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Principals & Application of Assessment
in Counseling Questions and Correct
Verified Answers
When assessing a client, a counselor is attempting to get a(n) _____ of some behavior
or characteristic of the client.
✓ measurement
Dr. Sharp is a therapist who specializes in working with people who have bipolar
disorder. She has received extensive training in working with people who have bipolar
disorder and believes that it is much more prevalent in our society than most people
recognize. Dr. Sharp seems to find a way to attribute many symptoms that might
characterize other disorders to bipolar disorder and almost all of her clients receive a
diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Dr. Sharp displays a tendency toward _____ bias.
✓ confirmatory
According to positive psychology theorists, psychological assessment is currently
slanted toward identifying an individual's _____.
✓ limitations
Evidence related to _____ tells the clinician how the instrument can be used and what
the results mean.
✓ validity
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, Top Mark Questions and Correct Verified Answers
When a test has fixed instructions for administration, uses the same content for all
administrations, and has a developed system for scoring, it is considered a(n) _____
assessment.
✓ standardized
This quiz would be considered a(n) _____ instrument
✓ objective
while an essay test would typically be an example of a(n) _____ instrument.
✓ subjective
Creda is taking a test to determine the level of her fluency in the French language. Her
results will determine which college French class she will be placed in. Based on the
information provided, you would classify this test as which type of assessment?
✓ cognitive
The first method for calculating intelligence was called an intelligence quotient (IQ) and
used a ratio of _____ age and chronological age.
✓ mental
Dempsey wants to find information about the appropriate use of assessment
instruments. Which publication would you suggest he read?
✓ Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
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Ms. Wright is a teacher who uses portfolio assessment, gathering multiple assignments
from students, to evaluate her students' knowledge of the material being taught.
Portfolio assessment is a type of _____ assessment.
✓ authentic
The most elementary level of measurement is the ____ level
✓ nominal
while the most complex is the ____ level, which has a meaningful zero.
✓ ratio
In a ____-referenced instrument, an individual's score is compared with scores of other
individuals who have taken the same instrument.
✓ norm
A frequency ____ is a graph that charts the scores on the x-axis (the horizontal) and the
frequencies of the scores on the y-axis (the vertical).
✓ polygon
The most frequently occurring score in a distribution of scores is the ____.
✓ mode
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When computing the standard deviation, the word "deviation" refers to the deviation
of the ____.
✓ individual scores from the mean
In the normal distribution, ____ of the cases fall between two standard deviations
below the mean and two standard deviations above the mean.
✓ 95%
Nils was just told that he scored in the 90th percentile on a test of logical reasoning.
This means that ____.
✓ 90% of people in the norming population scored at or below _____ score
Which type of scores always has a distribution in which the mean is 0 and the standard
deviation is 1?
✓ z-score
Which type of standard score is different from other standard scores because it
represents a range of percentile scores?
✓ stanines
In a ____ sample, individuals are selected for the norming group based on certain
demographic characteristics.
✓ stratified
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Principals & Application of Assessment
in Counseling Questions and Correct
Verified Answers
When assessing a client, a counselor is attempting to get a(n) _____ of some behavior
or characteristic of the client.
✓ measurement
Dr. Sharp is a therapist who specializes in working with people who have bipolar
disorder. She has received extensive training in working with people who have bipolar
disorder and believes that it is much more prevalent in our society than most people
recognize. Dr. Sharp seems to find a way to attribute many symptoms that might
characterize other disorders to bipolar disorder and almost all of her clients receive a
diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Dr. Sharp displays a tendency toward _____ bias.
✓ confirmatory
According to positive psychology theorists, psychological assessment is currently
slanted toward identifying an individual's _____.
✓ limitations
Evidence related to _____ tells the clinician how the instrument can be used and what
the results mean.
✓ validity
Top Mark !!!
, Top Mark Questions and Correct Verified Answers
When a test has fixed instructions for administration, uses the same content for all
administrations, and has a developed system for scoring, it is considered a(n) _____
assessment.
✓ standardized
This quiz would be considered a(n) _____ instrument
✓ objective
while an essay test would typically be an example of a(n) _____ instrument.
✓ subjective
Creda is taking a test to determine the level of her fluency in the French language. Her
results will determine which college French class she will be placed in. Based on the
information provided, you would classify this test as which type of assessment?
✓ cognitive
The first method for calculating intelligence was called an intelligence quotient (IQ) and
used a ratio of _____ age and chronological age.
✓ mental
Dempsey wants to find information about the appropriate use of assessment
instruments. Which publication would you suggest he read?
✓ Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
Top Mark !!!
, Top Mark Questions and Correct Verified Answers
Ms. Wright is a teacher who uses portfolio assessment, gathering multiple assignments
from students, to evaluate her students' knowledge of the material being taught.
Portfolio assessment is a type of _____ assessment.
✓ authentic
The most elementary level of measurement is the ____ level
✓ nominal
while the most complex is the ____ level, which has a meaningful zero.
✓ ratio
In a ____-referenced instrument, an individual's score is compared with scores of other
individuals who have taken the same instrument.
✓ norm
A frequency ____ is a graph that charts the scores on the x-axis (the horizontal) and the
frequencies of the scores on the y-axis (the vertical).
✓ polygon
The most frequently occurring score in a distribution of scores is the ____.
✓ mode
Top Mark !!!
, Top Mark Questions and Correct Verified Answers
When computing the standard deviation, the word "deviation" refers to the deviation
of the ____.
✓ individual scores from the mean
In the normal distribution, ____ of the cases fall between two standard deviations
below the mean and two standard deviations above the mean.
✓ 95%
Nils was just told that he scored in the 90th percentile on a test of logical reasoning.
This means that ____.
✓ 90% of people in the norming population scored at or below _____ score
Which type of scores always has a distribution in which the mean is 0 and the standard
deviation is 1?
✓ z-score
Which type of standard score is different from other standard scores because it
represents a range of percentile scores?
✓ stanines
In a ____ sample, individuals are selected for the norming group based on certain
demographic characteristics.
✓ stratified
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