Assessment Exam 2

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When can assessments be given without consent?

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1. When assessment without consent is mandated by law or governmental regulation

2. When testing is performed as a part of regular school activities

3. When consent is clearly implied like for employment testing

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Multicultural populations include those who differ in:

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Race

Ethnicity

Culture

Language

Age

Gender

Sexual orientation

Religion

Ability

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Accessibility

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All examinees have an unobstructed opportunity to demonstrate their capabilities on construct being assessed (an older person with hearing impairment may not hear the questions well enough to meet accessibility)

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Universal design

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Approach to instrument design with the goal of maximizing accessibility for all intended examinees (trying to maximize fairness)

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Adaptation

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Changes to an original assessment to increase accessibility (convert to another language)

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Accomodation

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Change in the giving of the test (change time given to take the test)

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Modification

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Changes made influence the construct which also means the scores don't retain same meaning as the original instrument.

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Culture

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The belief systems and value orientation including customs, norms, practices, and social institutions.

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Narrative Recording

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Running record or anecdotal record thats descriptive of the behavior, recorded sequentially

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Interval Recording

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Behavior occurs within a certain interval of time

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Event Recording

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Number of times a behavior occurs during a specified period of time, focus on frequency of the behavior

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Ratings Recording

Back 12

Similar to rating scales, yet completed by the counselor

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Self-Monitoring

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Client observes and monitors self

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What is reactivity?

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Possible changes that may occur in clients behavior, thoughts, or performance that are a result of being observed, addressed of evaluated

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What is the BASC-3?

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Behavioral assessment system for children

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Genogram

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Clients draw a family tree and record info about family members and relationships over at least 3 generations

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Family Sculpting

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Associated with Virginia Satir, involves positioning family members or objects that represent family, in a way that symbolizes relationships and roles within a family system

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Ethics

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Set of principals put together by an organization addressing proper conduct

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Laws

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Related to body of rules that address proper conduct

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Legislation

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Concerns governmental bodies passing laws

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Litigation

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Rules of law that are interpreted

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Content bias

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Content in the test has not ever been exposed to the client (US presidents tested on someone who lives in Australia)

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Differential Item Functioning (DIF)

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Difficulty of individual tests for different groups of people

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Slope Bias

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Instrument yields validity coefficients that are significantly different for two or more group

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Intercept Bias

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Even instruments with the same validity coefficient can predict different criterion scores for members of different groups with the same score

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Warning Sign

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Acute, this means event could be happening soon

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Risk Factor

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Chronic, something that increases the chances over time

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What does SAD PERSONS stand for? and how do you use it?

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S-sex, A-age, D-depression, P-previous attempts, E-ethanol abuse, R-rational thinking loss, S-social support, O-organized plan, N-no partner, S-sick

This is used to determine the risk factors when doing suicide assessment

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What does IS PATH WARM stand for? and how do you use it?

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I-ideation, S-substance abuse, P-purposelessness, A-anxiety, T-trapped, H-hopelessnes, W-withdrawal, A-anger, R-recklessness, M-mood changes

This would be used to determine warning signs of suicide.

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What's the first step of a suicide assessment?

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1. Suicide Ideation- Frequency

Duration

Intensity

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What is the second step of a suicide assessment?

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2. Suicide Plan- Specific

Method

Lethality

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What is the third step of a suicide assessment?

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3. Suicide Intent- Intentions

Means

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What are the three levels of suicide intervention?

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High-Immediate hospitalization

Medium-hospitalization to a plan

Low-make a plan

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Representativeness Bias

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basing judgment on a resemblance to prototype (stereotype)

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Avaliability Bias

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certain info in memory that will influence our judgment is available (reading a book on depression and then thinking everyone is depressed)

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Anchoring Bias

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info we get early we get stuck with (primacy) this is like first impressions

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Regression Towards the Mean Bias

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extreme events or scores when looked at in a different point in time move toward average (like going to the restaurant and its the best food ever and then going back and its just average)

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Vividness/Salience Bias

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Vivid or obscure info stands out and is more likely to be remembered

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Confirmatory Bias

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idea in our head we see things that fit it (seek and ye shall find)

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Reconstructive Memory/Confabulation Bias

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filling in gaps in memory to alter memory to fit with present experience