Counseling Psychology Practice Exam
Course Introduction
Counseling Psychology is a field of study that focuses on facilitating personal and interpersonal functioning across the lifespan. This course introduces students to the theories, techniques, and research associated with counseling practice, emphasizing the development of strong communication skills, empathy, and ethical decision-making. Students will explore various approaches to counseling, including cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and multicultural perspectives, and will examine issues such as mental health, career development, and crisis intervention. The course aims to prepare students for future roles in mental health settings, educational institutions, and community organizations by integrating foundational knowledge with practical skills.
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Theories of Personality 10th Edition by Richard M. Ryckman
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Chapter 1: Studying Personality: Assessment, research, and Theory
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Q1) The MMPI,in its different forms,is used with A) adults only.
B) adults and adolescents only.
C) only children.
D) adults, adolescents and children.
Answer: B
Q2) Clinical interviews and behavioral assessments are routinely done for assessment of personality.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Self-report measures of personality are advantageous because A) they are designed to be taken by children, adolescents, and adults.
B) they are designed for people of all ranges of intelligence.
C) they are designed to be scored accurately.
D) they are designed for people with all ranges of reading ability.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Sigmund Freud: Psychoanalysis
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Q1) Freud stated that a patient's goal is to reduce tension.However,Freud used techniques such as dream analysis and free association to create more anxiety for the patient.
A: Explain,in detail,at least three reasons why Freud wanted to create more anxiety.
B: What is this called in psychoanalytic therapy?
C: Provide a definition and a real-life example.
Answer: Catharsis - definition found in the text.Examples may vary.
Q2) Object-Relations Theory
A) totally rejects Freud's theory.
B) evolved from Jung's theory, but not Freud's theory.
C) evolved from Freud's psychoanalytic theory.
D) is based on the concept of the libido.
Answer: C
Q3) For Freud,the basis of anxiety and neurosis is
A) parenting.
B) sex.
C) hypnotic.
D) marriage.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Carl Jung: Analytical Psychology
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Q1) Jung's term for personality is the A) ego.
B) psyche.
C) persona.
D) libido.
Answer: B
Q2) In the process of individuation,
A) we develop our capacities to be fulfilled.
B) the psyche becomes more diffuse.
C) transcendence precedes individuation.
D) environmental factors play no role.
Answer: A
Q3) The persona is a
A) Jungian definition of personality.
B) a public face we wear like a mask.
C) complex.
D) deceitful personality.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Alfred Adler: Individual Psychology
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Q1) Adler concluded that with compensation,
A) a person is sexually defective.
B) a person develops a deep need for nurturing .
C) defective parts or organs of the body shape personality.
D) a person demonstrates a shameful lack of courage.
Q2) Trying to achieve perfection is what Adler meant by A) striving for superiority.
B) compensation.
C) the masculine protest.
D) self-will.
Q3) Adler believed that neurotics,perverts,and criminals were often first-born.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Adler is considered a forerunner of A) behavior therapy.
B) social psychology and group therapy.
C) drug therapy.
D) shock therapy.
Q5) Demonstrate your understanding of the concept of compensation by defining this term and giving a real-life example for a young child.
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Chapter 5: Karen Horney: Neurotic Needs and Trends
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Q1) When neurotic needs are pursued compulsively,the person A) engages in all of them.
B) must be institutionalized.
C) tends to focus on only one need.
D) all of the answers
Q2) Horney says children strive to protect against basic anxiety by A) seeking affection/love.
B) attaining power.
C) withdrawing from people.
D) all the answers.
Q3) A normal person differs from a neurotic in that a normal person A) experiences no conflict among the neurotic trends.
B) may be aggressive, compliant, and even detached at times.
C) experiences only one of the neurotic trends.
D) is perfect and has no neurotic trends.
Q4) Karen Horney was influenced by Freud but her theories deviated from him by arguing that men envied women because of their capacity for motherhood.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Erik Erikson: Identity Theory
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Q1) Erikson noted identity confusion in his study of A) American Indians in South Dakota.
B) World War II veterans.
C) himself.
D) all of the answers.
Q2) The basic strength associated with the final stage of development is A) hope.
B) faith.
C) purpose.
D) wisdom.
Q3) Erikson's theory of personality development involves a series of personal constructs and ego-idealizations.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The locomotor-genital conflict (age 3-5)involves A) initiative versus guilt.
B) identity versus role confusion.
C) autonomy versus doubt and shame.
D) trust versus mistrust.
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Chapter 7: Gordon Allport: Motivation and Personality
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Q1) Allport took a __________ stance on the question of free will versus determinism.
A) extreme.
B) fatalistic.
C) moderate.
D) radical.
Q2) Allport's conception of functional autonomy and independence holds that emotionally healthy adults are not tied or driven by childhood motives or conflicts.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Allport's own childhood was characterized by
A) a rejecting mother.
B) feelings of isolation and rejection.
C) his punitive and demanding father.
D) many playmates and friends.
Q4) Central traits are
A) 5 to 10 themes that best describe our behavior.
B) exhibited only by mature adults.
C) more pervasive than cardinal traits.
D) possessed by only a few superior persons.
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Chapter 8: Raymond Cattell, hans Eysenck, and Other Trait
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Q1) In Cattell's system,the mental elements of personality are called A) behaviors.
B) traits.
C) sentiments.
D) attitudes.
Q2) Which one of the following is not an innate temperament identified by Ashton and Lee?
A) Honesty/humility
B) Conscientiousness
C) Openness to experience
D) Intelligence
Q3) In what Cattell called the ____ form of factor-analysis,large amounts of data are collected on one subject over a long period.
A) R technique
B) P technique
C) clinical
D) laboratory
Q4) According to Cattell,a sentiment results from genetics and cannot be unlearned.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Abraham Maslow: Needs- Hierarchy Theory
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Q1) Maslow called moments of intense ecstasy,power,and transcendence of the self
A) peak experiences.
B) metamotives.
C) delusions.
D) being moments.
Q2) Metapathology results from
A) frustration of the metaneeds.
B) frustration of the needs to know and to understand.
C) a cause that is clear to the person.
D) self-actualization.
Q3) In Maslow's view,human behavior is
A) determined exclusively by situational forces.
B) independent of the environment.
C) determined by innate needs and situational variables.
D) determined by innate needs in childhood and situational factors in adulthood.
Q4) Maslow's first studies in psychology were A) cognitive.
B) in the field of humanism.
C) training in experimental psychology.
D) psychoanalytic.
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Chapter 10: Carl Rogers: Self-Actualization Theory
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Q1) Rogers believed that childhood experiences are
A) unimportant in determining personality.
B) so important that they determine personality by age five.
C) more important than later experiences.
D) less important than later experiences.
Q2) All of the following are characteristics of the fully functioning person except
A) awareness of all experiences.
B) trust in one's own organism.
C) unconditional positive regard.
D) a sense of freedom.
Q3) Which of the following methods did Rogers use to assess personality?
A) Giving the client unconditional personal regard
B) Free association
C) Psychological tests
D) Case histories
Q4) In the business world,Rogers' therapy
A) is considered unnecessary.
B) was of little use over more traditional means of therapy.
C) has been used as a training method for managers.
D) was used to train secretaries.
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Chapter 11: George Kelly: Personal Construct Theory
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Q1) Personal constructs are oriented toward the A) reconstruction of past events.
B) anticipation of future events.
C) actualization of unconscious desires.
D) release of psychic energy.
Q2) The REP Test is scored
A) like all self-report inventories.
B) by computer.
C) subjectively.
D) by determining its validity coefficient.
Q3) The ____ corollary says that people perceive events in different ways.
A) range
B) modulation
C) sociality
D) commonality
Q4) The cognitive revolution in psychology
A) was not consistent with the movement's subject matter and methods.
B) had run its course by the time Kelly proposed his theory.
C) was greatly influenced by Kelly's theory.
D) was greatly influenced by Maslow's and Roger's theories.
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Chapter 12: Bfskinner: Reinforcement Theory
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Q1) In fixed-interval reinforcement,
A) rats press the lever very rapidly.
B) response rate declines when the interval between reinforcements is shortened.
C) responses extinguish faster than under continuous reinforcement.
D) reinforcement is unrelated to the number of responses.
Q2) Superstitious behavior is learned quickly when there are
A) long intervals between reinforcements.
B) short intervals between reinforcements.
C) animal subjects rather than human.
D) functional relationships between behavior and reinforcement.
Q3) A rat pressing a lever in a Skinner box is showing ____ behavior.
A) emitted
B) elicited
C) punished
D) extinguished
Q4) Therapeutic techniques derived from Skinner's research are being applied in clinical settings to treat a variety of disorders including psychoses,mental retardation,and autism.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Albert Bandura: Modeling Theory
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Q1) Bandura's work on ______________ has been criticized for exploiting people,manipulating and controlling them against their will.
A) behavior modification.
B) vicarious reinforcement.
C) self-efficacy.
D) self-reinforcement.
Q2) _________ can involve what a person looks at or perceives when they observe others.
A) Modeling
B) Examination
C) Monitoring
D) Coping
Q3) Self-efficacy in old age
A) is of little value.
B) is impervious to change because it is firmly established early in life.
C) may be lowered because of declining physical abilities and retirement from work.
D) is higher than during earlier stages of life.
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Chapter 14: Mini- Theories: Locus of Control, sensation
Seeking, learned Helplessness, optimismpessimism,
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Q1) A person who has a job as a police officer or race-car driver,according to Zuckerman,is
A) experimenting with life.
B) ego-dystonic.
C) sensation seeking.
D) a catatonic schizophrenic.
Q2) Research shows that people scoring ______ in internal academic locus of control were more likely to persist in online college programs than those _____ in internal academic locus of control.
A) wide/long
B) low/high
C) equal/equal
D) high/low
Q3) Zuckerman assessed his research with the use of A) questionnaires.
B) multiple observations.
C) random sampling.
D) case studies.
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Chapter 15: Personality in Perspective
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Q1) People who lost their jobs show ____ in neuroticism and ____ in conscientiousness and extraversion.
A) increases/decreases
B) declines/increases
C) no differences/decreases
D) These people show equal amounts of all three traits.
Q2) Sigmund Freud introduced us to the world of the
A) conscious.
B) the archetype.
C) unconscious.
D) self-efficacy.
Q3) Recent research confirms that the ____ is a powerful force,perhaps even more pervasive in its influences than Freud suggested.
A) libido
B) psyche
C) conscious
D) unconscious
Q4) Consider a theorist who used the environmental factor and explain how this person's theory could affect a person in (A)childhood, (B)adolescence,and (C)adulthood.
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