Human Growth & Development
The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory which encompasses the entire life span.
a) A. A. Brill
b)Milton Erickson
c) Erik Erikson
d) Jean Piaget
What is c, Erik Erikson
Culture refers to...
a) customs shared by a group which distinguish it from other groups.
b) values shared by a group that are learned from others in the group.
c) attitudes, beliefs, art, and language which characterize members of a group.
d) all of the above
What is d, all of the above
Piaget's final stage is known as the formal operational stage. In this stage... a) the child has mastered abstract thinking but still feels helpless b) problems can be solved using deduction c) abstract thinking emerges d) a and b
What is d, a and b
______ was the first pioneer to focus heavily on sociocultural issues.
a) Mark Savickas - a major figure in career counseling b) Alfred Adler - the Father of Individual Psychology
c) Maxie Mautlsby - the Father of Rational Behavior Therapy
d) Frank Parsons - the Father of Guidance, who wrote "Choosing a Vocation"
What is d, Frank Parsons
Some theorists object to the word unstructured in group work because...
a) a group cannot have structure
b) only structured groups are effective
c) unstructured groups are hardly therapeutic
d) unstructured refers only to counseling and not to therapy groups
What is a, a group cannot have structure
Which counselor would most likely say that we choose a job to meet our needs?
a) Albert Ellis
b) John O. Crites
c) John Krumboltz
d) Robert Hoppock
What is d, Robert Hoppock
An empiricist view of development would be...
a) psychometric
b) behavioristic
c) a and c
d) against the use of formal statistical testing
What is b, behavioristic
A counselor who is seeing a client from a different culture would most likely expect _________ social conformity than he or she would from a client form his or her own culture.
a) less
b) more
c) the same
d) more realistic
What is a, less
In a counseling session, a counselor asked a patient to recall what transpired three months ago to trigger her depression. There was silence for about two and one-half minutes. The client then began to remember. This exchange most likely illustrates the function of the ______
a) preconscious mind
b) ego ideal
c) conscious mind
d) unconscious mind
What is a, preconscious mind
A group participant wants to drop out of a group. Since the group is "closed" ethics state that...
a) the leader must insist that the client stay
b) the client must be allowed to withdraw
c) the leader should allow other members to put pressure on the participant to stay
d) a and c
What is b, the client must be allowed to withdraw.
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. Surprisingly enough, dual-career families have lower incomes than families in which only one partner works.
b. Dual-career families have higher incomes than 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. Surprisingly enough, no research has been conducted on dual-career families.
b. Dual-career families have higher incomes than the so-called traditional family in which only one partner is working.
A counselor is working with a family who just lost everything in a fire. The counselor will ideally focus on...
a) Maslow's higher-order needs, such as self-actualization
b) building accurate empathy of family members
c) Maslow's lower-order needs, such a physiological and safety needs
d) the identified patient
What is c, Maslow's lower-order needs, such as a physiological and safety needs.
Which theorist was not instrumental in the early years of the social psychology movement?
a) Freud
b) Durkheim
c) McDougall
d) Berne
What is d, Berne
There are several theories commonly used in couples counseling. What counseling theory supports the idea that our actions come from what we have learned from others?
a. Structural Theory
b. Psychoanalytic Theory
c. Strategic Theory
d. Social-Cognitive Theory
What is d, Social-Cognitive Theory
A group dynamic is group development. This is usually expressed in terms of...
a) the number of hours of group conflict
b) theories of group stages
c) the Rosenthal Effect
d) the Hawthorne Effect
What is b, theories of group stages
Some support for Roe’s theory comes from
a. the BDI.
b. the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition
(WAIS-IV).
c. the Rorschach and the TAT.
d. the gestalt therapy movement.
What is c, the Rorschach and the TAT.
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to
a. volume or mass.
b. defenses of the ego.
c. the sensorimotor intelligence stage.
d. a specific psychosexual stage of life.
a. volume or mass.
A hierarchy, or pecking order, among members occurs in...
a) the stage of storming, also known as the power-control stage
b) the orientation stage
c) the separation stage
d) the intimacy stage
What is a, the stage of storming, also known as the power-control stage
The trait-and-factor career counseling, actuarial, or matching approach (which matches clients with a job) is associated with
a. Parsons and Williamson.
b. Roe and Brill.
c. Holland and Super.
d. Tiedeman and O’Hara.
a. Parsons and Williamson.