A-B-C/A-B-C-D-E Theory - CORRECT ANSWER-A principle by Albert Ellis
rational-emotive behavior psychotherapy.
- A equals the antecedent
- B equals individuals belief system
- C equals emotional consequence
- D the counselor disputes if irrational or illogical
- E leads to new healthier new emotional consequence.
Abandonment in counseling - CORRECT ANSWER-Leaving a patient aftercare has
been initiated without informing the client of this fact. Ethical Violation
Abasement - CORRECT ANSWER-Henry Murray's term to describe the need to
comply, atone, confess, surrender or even accept punishment due to feelings of
inadequacies.
abatment - CORRECT ANSWER-the ending, reduction, or lessening of
symptomalogy
Ability tests, achievement tests, aptitude tests - CORRECT ANSWER-divided into
achievement tests and aptitude tests, assess knowledge that has already been
learned, predict a person's future performance or to assess the person's capacity to
learn
abnormal psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-the scientific study of abnormal
behavior in an effort to describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of
functioning
- thoughts, feelings and behavior deviate from the normative. or cause problems for
the individual and/or society.
absolutist thinking - CORRECT ANSWER-thinking in all or nothing terms type of
thinking (absolutes) which can be unhealthy and lead to human unhappiness - Albert
Ellis
According to Erik Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong sense of
identity, the individual will have troubles with the development of
a. autonomy
b. initiative
c. intimacy
,d. integrity - CORRECT ANSWER-intimacy -
identity is the fifth stage of Erikson's theory of development, during adolescents (12-
18) in which during this stage adolescents explore independence and develop a
sense of self. If this doesn't develop then conflict is created and impacts interactions
and relationships moving forward.
According to Freud, when is the human personality most determined? - CORRECT
ANSWER-As a stage theorist, Freud postulated that the human personality is
determined in the most critical years of personal development - the first five years of
life.
According to Frued, What is the source of all basic drives as people progress
through the stages of life? - CORRECT ANSWER-biological energy as the source of
all basic drives as people progress through the stages of life.
Three sources of energy are
a. Sexuality (Originally referring to sexual energy, the concept of libido was later
broadened to encompass the energy of all the life instincts.)
b. The drives of hunger and pain
c. Aggression
According to Jean Piaget, a child masters the concept of reversibility in the third
stage, known as concrete operations or concrete operational thought. This notion
suggests what? - CORRECT ANSWER-one can undo an action, hence an object
(say a glass of water) can return to its initial shape.
acheivement test - CORRECT ANSWER-A measure of mastery or proficiency in
reading, mathematics, writing, science, or some other subject.
anaclitic depression - CORRECT ANSWER-a pattern of depressed behavior found
among very young children that is caused by separation from one's mother;
described by Spitz describing the excessive crying, difficulty sleeping, and health
related difficulties.
approach-avoidance conflict - CORRECT ANSWER-conflict occurring when a
person must choose or not choose a goal that has both positive and negative
aspects
aproach aproach conflict - CORRECT ANSWER-chose between 2 attractive
alternatives, chosing one means losing other
Autoplastic vs. Alloplastic - CORRECT ANSWER-Autoplastic: implies the counselor
helps the client change to cope with their environment
Alloplastic: counselor has the client try to change the environment
, avoidance-avoidance conflict - CORRECT ANSWER-Conflict that results from
having to choose between two distasteful alternatives
Basic assumptions of psychoanalytic theories - CORRECT ANSWER-Basic
assumptions of psychoanalytic theories:
-Biological forces drive development
-The individual strives to channel/control these drives
- Personality characteristics appear in childhood
-These characteristics are stable over time.
Behaviorism Theory of Learning - CORRECT ANSWER-learning is a change of
behavior caused by consequences of behaviors - child is rewarded for a desirable
behavior or punishment for an undesired one
Watson, Skinner, Thorndike
Categories of Human Development - CORRECT ANSWER-- learning (includes
behavioral, social learning and information-processing theories)
- cognitive (obtaining knowledge)
- psychoanalytic (investigating psychological phenomena developed by Freud
- humanistic (explains development through reasoning and the scientific method.
complimentary transaction - CORRECT ANSWER-This means that whatever ego
state that the sender is in, their communication reaches or impacts the desired ego
state of the receiver, thus the receiver responds in a way that complements the
sender's ego state instead of challenging it.
Conformity - CORRECT ANSWER-Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide
with a group standard.
Conformity seems to peek in the early teens
Connie tells each of her clients that the best way she can help them is to attempt to
look at the world from the clients' point of view. This counselor is taking the _______
perspective
a. etic
b. alloplastic
c. emic
d. autoplastic - CORRECT ANSWER-c. Emic
Emic perspective can be defined as an insider's view or the view from a native about
their own customs and beliefs. In counseling terms it is thinking that clients are
"culturally specific". A counselor who takes on an emic perspective believes that
many factors come into play when diagnosing and treating a client, especially in
regard to their culture. Some factors can include cultural values, morals, and
lifestyle. Clients should be looked at as individuals, not as a whole from a
"Euro-American standpoint".
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