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Which of the following is associated with punishment?
a. token economies b. extinction therapy c. assertiveness training d. aversion therapy
AVERSION THERAPY
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During the first session a client lets you know that she really respects and likes you and hopes the two of you can become really good friends. What should you do?
Refer her to another therapist Discuss with the client the concept of transference Arrange to have another therapist present during your meetings with her Talk openly about your feelings toward her, and assure her that you and she can move forward with a relationship once she is ready to terminate therapy
Discuss with the client the concept of transference
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Tom participated in a standardized reading test. He scored in the middle of the third stanine in a normal distribution. All of the following are incorrect EXCEPT:
a. his score was the median for the group who participated in the test b. His t-score is 40 c. His score fell at +2 Standard Deviation d. His score feel at a z-score of -3
b. His t-score is 40
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What basic ethical principle is at the root of codes regarding discrimination, sexual harassment, and obligation to do pro bono work?
The principle of nonmaleficence The principle of beneficence The principle of fidelity The principle of justice
The principle of justice
Justice is one of the four principles that ethical codes of based on. A therapist who abides by ethical principles of justice is acting in ways that promote fairness and equal access to health care |
Prior to beginning treatment, a counselor must:
Arrive at a formal diagnosis Obtain any previous treatment/therapy records Identify the client's problem Make all necessary referrals
Identify the client's problem
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Communication theorists describe the clarity of communication transmission and reception as what?
a. analogic b. pragmatics c. syntax d. semantics
SEMANTICS
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A client tells you that his coworkers at the car wash regularly rifle through customers glove compartments for bank statements and credit-card slips, then use the information to get cash and charge merchandise. What is the best thing for you to do?
Advise the client of what his possible actions might be Tell the owner of the business what is happening Recognize this as a ruse, and encourage the client to come clean and turn himself in Tell the police about the scam
Advise the client of what his possible actions might be
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A company has been complaining about costs and wants to increase the number of burgers its employees can wrap in an hour. You've already tested employees to death and don't really want to add another test because it also takes a bite out of your budget as well. The boss insists you add another assessment instrument to up the number of burgers wrapped per hour, so you start the test-review process first looking at:
a. Relational correlation studies b. Special population needs c. Face validity d. Standard Z-scores
C. Face Validity
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To help prevent confidentiality problems, therapists can:
Ensure the safe storage of confidential records for 6 months Discuss the limits of confidentiality Realize that federal and state laws remain fairly consistent on these matters Disregard mandatory reporting laws
Discuss the limits of confidentiality
Therapists need to carefully balance the disclosure of information with their ethical obligations to protect their clients' confidentiality and must be clear on whether they should and why they are releasing information. Ethic codes instruct therapists to only disclose the minimum information necessary to provide needed services, obtain appropriate consultations, protect the client, therapist or others from harm, or obtain payment for services from a client. |
For which therapy does a therapist functions as a teacher, and the client as a learner?
TA Adlerian Freudian REBT
REBT
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Which of the following theorists postulated that a person's successful vocational development was dependent on completing the tasks of one stage before moving on to the next?
a. Maslow b. Piaget c. Erikson d. Havinghurst
HAVINGHURST
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Your client is really depressed and crying her eyes out because her boyfriend has dumped her for the captain of the cheerleading squad. You, as a client-centered therapist, would probably:
Begin a process of discovering why this commonplace event has triggered such extreme behavior Just be there with the client Steer her toward a more rational and effective view of the situation Start a role-play where she discusses her feelings with her boyfriend
Just be there with the client
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After giving all your patients a mental status exam that you designed, you assign them a DSM-4 diagnosis based on its outcome. Later, when you have seen the patients for a number of sessions and run them through a series of assessments, you find that your initial diagnosis based on your mental status exam and your final diagnosis have a high positive correlation. This might indicate that the mental status exam that you designed has:
Low reliability High validity and high reliability Low validity and low reliability High validity
high validity and high reliability
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Confidentiality limits are:
Terms used in appraisal Better in group counseling than individual counseling Worse in group counseling than individual counseling At the same level in group and individual counseling
Worse in group counseling than individual counseling
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Reality therapists contend that _____ behavior is not something that merely happens to us, but rather, behavior that we choose as a way of attempting to control our world.
Gram-negative Subjective Projective Psychotic
PSYCHOTIC
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Who first stressed occupational choice as part of the developmental process?
Gelatt Ginzberg Bandura Williamson
GINZBERG
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Telling a client to confront his mother about going through his wallet without his permission is called:
Minimal encourages Assertiveness Calling a game A directive
A directive
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Professional organizations ground their Codes of Ethics in:
Professional foundations State law National law Certification
Professional foundations
In determining whether a relevant professional, legal or social standard exists, the clinician is obligated to engage in the common professional activity of literature review and/or consultation with respected colleagues or both. |
Which of the following is part of the six-step program for learning behavioral therapy:
Determine faculty cognitions Establish rapport Determine assets and strengths Explore current historical background
Determine assets and strengths
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According to Maslow, our basic needs include:
Physiological needs, safety, and security Physiological needs, safety, and belonging Physiological needs, belonging, and esteem Physiological needs, security, and belonging
Physiological needs, safety, and security
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Mary hasn't been able to get cocaine for several weeks because she's out of money and so she hasn't "used" in the past month. She went through withdrawal symptoms when she was unable to take her usual dose. She craves the drug all the time and is constantly searching for ways to get some. Her efforts to obtain cocaine have seriously interfered with her ability to work and take care of her children. Which of the following DSM-IV diagnoses would best fit her symptoms?
a. substance use b. substance dependence c. substance abuse d. substance addiction
b. substance dependence
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If you find out that on a test to pass a national board examination you have to make a 95 to pass, the test is using:
Factor analysis Cut scores Point discrimination Paste norms
CUT SCORES
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A therapist is providing counseling to a group of Hispanic men who have been court ordered due to substance abuse issues. The therapist chooses to focus the first group session on asking the members to explain to him about their culture and how substance abuse fits into that culture. This therapist has behaved:
Unethically- since he should have placed the objective of this session on helping these men with their substance abuse issues Unethically- since he focused on the group's cultural background verses the individual issues Ethically- since he tried to find out more information about the population was working with Ethically- since he assumed that their Hispanic culture was the reason for the substance abuse
Ethically- since he tried to find out more information about the population was working with
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The main therapeutic goal of reality therapy is:
To assist the client in finding more effective ways of meeting his or her needs To assist the client in becoming aware of his or her subjective reality To teach the client how to recognize his or her current here-and-now reality To make the unconscious conscious
To assist the client in finding more effective ways of meeting his or her needs
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