Instructor's Resource
Manual and Test Bank
Matthew R. Erford
Assessment for
Counselors
First Edition
Bradley T. Erford
Peabody College at
Vanderbilt University
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ISBN-10: 0-13-498999-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-498999-0
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, Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Basic Assessment Concepts ........................................................................................1
Learning Outcomes ...........................................................................................................1
Overview ...........................................................................................................................1
Summary Narrative ...........................................................................................................3
Chapter 2: Historical Foundations and Perspectives on Assessment ..........................................5
Learning Outcomes ...........................................................................................................5
Overview ...........................................................................................................................5
Summary Narrative ...........................................................................................................7
Chapter 3: Legal, Ethical, and Diversity Foundations and Perspectives in Assessment … 9
Learning Outcomes ...........................................................................................................9
Overview ...........................................................................................................................9
Summary Narrative ......................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 4: How Tests Are Constructed ..................................................................................... 13
Learning Outcomes ......................................................................................................... 13
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 13
Summary Narrative ......................................................................................................... 15
Chapter 5: Selecting, Administering, Scoring, and Interpreting Assessment
Instruments and Techniques ........................................................................................... 16
Learning Outcomes ......................................................................................................... 16
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 16
Summary Narrative ......................................................................................................... 18
Chapter 6: Reliability .................................................................................................................. 20
Learning Outcomes ......................................................................................................... 20
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 20
Summary Narrative ......................................................................................................... 21
Chapter 7: Validity ...................................................................................................................... 23
Learning Outcomes ......................................................................................................... 23
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 23
Summary Narrative ......................................................................................................... 25
Chapter 8: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis .......................................................................... 26
Learning Outcomes ......................................................................................................... 26
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 26
Summary Narrative ......................................................................................................... 28
Chapter 9: Personality Assessment ............................................................................................. 30
Learning Outcomes ......................................................................................................... 30
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 30
Summary Narrative ......................................................................................................... 32
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Copyright © 2021 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Manual and Test Bank
Matthew R. Erford
Assessment for
Counselors
First Edition
Bradley T. Erford
Peabody College at
Vanderbilt University
,This work is protected by United States copyright laws and is provided solely for
the use of instructors in teaching their courses and assessing student learning.
Dissemination or sale of any part of this work (including on the World Wide Web)
will destroy the integrity of the work and is not permitted. The work and
materials from it should never be made available to students except by
instructors using the accompanying text in their classes. All recipients of this
work are expected to abide by these restrictions and to honor the intended
pedagogical purposes and the needs of other instructors who rely on these
materials.
Copyright © 2021 by Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates, 221 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. All
Rights Reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. This publication is protected by
copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction,
storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise. For information regarding permissions, request forms, and the
appropriate contacts within the Pearson Education Global Rights and Permissions department, please visit
www.pearsoned.com/permissions/.
PEARSON and ALWAYS LEARNING are exclusive trademarks owned by Pearson Education, Inc. or its
affiliates, in the United States, and/or other countries.
Unless otherwise indicated herein, any third-party trademarks, logos, or icons that may appear in this
work are the property of their respective owners, and any references to third-party trademarks, logos,
icons, or other trade dress are for demonstrative or descriptive purposes only. Such references are not
intended to imply any sponsorship, endorsement, authorization, or promotion of Pearson’s products by
the owners of such marks, or any relationship between the owner and Pearson Education, Inc., or its
affiliates, authors, licensees, or distributors.
ISBN-10: 0-13-498999-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-498999-0
,Instructor’s Resource Manual
iii
Copyright © 2021 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
, Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Basic Assessment Concepts ........................................................................................1
Learning Outcomes ...........................................................................................................1
Overview ...........................................................................................................................1
Summary Narrative ...........................................................................................................3
Chapter 2: Historical Foundations and Perspectives on Assessment ..........................................5
Learning Outcomes ...........................................................................................................5
Overview ...........................................................................................................................5
Summary Narrative ...........................................................................................................7
Chapter 3: Legal, Ethical, and Diversity Foundations and Perspectives in Assessment … 9
Learning Outcomes ...........................................................................................................9
Overview ...........................................................................................................................9
Summary Narrative ......................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 4: How Tests Are Constructed ..................................................................................... 13
Learning Outcomes ......................................................................................................... 13
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 13
Summary Narrative ......................................................................................................... 15
Chapter 5: Selecting, Administering, Scoring, and Interpreting Assessment
Instruments and Techniques ........................................................................................... 16
Learning Outcomes ......................................................................................................... 16
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 16
Summary Narrative ......................................................................................................... 18
Chapter 6: Reliability .................................................................................................................. 20
Learning Outcomes ......................................................................................................... 20
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 20
Summary Narrative ......................................................................................................... 21
Chapter 7: Validity ...................................................................................................................... 23
Learning Outcomes ......................................................................................................... 23
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 23
Summary Narrative ......................................................................................................... 25
Chapter 8: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis .......................................................................... 26
Learning Outcomes ......................................................................................................... 26
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 26
Summary Narrative ......................................................................................................... 28
Chapter 9: Personality Assessment ............................................................................................. 30
Learning Outcomes ......................................................................................................... 30
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 30
Summary Narrative ......................................................................................................... 32
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