Post-Practice Test 1

Question 1

T/F: Communication is not privileged if there’s a 3rd party’s presence is necessary or expressly authorized.

Answer 1

True
So communication not privleged if client admits at a party in front of other guests that he killed someone.

Question 2

Ackerman - Psychoanalytic family theory
Minuchin - structural family theory (???)
Bowen - Family systems theory (???)
Satir - Conjoint family therapy (warmth,

Question 3

Logotherapy is….

Answer 3

The search for meaning

Question 4

Reality therapy focues on helping individuals formulate realistic plans for improvement. Associated with….

Answer 4

Glasser

Question 5

Transactional analysis looks at individuals transactions as they go through their ___ ___.

Answer 5

Life scripts (parent, adult, child)

Question 6

The Geriatric Depression Scale has ____ questions about satisfaction with life. A total score of ____ or more indicates depression.

Answer 6

15
5

Question 7

The SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment) program is designed for ____.

Answer 7

Substance abusers at risk but not yet dependent.

Question 8

____ aggression helps the aggressor achieve a goal, like getting a toy. ____ aggression is social exclusion, gossiping, manipulation - girls do it more.

Answer 8

Instrumental
Relational

Question 9

The first step in treating a client with debilitating panic attacks is….

Answer 9

Helping them recognize precipitating factors.

Question 10

A weakness in Rogerian theory is ….

Answer 10

Lack of Concreteness
Strengths include versatility

Question 11

The miracle question is associated with what approach?

Answer 11

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

Question 13

Conversion disorder is sudden onset of ____-type symptoms without an identifiable physical cause.

____ symptom disorder is when a client has extreme anxiety about physical symptoms - they may believe routine medical problems are life-threatening.

Hypochondria is now called ___.

Answer 13

Neurologic-type (sensory or motor deficits)
Somatic symptom disorder
illness anxiety disorder (hillness anxiety disorder - add the ‘h’ for hypochondria!

Question 14

Gilbert Wrenn stressed ____ ____s as the focus of counseling. These are norma and not necessarily neurotic. He did not emphasize those of the group over those of the individual or vice-versa.

Answer 14

developmental needs

A wren is a bird. So is a FINCH. I worry about how FINCH’s dev needs weren’t met. Gotta nurture the developing little birdies!

Question 15

The best way to reduce Type II errors (false negatives) is to have a ____ sample size.

Answer 15

Large

Question 16

Who is credited with integrative life planning, a career development theory emphasizing the influence of race, ethnicity, gender, and spirituality?

Answer 16

Sunny Hansen

sounds like a gen-z name

Question 17

First psychological laboratory?

Answer 17

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 18

Who wrote A Mind that Found Itself in 1908, exposing conditions in mental health institutions?

Answer 18

Clifford Beers

He was wealthy, spent time in institutions and became mental health care advocate. Think wealthy DeBEERS family.

Question 19

What does each letter stand for in REBT?

Answer 19

A = External event
B = Belief about the event
C = Emotional Consequence (feeling)
D = Disputing the irrational belief
E = Effective behavior (the change made in self-talk as result of therapy)

Question 20

Digit repetition test is to assess ____

Answer 20

Attention
Can someone hear a series of numbers and then repeat them correctly in sequence. Start with two, then keep adding.
People with normal intelligence can repeat 5-7, so less than 5 indicates impaired attention.

used across lifespan; memory and attention

Question 21

In Bandura’s cognitive behavioral approach, what element is very important in developing adaptive behavior?

Answer 21

self-efficacy
(I can do this)

Question 22

What is the principle also known as relativity theory of reinforcement, developed out of a study with monkeys, that states that high-probablilty behaviors (HPBs) will reinforce low-probability behaviors (LPB). (Eat your brocolli and you can have dessert. Client who doesn’t like to shower will do so if it means he can get a girl to talk to him.)

Answer 22

Premack Principle
Stinky dude wants to MACK on a hot girl so he showers.

Question 23

What are these called in terms of type of assessment?
____-referenced = compare score to others’ scores
____-referenced = compare score against a preset criterion
____-interpreted = compare one individual’s subtest results against another of their subtest results, without comparison to other individuals

Answer 23

norm-referenced
criterion-referenced
ipsatively-interpreted

Question 24

What did the Smith-Hughes Act accomplish?
When was it passed?

What about the National Defense act?

Answer 24

Smith-Hughes - 1917
Granted federal funds for vocational education and guidance

National Defense Education Act - 1958
Money for the training of school counselors

Question 25

Who is credited with first rigorously applying *empirical research methods* to sociology?

Answer 25

Emile Durkheim

Question 26

Correlation is best depicted through what type of graph?

Answer 26

Scatter-plot

Question 27

What is Kurt Lewin known for?

Answer 27

1940s Research on group dynamics and group therapy. Applied/action research Center for Group Dynamics at MIT

Question 28

All clients with an eating disorder should be screened for ____.

Answer 28

Self-injurious behavior - common to see cutting, burning, hair pulling. May increase as eating disorder is controlled/treated.

Question 29

What are the 3 *specialty* certifications offered by the NCC?

Answer 29

NCSC - National Certified School Counselor CCMHC - Clinical Mental Heatlh Counselor MAC - Master Addictions Counselor NCC is NOT considered a *specialty* certification

Question 30

What is term for when client shifts comments from one topic to another but is unaware ideas may be incoherent?

Answer 30

associative looseness

Question 31

What is term for when client introduces unrelated topics and never returns to the point of communication?

Answer 31

tangentiality

Question 32

What is term for when client repeats same word phrase over and over in response to a question?

Answer 32

Perseveration

Question 33

What is term for when client repeats words or phrases that they *hear*?

Answer 33

echolalia

Question 34

Who believed the only behavior we can control is our own, and that it's chosen to meet internal needs?

Answer 34

Reality and choice theorist William Glasser

Question 35

Phases of masters and johnsons sexual response

Answer 35

excitement plateau orgasm resolution **EPOR**

Question 36

What types of group leadership?

Answer 36

laissez-faire democratic authoritative no such thing as authoritarian in group leadership

Question 37

What is matrix model of addiciton treatment?

Answer 37

16 weeks support groups individual and group psychotherapy family education other skills training

Question 38

Enmeshment and disengagement are terms in ____'s theory of family therapy.

Answer 38

Minuchin - structural family therapy

Question 39

Henry Stack Sullivan theorized about euphoria in the absence of ____. What are the four types in this STACKED ____ sandwich?

Answer 39

tension * biological * sleep * anxiety (most critical type) * fear

Question 40

The DSM-5-TR classifies severity of intellectual disability based on ____.

Answer 40

adaptive functioning across domains

Question 41

At what age do kids start to undertand their own gender identity?

Answer 41

3

Question 42

At what age do kids recognize physical differences between sexes?

Answer 42

between 1 and 2

Question 43

Caplan's model ranks groups according to their purpose. * Tertiary * Secondary * Basic (primary)

Answer 43

Tertiary - improve quality of life/reduce symptoms after disorder has developed Secondary - Early intervention to decrease prevalence of problem Basic/Primary - Prevent onset or reduce future incidence

Question 44

What does the James-Lange Theory of Emotion (1884) posit happens first? Emotion or Physiological Response?

Answer 44

Physiological THEN Emotion Spider on arm > JUMP SCARE > interpret as fear

Question 45

____-____ bias is individual's tendency to attribute positive consequneces to positive attributes, and negative consequences to variables outside a person's control.

Question 46

____ ____ error is when somone attributes another person's actions to character/personality instead of situational or environmental factors.

Question 47

What are four essential components of informed consent?

Answer 47

**Voluntarism** - no coercion **Competence** - mentally competent **Disclosure** - full disclosure by clinician **Comprehension** - client understand implications of treatment

Question 48

The values clarification process has 3 steps: ___, ____, ____.

Answer 48

1. Choosing 2. Prizing 3. Acting CPA