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OFFICIAL AMFTRB EXAM 3 2025 LATESTEXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
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A 16-year-old girl has been verbally confrontational towards her
17-year-old brother. Her parents do not know if family therapy is
helping, because her behavior is worse since coming to therapy.
A strategic family therapist believes that what is needed is Correct
Answer second -order change, change consists of basic changes
in the structure and functioning of a system that alters its
fundamental organization.
A symptomatic family can be said to undergo second-order
change when a therapeutic intervention fundamentally disrupts
the pattern of symptomatic interaction so it ceases.
Pamela is a solution-focused therapist. She is working with Sally
in helping her communicate with her family of origin more
effectively. What does
Pamela most likely believe may be the reason that Sally has
struggled with this issue?
Hint: maladaptive behavior is a result of becoming "stuck" in
dealing with a problem due to continued reliance on the same
ineffective methods for resolving it. Correct Answer Sally may be
"stuck" in dealing with the problem due to her continued reliance
on the same ineffective methods for resolving it.
A client leaves a message on your answering machine, saying
she is ending therapy. There has been no previous discussion of
termination. What should you do? Correct Answer Call her to
make sure she is not in crisis and is comfortable with her
decision.
,A behavioral treatment plan measures client progress by using
_ that refers back to_ behaviors. Correct Answer measurable
objectives and baseline
A therapist using a feminist therapy approach would do all of the
following EXCEPT
Hint: To avoid pathologizing client's problems Correct Answer
emphasize traditional assessment and diagnosis
A client has been in therapy for eight months and says he wants
to quit therapy. He feels that the original problems he came to
therapy for have all been resolved. The therapist disagrees and
thinks that there is good reason for the man to continue in
therapy. The therapist should Correct Answer have a
conversation with the client to discuss his reasons for wanting to
terminate and the therapist's reasons for thinking he should
continue
During a professional staff meeting, a counselor says he is
worried that if techniques are implemented to stop a 6-year-old
boy from sucking his thumb, then he will begin biting his nails or
stuttering. The counselor Correct Answer is most likely an
analytically trained counselor concerned with symptom
substitution.
Hint: Behaviorists do strive for symptom reduction and do not
believe in the concept of symptom substitution.
An eclectic counselor
Hint: Associated with Frederick C. Thorne. Correct Answer
attempts to choose the best theoretical approach based on the
client's attributes, resources, and situation.
,(50% of counselors claim to be eclectic)
cognitive dissonance Correct Answer unpleasant mental
experience of tension resulting from two conflicting thoughts or
beliefs and thus the person will be motivated to reduce the
dissonance.
Lifestyle, birth order, and family constellation are emphasized by
Correct Answer Adler
firstborn children Correct Answer feel inferior to younger children
who receive attention; become overachievers
second child Correct Answer will often try to compete with a
firstborn child and often surpasses the first child's performance
middle child Correct Answer will often feel that he or she is being
treated unfairly. Middle children are sometimes seen as being
quite manipulative and often feels squeezed out.
youngest child Correct Answer can be pampered or spoiled; often
excel by modeling/imitating the older children's behavior
Who criticized the concept of the birth order? Correct Answer
Wayne Dyer, famous for his self-improvement book Your
Erroneous Zone
Existentialism is to logotherapy as ________ is to behaviorism.
Correct Answer associationism
Hint: John Locke
B. F. Skinner's reinforcement theory elaborated on Correct
Answer Edward Thorndike's law of effect
, An association that naturally exists, such as an animal salivating
(an unconditioned response known as a
UR or UCR) when food is presented, is called Correct Answer an
unconditioned stimulus (UCS).
Hint: condition=leaned, unconditioned= unlearned
Skinner's operant conditioning is also referred to as Correct
Answer instrumental learning.
Hint: Skinner's last name has an "i" as does the word
instrumental, whereas the word Pavlov doesn't.
positive punishment Correct Answer adding an undesirable
stimulus to stop or decrease a behavior
negative punishment Correct Answer takes place when a stimulus
is removed following the behavior and the response decreases.
In Pavlov's famous experiment using dogs, the bell was the
________ and the meat was the ________. Correct Answer CS;
UCS
The most effective time interval (temporal relation) between the
CS and the US Correct Answer is .5 or half a second.
stimulus discrimination Correct Answer the tendency to stop
making a generalized response to a stimulus that is similar to the
original conditioned stimulus because the similar stimulus is never
paired with the unconditioned stimulus
stimulus generalization Correct Answer the tendency to respond
to a stimulus that is only similar to the original conditioned
stimulus with the conditioned response
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