Missed Questions Flashcards
Assent
an informal demonstration of agreement, can be given by individuals who may otherwise be incompetent or incapable of giving formal informed consent
explicitly structured learner
The explicitly structured learner relies on definitive instructions with clear, well-defined structure and delineated goals and limits
initial stage in group therapy
the time for orientation and determining the structure of the group. In the above scenario, the emphasis is on what the individual has experienced in the past; others comment on what the individual should have done. This is part of the initial getting-to-know-one-another phase.
The Fourteenth Amendment
guarantees equal treatment under the law, although it does not provide for the guaranteed availability or quality of social services
You are employed to evaluate moderate-to-severely retarded adults. Which of the following would give you the most accurate evaluation of their functioning?
Vineland Social Maturity Inventory
Albert Bandura
social learning in both adults and children, and he became well known for his Bobo doll experiment in 1961.
Macro level practice
focuses on issues such as community organization, community development, planning and program development, public health and other large-scale issues, consistent with the issue presented.
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) - number of characteristics.
At least five characteristic signs are present
Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD)- number of characteristics
At least three characteristic signs are present
Fetishism
The use of nonliving objects, by themselves
Paraphilias
Recurrent and intense sexual urges
Odorous Annie Painfully Loves Grass
Birth to 2 years Oral Stage 2 to 3 years Anal Stage 3 to 6 years Phallic Stage 6 to 12 years Latency Stage Adolescents Genital Stage
Students who do better than average in high school and do likewise in college are an example of what kind of correlation?
Positive
Supervisors can support new practitioners in technique as it relates to structure in which of the following ways?
Technique as it relates to structure is demonstrated through the setting of where therapy takes place, the number and length of sessions and the form of therapy (e.g. group, marital, individual).
Abraham Maslow and Sigmund Freud are arguing about human nature (hypothetically). What underlying assumption about psychology and human potential will Maslow likely bring to the discussion
Humans are basically loving and life-affirming
According to Maslow, metamotivation:
Represents the motives of self-actualizing people
What is the psychosocial virtue of individuals in the intimacy vs. isolation stage?
Love
By what principle did Erikson state development functioned?
Epigenetic principle
What is the age category for individuals in the intimacy vs. isolation stag
the 20s
Adlerian therapy also aims to
to find basic mistakes within a client’s private logic
When is it believed that a person starts his or her own unique style of life in Adlerian Therapy?
At an early age
In behavioral therapy, people in specific life situations are best described by what they
People are best described by what they think, feel and do in specific life situations.
According to the social learning theory approach, psychological functioning involves a reciprocal interaction among three interlocking sets of factors:
Behavior, cognitive factors and environmental influences
Bandura’s social cognitive theory adopts _________ perspective.
Bandura’s social cognitive theory takes an agentic perspective. This means that Bandura felt that individuals have the capability to exercise some control their lives.
Bandura would argue that the first step in successful therapy is
Activate a change in behavior
What is cost allocation in developing functional and program budgets?
Cost allocation is the process by which indirect costs are allocated to agency programs and factored into direct costs to begin determining the total costs of a social program.
According to Bandura’s Social Learning Theory, how do people first learn aggression?
The correct answer: Through direct observation
Bandura believed that people first developed aggression through direct observation (termed modeling)
What are some sources of data that you may want to use for your study?
The correct answer is: Available records, interviews, self-report scales, or direct behavioral observations.
Q1. What’s the main aim of the Adlerian reorientation process?
Making a difference to client’s attitude and behavior
When is it believed that a person starts his or her own unique style of life in Adlerian Therapy?
Adlerian Therapy believes we start at an early age in creating our own unique style of life and that style stays relatively constant through the remained of our life.
. In Behavioral Therapy there is no need to:
There is no need to discuss internal mental states in Behavioral Therapy
In TA the Adult ego state is:
The correct answer: Spontaneous
The Adult ego state is about being spontaneous and aware with the capacity for intimacy.
Q3. According to TA, what does it mean for contracts to be measurable?
Measurable means that the goals need to be tangible. Each party involved in the contract will be able to say in advance how they will know when the goal has been achieved.
. In TA the Adult ego state is:
The correct answer: Spontaneous
The Adult ego state is about being spontaneous and aware with the capacity for intimacy.
According to TA, what does it mean for contracts to be measurable?
Measurable means that the goals need to be tangible. Each party involved in the contract will be able to say in advance how they will know when the goal has been achieved.
Kohlberg said that as young children develop the conservation and categorization skills described by Piaget they develop a concept of:
Gender
What are happiness and success largely related to in Adlerian therapy?
Social connectedness
According to Adler, what is an Inferiority Complex?
Normal feelings of incompetence getting the way of achieving goal
What is the definition of systematic desensitization?
Systematic desensitization is the process whereby the therapist helps the client overcome certain specific fears and phobias through the use of relaxation techniques and imaging.
What is (are) the significant relationships in the initiative vs. guilt stage
Family
What is (are) the significant relationships in the autonomy vs. shame and doubt stage?
Parents
________ is referred to as the father of Existentialism.
Soren Kierkegaard is often called the father of existentialism. Although later Friedrich Nietzsche, also challenged some fundamental questions about truth and existence
Who was the first to attempt to bring existential insights to his work with patients in the Kreuzlingen sanatorium where he was a psychiatrist?
Ludwig Binswanger, in Switzerland, was the first to attempt to bring existential insights to his work with patients, in the Kreuzlingen sanatorium where he was a psychiatrist.
Existential psychotherapy is partly based on the Existential belief that human beings are ______ in the world.
alone
_______ is a consciousness of our own freedom.
Existential anxiety, which is basically a consciousness of our own freedom, is an essential part of living; as we increase our awareness of the choices available to us, we also increase our awareness of the consequences of these choices.
Which of the following refers to Freud’s notion that, ‘Nothing Happens by Chance’?
Freud argued that nothing happens by chance, a concept he called psychic determinism. He maintained that there is a reason behind every act, thought, and feeling. In fact, Freud believed that everything we do, think, say, and feel is an expression of our mind - either conscious, preconscious, or unconscious.
Which levels did Maslow call the D-needs?
The first four levels are called the D-needs or deficit needs because they cease to motivate when they are met.
Piaget was also considered an epistemologist because:
Piaget was most interested in the study of knowledge and its expansion. His main goal was to discover how knowledge grew.
You design an experiment where you create two lines of M&Ms. Line 1 with more M&Ms has each candy placed closer together while line 2 with less M&Ms has each candy placed farther apart. This time you ask a 5 year old which of the two lines has more candy. His likely response is:
The 5 year old has established the ability to conserve quantity so understands that even though the shorter line is smaller, it has a larger number of M&Ms.
The tertiary circular reactions, novelty, and curiosity substage corresponds to what age category
The Tertiary circular reactions, novelty and curiosity corresponds to age 12 to 18 months
What is the age range for the formal operational stage?
In this stage the adolescent reasons in more abstract, idealistic and logical way
Match the following definition with the correct term: “The adjustment of one’s schemes to include newly observed events and experiences.”
This definition matches the term Accommodation
Rogers directly acknowledges the unconscious in later writings, seeing it as:
Although Rogers’ did focus on the consciousness, he was later reported as saying that the unconsciousness was positive in nature
A client calls a therapist’s after-hours number on New Year’s Eve to discuss a fight she has had with her boyfriend. She wants to know if her feelings are justified and whether or not she should call off the wedding. With the new year only minutes away, the therapist listens to her situation and tells her that she is correct and should stick to her conviction and end this relationship. Did the therapist behave ethically?
The therapist abused his or her power over the client because he or she told the client what to do without allowing her to make a decision on her own. A client will often follow the advice of a therapist due to the perception that the therapist is an authority figure.
Which of the following is associated with too little dopamine?
Parkinson’s Disease
You are employed at a residential facility for youth. You strongly believe your client has become romantically involved with another resident whom you know to be HIV positive. Neither will confirm their status with the other. What is your first course of action?
Coordinate with other professional staff to remind the HIV-positive youth about the ‘duty to protect’, to work with the client to have an appropriate physical well-being plan, and to establish the facts about the relationship and risks involved
Freud discussed the latency period as the fourth stage of psychosexual development from 5 years old to puberty. What is it is known for?
A suspension of changes
A woman is attempting to deal with divorce after 28 years of marriage. She feels like she has failed herself and her two children, ages 24 and 26. She wants to re-establish a life of which she and her adult children can be proud. What is your first step?
Assess issues of grief and loss
A woman is referred by her primary care provider and presents with a diagnosis of hypochondriasis. What is the second step in treatment once a level of trust is established?
History-taking with a careful review of medical records is the second step. This increases trust and allows the clinician to identify possible gaps in physical assessment, adequacy of the initial work-up(s), onset, course of treatment, and level of suffering.
When a child is suspected of having attention deficit hyperactive disorder, what should first be ruled out by a physician
physician needs to assess for endocrine issues and allergies in the assessment for and diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactive disorder.
