Welcome to Unit IV Inventory Item Forms EDS 596 Assessment Techniques in Counseling

Inventory Item Forms These item forms are similar to item forms used in tests…. RecognitionSupply Alternative ResponseCompletion ChecklistsShort-Answer Multiple ChoiceProjective

Recognition Item Forms Alternative Response…. Are you more: 1. Rigid  or Flexible  2. Happy  or Sad  3. Tense  or Relaxed  Would you rather….  make a book shelf  read a book Would you rather…..  plan your day  just let the day happen

Recognition Item Forms Alternative Response items… Drinking Patterns Screening Inventory Directions: Please read each item below and if the statement is true for you put a check under "Yes" and if it is not true of you, put a check under "No". Please answer all of the questions. (Forced Choice format) Please check “Yes” or “No” to each of the following….YesNo Do you consider yourself a normal drinker? Have you ever awakened the morning after an evening of drinking and had difficulty recalling the events of the night before?

Recognition Item Forms Checklists…item endorsement. DIRECTIONS: The behaviors which a person learns determine to a large extent how well he or she gets along in life. Below is a list of behaviors which can be learned. Check the ones which you think you need to learn in order to function more effectively or be more comfortable. I need to learn: ___ 1. to stop drinking too much. ___ 2. to stop smoking too much. ___ 3. to stop eating too much. ___ 4. to control my feelings of attraction to members of the opposite sex. ___ 5. to control my feelings of attraction to members of my own sex. ___ 6. to overcome my feelings of nausea when I'm nervous. ___ 7. to stop thinking about things that depress me. ___ 8. to stop thinking about things that make me anxious. ___ 9. to feel less anxious in crowds. ___ 10. to feel less anxious in high places.

Recognition Item Forms Multiple Choice Format Within the past 30 days, how often have you experienced: 1. Sleep disturbance2. A deep sense of loneliness  1 or 2 times  3 or 4 times  5 or 6 times  7 or more times

Recognition Item Forms Multiple Choice Format DIRECTIONS: Read each group of statements and circle the number next to the statement that seems most true of you at this time I do not feel sad. 1 I feel sad. 2 I am sad all the time and I can't snap out of it. 3 I am so sad or unhappy that I can't stand it I am not particularly discouraged about the future. 1 I feel discourage about the future. 2 I feel that I have nothing to look forward to. 3 I feel the future is hopeless and things cannot improve. Beck Depression Inventory Beck (1961)

A Likert scale (pronounced /Lıkert ) is a psychometric scale commonly used in questionnaires and surveys, and is the most widely used scale in survey research, such that the term is often used inter-changably with rating scale even though the two are not synonomous. When responding to a Likert questionnaire item, respondents specify their level of agreement to a statement. Likert Scale Rensis Likert ( )

Likert Scales #Item I seek approval and affirmation from others. 2I am afraid of the criticism of others 3I isolate myself from and am afraid of people in authority roles. 4I am not able to appreciate my own accomplishments and good deeds. 1=Never, 2=rarely, 3=Occasionally, 4=usually, 5=Always Recognition Item Forms Multiple Choice Format

What is presented: a vague and non- specific stimulus The Response: a projection of the client’s personality, knowledge, value, interest and ability The answer then becomes a projection of the client…. The Projective Hypothesis

Supply Item Forms Completion items.. Incomplete Sentences Form Name:___________________________________________ Grade______ Date:________________ 1. Today I feel______________________________________________________________________ 2. When I have to read, I ______________________________________________________________ 3. I get angry when__________________________________________________________________ 4. To be grown up ___________________________________________________________________ 5. My idea of a good time______________________________________________________________ 6. I wish my parents knew_____________________________________________________________ 7. School is________________________________________________________________________ 8. I can't understand why______________________________________________________________ The Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank (RISB)

Supply Item Forms Short Answer items Journal/Diary Entries:

Supply Item Forms Short Answer items Journal/Diary Entries:

Supply Item Forms Responses need not be words. Kinetic Family Drawing

The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) was developed by the American psychologists Henry A. Murray and Christina D. Morgan at Harvard University. The instrument became popular during the 1930swith psychologists treating disturbed patients and it was used to assist in exploring the dynamics of human personality. It was said to assess drives, motivations, internal conflicts and interpersonal TAT

Supply Item Forms Responses may be oral descriptions of what is seen. Thematic Apperception Test

Supply Item Forms Responses may be oral descriptions of what is seen. Rorschach Hermann Rorschach

Supply Item Forms Responses may be oral descriptions of what is seen. Rorschach

Supply Item Forms Responses may be oral descriptions of what is seen. Rorschach

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