CPCE Exam 2023 With 100% Correct Answers

CPCE Exam 2023 With 100% Correct Answers When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to - Correct answer-Inform the patient of the limits of confidentiality As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to - Correct answer-jointly decide, between patient and counselor, how the counseling process will proceed A client arrives for counseling with the presenting complaint of relationship difficulties. She goes on to describe that she has had multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion as a birth control method. You are personally opposed to abortion. How should your personal beliefs impact the therapeutic relationship? - Correct answer-Your personal belief system should not have any bearing on the therapeutic relationship You have been involved in a counseling relationship with a client for six months, when he presents you with a small gift. What should you do? - Correct answer-Accept or decline depending on the circumstances You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a client you are counseling. What do you do? - Correct answer-Limit, as much as possible, any possibly damaging personal information and obtain written permission from your client to share confidential information What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file? - Correct answerAccept or decline depending upon circumstances You are a counselor with several clients, and at the same time you are adjusting to a difficult divorce. You aren't sleeping or eating well, find you are highly distractible, and generally are less in-touch with your emotional state. You should... - Correct answer-Be alert to your mental status, and be able to determine if continuing with your clients poses any threat of being detrimental to the counseling process A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former counselor, you are called to perform a forensic evaluation. What is your responsibility in this case? - Correct answer-It is not considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a current or past client, so you should decline You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to attend her wedding. Would it be ethical to do so? - Correct answer-Yes, you should be able to attend her wedding without a breach of ethics While involved with a research study, you learn that several of your students are using confidential material in an unethical manner. You had no prior knowledge of this, and all of your safeguards for professional practice were appropriate. Are you, as the principal researcher, responsible for the student's behavior - Correct answer-Yes, you are ultimately responsible When publishing research, it is important to - Correct answer-Give credit to other contributors or sources, not plagiarize, and submit material to only one journal at a time When a conflict arises between the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and a governing authority, which takes precedence? - Correct answer-Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the Code of Ethics An ethics violation should NOT be reported when - Correct answer-A counselor has been retained to review another counselor who is in question; and when confidentiality rights would be violated What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to? - Correct answer-Counseling that recognizes diversity and approaches beneficial to specific groups and an approach that all counselors should ethically be aware of Most ethical issues are related to - Correct answer-Confidentiality Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who is he? - Correct answer-Erik Erikson The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? - Correct answerSigmund Freud What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - Correct answer-Formal Operations Identity Crisis - Correct answer-Erik Erikson Positive Psychology - Correct answer-processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - Correct answer-Oral Fixation Most mental health professionals believe - Correct answer-no one theory of development completely explains the process John Bowlby - Correct answer-Attachment Theory Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - Correct answer-Pre-conventional, Conventional, and post-conventional Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex - Correct answer-Electra Complex Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys - Correct answer-Harry Harlow Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Correct answer-Theory of human motivation - psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness Down Syndrome - Correct answer-Chromosomal abnormality John Watson - Correct answer-Little Albert experiment Albert Bandura's best-known research - Correct answer-Bobo Doll study What did Lev Vygotsky stress in his development theory? - Correct answer-Cultural Context and language Freudian Defense Mechanism - Correct answer-Repression Imprinting - Correct answer-Konrad Lorenz Incorporating several therapeutic theories in your work - Correct answer-eclectic Complaining of feeling restless, mood swings, times of hopelessness, periods of high energy and creativity in which she can go days without sleep - Correct answer-Bipolar Client presents with his wife both complaining the patient has had a change in cognitive function including language and memory. Client denies loss of pleasure in normal activities and denies feeling sad, but client is able to manage his medications but requires someone to set up his medication box and set a timer for him. - Correct answer-Neurocognitive Disorder Disorder of thought; disorder of mood - Correct answer-Schizophrenia; bipolar disorder Mirroring back client's verbalizations, and not passing judgment. Facilitating in assisting his client in reaching resolution of the presenting problems. - Correct answer-Rogerian, client-centered therapy Binge eating coupled with inappropriate methods of controlling one's weight may be a symptom of - Correct answer-Bulimia Concerns of his health; reports chronic intestinal difficulties, but has not sought medical treatment for his concerns. For the last five years he rarely feels at ease while at his job. Feels uneasy when outside the home - Correct answer-Agoraphobia loss of appetite; nervousness, and recurrent nightmares of a past hospital experience from years prior, where she says she almost died - Correct answer-PTSD Actively defiant of instructions, argues regularly, spiteful, and resentful. School performance is marginal. - Correct answer-Oppositional defiant disorder 40-year old client not feeling comfortable socially after gaining weight. Unwilling to try new activities and avoiding activities he once found enjoyable - Correct answerAvoidant Personality Disorder Client believes his favorite actress is in love with him. He is appropriate in every other way and substance use is not the factor - Correct answer-Delusional Disorder Cyclothymia - Correct answer-Mild form of bipolar disorder. Cause is unknown Client needs help with substance use, uses recreationally on the weekends. Two DUIs within 3 years - Correct answer-Stimulant Use Disorder Complaints about significant Chronic back pain and shoulder pain (basis of a disability claim), when seen he looks fully physical capable of bending and picking up things - Correct answer-Malingering - to receive an external reward Symptoms of Schizophrenia categorized in three groups - Correct answer-Positive, Negative, and Disorganized Couple comes in. Wife displays feelings of distrust and no tolerance for relationships and also experiences excessive over-valuation "he's the best thing that every happened to me" - Correct answer-Borderline Personality Disorder A patient diagnosed with depression/suicide ideation suddenly appears to feel better and think more clearly - Correct answer-Suicide has increased! 20 year-old male college student. Last 6-7 months grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior and speech, hallucinations, poor responses - Correct answerSchizophrenia...Paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and residual When a client's physical symptoms have a psychological cause it is referred to as - Correct answer-Conversion Disorder Appraisal - Correct answer-Any means by which by which a counselor assesses a client. ie: mental health exam, IQ test Type of test - NCE - Correct answer-Objective Test created by David Wechsler - Correct answer-IQ When administering tests to a client, the counselor should always - Correct answerInform the client of limitations of testing Validity (In testing) - Correct answer-How accurate the test is Reliability (in testing) - Correct answer-How consistent the results are The only test you are using with your client has a reliability of .60, you should... - Correct answer-disregard the results of the test as the reliability is too low Francis Galton - Correct answer-Inherited intellectual abilities; father of behavioral genetics; personality traits are passed down J.P. Guilford - Correct answer-individual differences and intellect; creativity Developed the first intelligence test - Correct answer-Alfred Binet and Theophilus Simon Rorschach - Correct answer-Inkblot test Most researched test in history - Correct answer-MMPI; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Psychometrics - Correct answer-Psychological measurement; measures the inner workings of the mind and behavior Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Correct answer-Personality test You say a word to your client and he answers back with the first thing that comes to mind. What theorist developed the method you're using - Correct answer-Carl Jung A career test that tests one's ABILITY - Correct answer-An aptitude test When did group counseling begin to be done more regularly - Correct answer-After the 1960s Which early theorist engaged in group therapy - Correct answer-Alfred Adler Group therapy session that will be open only to patients suffering from depression, and will not allow new patients to join once the sessions have started. What type of group therapy are you offering? - Correct answer-Homogenous closed groups (members share similarity; does not add new members once the session has begun) Closed group - Correct answer-Stronger cohesiveness within the group and less costeffective A common weakness in group therapy - Correct answer-Not setting firm goals for the group Why did R.K. Conyne create the "Group Work Grid" - Correct answer-to expand practical understanding of group work E-therapy - Correct answer-Online Psychological Treatment You're concerned about how your group therapy sessions are progressing? - Correct answer-Have an outsider observer assess the group When counseling young children in a group setting, it is helpful to enlist the involvement - Correct answer-Parents In a group therapy setting, what is a gate keeper - Correct answer-a role assumed by a group therapy member Someone who always agrees with anything the other group members say is - Correct answer-nonassertive There are various stages in group therapy - Correct answer-Forming, Storming, Norming, performing, and adjourning In group therapy, what is a blocker - Correct answer-Group member who blocks new ideas Clients who are in the midst of a personal crisis are often not good candidates for group therapy. They would need... - Correct answer-Medication and individual psychotherapy Group process - Correct answer-analysis of the group's interactions Group Content - Correct answer-the material that is being discussed within the group Most therapists consider the best size for group therapy to be between - Correct answer-6 and 8 members Branch of Psychology deals primarily with groups and social factors - Correct answerSocial Psychology Who is considered the father of sociology - Correct answer-Emile Durkheim You are sent a client who is culturally different from yourself. Is it ethical for you to counsel this client - Correct answer-Yes,Counselor can enter a therapeutic relationship with someone who is culturally different Proxemics - Correct answer-The study of proximity; refers to personal and interpersonal space An Asian client is most likely to choose a counselor who is - Correct answer-Asian An area of study in social cognition - Correct answer-Attribution A cultural norm - Correct answer-how people are supposed to act Milgram experiment - Correct answer-People will usually obey authority Social Distance Scale - Correct answer-Emory Bogardus Foot in the Door Technique - Correct answer-Compliance - Freedman and Frasier. If you ask someone for something small, they will eventually comply with getting something big Self fulfilling prophecy - Correct answer-the false becomes true. Robert Merton. Stating something false will eventually come to pass Theory that helps explain prejudice - Correct answer-Social Identity Theory - Henry Tajfel. When associated with a group, people will begin to think they are better than another group Altruism may be explained by - Correct answer-Social Exchange Theory Jack and Samantha are alike in every way an it isn't long before they marry. What might explain their relationship? - Correct answer-Consensual validity; they validate each other Cognitive Dissonance - Correct answer-Making up excuses to make you feel better about yourself. Justifying your bad behavior in order to stay consistent - Leon Festinger The contingency model of leadership states that leadership is determined by - Correct answer-Personality and situation Bystander effect - Correct answer-You are more likely to help someone in need if you are the only other person present Your client is struggling with a weight problem. She loves sweets, but she hates what they do to her body. Your client's conflict is one of - Correct answerApproach/Avoidance (3 types - avoidance/avoidance and approach/approach) Acculturation - Correct answer-When two cultures mix The Likert scale measures... - Correct answer-Attitude and Physical Health You are asked to speak to a group and you plan your presentation based upon your knowledge of one of the members. What type of reasoning are you employing? - Correct answer-Inductive Reasoning Using a specific measurement, such as smiles to measure happiness is an example of - Correct answer-operational definition Every element of the population has an equal chance of being sampled. What type of sampling is this? - Correct answer-Random Sampling A study measuring the IQ levels of a group of men, of differing ages, performed on a single day is most likely an example of - Correct answer-Cross-Sectional study type of measurement which causes participants to behave differently because they are being watched - Correct answer-Observer effect; Hawthorne effect Research study in which medication is not real in one group - Correct answer-Placebo effect A 17-year old client has been referred to you for intellectual testing. What test are you likely to perform? - Correct answer-WAIS-IV 8 year old son - teachers feel he is impaired - Correct answer-WISC-R - tests impairment and gifted students Frequency Distribution - Correct answer-Shows the number of times a particular value occurs Score of 100 on the WAIS-IV - Correct answer-Average Score of 50 on the WAIS-IV - Correct answer-mild to moderate intellectual disabilities Independent Variable - Correct answer-The experimental factor and the element that changed or manipulated What does correlation strategy measure? - Correct answer-How strong the relation is between things Scatter plot - Correct answer-Pairs of scores A correlation coefficient shows - Correct answer-how strong the relationship between two variables are, the direction of two variables' relationship, the degree of relationship between two variables