EDCO 820 Quiz 1 Overview of Assessment
EDCO 820 Quiz Overview of Assessment with Marriage & Families
- 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.
- Marriage is an extremely complex relationship and there is no single test that can predict its survival or dissolution with 100% accuracy.
- 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.
- Which statement is true based on Gottman’s research?
- Medications, when taken correctly, do not contribute to or cause psychological problems.
- Beginning counselors rarely seem to question their assessment skills.
- Working from a “systems” model means that counselors:
- Which choice below is NOT one of the Guiding Principles of Assessment?
- Applying theory to both assessment and treatment can be helpful.
- While assessment covers a number of psychological factors, there are three that are interrelated. Which choice below is NOT one of those three factors?
- Assessing for strengths is important because:
- A client who is involved in a religious community can find it to be an important source of social support.
- An instruments clinical value depends on your ability to interpret what the scores mean.
- Which answer below is NOT one of the factors in asking clear questions?
- The key advantage of ________________ is that it may more accurately reflect what an individual is thinking or feeling compared to what is being spoken.
- Validity is the most important factor for an assessment instrument to be psychometrically sound, rather than reliability.
- _________________ validity refers to how the instrument’s scores related with others measures.
- The value of clinical questioning depends upon the client being cooperative, insightful, and honest.
- Which answer below is considered to be a tool for assessment?
- “The instrument measuring what it is supposed to measure” refers to: