In helping a client deal with difficult childhood experiences, which of the following would NOT be a positive psychotherapy technique a therapist would employ?
a. encouraging the client to consider forgiveness.
b. using free association tasks and hypnosis.
c. devising an inventory of negative and positive aspects of memories.
d. engaging in an adaptive and alternative activity.
Q. 2Advantages of becoming involved in research as a student include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. chances to curry favor with professors.
B. opportunities to gain practical experience exploring the issues, trends, problems, and methodology of the profession.
C. opportunities to form mentoring relationships.
D. improving your chances for gaining entry into an advanced degree program.
Q. 3For many European Americans, the path to identity is one of
a. Assimilation
b. Contradiction
c. Avoidance
d. Judgment
Q. 4Brian says that he wants to enter an occupation that has plenty of job openings. A trait and factor counselor would point out that Brian is failing to consider
a. abilities, interests, and values.
b. Brian's parents' views.
c. job location, salary, and required education.
d. scores on interest inventories.
Q. 5In the traditional format, positive psychotherapy is offered in which of the following number of sessions?
a. 6
b. 8
c. 14
d. 20
Q. 6Prejudices
a. Can be completely eradicated
b. Are necessary
c. Never occur within groups
d. Only exist within members of the dominant culture
Q. 7Which of the following counselors is most accurately applying general trait and factor theory?
a. Counselor A assigns personality, abilities, values, and interest inventories or tests and then suggests appropriate occupations for the client to enter.
b. Counselor B provides information on 12 different engineering occupations to a client that is considering engineering as a career choice.
c. Counselor C helps a client assess her abilities, interests, values, and personality, provides occupational information about occupations that fit these traits, and helps the client make a decision.
d. Counselor D helps her client understand the effect of her early educational experiences on her choice of an occupation.
Q. 8In positive psychotherapy, when a character strength is described as tonic it means the strength is displayed:
a. in a limited number of circumstances.
b. only with certain individuals.
c. in almost all situations.
d. under periods of significant distress.
Q. 9Claude Steele and Joshua Aronson (2000) gave an exam to two mixed-race groups of students. The first group was told that the exam was a simple problem-solving exercise; the other group was told that their scores would show how smart they were. African American participants
a. Scored higher when told the test measured how smart they were
b. Scored higher when told that the exam was a simple problem-solving exercise
c. Received similar scores, no matter what they were told about the test
d. Female students in the group scored higher no matter what they were told about the test, but male students scored lower no matter what they were told about the test.
Q. 10All of the following are ways mentors can be useful to beginning students EXCEPT:
A. providing guidance about the often-confusing field.
B. using your energy and talents to further their own careers.
C. serving as a role model, advocate, and support system.
D. helping you find a job and supervising your entry into the field.
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