When Counselor Educators Evaluate the Performance of a Student's Counseling

question 7

Multiple Choice

When counselor educators evaluate the performance of a student's counseling skills, the counselor educators:

• A) may apply subjective standards as long as they do not abuse their discretion.
• B) may apply subjective standards, but the process of evaluation must be pre-approved by CACREP.
• C) must grade the student using number-based objective evaluations.
• D) must have a team evaluate the student's performance, rather than evaluating the performance on their own.
• E) must evaluate the student individually, taking into consideration his or her individual situation, avoiding applying absolute standards.

Understand the placebo effect and its relevance in experimental designs.

Appreciate the importance of having a representative sample for generalizability of study results.

Know the basics of how and when to use inferential statistics to interpret study results.

Recognize the impact of social desirability bias on survey responses.

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Definitions:

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