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Glass Ceiling Phenomenon correct answers situations in which individuals are denied career
advancement due to discrimination
If a client is severely agitated when the counselor tries to complete an assessment, the counselor
should: correct answers wait until the client is less agitated because the results may not be
reliable
Personal Unconcious (Jung) correct answers Forms just after birth, and consists of experience
that the individual is not aware of. It consists of material from one's thoughts and experiences
that slip into the unconscious. Awareness of the personal unconscious is necessary to further the
goal of self-awareness.
In group counseling correct answers - the leader is NOT a member of the group
- trust is at the forefront
- participants have their own expectations, desires, needs, and hopes
- growth occurs through observation, identification, modeling, imitation and other social learning
processes
when ethics and law conflict, psychologists should? correct answers The counselor is responsible
to adhere to legal authority and take steps to alleviate the conflict
What are the four stages of a therapy group? (Yalom) correct answers Orientation (members get
to know each other)
Conflict (people will differentiate in opinion)
Cohesion (bonding among members, group identity)
Termination (counseling comes to an end)
,Sensory Stimulation Therapy (with dementia clients) correct answers choose sensory input that is
meaningful to the client
Validity correct answers the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
"concurrent" or "construct" are words most affiliated with validity
Reliability correct answers yields consistent results
"stability" is the term most often used with reliability
Delusional Disorder correct answers things that could happen but simply are not true
treatment: psychotherapy and medication
Psychosis correct answers delusions are bizarre and could not happen
Antisocial Personality Disorder correct answers antagonism characterized by manipulation,
deceit, callousness and hostility
The client often uses dishonesty, lack of feelings, and hostility to manipulate others
(try to be non-reactionary with these clients)
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Family-to-Family Program correct answers 12 week
course (free)
intended for parents and care-givers
DID treatment correct answers most common environmental factor is physical/sexual abuse. The
client must be guided to deal with repressed painful memories and find new ways of coping
,When assessing the client's orientation, the counselor should be aware that correct answers the
client is likely to lose track of time, then place, then person. When orientation improves, it
usually does so in the reverse order.
Decision-making model of career choice include correct answers individuals risk-taking style
individuals investment (money, time, deferment of reward)
individuals personal values
individuals self-efficacy (belief in one's own ability)
Acculturation correct answers how much an individual from a racial or ethnic minority adopts
and incorporates the customs, values, and beliefs of the dominant culture
Assimilation correct answers how much individuals from a minority change to the point that they
are absorbed into the dominant culture, losing all traces of their original behaviors and values
As level of significance decreases correct answers type 1 error decreases
Type 1 error (alpha) correct answers rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true (false positive)
Wrongly rejecting the null hypothesis
Ex: The null hypothesis is that the person is innocent, while the alternative is guilty. A Type I
error in this case would mean that the person is found guilty and is sent to jail, despite actually
being innocent.
Type 2 error (beta) correct answers accepting the null hypothesis when it is false
you were Blind to a difference that did exist
(setting a guilty man free)
, IQ calculation correct answers mental age/chronological age x 100
Sleep Apnea correct answers obesity and male gender
treatment: weight loss, exercise, not sleeping on back, reduced smoking, avoid drinking before
bed, CPAP
Countertransference correct answers counselor is displacing personal feelings onto the client
Transference correct answers the client displaces feelings for others onto the counselor
Projection correct answers disguising one's own threatening impulses by attributing them to
others
John Bowlby correct answers bonding and attachment
Adler correct answers birth order and family constellation
Freud correct answers Psychosexual development
Piaget correct answers Cognitive Development
duty to warn law correct answers if a client makes a credible threat, the healthcare provider must
warn the individual in danger
state laws may vary in specifics
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Glass Ceiling Phenomenon correct answers situations in which individuals are denied career
advancement due to discrimination
If a client is severely agitated when the counselor tries to complete an assessment, the counselor
should: correct answers wait until the client is less agitated because the results may not be
reliable
Personal Unconcious (Jung) correct answers Forms just after birth, and consists of experience
that the individual is not aware of. It consists of material from one's thoughts and experiences
that slip into the unconscious. Awareness of the personal unconscious is necessary to further the
goal of self-awareness.
In group counseling correct answers - the leader is NOT a member of the group
- trust is at the forefront
- participants have their own expectations, desires, needs, and hopes
- growth occurs through observation, identification, modeling, imitation and other social learning
processes
when ethics and law conflict, psychologists should? correct answers The counselor is responsible
to adhere to legal authority and take steps to alleviate the conflict
What are the four stages of a therapy group? (Yalom) correct answers Orientation (members get
to know each other)
Conflict (people will differentiate in opinion)
Cohesion (bonding among members, group identity)
Termination (counseling comes to an end)
,Sensory Stimulation Therapy (with dementia clients) correct answers choose sensory input that is
meaningful to the client
Validity correct answers the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
"concurrent" or "construct" are words most affiliated with validity
Reliability correct answers yields consistent results
"stability" is the term most often used with reliability
Delusional Disorder correct answers things that could happen but simply are not true
treatment: psychotherapy and medication
Psychosis correct answers delusions are bizarre and could not happen
Antisocial Personality Disorder correct answers antagonism characterized by manipulation,
deceit, callousness and hostility
The client often uses dishonesty, lack of feelings, and hostility to manipulate others
(try to be non-reactionary with these clients)
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Family-to-Family Program correct answers 12 week
course (free)
intended for parents and care-givers
DID treatment correct answers most common environmental factor is physical/sexual abuse. The
client must be guided to deal with repressed painful memories and find new ways of coping
,When assessing the client's orientation, the counselor should be aware that correct answers the
client is likely to lose track of time, then place, then person. When orientation improves, it
usually does so in the reverse order.
Decision-making model of career choice include correct answers individuals risk-taking style
individuals investment (money, time, deferment of reward)
individuals personal values
individuals self-efficacy (belief in one's own ability)
Acculturation correct answers how much an individual from a racial or ethnic minority adopts
and incorporates the customs, values, and beliefs of the dominant culture
Assimilation correct answers how much individuals from a minority change to the point that they
are absorbed into the dominant culture, losing all traces of their original behaviors and values
As level of significance decreases correct answers type 1 error decreases
Type 1 error (alpha) correct answers rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true (false positive)
Wrongly rejecting the null hypothesis
Ex: The null hypothesis is that the person is innocent, while the alternative is guilty. A Type I
error in this case would mean that the person is found guilty and is sent to jail, despite actually
being innocent.
Type 2 error (beta) correct answers accepting the null hypothesis when it is false
you were Blind to a difference that did exist
(setting a guilty man free)
, IQ calculation correct answers mental age/chronological age x 100
Sleep Apnea correct answers obesity and male gender
treatment: weight loss, exercise, not sleeping on back, reduced smoking, avoid drinking before
bed, CPAP
Countertransference correct answers counselor is displacing personal feelings onto the client
Transference correct answers the client displaces feelings for others onto the counselor
Projection correct answers disguising one's own threatening impulses by attributing them to
others
John Bowlby correct answers bonding and attachment
Adler correct answers birth order and family constellation
Freud correct answers Psychosexual development
Piaget correct answers Cognitive Development
duty to warn law correct answers if a client makes a credible threat, the healthcare provider must
warn the individual in danger
state laws may vary in specifics
