with Marriage & Families 50 out of 50 2025 Liberty University
EDCO 820 Assessment in Marital & Family
Counseling
Quiz: Overview of Assessment with Marriage &
Families
Instructions
The quiz: Yellow is correct and Red is incorrect
Score for this quiz: 50 out of 50
Submitted Jul 1 at 7:05pm
This attempt took 27 minutes.
Question 1
2..5 pts
Elder’s research in looking at the families in the Great depression seems to
show that a marriage’s existing strengths or weaknesses simply get
amplified by crises like unemployment or money problems.
internal
psychological
external
all the above
Question 2
2..5 pts
Marriage is an extremely complex relationship and there is no single test
that can predict its survival or dissolution with 100% accuracy.
True
False
Question 3
2..5 pts
The good news is that even though studies show that more than half of first
marriages end in divorce, second marriages do much better.
True
, False
Question 4
2..5 pts
In pursuit of the truth about what tears a marriage apart or binds it together,
Gottman has found that much of the conventional wisdom is actually correct.
True
False
Question 5
2..5 pts
Assessment is important because it:
evaluates how effective therapy is in bringing change.
helps you understand how problems manifest and impact clients’ lives.
helps us figure out why the problem exists.
all the above.
Question 6
2..5 pts
Which choice below is NOT one of the Guiding Principles of Assessment?
Assessment focuses only on problems.
Think assessment all the time.
Be curious.
Assess using multiple perspectives.