Reassurance offers the client:
a) A guarantee all will be well
b) A potential pitfall later if such reassurance does not occur
c) A necessary supportive statement for the moment
d) A chance to see how caring the therapist is
Q. 2Most unsuccessful groups for older persons fail due to
a. inappropriate topics.
b. lack of structure.
c. inappropriate member selection.
d. All of the above.
Q. 3Sam talked about several early memories involving his parents. Alfred Adler would believe that the memories that stood out in Sam's mind were reflective of his
a. ability to develop intimate sexual relationships
b. lifestyle, view of himself, and his interactions with others
c. cognitions, feelings, and physical health
d. transference issues in treatment
Q. 4Ms. Hernandez is working with 4-year-old Peter, who is afraid of the dark.
He believes monsters come out at night like he has seen on TV. Ms. Hernandez patiently explains that there are no real monsters, but to no avail. Peter still refuses to go to sleep. What Piagetian idea helps to explain why Peter does not understand the truth about the unreality of TV monsters?
a. Peter assimilates the information that monsters are not real and accommodates the true information into his schema about monsters.
b. Peter fails to assimilate the idea that monsters are not real.
c. Peter may assimilate the information about monsters, but he lacks the knowledge structures needed to accommodate the new information into his existing framework.
d. Peter accommodates the information that monsters are not real but fails to assimilate it into his existing schema about monsters.
Q. 5Reflective clinicians often absorb the tenets and techniques associated with major theoretical approaches to counseling and then interpret and organize them in ways that are useful for their own work.
This aspect of reflective practice is an example of
a. constructivism.
b. behaviorism.
c. humanism.
d. existentialism.
Q. 6Which of the following statements does not reflect contemporary critiques of Piagetian theory that have experimental support?
a. Progress in intellectual development is often domain-specific.
b. Preschoolers may be capable of more advanced cognitive tasks than Piaget had specified.
c. Infants may have a rudimentary understanding of object permanence earlier in infancy than Piaget suspected.
d. Infants frequently have the ability to mentally represent objects at birth.
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