Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE)

Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE)A counselor is meeting with an older client, age 80, for the first time. The client lost her husband about 15 years ago and in the past year has begun having symptoms of depression, including sleeplessness and irritability. Which of the following is the most helpful goal the counselor can help the client work toward?
A. Examine the origins of the client's depression such as childhood trauma
B. Build a positive attitude towards the client's self worth
C. Encourage the client to see and find support from her own children
D. Work through unresolved grief related to the loss of the client's husband -
B

Appraisal is an important concept in the field of assessment. Which of the following is the best definition of appraisal?

A. Making a conclusion about the usefulness of measurement data
B. Collecting information about human behavior
C. Determining the dimensions of a specific attribute or trait
D. Making judgements about human behavior -
D

Statistical regression is BEST explained by which of the following

A. Test scores can often predict future scores on related material
B. Errors are often made when scoring tests.
C. When large numbers of people take a test, it is less likely for individual scores to be very high or very low
D. If an individuals score is very low or very high on a pretest, the individuals score will be closer to the mean on the posttest. -
D