Gestalt therapist focus on the :

Gestalt therapist focus on the
 
  A) Past
 
  B) Family
 
  C) Future
 
  D) Present

Q. 2

The Standards for Multicultural Assessment is a resource that:
 
  A) guides construction of culture-fair testing for counselors in school settings.
  B) is a compilation of standards related to multicultural assessment gathered from other sources.
  C) sets the legal standard for the administration of tests with multicultural clients.
  D) is equivalent to the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing.

Q. 3

Gestalt therapists think that people get into trouble when they
 
  A) Depend on all parts of themselves
 
  B) Become separated from parts of themselves
 
  C) Refer their problems to psychiatrists
 
  D) Accept their phony layer as their lifestyle

Q. 4

With regard to fairness in assessment, Helms (2006) suggest that when interpreting test scores, counselors should consider the client's:
 
  A) level of intelligence.
  B) past experience with psychological testing and psychotherapy.
  C) family history and presence of significant life stressors.
  D) psychological characteristics and internalized racial or cultural experiences.

Q. 5

According to Gestalt therapy, people are capable of
 
  A) becoming self-regulating beings
 
  B) changing their thoughts
 
  C) recognizing neuroses in others
 
  D) integrating into their families

Q. 6

In the past, the field of assessment attempted to develop __________ instruments, but found this impossible and has focused on developing culture-fair instruments.
 
  A) culture-equivalent
  B) culture-free
  C) culture-parallel
  D) culture-valid

Q. 7

The behavioral counselor's reinforcement of successive approximations of the desired behavior applies most closely to the technique of
 
  A) desensitization.
 
  B) retroactive inhibition.
 
  C) shaping.
 
  D) massing of trials.

Q. 8

If the intercept for an instrument that predicted college performance was higher for the majority group than the minority group, then the instrument would:
 
  A) under predict minority group members' performance.
  B) over predict minority group members' performance.
  C) predict the same for majority and minority individuals.
  D) have reliability problems for the minority group.