CPCE Study Guide 1945 Questions with Answers 2023
The Sensorimotor period is part of whose developmental stage theory? - CORRECT ANSWER
... [Show More] Piaget
Presenting stimuli in different sequences to reduce "order of presentation" influences in an experiment is called: - CORRECT ANSWER Counterbalancing
The Eskimo word "piblokto" refers to "arctic hysteria," characterized by uncontrolled screaming and crying that is often accopanied by running through the snow naked. This is an example of what kind of disorder? - CORRECT ANSWER Culture-specific
Intervention performed with three or more clients at a time is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER Group therapy
Who is known for person-centered counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER Carl Rogers
Research that compares findings across many studies is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER Meta-analysis
If a therapist has a good ability to perceive and appreciate his/her client's subjective reality (i.e., emotions and cognitions), the therapist is said to have: - CORRECT ANSWER Empathic understanding
Changes in human growth and development which are qualitative are: - CORRECT ANSWER Changes in structure or organization
Jim's new therapist believes in the uniqueness of each individual. She talks about the importance of social influences on a person. She tells Jim that everybody has a sense of inferiority, and as a result is always striving to attain superiority. Her counseling goals are to help Jim understand his lifestyle, or unified life plan, which gives meaning to his experiences, and to help him identify social and community interests most appropriate for him. She also wants to explain Jim to himself. The techniques she uses in her therapy include life histories, homework assignments, and paradoxical intentions. Describe the therapeutic modality that best describes this therapist's approach. - CORRECT ANSWER Individual Psychology
What is NOT a measure of central tendency? - CORRECT ANSWER Norm
(Median, Mean, and Mode are).
What is NOT a characteristic of test reliability? - CORRECT ANSWER Predictive
(Stability, Equivalence, and Internal consistency are).
According to Ginzberg, Ginsburg, Axlerad, and Herma's developmental theory, occupational choice passes through three periods. Which is NOT one of the main periods they identified? - CORRECT ANSWER Transition.
(Fantasy, Tentative, and Realistic are).
Career counseling based on Bandura's social cognitive theory emphasizes all these concepts EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER Positive uncertainty.
(Personal agency, Self-efficacy, and Vicarious learning are).
Managing a counseling program requires skills in these areas? - CORRECT ANSWER Program design and development
Marketing and public relations
Budgeting.
What is NOT considered underlying principles of ethical decision making? - CORRECT ANSWER Informed consent and confidentiality
(Beneficence and nonmaleficience, Justice, fidelity, autonomy and self-determination are).
Pat's therapist tells her that "self-talk" and "crooked thinking" cause emotional disturbances. He believes we all have the potential to think rationally. He uses techniques like role-playing and imagery to help Pat work through some of her issues. He also follows an A-B-C-D-E system. Pat's therapist believes that we are not influenced by the events we experience, but by our interpretation of them. Pat's therapist subscribes to which therapeutic approach? - CORRECT ANSWER Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (Ellis)
How does consultation differ from counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER It is a voluntary, work-related process.
What is NOT a common role for a member of a therapy group? - CORRECT ANSWER Autocratic
(Facilitative, Maintenance, and Blocking are).
Jenny recently lost her job and fell behind in her mortgage payments, so now she is facing foreclosure. She is seeing a counselor to help her cope with the stress in her life. She feels like a failure and wants her self-esteem to be higher, and she feels that she is not living up to her potential. Her counselor tells her that her first priorities are to fulfill her more basic needs, such as applying for food stamps so she will not go hungry and getting help with her housing situation so that she meets her needs for safety and physical security. The counselor tells her that once she has addressed these basic needs, she can then address her higher-order needs for self-esteem and fulfilling her potential as a person. Which theorist has most influenced Jenny's counselor? - CORRECT ANSWER Abraham Maslow
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross identified five stages that dying people experience. Which of these accurately identifies these five stages? - CORRECT ANSWER Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
What is meant by the term "regression toward the mean?" - CORRECT ANSWER It means that most scoring very high or low on a pretest will score nearer the mean on a posttest.
Which neo-Freudian theorist most strongly believed that behavior can be understood best in terms of social interactions and interpersonal relationships? - CORRECT ANSWER Harry Stack Sullivan
Four broad stages of development in the first three years of life are identified in Object Relations Theory. What is the correct chronological order of these four stages? - CORRECT ANSWER Fusion with mother; Symbiosis with mother; Separation/Individuation; Constancy of self and object.
What represents the beliefs and practices of Carl Rogers? - CORRECT ANSWER The focus of counseling is based on the client's phenomenological world and feelings.
What is the difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning? - CORRECT ANSWER Classical conditioning evokes involuntary responses; operant evokes voluntary responses.
What is the correct chronological order of the five stages of development identified by Sigmund Freud? - CORRECT ANSWER Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital
Which demographic is projected about the U.S. population by the year 2050? - CORRECT ANSWER All of the minority groups combined will outnumber the Non-Hispanic White population.
People born after the year 1976 in America are commonly referred to as: - CORRECT ANSWER Millennials
In Donald Super's developmental approach to careers, which vocational developmental task did Super associate with the period of ages 18 to 21? - CORRECT ANSWER Specification
What are John Holland's six personality types? - CORRECT ANSWER Realistic and Investigative, Artistic and Social, Enterprising and Conventional
Which does use John Hollands's typology for determining a person's career type? - CORRECT ANSWER The Vocational Preference Inventory, The Self-Directed Search, and The Career Assessment Inventory.
Counselors should be familiar with the distribution of test scores within the normal, or bell curve. ie.: - CORRECT ANSWER 68% makes up one standard deviation from the mean, 13.5% makes up two, and 4% makes up three.
What is true about the correlation coefficient? - CORRECT ANSWER A correlation coefficient shows the relationship between two sets of numbers.
What is true of quantitative research? - CORRECT ANSWER This kind of research tends to investigate with a goal of finding causal relationships.
What is true of qualitative research? - CORRECT ANSWER This kind of research is descriptive, correlational, and historical.
What tools/methods are characteristic of experimental research design? - CORRECT ANSWER Control groups and randomization
Who established the very first psychological laboratory in history? - CORRECT ANSWER Wilhelm Wundt
In the landmark 1976 Tarasoff case, the California court ruled that failure to warn an intended victim is professionally irresponsible. Out of what event did this ruling come? - CORRECT ANSWER A client of a university psychologist murdered Tatiana Tarasoff and her family sued.
Developmental changes do not occur in____________but does occur in Physical, cognitive, and pyschosocial development. - CORRECT ANSWER Sociocultural development
An infant first sucks on a nipple to nurse. Then the infant sucks on other things--a toy, Daddy's finger, etc. Later this infant discovers other things to do with objects beyond sucking on them such as grasping them, shaking them, and otherwise manipulating them, for example. These two behaviors were labeled by Jean Piaget with what terms, in order of their occurrence? - CORRECT ANSWER Assimilation and accommodation
People are said to be products of five different cultures. Two are inevitable culture sources (a culture of human biology and a culture of ecology, which refers to the climates in which people live). What are the other three? - CORRECT ANSWER Racio-ethnic
Regional
National
Which are a central concept in existential therapy? - CORRECT ANSWER Guilt, Anxiety, and search for meaning are
How did Albert Ellis view "self-talk" in his theory? - CORRECT ANSWER As the source of our emotional disturbances
Which two psychologist Most emphasize freedom of choice and responsibility in their theories? - CORRECT ANSWER William Glasser and Rollo May
Which psychologists' theories completely ignore the unconscious? - CORRECT ANSWER Glasser's Reality Therapy, Rogerian Counseling, and Behaviorism
Who is best known for the terms "collective unconscious" and "archetypes?" - CORRECT ANSWER Carl Jung
A group that is focused on a central theme, such as anger management or learning job seeking skills, is know as as: - CORRECT ANSWER Structured group
What are two contrasting elements of group dynamics - CORRECT ANSWER Content and process
Styles of group leadership have been described as_______,_______,and_______. But NOT : - CORRECT ANSWER Autocratic, Democratic, Laissez faire.
(But not) Effective.
Who developed the Archway Model of self-concept determinants? - CORRECT ANSWER Donald Super
What is the correct chronological order of the four career development stages identified by Linda Gottfredson? - CORRECT ANSWER Orientation to size and power, Orientation to sex roles, Orientation to social valuation, Orientation to the internal unique self.
What is true regarding validity and reliability of tests? - CORRECT ANSWER A test may be reliable, but not valid.
What is an example of noninteractive research? - CORRECT ANSWER Historical ananlysis
Theree are many confounding variables that can threaten an experiment's validity, but what is a threat to both internal validity and external validity? - CORRECT ANSWER Selection of subjects
What are the four levels of data measurement used to determine the statistics used? - CORRECT ANSWER Nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio
Who first established the trait-factor guidance approach? - CORRECT ANSWER Frank Parsons
Arnold Gesell believed that: - CORRECT ANSWER Development was genetically pre-ordained and realized via maturation
What is correct regarding the notion of world views? - CORRECT ANSWER An etic world view is the belief we are more similar than different.
In Ellis' Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), what do the A, B, and C, stand for in his A-B-C-D-E modalities' taxonomy? - CORRECT ANSWER Action, Belief, Consequent affect
In Ellis' Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), what do the D and E stand for in his A-B-C-D-E modalities' classification? - CORRECT ANSWER Disputing, Effect
What would G.L. Harrington or William Glasser most likely say regarding transference? - CORRECT ANSWER It impedes progress and need not occur if the therapist is genuine.
If a group has co-leaders, what is true - CORRECT ANSWER Different reactions from co-leaders can help stimulate group energy and discussions.
What are parts of the process in Frank Parsons' actuarial or Trait-Factor approach to career counseling - CORRECT ANSWER Study the individual, survey occupations, and make a match
When E.G. Williamson expanded the trait-Factor approach, he included these steps: - CORRECT ANSWER Synthesis, Counseling, Follow-up
John Crites' comprehensive model of career counseling includes three diagnoses of a career problem: - CORRECT ANSWER Differential diagnosis,
Dynamic diagnosis
Decisional diagnosis
Convergent validation and discriminant validation occur within what type of validity? - CORRECT ANSWER Construct validity
You are given the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales (WAIS-IV) by a psychologist. When showing you your results, the tester compares your score on the vocabulary subtest to your score on the digit span subtest and your score on the block design subtest, etc. This type of assessment is: - CORRECT ANSWER Ipsatively interpreted
What are the types of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)? - CORRECT ANSWER One-way, factorial, and multivariate
You give a questionnaire to a group of respondents to measure their opinions on certain topics. Each question has seven possible choices: Strongly Agree, Agree Somewhat, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, Disagree Somewhat, and Strongly Disagree. This measurement technique is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER A Likert scale
Gilbert Wren's book "The Counselor in a Changing World" (1962) stressed the role of the counseling profession as being focused on: - CORRECT ANSWER Developmental needs
What did passage of the Smith-Hughes Act accomplish? - CORRECT ANSWER It granted federal funds for vocational education and guidance
Identify the very first professional counseling association and its founding year. - CORRECT ANSWER The National Vocational Guidance Association in 1913
What is accreditation - CORRECT ANSWER A process whereby an institution or program receives public recognition for meeting standards
Antony is a child who has lately been having tantrums. His pediatrician tells his mother that this is perfectly normal at his age, as he is trying to assert his independence. At which of Erikson's developmental stages and resulting virtues would this child most likely be? - CORRECT ANSWER Autonomy vs. shame/doubt (positive resolution:will)
A survey researcher has asked Larry and Carol about their attitudes toward obeying laws. They are asked what they would do in certain hypothetical situations, for example, if the only way to help someone and/or to avoid harming someone would involve breaking the law. "Law, schma," responds Carol, "what's important is doing the right thing." "True," concedes Larry, "we should do what's right, but we've also made an agreement with society to follow its rules, and we should try to do that too, but I agree that a lot of it depends on the situation." Identify where Larry and Carol fit in Kohlberg's stages of moral development: - CORRECT ANSWER Larry is in Stage 5 and Carol is in Stage 6
Raphael's family has just moved to a new neighborhood where he is now culturally in the minority. In his old neighborhood, Raphael's culture was the predominant one. Now Raphael is feeling uncertain about his sense of self. He feels some conflict between depreciation and appreciation of his self. According to the Racial/Cultural Identity Development Model, Raphael is experiencing: - CORRECT ANSWER Dissonanace
Would Freud's psychodynamic approach and Albert Ellis' REBT favor the emic or the etic approach? - CORRECT ANSWER They would both favor the etic approach
Eric's counselor uses Narrative Therapy. Eric has written a "story" to describe his life as his counselor asked him to do. Now the therapist helps Eric to find exceptions and strengths to write a new story that fits better with how Eric would like his life to be. This therapeutic technique is an example of: - CORRECT ANSWER Re-authoring
What is an accurate statement regarding integrative counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER Integrative counseling synthesizes processes and techniques from various theoretical views.
In Existential therapy, what do Umwelt, Mitwelt, and Eigenwelt mean, respectively? - CORRECT ANSWER Physical system; relationships; identity of self
Christine's new therapist believes that clients' problems have social and political sources, and that one's personal and social identities are interconnected. The therapist also believes that the therapeutic relationship is a collaborative process between equals, and that androcentric norms are to be rejected. To what type of theory does Christine's therapist likely adhere? - CORRECT ANSWER Feminist therapy
Justin has not always had problems, but currently needs some help adjusting to changes in college. His therapist sets specific goals right away. She tells him that he does not necessarily need to entirely understand his problems in order to find solutions. She also uses a scale of 1-10 to measure changes. What type of therapy is Justin undergoing? - CORRECT ANSWER Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
For a therapy group composed of adults with a single group leader, what is generally considered to be the optimum group size? - CORRECT ANSWER 8
What is an accurate statement regarding the duration of a therapy group? - CORRECT ANSWER When a therapy group is first formed, the leader should set its duration and advise the members
What are Donald Super's nine major life roles? - CORRECT ANSWER Child, student, citizen-Spouse, homemaker, parent-Worker, leisurite, pensioner
According to Linda Gottfredson, young children around age 6 tend to choose occupations based upon: - CORRECT ANSWER Their sex or gender
Ann Roe believed that these elements influenced occupational selection? - CORRECT ANSWER Genetic factors, environmental influences, Parent-child relationships
What is the best synonym for the term Appraisal? - CORRECT ANSWER Evaluation
If you give two tests and the correlation between them is .80, what is the true variance they have in common? - CORRECT ANSWER 64%
What are the coefficient of determination and the coefficient of nondetermination? - CORRECT ANSWER The coefficient of determination is the degree of common variance and the coefficient of nondetermination is the error variance or unique variance.
What is NOT true about purposeful sampling? - CORRECT ANSWER The researchers intend to generalize their findings to the population
What is stratified sampling? - CORRECT ANSWER This refers to selecting from major subgroups of the population
What are suggested minimum sample sizes for the kinds of research named? - CORRECT ANSWER 15 for experimental research, 30 for correlational research, and 100 for survey research
What is the difference between confidentiality and privileged communication? - CORRECT ANSWER Confidentiality is an ethical concept and privileged communication is a legal concept
What is reciprocity? - CORRECT ANSWER A process whereby one agency accepts another's credentials as equivalent to its own
What is correct regarding a release of information? - CORRECT ANSWER This document is signed by the client before confidential information can be given to another professional or agency.
What is true about professional liability insurance for counselors? - CORRECT ANSWER This insurance is not required by law, but it is highly recommended
Daniel Levinson's work has been criticized as being too limited because: - CORRECT ANSWER He only studied the structure of life for males and excluded females
Roger Gould believed that there were different "protective devices" people have. What is an accurate definition of protective devices according to Gould? - CORRECT ANSWER False assumptions
Mannie and Moe were Eastern European Jewish brothers who came to America in the early 1920's. Both became naturalized U.S. citizens. Mannie worked in the garment district, enjoyed going to baseball games and eating (kosher) hot dogs, and proudly flew an American flag in front of his house. He also still attended shut (temple) in his new country and celebrated all Jewish holidays, and his wife would light candles every Friday night in observance of the Sabbath. Moe also flew an American flag, went to ball games and ate hot dogs; however, he also altered his last name so it would not sound Jewish, did not attend a synagogue, married a woman who was not Jewish, joined a non-Jewish country club, and worked on Wall Street as a stockbroker. He and his family would put up a Christmas tree and decorations every year. What terms correctly identifies each brother's cultural process? - CORRECT ANSWER Mannie's process was acculturation and Moe's process was assimilation
Andrew would like to talk to a counselor about some things he has on his mind. He wonders just what his life means and what the point is to our existence. He feels considerable anxiety over many things, and he frequently feels guilty as well. He is very introspective and is always seeking to understand himself better. Which type of therapy would probably make a good fit for Andrew? - CORRECT ANSWER Existential therapy
Robert Carkhuff proposed a five-point scale to measure the quality of a counselor's empathic responses. Which level does the following example best represent?
Client: Oh, my wife yelled at me so bad you wouldn't believe it! It just killed me!!
Counselor: What did she say? - CORRECT ANSWER Level 1
Madelyn has been in a long-term psychotherapy group for the past five years, and the group's leader often encourages members to explore issues originating in their childhoods. According to Gerald Caplan's model, this would be an example of: - CORRECT ANSWER A tertiary therapy group
Kathleen is not excessively troubled, but she is quite shy. She is a member of a counseling group with a focus on minimizing aspects of shyness and preventing their occurrence in social situations. According to Caplan, this would be an example of: - CORRECT ANSWER A secondary group
Ken belongs to a group whose aim is to prevent substance abuse among teens and young adults. In this group, the leader teaches members various coping skills and healthy behaviors. According to Caplan, this would be an example of: - CORRECT ANSWER A primary group
Donald Super identified four theaters of life in which we play roles. They are: - CORRECT ANSWER Home, community, school, and workplace
Jason is a computer programmer. He is an excellent engineer but is not good at technical support because he doesn't know how to converse easily with people. His wife, Sallie, is a teacher and she is great at explaining things. Children and others love her. However, she can never get her computer to work. John Holland would identify Jason and Sallie respectively as which of his six personality types or styles? - CORRECT ANSWER Jason is mainly an Investigative type and Sallie is mainly a Social type
What are Ann Roe's eight occupational fields? - CORRECT ANSWER Managerial, general cultural
arts and entertainment, technology
outdoor work, scientific work
Tiedeman's decision-making model saw career decisions as being made up of two phases. What were these? - CORRECT ANSWER Anticipation or preoccupation and implementation or adjustment
Dr. Miller wants to investigate certain variables in his college class. He is going to test his statement that all of the students in his class with IQ scores above 120 will finish the term with higher grades than all of the students in his class with IQ scores below 120. This statement is an example of a: - CORRECT ANSWER Directional hypothesis
If you are conducting an experiment and you choose a significance level of .01, what does that mean? - CORRECT ANSWER It means you are willing to accept the possibility of erring in accepting or rejecting the null hypothesis one time out of one hundred.
What is a Type I (alpha) error? - CORRECT ANSWER A Type I error means rejecting the null hypothesis when it is correct
What do "title and practice-control" laws mean? - CORRECT ANSWER These are laws stating one cannot practice counseling without a Professional Counselor license
What does Title IX of the educational amendments provide? - CORRECT ANSWER A ban on sex discrimination
A formal mental status examination covers which areas? - CORRECT ANSWER It covers: appearance and behavior; thought processes; mood and affect; intellectual functioning; sensorium
What are some examples of culture-bound values (vs. class-bound values) in counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER Culture-bound values include individual-centered counseling, emotional expression, and intimacy
Harry is a little boy whose parents have taken him to a behavior therapist. The parents want some help getting him to clean up his room, go to bed on time, get dressed for school in the morning, and complete other similar daily activities without a struggle or a big fight. The therapist makes a chart for Harry. Every time he completes a desired behavior, he gets a gold star on the chart for that activity. At the end of each week, he and his parents count his gold stars, and he gets a reward based on the number of stars--a pizz or ice cream treat, a movie, etc.--something he values. What is the technique that Harry's therapist is using? - CORRECT ANSWER Token economy
Which of the following does NOT correctly pair a model of consultation with the person who developed it?
Caplan - mental health consultation model
Bandura - social learning consultation model
Bergan - process consultation model
Schein - purchase consulation model - CORRECT ANSWER Bergan - process consultation model
The acronym EMDR stands for: - CORRECT ANSWER Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
What is included in the study of kinesics and proxemics? - CORRECT ANSWER Facial expressions, physical body gestures, seating arrangements
B. Tuckman identifies the five states of a therapy group with which words? - CORRECT ANSWER Forming;storming
Conforming;swarming
Mourning;adjourning
Irvin Yalom identified four states of a therapy group. The first stage he identified was Orientation. The other three include all BUT which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER Definition
(Conflict, cohesion, termination, are)
In a decision-making model of career development, factors include: - CORRECT ANSWER The person's investment(s)
personal values
style of taking risks
In career self-efficacy theory, what are the three elements that will be influenced by an individual's expectations? - CORRECT ANSWER Choice, performance,and persistence.
What is the difference between "undecided" and "indecisive" in terms of career counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER An undecided individual needs more information
The Standard Error of Measurement is: - CORRECT ANSWER A measure of reliability, The Confidence Band, and confidence Limits
How is the Standard Error of Measurement used? - CORRECT ANSWER It is calculated after the test has been taken and scored
Which intelligence test has multiple forms for administration to differently aged subjects? - CORRECT ANSWER Wechsler Intelligence Scales
What correctly states the relationship between significance level and Type I error? - CORRECT ANSWER As the significance level decreases, so does the level of Type I error.
What correctly states the relationship between significance level and Type II error? - CORRECT ANSWER As the significance level decreases, the level of Type II error increases
What correctly states the relationship between Type I and Type II error? - CORRECT ANSWER Type I error will decrease and Type II error will increase if the significance level goes down
What is true of an EAP? - CORRECT ANSWER It may be inside or outside a company
In the steps of developing a counseling program, which of the following should come FIRST? - CORRECT ANSWER Conduct a pilot study
What accurately identifies the five axes of the DSM-IV-TR with the srets of disorders that they respectively describe? - CORRECT ANSWER Axis I: Clinical; Axis II: Personality and MR; Axis III: General medical; Axis IV: Psychosocial and environmental; Axis V: GAF - Overall functioning
In Stanley Stron's Social Influence model of counseling, what are the characteristics of the counselor that Strong identified as those a client might view as valuable? - CORRECT ANSWER Expertness, Attractiveness, and Trustworthiness
In Salvador Minuchin's structural family therapy, there are_______between family subsystems; if these are too rigid, they lead to ______, and if they are too diffuse, they can lead to ________. - CORRECT ANSWER Boundaries; disengagement; enmeshment
What are major common features between Nathan Ackerman's psychodynamic theory of family counseling, Carl Whitaker's experiential family counseling, Salvador Minuchin's structural family therapy, and narrative family therapy? - CORRECT ANSWER The goal of making changes in the family and the counselor's interactive role in the family.
Identify the units of study for each of the following theoretical models of family therapy by selecting from the options provided below. The Psychodynamic model has a ________ unit of study; the Experiential model has a _______ unit of study; the Transgenerational model has a ______ unit study; and the Strategic model has a ______ unit of study. - CORRECT ANSWER Monadic; dyadic; triadic; dyadic and triadic
Irvin Yalom specified that the functions of a therapy group leader should include: emotional stimulation; caring; meaning attribution; and executive leadership. Zander Ponzo found support for these same factors, and he also identified other factors found in successful groups. The factors Ponzo identified include: - CORRECT ANSWER Participation, risk-taking, and conflict-confrontation
Jacob Moreno is known for the following: - CORRECT ANSWER The Theater of Spontaneity, psychodrama, and group psychotherapy
In career development and counseling, what is meant by the Compensatory vs. Spillover theory of leisure? - CORRECT ANSWER Individuals who are dissatisfied with their jobs compensate by engaging in excessive leisure
What is an issue for adults in career transition, which counselors should sensitively address during counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER Not wanting to undergo job transition
Obsolete job skills/a need for retraining
Lack of information/job-seeking skills
What tests is the most likely to be used in career counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
What kind of tests are the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank and the Draw-A-Person Test? - CORRECT ANSWER Specialized personality tests
What are examples of intrusive or reactive measurement? - CORRECT ANSWER Questionnaires, interviews, and open observation
Dr. Stanwyck has used two different counseling approaches with two different groups of college students. Both groups had similar scores on a pre-test of self-efficacy. He gives each group the same post-test to measure their self-efficacy levels following the course of counseling. What kind of test would he most likely use to see if there is a statistically significant difference between the two group' post-test scores? - CORRECT ANSWER A t-test
Dr. Stanwyck has determined that his two groups of students have significantly different scores on the post-test of self efficacy he gave to them after two different courses of counseling. Now he wants to find out whether there is also a statistically significant interaction between the two groups' mean scores. What kind of test would he be likely to use to determine this? - CORRECT ANSWER A factorial ANOVA (factorial Analysis of Variance)
Dr. Stanwyck has determined that not only was there a statistically significant difference in the scores of his two groups of students following two different courses of counseling, but also that these scores had a statistically significant interaction with each other. Now he wants to see if, in addition to tested levels of self-efficacy, his subjects' levels of optimism have changed following the two kinds of counseling. Accordingly, he gives both groups a questionnaire to assess their level of optimism. (Dr. Stanwyck had planned ahead and had given both groups a pre-test assessing their baseline optimism levels before the counseling courses began) To make his analysis of the students' levels of both self-efficacy and optimism following the counseling, what kind of test will he need to use? - CORRECT ANSWER MANOVA (Multivariate Analysis of Variance)
Dr. Stanwyck has found a significant difference in the mean test scores of his two student groups. He has also found significant interaction between their scores. He subsequently tested for significance on a second dependent variable as well. Now he wants to make one more analysis based on the information he has obtained related to the first dependent variable he tested - that of self-efficacy. In pretesting, he noticed that the college seniors in each group had higher average scores in self-efficacy than the college juniors in each group. Therefore, he now adjusts the groups' scores statistically to control for these initial differences before he compares his two test groups. What kind of test is he using? - CORRECT ANSWER ANCOVA (Analysis of covariance)
What is correct about insurance laws related to counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER In some states, insurance laws now require licensed counselors to be reimbursed for treating certain mental illnesses.
Many mental health professionals apply to HMOs and PPOs to be on their provider lists. What is the reason for their doing this? - CORRECT ANSWER To allow clients to be referred to them
What is correct regarding ethical issues in group counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER Informed consent should be obtained from prospective group members before starting
What is correct regarding ethical issues in family counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER If the counselor diagnoses a family member, it could be used later on in a court of law
True or False: IDEA has a wider range of eligibility than section 504 under Rehabilitation act of 1973 - CORRECT ANSWER False. The Rehabilitation act of 1973 has the broader definition of disability
What is a key difference between IDEA and Section 504 of Rehabiltation Act of 1973 - CORRECT ANSWER IDEA only applies to educational institutions, while RA1973 applies to any organization or employer in the US receiving government funding.
Who qualifies for eligibility under Rehabilitation Act of 1973 section 504? - CORRECT ANSWER Anyone who has a disability, physical or psychological, that impair at least one major life activity. Individuals must have documentation of their disability
True or False: under both section 504 and IDEA, if a student is eligible for disability services, the student will have a multi-disiplinary team put together a plan. - CORRECT ANSWER True. In IDEA it's called Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and in 504 it's called a 504 plan [Show Less]