NCMHCE Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions

NCMHCE Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Counseling (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -designed to help the client gain a perspective on how they behave Self-knowledge (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -Used to help client learn how to make better decisions and to take responsibility for their own actions Value judgment (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -carefully considering accumulated data to ensure that it is complete and accurate in order to make an interpretation or inference Decision making (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -process in which the collected data has been weighed against possible consequences and test results Nonstandard Procedures (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -Observations of client behaviors and performance 3 levels of behavior observations (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -1st Level = casual informational observations; watching the client in unstructured activities throughout the day ©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS Saturday, September 7, 2024 6:58 PM Page | 2 2nd Level = guided observation; intentional direct observation with a checklist/rating scale to evaluate performance or bx seen 3rd Level = clinical level; observation is done in a controlled setting for a lengthy period of time Actuarial/Statistical Prediction (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -based on empirically validated data incorporating regressive or multiple regressive equations Clinical Predictions (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -Based on intuition and experience of observing clincian Guidelines for assessing culturally diverse populations (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -1. clarify purpose of evaluation 2. be sensitive to test material that unfairly discriminates 3. use alternative method of assessment that is more appropriate 4. familiarize yourself to the norms/values of the examinee's culture 5. establish rapport or call on another clinician if rapport is not established Spearman intelligence (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -Proposed general intelligence factor (g) and any number of specific intelligence factors (s) unique to a task Horn and Cattell (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -adjusted Spearman model by dividing (g) into Crystallized Intelligence (Gc) and Fluid Intelligence (Gf) ©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS Saturday, September 7, 2024 6:58 PM Page | 3 Crystallized Intelligence = knowledge and skills acquired thru education & experience; continues to increase throughout life Fluid Intelligence = ability to solve new problems; peaks in adolescence and declines thereafter Sternberg intelligence theory (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -Successful intelligence is composed of analytical, practical, and creative elements; argued that standardized test focus almost exclusively on analytical elements Gardner multiple intelligence theory (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -Proposed 8 kinds of intelligence: 1. linguistic 2. musical 3. logical-mathmatical 4. spatial 5. bodily-kinesthetic 6. interpersonal 7. intrapersonal 8. naturalistic Seattle Longitudinal Study (Schaie et al.) (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -- 7 yr intervals from ©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS Saturday, September 7, 2024 6:58 PM Page | 4 - no uniform pattern of age-related changes across all intellectual abilities, except for maybe perceptual speed Effects of Heredity on Intelligence (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -- individuals w/genetic similarity have similar levels of intelligence - 32-64% of variability in intelligence comes from genetic factors Effects of Environment on Intelligence (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -- SES is consistently linked to performance on intelligence tests - Flynn Effect = gradual increase in IQ scores that occur in industrialized nations > change of 3-6 points over 1-2 generations > not due to genetics Effects of Gender on Intelligence (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -- females perform better on verbal ability - males perform better on spatial and quantitative ability - males more likely to be at extreme ends of score distribution for every type of intelligence Effects of Race on Intelligence (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -- Whites outperform African Americans on Stanford-Binet, Wechsler, and other IQ tests by about 1 SD > this is diminishing - Slope bias = predictor is more accurate for one group than for another ©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS Saturday, September 7, 2024 6:58 PM Page | 5 - Intercept bias = predictor consistently over-predicts or under-predicts performance for a particular group Standardized test (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -questions and responses from all tests can be compared w/one another. Every aspect of the test must remain consistent Behavioral Assessment (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -individual can be evaluated in relation to their environment. SORC = stimulus, organism, response, and consequences Dynamic Assessment (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -systematic deviation from the standardized test for the purpose of determining whether the individual benefits from aid. Involves "testing the limits" in which an examinee is provided w/a sequence of extra clues Domain-Referenced Testing (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -breaks assessment into specific domains of ability (i.e. math ability or reading) Diagnostic Checklists (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -used to check off bx or performance levels with plus or minus to indicate that hte bx was observed or absent Diagnostic Rating Scale (Assessment & Diagnosis) - Answer️️ -notes the strength, frequenc