NCAC II Exam Questions and Answers All Correct
Which route of administration achieves the longest-lasting results for the user? - Answer- Oral
What do short-term effects of drug use refer to? - Answer- Effects while the drug is still in the body
Alderian Psychology - Answer- A method of c...
NCAC II Exam Questions and Answers
All Correct
Which route of administration achieves the longest-lasting results for the user? -
Answer- Oral
What do short-term effects of drug use refer to? - Answer- Effects while the drug is still
in the body
Alderian Psychology - Answer- A method of counseling that is also called individual
psychology where all behavior is believed to be goal-directed
Fictional finalism - Answer- A component of Alderian therapy that is an imagined central
goal that gives a client purpose and guides his/her behavior
Lifestyle - Answer- A component of Alderian Therapy that refers to the client's chosen
method of moving through life
Phenomenology - Answer- Where an addiction counselor or other helping professionals
attempt to view the world from the same frame of reference as the client to better
understand the behavior of the client
Private logic - Answer- The subjective reality as we perceive it
Social interest - Answer- A component of the Alderian therapy that is an awareness of
being a part of the human community and how one interacts with the social world
Behavioral Therapy - Answer- A method of counseling that focuses on modifying the
client's learned behaviors that are negatively affecting his/her life
Classical Conditioning - Answer- A model of behavioral therapy developed by Ivan
Petrovich Pavlov where a particular response to a stimuli can be elicited overtime by
association with a related stimulus
operant conditioning - Answer- A model of behavioral therapy developed by B.F.
Skinner where behavior is reinforced and learned based on the consequences of the
behavior
Social Learning Approach - Answer- A method of behavioral therapy developed by
Albert Bandura where behavior is teamed by observing the consequences of someone
elses experience
,Negative reinforcement - Answer- A component of operant conditioning where an
unpleasant stimulus is removed from the situation is removed from the situation that
increases or decreases the likelihood of the behavior occurring again
Positive reinforcement - Answer- A component of operant conditioning where something
is added to the situation the increases or decreases the likelihood of the behavior
occurring again
Reinforcement - Answer- A component of operant conditioning where something is
added to removed from a given situation that increases or decreases the liklihood of the
behavior occurring again
Conditioned Response - Answer- A component of classical conditioning a response that
is identical to an unconditioned response yet it is elicited by the conditioned stimulus not
the unconditioned stimulus
conditioned stimulus (CS) - Answer- in classical conditioned, an originally irrelevant
stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus (US), comes to trigger a
conditioned response
unconditioned response (UR) - Answer- In classical conditioning, the unlearned,
naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus (US), such as salivation
when food is in the mouth.
unconditioned stimulus - Answer- A component of classical conditioning, an event that
produces an unconditioned response when present
Brief Therapy - Answer- -An approach to therapy that includes a shorter time period and
fewer sessions than "traditional therapy"
-Founded by Freud
cognitive behavioral therapy - Answer- a method of counseling that focuses on
simultaneously learning new behaviors and restructuring automatic thoughts
Unfinished business (Gestalt concept) - Answer- unexpressed feelings from childhood
that now interfere with healthy functioning
Gestalt Therapy - Answer- a method of counseling where a client gains awareness of
his or her behavior and learns how to accept personal responsibility
Existentialism - Answer- A philosophical movement dating back to the 19th century that
focuses on present day and stresses personal responsibility for one's own destiny in the
absence of an intrinsic path
Contact - Answer- the process of interacting with nature and with other people without
losing one's sense of individuality
,motivational enhancement therapy - Answer- A method of counseling where the client's
internal motivation is the driving force for changing problematic behavior
Preparation stage of change - Answer- Client makes the decision to change and
attempts to begin the process
Person-centered therapy - Answer- an approach to therapy where the client not the
counselor directs the treatment process because he or she is capable of invoking
change with his or herself
Humanism - Answer- A philosophical movement that focuses on the innate nature within
all humans to achieve our potential and find meaning in our lives
Congruence - Answer- A component of person centered therapy where counselor is
able to match his or her external behavior and expressions with his or her internal
feelings and thoughts
Unconditional Positive Regard - Answer- A component of person centered therapy
where a counselor shows the client constant acceptance and caring
Empathy - Answer- The ability to identify with and understand the subjective world of a
client also a component of person centered therapy
Deterministic approach - Answer- A philosophy based on the premise that human
behavior is largely influenced by internal unconscious drives
Unconscious mind - Answer- A part of the human psyche that functions outside of the
awareness of the individual
Analysis of resistance - Answer- A component of psychoanalytical therapy where clients
surfaces repressed material from the unconscious mind up to the conscious mind
ID - Answer- A component of psychoanalytical therapy that is the source of unconscious
aggressive and sexual urges
Ego - Answer- A component of psychoanalytical therapy that is the mediator between
the ID and super-ego
Pharmacology - Answer- the branch of science that examines how psychoactive
substances taken to alter bodily functions or enhance bodily functions interact with the
brain and body.
Due to it's short half-life, which requires a divided dosing? - Answer- Wellbutrin
The first stage in group process may be referred to as: - Answer- Dependency
, The ICRC/AODA defines assessment as: - Answer- An identification of the client's
strengths, weaknesses, needs and problems to develop the treatment plan.
In regard to crisis situations, the most useful criterion for evaluating the effectiveness of
actions taken between sessions is: - Answer- Level of functioning, compared to pre-
crisis level
The Cephalocaudle Principle - Answer- Development proceeds from the head
downward, with control over the head and face first, then the arms, and finally the legs.
Within two months from birth infants develop control over head and face movements. In
the following few months, they are able to use their arms to lift themselves up. Control
over the legs develops between 6 to 12 months of age, with infants then able crawl,
stand, and eventually walk. Arm coordination always precedes leg coordination.
The Proximodistal Principle - Answer- Development proceeds from the center of the
body outward. Thus, arms develop before hands, and the fingers and toes follow.
Muscle control over the fingers and toes develops last, as well.
Sigmund Freud - Answer- Freud emphasized the significance of childhood events and
experiences, but focused nearly entirely on abnormal development instead of normal
functioning. Freud described child development as a set of "psychosexual stages,"
referred to as oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital.
Erik Erickson - Answer- A neo-Freudian psychologist that hypothesized that people face
pass through 8 social development stages from infancy to old age. Each challenge has
an outcome that affects a persons social and personality development.
Jean Piaget - Answer- Theorist Jean Piaget focused primarily on the mental aspects of
childhood, and proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development. He pioneered
the idea that children's knowledge of the world is gained by active interaction, describing
them as "little scientists" in this endeavor.
Rational Emotive Psychotherapy - Answer- The earliest form of a cognitive-behaviour
approach to social work practice, in which personal problems are understood to be the
result of irrational patterns of thinking and the dysfunctional behaviours that happen as
a result. The goal of the therapist is to help a client to see that the negative emotions
experienced are due to a flawed perception of reality.
Motivational Enhancement Therapy - Answer- a brief, nonconfrontational, client-
centered therapy designed to change specific problematic behaviors such as alcohol or
drug use
Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory - Answer- based on the idea that people are influenced
considerably by their unconscious, inner drives.
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