Carla, a bright, energetic 8-year-old, has lost four gloves during the past few weeks. Her mother is annoyed at the need to keep replacing gloves.
Carla notices that her little brother is amused that Carla is in trouble, and she formulates the theory that her brother is stealing the gloves just to get her into trouble. Carla is convinced that she is right. She refuses to entertain her mother's suggestion that Carla is often so distracted that she does not keep track of her possessions. Carla is displaying a form of
a. egocentrism.
b. formal operational thought.
c. reversibility.
d. domain specific knowledge.
Q. 2Which of the following is a difference between working memory and long-term memory?
a. Problem solving and making inferences is something we do in long-term memory, not in working memory.
b. Working memory retains information even longer than long-term memory.
c. Working memory has a limited capacity whereas long-term memory has almost unlimited capacity.
d. Working memory and long-term memory are the same thing.
Q. 3Piaget's description of the differences between preoperational thought (characteristic of preschool aged children) and concrete operational thought (characteristic of elementary school aged children), includes which of the following?
a. Preoperational thought is reversible, but concrete operational thought is not.
b. Preoperational thought is fast, but concrete operational thought is slow.
c. Preoperational thought occurs in the frontal lobes, but concrete operational thought occurs in the corpus callosum.
d. Preoperational thought is centered, but concrete operational thought is decentered.
Q. 4Therapist: John, I'm impressed that you were able to make this change in your life is an example of:
a) Compliments
b) Miracle focus
c) Exception focus
d) Scaling focus
Q. 5Rye and Sparks (1999) proposed that an entire cycle of needs assessment will take about
a. six months.
b. one year.
c. three years.
d. five years.
Q. 6Stanley is 7 years old. His parents are quite concerned about his school progress.
Although he has begun to learn to read, he reverses some letters when he writes. Based on research, Stanley's school counselor should tell his parents that
a. brain development can be quite uneven in childhood and as a result, it is
not unusual for children to show poor performance in isolated skills.
b. Stanley almost certainly has a serious learning disorder which requires
immediate intervention.
c. if a child shows normal progress in other reading related skills, like
Stanley does, the child is probably faking the letter reversals in a bid for
attention.
d. Stanley needs glasses.
Q. 7Counselors who do parent training primarily use which approach for this work?
a. Learning theory.
b. Rational-emotive therapy.
c. Person-centered therapy.
d. Adlerian therapy.
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