ATCB Exam Prep Questions & Answers 2023/2024
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - ANSWER-(CBT) is a short-term, goal-oriented psychotherapy treatment that takes a hands-on, practical approach to problem-solving. Its goal is to change patterns of thinking or behavior that are behind people's difficulti...
ATCB Exam Prep Questions & Answers
2023/2024
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - ANSWER-(CBT) is a short-term, goal-oriented psychotherapy treatment
that takes a hands-on, practical approach to problem-solving. Its goal is to change patterns of thinking or
behavior that are behind people's difficulties, and so change the way they feel.
Invented by Aaron Beck in 1960's
Ivan Pavlov - ANSWER-Russian physiologist known primarily for his work in classical conditioning.
B.F. Skinner - ANSWER-Approach to the study of behavior radical behaviorism -- This philosophy of
behavioral science assumes that behavior is a consequence of environmental histories of reinforcement.
Skinner used operant conditioning, and he considered the rate of response to be the most effective
measure of response strength. To study operant conditioning he invented the operant conditioning
chamber, also known as the Skinner Box,
Rawley Silver - ANSWER-Silver Drawing Test and Draw a Story. Assessments use stimulus drawings to
bypass language disorders in assessing cognitive skills, and to provide access to emotions and attitudes.
The Silver Drawing Test, which measures perceptions essential to mathematics and reading, has three
subtests: drawing from imagination, drawing from observation and predictive drawing. The Drawing
from Imagination test in the Silver Drawing Test is similar to Silvers' assessment, Draw a Story.
Trauma Informed Therapy - ANSWER-Grounded in and directed by a thorough understanding of the
neurological, biological, psychological, and social effects of trauma and the prevalence of these
experiences in persons who seek and receive mental health services.
1. Safety
2.Trustworthiness and Transparency
3.Peer support
4.Collaboration and mutuality
5.Empowerment, voice and choice
6.Cultural, Historical, and Gender Issues
, Humanistic - ANSWER-It helps the client gain the belief that all people are inherently good. It adopts a
holistic approach to human existence and pays special attention to such phenomena as creativity, free
will, and positive human potential. It encourages viewing ourselves as a "whole person" greater than the
sum of our parts and encourages self exploration rather than the study of behavior in other people.
Humanistic psychology acknowledges spiritual aspiration as an integral part of the psyche. It is linked to
the emerging field of transpersonal psychology.
The major theorists considered to have prepared the ground for Humanistic Psychology are Otto Rank,
Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers and Rollo May
Carl Rogers - ANSWER-- Person-centered approach
- Theory based on 19 propositions
- Development of the personality -- Self Concept ... the organized consistent conceptual gestalt
composed of perceptions of the characteristics of 'I' or 'me' and the perceptions of the relationships of
the 'I' or 'me' to others and to various aspects of life, together with the values attached to these
perceptions. It is a gestalt which is available to awareness though not necessarily in awareness. It is a
fluid and changing gestalt, a process, but at any given moment it is a specific entity.
- Concepts of congruence and incongruence
Maslow - ANSWER-Physiological - food, sex, warmth
Safety - health, security of body/employment
Love/Belonging - friendship, intimacy, family
Esteem - Respect, self-esteem, confidence
Self Actualization - morality, creativity, spontaneity, lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts
Otto Rank - ANSWER-Psychology of creativity
Emphasis on here & now
Major influence on development of Existential Therapy
Existential - ANSWER--Operates on the belief that inner conflict within a person is due to that individual's
confrontation with the givens of existence
-These givens, as noted by Irvin D. Yalom, are: the inevitability of death, freedom and its attendant
responsibility, existential isolation, and finally meaninglessness
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