Ethics
Counsellor notes written on the back of an envelope can constitute a legal document. True or False.
True.
Which of the following is NOT an APS endorsed intervention strategy?
A) CBT
B) Narrative Therapy
C) Psychodynamic Therapy
D) Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy
A student presents with low mood, impulsivity, changes to sleep and appetite with/without self harm. What is the first assessment that you should do?
A suicide risk assessment.
What was intellectual disability formerly known as?
Mental retardation
Who was the first person to have been credited as coming up with psychotherapy (i.e. 'talking cure')?
Sigmund Freud
FACS asks you to see a student in your school for sexual assault counselling. You have never been trained to provide this intervention. Aside from being against the DoE policy, which ethical standard would you be going against if you saw the student?
Competence (B.1.2.) Psychologists only work within the limits of their education, training, supervised experience and appropriate professional experience.
After receiving a valid application, the NDIS must respond to requests for intervention within how many days?
21 days.
Name two clinical and mental health assessments in common use in schools.
ASEBA (CBCL), Conners, CBRS, BASC-3, SDQ. Beck Scales, Childhood Depression Scale, Spence Anxiety Scale, DASS, K-10, Devereaux DSMD
What is the diagnosis (DSM-5) given for individuals under 5 years of age when the severity of the dysfunction cannot be reliably measured?
Global Developmental Delay
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is the work of which two famous psychologists?
Aaron T. Beck and Albert Ellis
Name the three General Principles of the APS Code of Ethics.
B. Propriety
C. Integrity
Name at least 3 counselling skills required of Provisional Psychologists by AHPRA.
establishing therapeutic relationships, therapeutic alliance, active listening, empathic responding, reflection, questioning, summarising, problem resolution and change, monitoring progress, managing endings of therapeutic relationships
How many standard deviations from the mean is required for a diagnosis of Mild, Moderate, and Severe Intellectual Disability (DoE criteria)?
Mild - 2-3 SDs
Moderate - 3-4 SDs
Severe - 4> SDs
What are the two major neurotransmitters involved in mood disorders?
Serotonin and Norepinephrine (GABA in OCD)
What field of psychology did B.F.Skinner, James B. Watson and Ivan Pavlov belong to?
Behaviourism
What is the best reason to keep accurate and complete case notes on a client?
To be able to monitor a client's progress over time.
What does SSRI stand for? Name at least one example of an SSRI.
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
Name three key assessment results that would indicate a diagnosis of a Specific Learning Disorder.
- Student is performing well below age-based norms in academics
- Has an intact IQ/no evidence of ID
- Discrepancy between IQ and academic achievement
What is the diagnosis given to a person who exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing even towards friends and family?
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Edward Deci and Richard Ryan were famous for which psychological theory?
Self-Determination Theory
1. Consequentialism: only the consequences determine what is moral BUT this allows for immoral actions to be moral (eg. Scapegoating).
2. Deontological approach (Kantian): there are objectively right and wrong actions based on duties and obligations BUT this fails to account for conflicts of duty.
3. Normative relativism: an action is right or wrong if someone or some group deems it so BUT then an action can be both right and wrong if two groups view it differently.
4. Classical virtue theory: right actions are demonstrations of good character, irrespective of consequence or nature of action BUT you cannot demonstrate character or virtues independent of actions!
In terms of Intervention Strategies for individuals, the APS says they fall into which 3 categories?
Preventative, Developmental, Remedial
Name the four most common modes of assessment.
Cyclothymic Disorder
Carl Rogers argued that unconditional positive regard for the client is a necessary condition for personality change. What are two other necessary conditions?
Congruence and Empathic Understanding of the Client