement tests are usually evaluated on what type of validity? (ch10)

Content validity; that is, the extent to which the test includes content similar to that which the test takers are expected to have experienced.

One purpose of high-stakes testing?

Create educational opportunities for students who may have been "left behind." They are a vehicle for change

Alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence tend to be differentiated by which of the following? A. Increased Tolerance B. More severe withdrawal symptoms and management C. More severe impairment D. All of the above in social, academic and occupational functioning (ch8)

D. All of the above in social, academic and occupational functioning

The function of high-stakes testing is to: a. Ensure state curriculum requirements are met. b. Provide information for college admissions. c. Create educational opportunities for students who have experienced educational inequity. d. Both a and c. (ch10)

D. Both a and c

What is self-injury? (ch8)

Deliberate actions (e.g., cutting, burning, head banging) resulting in physical injury to the self.

What is a central issue in the abuse of alcohol and other drugs? (ch8)

Denial

What are psychoactive drugs? (ch8)

Drugs that alter an individual's mood or thought processes by their effect on the central nervous system. There are ten classes

What scales are usually part of an "open system"; that is, no one set of scales is established to represent the universe of occupational interests? New scales must be constructed as new occupations emerge or as old occupations change. (ch12)

Empirical scales

Neglect (ch14)

Engaging in acts or omissions that deprive a child of basic medical, educational, mental health, and other needs.

Sexual abuse (ch14)

Exposing or involving children in age-inappropriate sexual content or behaviors such as fondling, intercourse, or pornography.

There is no comorbidity between substance abuse and mental health issues (ch8)

False

True or False: The House- Tree- Person assessment has an extensive research base to detect psychopathology. (ch13)

False

True or False: There are several relationship inventories with strong psychometric evidence available to counselors. (ch14)

False

True or False: Values clarification exercises tend to be more useful than popular inventories given their psychometric integrity. (ch12)

False??

RAPS assessment is better than CAGE for what considerations? (ch8)

Gender and ethnic groups

Measures the strength of an individual's interests in broad fields of activity, such as art, mechanical activities, or sports. They are homogeneous in nature because they refer to one type of activity. (ch12)

General or basic interest scales

Two common graduate admissions tests (ch10)

Graduate Record Examination Miller Analogies Test.

Name 3 assessment tools for identifying anxiety (ch8)

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) Modified Mini Screen (MMS) PTSD Checklist (PCL) Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS)

Personal values

Include a broader range of motivations that pertain to school, family, community, leisure, and work.

Assessment of personality (ch13)

Instruments designed to assess personal, emotional, and social traits and behaviors, as distinguished from instruments that measure aptitudes, achievements, and interests. This chapter outlines popular personality assessments that counselors encounter across a variety of settings.

What an individual likes to do (ch12)

Interests

Circumplex (ch14)

Interpersonal circle

Theoretical method (ch13)

Items are developed to measure constructs represented by a particular theory of personality.

Which of the following is the most common mood disorder? (ch8)

Major Depressive Disorder

Name two examples of a Professional School Test (ch10)

Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) Dental Admission Test (DAT) Law School Admission Test (LSAT) Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)

One basic question for all patients to determine whether further assessment is necessary for men and women? (ch8)

Men who drink are asked, "How many times in the past year have you had 5 or more drinks in a day?" For women, the number of drinks is reduced to four.

Assesses the similarity of an individual's interest patterns with those of people in specific occupations. These scales are heterogeneous in terms of item content and include a variety of items that distinguish between the interests of people in an occupation and those of people in general. (ch12)

Occupational scales

Aptitude tests are usually evaluated on what type of validity? (ch10)

Predictive validity; that is, the extent to which success in whatever it is the aptitude test attempts to measure can be predicted from the test results.

__________________ that responses to ambiguous stimuli reflect a person's basic personality. (ch13)

Projective hypothesis

Physical abuse (ch14)

Refers to intentional infliction of physical injury, such as bruises, broken bones, head injuries, burns, and disfigurement.

A personality inventory developed through the factor-analytic technique by Raymond B. Cattell and others (ch13)

Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire

The difference between social phobia and agoraphobia? (ch8)

Social phobia - having a persistent fear of public scrutiny and expressing anxiety symptoms that will be humiliating or embarrassing; Agoraphobia - avoiding situations or places where escape might be difficult and having a fear of expressing panic-like symptoms

What are values clarification exercises? (ch12)

Strategies that enable clients to identify and to make comparisons among their values. Compared with values inventories, values clarification exercises require clients to engage in self-assessment at a deeper level that takes into account actual behavior as well as preferences.

__________________, also referred to as objective assessments, are standardized self-report measures that often use some forced-choice response format (ch13)

Structured personality assessments

Attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsivity— or a combination of these— that impacts children and adults. ADHD is characterized by inattention and/ or hyperactivity- impulsivity symptoms that impair social, educational, or occupational functioning (ch8)

Symptoms must be pervasive, maladaptive, and inconsistent with normal development. Symptoms must occur for at least six months, more than one setting and interfere with functioning.

Used with many international students who seek to study at US universities (ch10)

TOEFL

Name one Adult Achievement Test (ch10)

Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE 9/ 10), Adult Basic Learning Examination (ABLE), Basic Achievement Skills Inventory (BASI).

Several college-level testing programs have been created as a basis for awarding college credit other than by enrolling in college courses. These programs include...(ch10)

The College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) and the Advanced Placement program (AP)

Legislation that guides high-stakes testing?

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

Name one study habit inventory (ch10)

The Study Attitudes and Methods Survey (SAMS) The Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI)

CAGE Questionnaire four questions (ch8)

The interviewer asks clients if they have ever (a) felt the need to cut down their drinking, (b) become annoyed when others ask them about their drinking, (c) felt guilty about their drinking, or (d) needed to take an eye opener to start the day.

What does apperception mean? (ch13)

To perceive in terms of past perceptions

True or False: 26% of individuals who are homeless and live in shelters have a mental illness, and 25% of those incarcerated in state prisons have a recent mental health condition (ch8)

True

True or False: Ability tests typically used for higher education admissions serve both to measure previous learning and to predict learning ability. (ch10)

True

True or False: Interest inventories should be supplemented with ability assessments because they do not measure abilities. (ch12)

True

True or False: The Big Five personality factors included on the NEO PI-R are Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. (ch13)

True

True or False: Values can often be searched in career databases to identify occupations that may be most satisfying. (ch12)

True

True or False: Very few intimate partner violence assessments solicit information about a client's available support systems or needs. (ch14)

True

Women are more likely to report symptoms characteristic of mental health disorders than men (ch8)

True

Projective assessments are also called (ch13)

Unstructured assessments because there is an infinite variety of possible responses to ambiguous stimuli, no particular conclusion can be drawn from any single response.

__________________, or projective assessments, involve a counselor presenting unstructured tasks to the examinee, whose responses to these tasks are expected to reflect needs, experiences, inner states, and thought processes. (ch13)

Unstructured personality assessments

Why a person works or undertakes an activity (ch12)

Values

Psychological abuse (ch14)

Verbal attacks and threats

_____________ are a subset of personal values that describe different motivations for working. (ch12)

Work values

The following personality assessment tends to measure positive aspects of personality: a. California Personality Inventory b. Myers- Briggs Type Indicator c. Millon Index of Personality Styles- Revised d. All of the above (ch13)

a. California Personality Inventory

GRE: graduate school admission and ________: school achievement. a. TerraNova 3 b. LASSI c. SAMS d. WAIS (ch10)

a. TerraNova 3

The highest child abuse victimization rate per 1,000 children occurs for which racial/ ethnic group? a. Whites b. African Americans c. Latinos d. Native Americans (ch14)

b. African Americans

Which of the following does not represent a Holland category? a. Realistic b. Mechanical c. Social d. Enterprising (ch12)

b. Mechanical

Which of the following personality assessments has been labeled as the most widely researched test of adult psychopathology? a. Myers- Briggs Type Indicator b. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory- 2 c. Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire d. Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory- III (ch13)

b. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory- 2

Which of the following is commonly included on a genogram? a. Marriages b. Births c. Interactional patterns d. All of the above (ch14)

d. All of the above

The Self-Directed Search is based on: a. Strong's values typology b. Holland's hexagonal model of General Occupational Themes c. Campbell's theory of vocational choice d. All of the above

d. All of the above???

Which of the following relationship inventories has not been normed with couples not identifying as heterosexual? a. Marital Satisfaction Inventory- Revised b. Couple's Precounseling Inventory c. Derogatis Sexual Functioning Inventory d. Dyadic Adjustment Scale (ch14)

d. Dyadic Adjustment Scale???

Which of the following is an example of a projective personality assessment? a. Tennessee Self-Concept Scale b. Personality Assessment Inventory c. Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire d. Thematic Apperception Test (ch13)

d. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

People with alcohol abuse... (ch8)

fail to fulfill major role obligations at work or home, repeatedly use in dangerous situations (e.g., driving while intoxicated), and have recurrent legal or social and interpersonal problems.

Alcohol dependence typically involves alcohol abuse symptoms as well as... (ch8)

increased tolerance and more severe withdrawal symptoms.

Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect (ch10)

those who attend high-ability colleges or universities will have lower academic self-concepts than similar peers in less competitive colleges or universities