Counseling Psychology Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Counseling Psychology is a field focused on facilitating personal and interpersonal functioning across the lifespan through the integration of psychological theory, research, and therapeutic practice. The course explores core concepts such as counseling theories, assessment techniques, therapeutic interventions, multicultural awareness, ethical practice, and the dynamics of the counselor-client relationship. Students learn to apply evidence-based approaches to help individuals, groups, and communities address emotional, social, vocational, educational, and developmental concerns. Emphasis is placed on developing communication and reflective listening skills, fostering resilience, and promoting overall well-being within diverse populations.
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Abnormal Psychology 5th Canadian Edition by Gerald C. Davison
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Chapter 1: Introduction Definitional And Historical
Considerations, And Canadas Mental Health System
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Q1) Vince Li was found not criminally responsible for beheading a fellow passenger on the bus because he:
A) acted in self-defense after the other passenger threatened him
B) was diagnosed with schizophrenia
C) was experiencing profound depression
D) had a really good legal team
Answer: A
Q2) Bill lives in a small rural town in northern British Columbia. He has been clinically depressed for one year and has decided to seek professional help for his problem. Given Bill's geographical location, he is most likely to be seen by a:
A) A psychologist
B) A psychoanalyst
C) A family doctor
D) A psychiatrist
Answer: C
Q3) Mental illness can affect anyone.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Current Paradigms and Integrative Approaches
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Q1) __________ is the pioneer who developed systematic desensitization.
A) Albert Bandura
B) Joseph Wolpe
C) Teodor Ayllon
D) O. Hobart Mowrer
Answer: B
Q2) As part of the behaviourism movement in psychology, there was a movement away from ________ techniques, and a movement toward _________ techniques for studying behaviour.
A) the case study; correlational studies
B) phenomenology; operant conditioning
C) introspection; direct observation
D) determinism; the concept of free will
Answer: C
Q3) What are the most widely prescribed psychoactive drugs today?
A) Stimulants (e.g., Ritalin)
B) Tranquilizers (e.g., Valium)
C) Antipsychotics (e.g., Clozaril)
D) Antidepressants (e.g., Prozac)
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment
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Q1) A criticism of the cognitive-behavioural case formulation approach made by Bieling and Kuyken (2003) is:
A) There is modest evidence for depression but not for obsessive-compulsive disorders
B) There is modest evidence of reliability and need for more evidence for validity
C) There is evidence of good inter-rater reliability for schema ratings but not overt problems
D) There is evidence only for the reliability of single judges making schema ratings
Answer: B
Q2) The MMPI-2 can be used as a diagnostic measure.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Monitoring one's own behaviour can be called experience sampling. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Classification and Diagnosis
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Q1) If a person has kleptomania, he or she has an uncontrollable tendency to:
A) Set fires.
B) Tell lies.
C) Compulsively wash.
D) Steal things.
Q2) Non-suicidal self-injury is not a disorder on its own, as it is a symptom of borderline personality disorder.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The DSM-IV provides diagnoses along five areas. These areas are called A) axes.
B) classifications.
C) multiple dimensions.
D) differential diagnoses.
Q4) What are the criticisms of classification? How would you recommend reforming the DSM-5 to address these criticisms?
Q5) Describe a dimensional approach to diagnosis. Explain how such a diagnostic approach would be either superior or inferior to the current approach to diagnosis.
Q6) How are cultural considerations different in DSM-5 from DSM-IV?
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Chapter 5: Research Methods In The Study of Abnormal Behaviour
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Q1) A mixed design combines:
A) Case studies and cohort analyses
B) Experimental and correlational techniques
C) Cross-sectional and longitudinal samples
D) None of the above
Q2) The directionality problem in correlational research refers to:
A) The common tendency for inexperienced researchers to mistakenly interpret a negative correlation as a positive correlation
B) Being unable to detect causal relations from correlational data
C) The biases of the researcher leading him or her astray from the truth
D) None of the above
Q3) Which of the following most strongly influences the type of information collected in a case study?
A) The skill of the clinician
B) The question or disorder being addressed
C) The clinician's paradigm
D) Whether the data will be used to infer causal or correlational conclusions
Q4) Qualitative research is like a case study, but with a group of people.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following has been implicated in PTSD?
A) Sensitivity of dopamine receptors
B) Serotonin reuptake inhibition
C) Increased GABA
D) Increased norepinephrine
Q2) The currently used biological treatments for social phobia are:
A) Benzodiazepines and monoamine oxidase inhibitors
B) Benzodiazepines and SSRIs
C) Monoamine oxidase inhibitors and SSRIs
D) SSRIs and tricyclics
Q3) The study of Little Albert's phobia of a white rat
A) demonstrated that phobias may be symbolic of underlying fears.
B) demonstrated that phobias may sometimes be learned through classical conditioning.
C) has been successfully replicated numerous times.
D) provided a successful model for the treatment of phobias in children.
Q4) "Virtual Iraq" and MDMA are two new treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder. Describe each one and explain why each could be seen as controversial.
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Chapter 7: Somatic Symptom Disorders and Dissociative Disorders
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Q1) If you have a relative with a somatic symptom disorder, that relative will most likely consult a __________ to the exclusion of a ___________.
A) psychologist; physician
B) psychiatrist; psychologist
C) psychoanalyst; psychiatrist
D) physician; psychologist
Q2) Among the dissociative disorders, dissociative fugue is characterized by:
A) Massive repression.
B) Moving away and establishing a new identity due to memory loss.
C) Sudden development following severe stress.
D) Memory loss for virtually all past events.
Q3) A study by Ross et al. (1990) in Winnipeg and Ottawa with multiple personality disorder patients revealed that about 90 percent of them had a history of:
A) Generalized anxiety disorder
B) Schizophrenia
C) Aggressive behaviour towards others
D) Suicidal tendencies
Q4) How does dissociative fugue develop? How does this condition differ from dissociative amnesia?
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Chapter 8: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) Patients with depression are best treated with a combination of therapy and depression.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In Canada, what, is the prevalence of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAd) among those diagnosed with depression?
A) 7%
B) 11%
C) 15%
D) 19%
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a myth about suicide?
A) Only people of a certain class commit suicide
B) The motives for suicide are easily established
C) Suicidal people clearly want to die
D) Improvement in emotional state means heightened risk of suicide
Q4) Early detection of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) can prevent suicide.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify and describe three subtypes of mood disorders that apply to both depression and bipolar disorders.
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Chapter 9: Psychophysiological Disorders and Health Psychology
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Q1) In creating the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, Endler and Parker significantly extended the focus of past coping research by assessing coping differences as reflections of:
A) Situational factors
B) Personality factors
C) Cultural factors
D) Social factors
Q2) Canadian researcher Alistair Cunningham and colleagues at the Ontario Cancer Institute found the following in terms of the benefits of psychological interventions with patients, except that
A) no significant improvements in terms of self-reports of mood and quality and life.
B) the amount of psychological work that patients engaged in correlated with longevity.
C) patients' expectancy that psychological efforts would have a positive effect correlated with positive outcome.
D) group interventions were better than individual psychotherapy in terms of outcome.
Q3) What are some of the major factors that contribute to essential hypertension?
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Chapter 10: Eating Disorders
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Q1) One significant limitation of the work on perfectionism dimensions in eating disorders is that:
A) The causal role of these dimensions have yet to be firmly established
B) Longitudinal and prospective research on the role of these dimensions in eating disorders must be conducted
C) Perfectionism needs to be established as a true risk factor for eating disorders
D) A and B only
Q2) A factor that influences the fear of fat among individuals with anorexia and bulimia is
A) Biochemical dysregulation.
B) Genetic factors.
C) Negative societal stereotypes regarding fat.
D) Largely rational.
Q3) Which brain structure has been hypothesized to play a role in eating disorders?
A) Frontal lobe
B) Hippocampus
C) Hypothalamus
D) Pituitary gland
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Chapter 11: Schizophrenia
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Q1) In studying the connected networks of brain regions in schizophrenia, Wexler et al. (2009) concluded that:
A) White matter pathology plays a critical role in the cognitive impairments seen in schizophrenia.
B) Six genes appear to be responsible for the development of the forebrain and stress responses.
C) Grey matter pathology plays a critical role in the cognitive impairments seen in schizophrenia.
D) All of the above
Q2) Employment is often hard for people with schizophrenia to secure; being employed is linked with:
A) More symptoms of schizophrenia
B) Greater sense of purpose
C) Less absenteeism
D) Less paranoia
Q3) The dementia in dementia praecox is different than dementia of old age.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the differences between positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
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Chapter 12: Substance-Related Disorders
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Q1) Amphetamine, cocaine and caffeine fall under which class of drugs?
A) Sedatives
B) Stimulants
C) Hallucinogens
D) Narcotics
Q2) Cirrhosis of the liver due to alcohol abuse is characterized by
A) liver cells becoming engorged with fat and protein.
B) an increased efficiency of alcohol absorption with a corresponding decrease in blood cell reproduction.
C) a decreased efficiency in absorption due to liver atrophy.
D) None of the above choices are correct.
Q3) Stewart, Boase, and Lamble (2000) examined 100 Canadian drivers with alcohol-related driving offences and found that:
A) The alcohol-related offense was an isolated incident
B) Almost half had a history of charges for such things as robbery, assault, and narcotic offences
C) Most had above average IQs
D) None of the above
Q4) Contrast biological and psychological therapies for alcohol use.
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Chapter 13: Personality Disorders
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Q1) Research by Robert Hare from the University of British Columbia and others has shown that the emotional detachment factor of the PCL-R ________________ and Factor 2 (i.e., an antisocial lifestyle) ________________.
A) decreases with age; is stable across the lifespan
B) is stable across the lifespan; decreases with age
C) increases with age: is stable across the lifespan
D) is stable across the lifespan; increases with age
Q2) Personality disorders are defined as:
A) Maladaptive behaviour that consistently violates the rights of others.
B) Inflexible patterns of behaviour which impair social and occupational functioning.
C) Any psychological disorder having an onset before age 12 and recurring at least three times during adult life.
D) A chronic pattern of extreme instability in relationships, mood, and self-image.
Q3) More convicted felons are diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder than psychopathy.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Sexual Disorders and Gender Dysphoria
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Q1) Bryant, as part of his treatment for committing incest, was trained to experience empathy for his victims. He was likely receiving:
A) Object-relations psychodynamic therapy
B) Behavioural therapy
C) Cognitive therapy.
D) Family therapy.
Q2) In sex therapy, the sensate focus exercise involves
A) having sexual intercourse without taking on the spectator role.
B) engaging in intercourse as often as possible to sensitize each other's bodies.
C) nonsexual touching.
D) caressing without engaging in intercourse.
Q3) In a recent Quebec study, Cyr and colleagues found that __________ incest was associated with a higher frequency of sexual penetration.
A) father-daughter
B) son-mother
C) brother-sister
D) father-son
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Chapter 15: Disorders of Childhood
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Q1) Genetic causes are at the root of ____ of cases of autism.
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 35%
D) 50%
Q2) The Montreal Declaration on Intellectual Disabilities emphasizes three fundamental rights of people with an intellectual disability, including equality, non-discrimination, and
A) destigmatization
B) self-determination
C) deinstitutionalization
D) available treatments
Q3) Medication can be effective in curing children of learning disabilities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Children who engage in repetitive movements that are not better accounted for by a physical disorder or another mental disorder are diagnoses with motor disorder.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Aging and Issues in Psychological Disorders
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Q1) The Canadian Study of Health and Aging is
A) a self-report longitudinal study on dementia.
B) a longitudinal study using interviews, medical exams, and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).
C) a longitudinal survey on the risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.
D) a cross-sectional study using the MMSE.
Q2) A recent data analysis of caregiver burden came out of the Canadian Alzheimer's Disease Caregiver Survey (Black et al., 2010) showing that the following areas were of burden for caregivers:
A) Physical, fatigue-related, sleep-related, and social burden
B) Emotional, sleep-related, financial, and employment burden
C) Emotional, physical, financial, and employment burden
D) Physical, financial, employment, and social burden
Q3) Canadian studies of depressive symptoms have shown that _________ are more common among older depressed individuals than among younger depressed adults.
A) feelings of guilt
B) somatic complaints
C) hostility
D) suicidal ideation
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Chapter 17: Outcomes And Issues In Psychological Intervention
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Q1) Jonas is seeking therapy for comorbid depression and anxiety. His treatment is deemed a success, even though he still has lingering symptoms after weeks of therapy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Compare and contrast psychodynamic therapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy.
Q3) Research tends to support the efficacy of both long- and short-term psychodynamic therapy.
A)True
B)False
Q4) New directions in "telepsychotherapy" have found that treating patients via videoconference
A) Needs work because it takes too many teleconference meetings to develop a good working alliance.
B) Is effective but not as effective as face-to-face contact.
C) Results in improvements in both patients' symptoms and their sense of self-efficacy.
D) Is effective but costly.
Q5) What is emotion-focused therapy and how is it used with couples?
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Chapter 18: Legal and Ethical Issues
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Q1) Hanson and Bussière found that the ability of clinicians to predict recidivism among sex offenders is:
A) Exceptionally high
B) Moderate
C) Poor and only slightly better than chance
D) No better than chance
Q2) Which of the following conflicts has Simon Fraser University researcher Verdun-Jones written about extensively?
A) Treating multiple members of the same family
B) Protecting the client's rights while ensuring the public's safety
C) The issue of maintaining dual relationships with the client
D) Communicating a potentially stigmatizing diagnosis to a client
Q3) A person can be fired from their job due to mental illness if accommodating that illness causes undue hardship for the employer.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Can a person in Canada refuse treatment when civilly committed? Explain.
Q5) Discuss three factors that have been involved in the development of the insanity defence.
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