Final Flashcards
Which of the following statements best describes the author’s view of the medical model?
a. The medical model is especially relevant for culturally diverse client population.
b. Corey appreciates the focus on psychopathology and believes it gives clinicians the tools to assess what’s wrong with clients.
c. The medical model emphasizes strengths and competencies rather than psychopathology.
d. A focus on the medical model restricts therapeutic practice because it stresses deficits rather than strengths.
d. A focus on the medical model restricts therapeutic practice because it stresses deficits rather than strengths.
Which of these statements about interventions is true?
a. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
b. It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
c. During the course of an individual’s therapy, different interventions may be needed at different times.
d. It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and the interventions that you are skilled at using.
c. During the course of an individual’s therapy, different interventions may be needed at different times.
A comprehensive approach to counseling:
goes beyond focusing on our internal dynamics and addresses those environmental and systemic realities that influence us.
Which of the following is not an issue Stan struggles with?
a. aggressive outbursts
b. substance use
c. lacking a sense of direction and meaning in life
d. fear of being alone
e. fear of intimate relationships with women
a. aggressive outbursts
Clients place more value on ________ than on ______.
the personality of the therapist; the specific techniques used
Personal therapy for therapists can be instrumental in assisting them:
a. to work through their own personal conflicts
b. to understand their own needs and motives for choosing to become professional helpers
c. to gain an experiential sense of what is is like to be a client
d. to heal their own psychological wounds
e. all of these
e. all of these
The author describes the characteristics of an effective counselor. By including this information in the chapter, he is hoping to convey the message that:
you should develop your own concept of what personality traits you think are essential to strive for to promote your own personal growth
Essential components of effective multicultural counseling include all of the following except:
a. Counselors feel comfortable with their clients’ values and beliefs
b. Counselors are aware of how their own biases could affect ethnic minority clients
c. Counselors avoid becoming involved in out-of-office interventions.
d. Counselors employ institutional intervention skills on behalf of their clients when necessary or appropriate.
c. Counselors avoid becoming involved in out-of-office interventions.
The _____ factors—the alliance, the relationship, the personal and interpersonal skills of the therapist, client, agency, and extra-therapeutic factors—are the primary determinants of therapeutic outcome.
contextual
The ego defense mechanism in which a person exhibits behavior that clearly shows signs of reverting to less mature stages is ______?
regression
The ego defense mechanism that consists of masking perceived weaknesses or developing certain positive traits to make up for limitations is known as:
b. compensation
What is the correct sequence of the psychosexual stages?
c. oral/anal/phallic/latency/genital
In Erikson’s view, the major developmental task in adolescence is:
identity vs. role confusion
A person experiencing persistent feelings of inadequacy has probably had difficulty attaining a sense of _______ during the ______ stage.
industry; school age
All of the following are a part of Jung’s view of development except:
a. collective unconsciousb
b. the shadow
c. archetypes
d. individuation
e. symbiosis
e. symbiosis
Who developed the object-relations view that focuses on separation and individuation?
Mahler
In psychoanalytic therapy, how do clients work with their dreams?
They report their dreams and are encouraged to free associate to the elements of the dream.
An Adlerian therapist asks for the client’s earliest recollections in order to:
a. discover goals and motivations
b. give clues as to the development of that individual’s lifestyle
c. reveal their beliefs and basic mistakes
d. all of these
d. all of these
Dr. Kane pointed out to her client John that his feelings of inadequacy at work seem reminiscent of the feelings he experienced in his family of origin. It is probable that Dr. Kane:
a. was looking for continuity by paying attention to themes running through John’s life
b. was crossing theoretical boundaries by referring to John’s past
c. was hoping her intervention would promote transference, which could then be worked through
d. was trying to get John to tap into the unconscious realm by having him explore painful memories related to his family of orgin.
a. was looking for continuity by paying attention to themes running through John’s life
Which of the following is not true about the Adlerian concept of “private logic”?
a. It is the result of the feelings and emotions we experience in our daily lives
b. It provides a central psychological unity for us
c. It is the philosophy upon which we base our lifestyle.
d. It often does not conform to the reality of social living.
a. It is the result of the feelings and emotions we experience in our daily lives.
