EPPP Clinical Wrong

Question 1

The goals of Gestalt therapy include helping the client recognize and satisfy needs and accept polarities that exist within their personality. A psychologist using a Gestalt approach would consider the key to achieving these goals to be which of the following?

Answer 1

Awareness

Question 2

what would a structural family therapist most likely use when working with a family consisting of a mother and father who constantly argue, a teenage son who is overly dependent on his mother, and a 9-year-old daughter who has asthma and other physical symptoms?

Answer 2

Blending with the family by adopting its language, behaviors, and style

Question 3

Paradoxical interventions are often utilized by strategic family therapists for the purpose of:

Answer 3

relieving symptoms

Question 4

consultee-centered case consultation

Answer 4

improving the consultee’s ability to serve a population, often by addressing gaps in knowledge, skills, or objectivity.

Question 5

Based on his review of the psychotherapy outcome studies, Hans Eysenck (1952) concluded that:

Answer 5

untreated patients are often “better off” than treated patients in terms of symptom improvement.

Question 6

The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) found that _____ women and nearly _____ men report the experience of sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by a current or former intimate partner during their lifetime (Smith et al., 2015).

Answer 6

1 in 4; 1 in 10

Question 7

sexual stigma vs sexual prejudice

Answer 7

stigma - shared knowledge of society’s negative regard for any nonheterosexual behavior, identity, relationship, or community.

prejudice - negative attitudes that are based on perceived sexual orientation, regardless of the target’s actual identified sexual orientation

Question 8

The triangular model of supervision puts emphasis on:

Answer 8

providing service to clients

Question 9

Irvin Yalom’s therapeutic factors of group work

Answer 9

altruism, cohesion, universality, interpersonal learning, input and output, guidance, catharsis, identification, family re-enactment, self-understanding, instillation of hope, and existential factors.

NOT INSIGHT

Question 10

The process that occurs in group psychotherapy when the leader’s own unconscious, involuntary, inappropriate, and temporarily gratifying response becomes entangled in the therapeutic relationship with a group member to the extent that this obstructs or even destroys the leader’s objectivity is known as:

Answer 10

Countertransference

Question 11

A U.S. study of WWI era German immigrants found that those who experienced discrimination were more likely to:

Answer 11

assimilate

Question 12

Colonial mentality has been found to be associated with:

Answer 12

more depressive symptoms

Question 13

Historical trauma

Answer 13

a type of trauma that emanates from experiences of massive group trauma

Question 14

What family therapy prioritizes the first session of therapy and has four stages: the social stage, the problem stage, the interaction stage, and the goal-setting stage?

Answer 14

Strategic family therapy

Question 15

During the first session with a woman who is the victim of spousal abuse, a feminist therapist would most likely:

Answer 15

Form and rehearse an “escape plan”

Question 16

A family therapist instructs a family member to continue performing the target behavior and to do so in an exaggerated way. This technique is referred to as:

Answer 16

Prescribing

Question 17

In an enmeshed family in which an over-controlling father constantly nags and yells at his 18-and 15-year old sons, a structural family therapist is most likely to do which of the following?

Answer 17

Manipulate the family’s mood by mimicking the father’s behavior in an exaggerated manner.

Minuchin’s structural family therapy can be characterized as “manipulative, unyielding, and crisis provoking”

Question 18

Supervision can be distinguished from consultation in that:

Answer 18

Supervisors have position of power over supervisees

Question 19

A feminist therapist is least likely to view which of the following as an important aspect or goal of therapy?

Answer 19

Identifying and integrating the masculine and feminine aspects of the woman’s personality

Question 20

According to Gregory Herek, ______________ refers to “cultural ideologies that promote and perpetrate antipathy, hostility, and violence against homosexuals.”

Answer 20

heterosexism

Question 21

A therapist instructs a client who suffers from insomnia to polish his hardwood floors for at least two hours whenever he wakes up during the night. Apparently this therapist is familiar with the work of:

Answer 21

Milton Erickson

“ordeal”,

Question 22

Troiden’s (1988) Gay/Lesbian (Homosexual) Identity Development Model predicts that individuals in the sensitization stage:

Answer 22

feel different or alienated from their same-sex peers

Question 23

According to Carl Rogers, a therapist is “congruent” when the therapist:

Answer 23

is authentic and nondefensive

Question 24

This manualized treatment approach promotes the use of role playing in the treatment of alcohol use disorder:

Answer 24

12-step

Question 25

Research by Sue and his colleagues (1991) and others has found that matching a therapist and client in terms of race/ethnicity has which of the following effects?

Answer 25

It may improve treatment outcomes, but reduces premature termination for members of some groups but not for others.

Question 26

A 36-year-old, second-generation Asian-American woman comes to Dr. Williams, a White middle-class male psychologist, at the suggestion of her physician who was unable to find a physical explanation for her symptoms which include: Frequent headaches, loss of appetite, and insomnia. Being familiar with the literature on cross-cultural counseling, Dr. Williams knows he should assume an active, directive approach by:

Answer 26

acknowledging the woman's symptoms and discussing ways to alleviate these symptoms

Question 27

A wife approaches her husband in an affectionate way. He pulls away from her; but when she begins to leave the room, he says in a hurt manner, "What's wrong? Don't you want to spend time with me?" When she protests, he ignores her. This is an example of:

Answer 27

Double-bind communication (inconsistent messaging)

Question 28

The concept of "striving for superiority" is most closely associated with which theorist?

Answer 28

Alfred Adler

Question 29

During the first therapy session with a couple experiencing numerous problems in their relationship, their therapist requests that, during the next week, they identify things in their relationship that they would like to continue. Most likely, this therapist is a practitioner of:

Answer 29

solutions-focused

Question 30

A primary goal of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is:

Answer 30

reducing or alleviating symptoms

Question 31

Which of the following therapeutic approaches is based on the assumption that people have five basic needs (survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun) that act as the primary source of motivation?

Answer 31

Glasser's Reality Therapy

Question 32

A strategic family therapist is most likely to use which of the following therapeutic techniques in dealing with a husband and wife who complain that they are constantly arguing with each other?

Answer 32

Tell the couple to argue for at least two hours each evening paradoxical techniques

Question 33

From the perspective of Gestalt therapy, an optimal boundary is semipermeable and coterminous with the actual self. Introjection is one type of boundary disturbance. It occurs when:

Answer 33

the boundary is located deep within the self

Question 34

According to Helms White Identity Development Model, the reintegration stage is characterized by:

Answer 34

adopting a belief in white superiority and minority inferiority

Question 35

The term historical trauma was coined by:

Answer 35

Maria Yellow Horse Braveheart

Question 36

Studies comparing the age at which gays and lesbians first disclose their sexual orientation to a friend, family member, or other person have found that:

Answer 36

the average ages of disclosure for individuals who are gay and those who are lesbian are not significantly different

Question 37

Among African Americans and other racial minority groups, high-context communication is manifested in:

Answer 37

the use of a few words to communicate a message that may require many words for an Anglo American

Question 38

In structural family therapy, "joining" depends on:

Answer 38

the therapist's ability to adapt to the family

Question 39

Prochaska, Norcross, and DiClemente's (1994) transtheoretical model distinguishes between 10 different change processes and proposes that the most effective combination of processes depends on a client's stage of change. For example, they recommend consciousness raising, dramatic relief, and environmental re-evaluation as useful strategies for helping clients transition into the __________ stage.

Answer 39

Contemplation

Question 40

"Strong intersectionality" refers to:

Answer 40

overlapping systems of oppression

Question 41

A psychologist develops a parent mentoring program for parents who have a history of abusing or neglecting their children. Participants will have access to non abusive parents who will act as role models as well as support during times of crisis. This is an example of:

Answer 41

Tertiary prevention

Question 42

A family therapist whose techniques are derived from the work of Murray Bowen would most likely view the Schizophrenia of a family member as the result of:

Answer 42

a multigenerational transmission process