1. Values and Skills Assessment
PSY 714
Instructor: Emily E. Bullock, Ph.D.

2. Values Assessment Rokeach’s Values
Terminal Values: end states of existence
Ex. Sense of Accomplishment; Self-Respect; True Love
Instrumental Values: ways of acting and behaving in everyday life
Ex. Ambitious, Obedient; Loving; Honest

3. Values Assessment- CACG and Card Sort
Katz’s and SIGIPlus Values
Variety
Leadership
Field of Interest
Leisure
Early Entry
High Income
Prestige
Independence
Helping Others
Security
Activity: Rate these values from 1-10, with 1 being the most valued.

4. Values Assessment: Minnesota Importance Questionnaire
Defines values as “standards of importance” to a person
Assessment presents 20 “psychological needs” which are grouped in the results as 6 “work-related values”
Achievement --Altruism
Comfort --Safety
Status --Autonomy
Some criticism on how a test taker’s scores as translated into their response to occupational choices

5. Values Assessment: Survey of Interpersonal Values
“Measures 6 ways in which an individual could want to relate to other people.”
--Support --Conformity
--Recognition --Independence
--Benevolence --Leadership
Test Retest reliability ranges from making the instrument questionable for individual interpretation

6. Skills Assessment in Career Counseling
Name some ways to assess your client’s skills.

7. Skills Assessment Eureka Skills Inventory Worksheet
ACT Inventory of Work-Relevant Abilities (IWRA)

8. Skills Assessment-GATB
General Aptitude Test Battery: measures nine distinct aptitudes using 12 separate tests (eight pencil and paper tests, and four performance tests):
G - General Learning Ability
V - Verbal Aptitude
N - Numerical Aptitude
S - Spatial Aptitude
P - Form Perception
Q - Clerical Perception
K - Motor Co-ordination
F - Finger Dexterity
M - Manual Dexterity

9. Skills Assessment-DAT
Differential Aptitude Test: a series of assessments designed to measure an individual's ability to learn or to succeed in a number of different areas
Verbal Reasoning
Numerical Ability
Abstract Reasoning
Mechanical Reasoning
Space Relations
Language Usage -

10. Skills Assessment--MAB-II
Multidimensional Aptitude Battery-II: Designed 'to provide a measure of general cognitive ability or intelligence.'
Two main scales (Verbal and Performance) with subscales similar to Wechsler scales
Great reliability and convergent validity when compared to WAIS
Can not conclusively tell you if you will be “good” at a particular occupation

11. Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
For use in educational and vocational counseling and to stimulate interest in job and training opportunities in the Armed Forces
3 main career exploration scales yielded
Verbal
Math
Science & Technical
Incorporates an “Interest Finder” that utilizes Holland’s Theory

12. Skills Assessment