Theoretical Orientations 1
Theoretical Orientations 2
Forensic Psychology
General Issues in Psychology
Child/Adolescent
100

What is the goal of behavioral therapy?

Empiricism.

100

What does ACT stand for?

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. 

100

After what global event did the most growth occur in the area of forensic psychology?

WWII

100

What is the Dodo Bird Verdict?

To reach the conclusion that competing therapies work equally well. 

100

What legal principle are child custody evaluations made on the basis of?

Best interest of the chid. 

200

What are two main components of humanistic psychotherapy?

Empathy and unconditional positive regard. 

200

What are some examples of third wave therapeutic orientations?

Acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy, metacognitive therapy. 

200

What two criteria are used to determine competency?


–IQ Tests 

–Diagnostic Test devised by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

200

What is therapy efficacy and how does it compare to effectiveness?

Efficacy is the extent to which psychotherapy works in controlled research, and effectiveness is the extent to which it works in the real world.

200

What is the difference between externalizing and internalizing disorders? 

Externalizing problems include traits such as hyperactivity, impulsivity, aggression, and rule violation, while internalizing problems are characterized by worry, anxiety, depression, and social withdrawal.

300

What is included within the three stage model of cognitive therapy? 

Identifying automatic illogical cognitions, challenging illogical conditions, replacing with logical cognitions. 

300

What are the goals of psychodynamic psychotherapy?

Make the unconscious conscious, provide insight, awareness of unconscious processes to control them deliberately. 

300

What four pieces are considered to be a part of treatment for criminal offenders? 


–Crisis management, maintenance, outpatient psychotherapy, targeted programs

300

What three pieces are included in the Tripartite model theory by Hans Strupp?

–Client

–Therapist

–Society

300

What are three methods of assessment used with children and adolescents?

Clinical interviews, behavioral observation, behavior rating scale, self-report scales, project/expressive techniques, or intellectual tests.

400

What is transference and counter transference?

Transference: Transfer of feelings, expectations, and assumptions from early relationships to therapist. 

Countertransference: Psychodynamic psychotherapists call this transference by therapists toward clients. 

400

What is the three stage model that behaviourism defines behaviour by?

Antecedent, Behaviour, Consequence.

400

What are four possible goals of sentencing criminals?

Retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation.

400

What is within the three-stage sequential model of common factors? 

–Support factors

–Learning factors

–Action factors

400
What are four common disorders of childhood? (Bonus for a fifth that is missing!)

ADHD, Conduct disorder, ODD, & separation anxiety. BONUS: ASD. 

500

What are five defence mechanisms recognized within psychoanalysis? 

Repression, projection, reaction formation, displacement, and sublimation. 

500

What does the ABCDE model of cognitive therapy as introduced by Albert Ellis stand for?

Activating event, belief, emotional consequence, dispute, and effective new belief.

500

What are 6 activities that a forensic psychologists take part in? 

Predicting, dangerousness, Not guilty by reason of insanity, child custody evaluations, competency to stand trial, commitment to mental institutions. 
500

What are the five common factors within psychotherapy? 

Therapeutic Alliance, Insight, Corrective experiencing, motivation, & self efficacy. 

500

What are three factors that contribute to resilience in children? 

External supports, inner strengths, and interpersonal problem solving skills.