Social and Cultural Foundations
Theories of Counseling and Helping Relationship
Groups
Lifestyle and Career Development
Appraisal
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Which therapist was not instrumental in the early years of the social psychology movement? a. Freud b. Durkheim C. McDougall d. Berne
d. Berne pg. 91
100
The superego contains the ego ideal. The superego strives fro _____, rather than ______ like the id. a)perfection, pleasure b) pleasure; perfection c) morals; ethics d) logic; reality
a. perfection;pleasure pg. 145
100
According to the risky shift phenomenon, a group decision will a. be less conservative than the average group members decision, prior to the group discuss b. be more conservative that the average group members decision, prior to group discussion c. often be aggressive or illegal d. violate the groups confidentiality norms.
a. be less conservative than the average group member's decision, prior to the group discussion. pg. 251
100
A dual-career family (or dual-worker couple) is one in which both partners have jobs to which they are committed on a somewhat continuous basis. Which statement is true of dual-career families? a. Dual-career families have lower incomes than families in which only partner works b. Dual career families have higher incomes that the so-called traditional family in which only one partner is working c. Dual career families have incomes which are almost identical to families with one partner working d. no research has been done on dual career families
b. Dual-career families have higher incomes than the so-called traditional family in which only one partner is working. pg. 297
100
In a spiral test a. the items get progressively easier b. the difficulty of the items remains constant c. the client must answer each question in a specified period of time d. the items get progressively more difficult
d. the items get progressively more difficult. pg. 349
200
The term contextualism implies a) multicultural counseling is the oldest subspecialty in the profession; b.) behavior must be assessed in the context of the culture in which behavior occurs; c) the notion of worldview is highly inaccurate; d.) projective tests are more accurate than objective measures when performing cross-cultural counesling
b. behavior must be assessed in the context of the culture in which the behavior occurs pg. 95
200
The purpose of interpretation in counseling is to a) help the therapist appear genuine b) make the clients aware of their unconscious processes c. make clients aware of nonverbal behaviors d. help clients understand feelings and behaviors related to childhood
b. make the clients aware of their unconscious process. pg. 159
200
A counselor is conducting a screening for clients who wish to participate in a counseling group which will meet Tuesday nights at his private practice office. Which client would most likely be the poorest choice for a group member? a. A shy librarian b. an anxious salesman with no group experience c. an extremely hostile and belligerent construction worker d. A student with 16 hours toward her M.Ed in counseling
c. an extremely hostile and belligerent construction worker, pg. 255
200
Edmound Griffith Williamson's work (or the so-called Minnesota Viewpoint) purports to be scientific and didactic, utilizing test data from instruments such as the a. Roschach and the TAT b. Binet and the Wechsler c. BDI and the MMPI d. Minnesota Occupational Rating scales
d. Minnesota Occupational Rating Scales pg. 305
200
The first intelligence test was created by a. David Wechsler b. J.P. Guilford c. Francis Galton d. Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon
d. Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon pg 362
300
Regardless of culture, the popular individual a) has good social skills; b) values race over ethnicity c) dresses in the latest styles; d) never possesses a modal personality
a. has good social skills pg.106
300
Jung felt that society caused men to deny their feminine side known as _____ and women to deny their masculine side known as _____. a.Eros; Thanatos b. animus; anima c. anima; animus d. yin; yang
c. anima;animus pg 166
300
A group setting has to be flexible seating arrangement in which clients are free to sit wherever they wish. In this setting it is likely that a. a male leader in a designer suit and a female client in cut off jeans will sit close together. b. A Hispanic male leader in a designer suit and an asian client in another brand of designer suit will sit close together c. a caucasian female leader in a designer outfit and a caucasian male client in a pair of old jeans and an undershirt will sit close together d. a male leader in a designer suit and a female client in a jogging suit and old tennis shoes with holes in them will sit close together.
d. an Asian-American leader and an Asian-American client would sit close together. p. 261
300
Super's theory includes a. the life career rainbow b. the life career stars c. the life career moon d. the life career psychosis
a. the life-career rainbow pg. 318
300
A word association test would be an example of a. a neuropsychological test b. a motoric test c. an achievement test d. a projective test
d. a protective test pg. 382
400
In terms of trust and therapeutic surrender, a. it is easier to trust people from one's own culture. b. lower-class people often don't trust others from higher social classes c. lower-class clients may feel that they will end up as losers dealing with a counselor from a higher social class.
d. all of the above pg. 115
400
Existentialism is to logotherapy as _____ is to behaviorism. a. operants b. associationism c. Skinner d. Socrates
b. associationism pg 171
400
Experts firmly believe that a common weakness in many groups is a. setting too many goals b. using a male and female coleader c. that the leader uses a democratic style d. a lack of goal setting
d. a lack of goal settings. p. 271
400
A counselor with a master's degree who is working for minimum wage at a fast-food restaurant due to lack of jobs in the field is a victim of a. unemployment b. underemployment c. the phi phenomenon d. the risky shift phenomenom
b. underemployment pg. 327
400
According to public law 93-380, also known as the Buckley Amendment, a 19 yr-p;d college student attending college a. could view her record, which included test data b. could view her daughter's infant IQ test given at preschool c. could demand a correction she discovered while reading a file d. all of the above
d. all of the above pg. 383
500
________ is associated with obedience and authority. a) Stanley Milgram, a noted psychologist b.) Arthur Janov, who created Primal Scream Therapy c.) A.T. Beck, a cognitive therapy pioneer d.) Robert Harper, a pioneer in the REBT bibliotherapy movement
Stanely Milgram, a noted psychologist. pg. 129
500
The most difficult intermittent schedule to extinguish is the a. fixed ratio b. fixed interval c. variable interval d. variable ratio
d. variable ratio pg. 190
500
When an adolescent complains about his or her parents in the group it is best to a. jump on the bandwagon and agree with the child b. avoid taking sides but help him or her see the parents point of view via a therapeutic technique such as role-playing c. talk only about positive experiences d. immediately put the child in the hot seat
b. avoid taking sides but help him or her see the parents' point of view via a therapeutic technique such as role-playing. p. 292
500
A client says she has always stayed home and raised her children. Now the children are grown and she is seeking employment. She is best described a. as a displaced homemaker b. as a victim of underemployment c. by a DSM diagnosis d. as a victim of the hidden job market
a. as a displaced homemaker. pg. 336
500
Lewis Terman a. constructed the Wechsler tests b. constructed the initial Binet prior to 1910 c. constructed the Rorshach test d. Americanized the Binet
d. Americanized the Binet pg. 383
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