Assessment and Testing Flashcards
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A school counselor uses a checklist completed by teachers, parents, and the student to assess ADHD symptoms. This method is best described as:
Answer: Multi-informant assessment
Multi-informant assessment collects data from multiple raters across different settings to provide a comprehensive picture of behavior.
Which projective technique asks respondents to create stories about ambiguous pictures?
Answer: Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) presents ambiguous pictures and asks respondents to construct narratives, which are then analyzed for themes.
On a normally distributed test, approximately what percentage of scores fall within one standard deviation of the mean?
Answer: 68%
In a normal distribution, approximately 68% of all scores fall within one standard deviation above and below the mean.
A counselor who interprets test results without considering the client's cultural background is most at risk of committing:
Answer: Cultural bias in assessment
Ignoring cultural context when interpreting test results can lead to culturally biased conclusions that misrepresent a client's abilities or traits.
A counselor wants to measure a client's anxiety both before and after a 10-week treatment program. Which assessment strategy is MOST appropriate?
Answer: Pre-post design using standardized self-report measures
A pre-post design using the same standardized instrument captures change over time and allows comparison of scores before and after the intervention.
Which type of reliability is estimated by correlating scores from two equivalent forms of the same test administered at the same time?
Answer: Alternate-forms reliability
Alternate-forms (or parallel-forms) reliability is assessed by administering two different versions of a test and correlating the resulting scores.
The standard error of measurement (SEM) is MOST useful for:
Answer: Constructing confidence intervals around an obtained score
The SEM quantifies the precision of a score, enabling counselors to construct a confidence interval that estimates the range of a client's true score.