Research and Program Evaluation
Professional Orientation and Ethics
Counseling Families, Diagnosis, Advanced Concepts
Counseling Families, Diagnosis, Advanced Concepts
Counseling Families, Diagnosis, Advanced Concepts
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The most valuable type of research is a. portion b. population parameter c. probability d. the researcher is using an ethnographic qualitative approach
c. the experiment, used to discover cause-and-effect relationships. pg 395
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By passing the NCE, a counselor can attain ____, given via NBCC a. NCC, a generic certification for counselors b. NCC, a specialty mental health certification for counselors c. NCC, national certification for school counselors d. MAC, master addictions counselors
a. NCC, a generic certification for counselors. pg 445
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Cybernetics is a concept used by family therapists. It is usually associated with the work of a. Freud and Ellis b. Norbert Wiener c. Virginia Satir d. behavioral family therapists and cognitive family therapists
b. Norbert Wiener
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An intragenrational family therapist says she is concerned with the nuclear family emotional system. She is referring to a. the fact that although the current family in therapy has an emotional system, this emotional system is influenced by previous generations whether they are alive or dead b. the fact that a genogram should depict a singer generation. c. the fact that emotional discord is a function of the unconscious mind. d. the miracle questions
a. the fact that although the current family in therapy has an emotional system, this emotional system is influenced. pg. 528
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The DSM provides diagnostics criteria for mental retardation. It states that
a. he client must have an IR score of 70 or below on an individually administered IQ test and the onset of the condition must be prior to age 18. pg. 550
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The study that would best rule out chance factors would have a significant level of P= a.0.05 b. 0.01 c. 0.001 d.0.08
c. .001 pg 397
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State laws can govern title usage and practice, however, they do not govern a. accreditation b. counselor licensure c. psychologist licensure d. involuntary commitment to state psychiatric facilities
a. accreditation pg. 450
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Virginia Satir felt that a major goal of the therapy was to improve intrafamily communication(i.e. communication between family members) According to Satir, four basic patterns prevented good communication under stress. These defensive postures or stress positions are : placating, blaming, being overly reasonable, and being irrelevant. Placating means a. you disagree with all other family members b. you pick a favorite family member and agree with him or her c. you ignore the other family members d. you try to please everybody out of a fear of rejection
d. you try to please everybody out of a fear of rejection. pf 505
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Postmodernist Tom Anderson, a psychiatrist from Norway, became disenchanted with traditional family therapy. He began using a rational approach based primarily on a. a one-way mirror and a reflecting treatment team b. three therapists c. the gestalt empty chair technique d. homework assignments
a. a one-way mirror and a reflecting treatment team. pg 535
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A hermaphrodite it
a. now referred to as an intersex person pg. 562
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To complete a t test you would consult a tabled value of t. In order to see if significant differences exist in an ANOVA you would a. consult the mode b. consult a table for t-values c. consult a table for F values d. compute the chi-square
c. consult a table for F values pg 402
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When counselors state that privileged communication is "qualified" they actually mean a. the counselor must have certification before privileged communication applies b. privileged communication applies only to doctoral level counselors c. exceptions may exist d. all of the above
c. exceptions may exist pg. 453
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Carl Whitaker's interaction with the family could best be described as a. quiet and empathic b. joining the family and experiencing it as if he were a family member c. a reality therapist d. a cognitive behavior therapist
b. joining the family and experiencing it as if he were a family member pg. 507
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A time-series design is a quasi-experimental design a. that utilizes two randomly chosen groups; a control group and an experimental group. b. that relies on multiple observations of the dependent variable before and after the treatment occurs c. a and b d. is not depicted by any of the answers above
b. that relies on multiple observations of the dependent variable (i.e. the thing you are measuring) before and after the treatment occurs. pg 541
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As a private practice counselor your ____ would be most important in terms of filing claims.
d. NPI Number pg 570
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The most useful measure of central tendency is the a. mean often abbreviated by an X with a bar over it b. median often abbreviated by Md. or Mdn. c. mode often abbreviated by Mo d. point of maximum concentration
a. mean often abbreviated by an X with a bar over it pg 411
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A woman who is in private practice mentions in her phone book advertisement that she is a licensed counseling psychologist. This generally means a. she has doctorate from a counselor education program b. she has a graduate degree from a psychology department c. she has a degree from a CACREP program d. she has a degree in counseling but is trained in projective testing
b. she has a graduate degree from a psychology department pg 458
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A behavioristic family counselor suggests that the family chart the number of times that 6-yr-old Billy says "no" when he is told to do something. The baseline of the chart would refer to a. the period when positive reinforcement is being implemented b. the period when negative reinforcement is being implemented c. the period when quid pro quo is being implemented d. the period before the behavior modification begins
d. the period before the behavior modification begins. pg 509
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Urie Bronfenbrenner is one of the co developers of the National Head Start Program. He proposed a theory of development that is a. essentially the same as Piaget's constructivism b. almost identical to Watson's behaviorism c. c. an ecological system therapy that stresses the micro system (any immediate or close relationship or organizations the child interacts with) d. based on 12 discrete stages
c. an ecological system therapy that stresses the micro system (any immediate or close relationship or organizations the child interacts with) pg. 546
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A career counselor who relies on the constructionist viewpoint would emphasize that
d. SCCT is the best theory pg 566
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A sociogram is to a counseling group as a scattergram is to a. the normal curve b. the range c. a correlation coefficient d. the John Henry Effect
c. a correlation coeffcient pg 419
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A counselor wins the lottery and closes her practice without telling her clients. This counselor's course of action is best described as a. a multiple relationship b. defamation c. abandonment d. nonmaleficene
c. abandonment
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A family actually changes the structure of their family system. According to Watzlawick, Weakland, and Fisch, the family has achieved a. second order change that is more desirable than first order change b. first order change that is more desirable than second order change c. mediation d. a Greek chorus.
a. second-order change that is more desirable than first-order change. pg 515
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Which theorist would most likely assert the EQ is more important than IQ? a. David Wechsler b. Alfred Binet c. Charles Spearman d. Daniel Goleman
d. Daniel Goleman pg 551
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The new ACA ethical requirements to have a transfer plan in writing would apply to
d. all the above a. a situation in which a counselor became disabled b. a situation in which a counselor died. c. a situation where a counselor moved to another state. pg. 569
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