Counseling Psychology Pre-Test Questions
Course Introduction
Counseling Psychology is a course that explores the theories, principles, and practices involved in helping individuals navigate psychological, emotional, and social challenges. It covers foundational counseling theories, ethical guidelines, assessment techniques, and practical strategies for building therapeutic relationships. Students will learn about the diverse roles of counseling psychologists, approaches to intervention, multicultural considerations, and evidence-based techniques for addressing issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. The course emphasizes self-awareness, empathy, and effective communication skills essential for successful counseling practice in a variety of settings.
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Abnormal Psychology Perspectives 5th Edition by David
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Chapter 1: Concepts of Abnormality Throughout History
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Q1) Mesmer's work with hysteria sparked an interest in psychological explanations of disorders.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) English "workhouses" were
A) established during the Enlightenment period to deal with the insane.
B) run by the patients.
C) run by physicians.
D) were special places where the mentally ill could work.
E) used to hide the poor from society.
Answer: E
Q3) Galen wrote The Canon of Medicine, one of the most widely read medical books ever written.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Abnormal Behaviour
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Q1) Single factor explanations are the ultimate goal of scientific inquiry, but are rarely achieved
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Freud felt that there are four structures of personality, the id, the ego, the superego and the collective unconscious.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Biological theories of abnormal behavior have primarily implicated dysfunctions in A) the brain (central nervous system), the peripheral nervous system, or the endocrine system.
B) the peripheral nervous system and the endocrine system, but not the brain.
C) the brain and the peripheral nervous system, but not the endocrine system.
D) the brain only.
E) the brain and the endocrine system, but not the peripheral nervous system.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Classification and Diagnosis
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Q1) Joseph is physically addicted to alcohol and he gets the "shakes," feels nauseated, and becomes anxious if he doesn't have a drink for a day or two. What category of disorder would he fit under, according to the DSM-IV-TR?
A) not enough information is provided to make a diagnosis
B) Mood disorder
C) alcoholism
D) General medical disorder (Axis III)
E) Substance-related disorder
Answer: E
Q2) With regard to Dyslexia in DSM-5, the text indicates that removing the criterion of a gap between IQ and reading achievement will improve the __________ of diagnosis. It could be argued that this change may negatively affect the ___________ of the diagnosis.
A) validity; reliability
B) reliability; validity
C) sensitivity; accuracy
D) accuracy; sensitivity
E) specificity; sensitivity
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Psychological Assessment and Research
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Q1) John is a clinical psychologist who is gathering information on his client, Steve, by taping him while he works. This sort of observation is called
A) analogue observation.
B) self-monitoring.
C) electronic observation.
D) in vivo observation.
E) actual observation.
Q2) Which of the following is one of the MMPI validity scales?
A) the Z scale
B) the J scale
C) the F scale
D) the R scale
E) the T scale
Q3) List any TWO brain imaging techniques discussed in the text. Briefly describe what kind of information each technique gathers, and how it does so.
Q4) Generally, psychologists are interested in correlation coefficients only if they are greater than +/-.65.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Anxiety and Related Disorders
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Q1) Behavioural or mental acts of neutralization appear to be
A) specific to OCD patients.
B) specific to male OCD patients.
C) specific to female OCD patients.
D) not common among OCD patients.
E) a normal and common activity.
Q2) Approximately __________% of the population may be expected to develop an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives.
A) 10
B) 40
C) 25
D) 55
E) 90
Q3) Virtual reality technologies have become particularly useful in A) exposure therapies.
B) cognitive therapies.
C) psychodynamic therapy.
D) drug therapy.
E) cognitive and drug therapies.
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Chapter 6: Dissociative and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
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Q1) Patients with conversion disorder tend to be quite anxious about their symptoms. A)True
B)False
Q2) In somatization disorder, patients usually attribute their symptoms to A) feelings of derealization.
B) psychological problems.
C) an insecure attachment with their parents as children.
D) depression.
E) medical problems.
Q3) The most frequently mentioned location of imagined defects in 30 patients with body dysmorphic disorder was the A) hips.
B) nose.
C) hair.
D) teeth.
E) buttocks.
Q4) It is proposed that illness anxiety disorder will be distinct from complex somatic symptom disorder for DSM-5.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Psychological Factors Affecting Medical
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Q1) A DSM-5 workgroup recommends placing all disorders on Axis 1, eliminating the distinction between psychological and medical disorders in psychiatry.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The body system responsive to psychosocial variables involved in the production of hormones is the
A) immune system.
B) endocrine system.
C) autonomic nervous system.
D) central nervous system.
E) somatic nervous system.
Q3) In a study conducted by Lazarus and colleagues, the researchers found that by __________ the scenes in films depicting rites of passage, arousal was decreased. A) re-watching B) identifying with C) mentally modifying
D) intellectualizing or denying E) ignoring
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Chapter 8: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) The discovery of drugs with antidepressant properties occurred through accidental observation that certain forms of medication used to treat __________ induced depression-like symptoms in patients.
A) cancer
B) hypertension
C) diabetes
D) tuberculosis
E) AIDS
Q2) The hormone __________, secreted by the pineal gland, has been implicated in seasonal affective disorder.
A) lanin
B) progesterone
C) melatonin
D) serotonin
Q3) Past approaches to therapy with suicide attempts have been quite successful.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Tricyclic antidepressants work by delaying the process of reuptake of serotonin.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Schizophrenia
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Q1) Hippocrates is credited with the first scientific descriptions of schizophrenia in about 300 BC.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The most commonly accepted theory of schizophrenia today is the
A) rejecting mother model.
B) schizogenetic theory.
C) diathesis-stress theory.
D) social drift theory.
E) collective unconscious theory.
Q3) The main drawback of anti-psychotic medication in treating schizophrenia is A) its relative ineffectiveness in dealing with the cognitive impairment suffered by schizophrenia patients.
B) that the use of medication often requires longer hospital stays.
C) its relative lack of effectiveness.
D) the occurrence of more frequent relapses of illness.
E) its inability to alleviate the frequency and severity of hallucinations and delusions.
Q4) Describe the five subtypes of schizophrenia in the DSM-IV-TR.
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Chapter 10: Eating Disorders
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Q1) The "escape from self-awareness model" of Bulimia Nervosa posits that ____________ offer an escape from ______________.
A) self-induced vomiting behaviors; thoughts and feelings of guilt regarding binge-eating
B) binge-eating episodes; thoughts and feelings about perceived failures
C) caloric restriction and exercise; self-awareness
D) use of laxatives; feelings of guilt about over-eating
E) binge-eating episodes; guilt regarding purging behaviors
Q2) Perfectionism is a personality trait found in patients with eating disorders.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Estimates are that for every male who diagnosed with an eating disorder, there are __________ females with these disorders
A) 4-5
B) 20-25
C) 10-15
D) 8-10
E) 2-3
Q4) Discuss the medical consequences of eating disorders.
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Chapter 11: Substance-Related Disorders
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Q1) The most commonly used and most widely available illicit drug in Canada is A) speed.
B) marijuana.
C) cocaine.
D) heroin.
E) alcohol.
Q2) Canada's Low Risk Drinking Guidelines recommend no more than 6 drinks (at any one time) for women, and 8 drinks for men.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Deri has been undergoing treatment for barbiturate abuse. The drug has been reduced very slowly for awhile now, and at this time his doctor is reducing it by 10% every day. Deri has begun to feel achy, depressed, anxious, and he is unable to fall asleep. His symptoms have been characterized as the A) tolerance effect.
B) abstinence syndrome.
C) recurrent withdrawal syndrome.
D) treatment relapse.
E) dependency problem.
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Chapter 12: The Personality Disorders
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Q1) __________ refers to the co-occurrence in the same person of two or more different disorders, while __________ refers to the similarity of symptoms in two or more different disorders.
A) Ego syntonia; ego dystonia
B) Overlap; comorbidity
C) Multiple personality disorder; multiple symptomalogy
D) Ego dystonia; ego syntonia
E) Comorbidity; overlap
Q2) Personality theorists describe qualities which are persistently displayed over time and in various situations as
A) personality disorders.
B) states.
C) lasting qualities.
D) types.
E) traits.
Q3) Many people with personality disorders do not themselves believe that they have a problem.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
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Q1) What did Marshall and Barbaree (1988) find in their study of the effects of their community-based program?
A) Treated offenders tend to reoffend far less than untreated offenders.
B) Despite the benefits of treatment, there is little saving, in terms of financial costs, to society.
C) Phallometric assessment scores tend to be less deviant after treatment.
D) Community-based programs are more successful than prison-based programs.
E) Changing sexual offenders deviant sexual behaviors is very difficult to do.
Q2) Treatment of gender identity disorders generally involves __________ and results in __________.
A) hormonal therapy; decrease in the desired secondary sex characteristics
B) surgery; many problems and dissatisfaction
C) cognitive-behaviour therapy; poor outcomes.
D) psychological therapy; change in gender conceptualization among children
E) sexual reassignment; happiness with the results
Q3) Self-induced oxygen deprivation used to achieve orgasm is also referred to as hypoxyphilia or asphyxiophilia.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Developmental Disorders
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Q1) Fetal alcohol syndrome is found in ______ per1000 live births.
A) 1 to 3
B) 5 to 10
C) 10 to 15
D) 20 to 30
E) 40 to 50
Q2) What are the effects of phenylketonuria (PKU)? How is it detected and treated?
Q3) Brain imaging studies of dyslexia fail to show patterns of asymmetry in the language areas of the brain.
A)True
B)False
Q4) With regard to diagnosis of autism and Asperger's Disorder, the DSM-5 will
A) create a new subtype of PDD for Asperger's disorder.
B) include both in a diagnostic category termed autism spectrum disorder.
C) create a diagnostic category for high functioning autism.
D) create a category for high functioning Asperger's disorder.
E) add the criterion that language skills must be delayed for both disorders.
Q5) List five of the seven "essential daily ingredients" outlined by Ramey and Ramey (1992) for the development of young children.
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Q6) What are echolalia and pronoun reversal, and in what disorder are they seen?
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Chapter 15: Behaviour and Emotional Disorders of
Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) A gene-environment interaction in the development of conduct disorder was shown in a study by Caspi et al. (2002) in which ___ percent of individuals who were severely maltreated in childhood and had low MAOA activity had CD, compared to _____ percent of individuals maltreated in childhood who had high MAOA activity.
A) 100; 50
B) 90; 10
C) 80; 40
D) 70; 30
E) 65; 35
Q2) A recent study (Walkup et al. 2008) found that in severe cases of childhood anxiety the best response rates were to a combination of
A) aversion therapy and art therapy.
B) CBT and Zoloft.
C) zoloft and ECT.
D) play therapy and social skills training.
E) behaviour therapy and benzodiazepines.
Q3) Describe the diagnostic criteria for separation anxiety disorder (SAD), and the difference between SAD and GAD.
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Chapter 16: Mental Disorders and Aging
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Q1) John's wife Marge has lately been waking up frequently, because her husband continually kicks her throughout the night. John went to his physician, who suspected that John was suffering from A) "The kicks".
B) secondary insomnia.
C) poor sleep hygiene.
D) primary insomnia.
E) nocturnal myoclonus.
Q2) One of the major difficulties in determining whether an older adult is suffering from a depressive disorder is
A) many people feel that it is normal for older people to be depressed.
B) older people don't want to admit that they feel depressed.
C) many older people experience higher levels of sadness, but not true depression.
D) other medical problems have similar symptoms to depressive disorders.
E) depressive disorders are not common among older adults.
Q3) List the three stages of Alzheimer's disease and the types of symptoms indicative of these three stages.
Q4) Describe the Strength and Vulnerability Integration (SAVI) Model.
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Chapter 17: Therapies
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Q1) Stimulants are used to treat children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following best describes the current situation regarding prescription privileges for psychologists in Canada?
A) The CPA has not taken a stand on the issue of prescription privilege.
B) The CPA is in complete support of such privileges.
C) The CPA does not believe the extra costs and time needed for extra training is worth the privilege.
D) The CPA completely supports the American approach to reducing health care costs.
E) The Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) is vehemently opposed to allowing such privileges.
Q3) Often, those most in need of psychological help are not the ones to receive it.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the argument about whether psychologists should prescribe medication, provide your opinion and several reasons for it.
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Chapter 18: Prevention and Mental Health Promotion in the Community
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Q1) Conduct Disorder has an incidence of 6% among children exposed to (one of) risk factors A, B, or C, but an incidence of 15% when persons are exposed to two of these risk factors, and 26% when exposed to all three. This is most consistent with
A) impact of risk at the macrosystem level.
B) impact of risk at the microsystem level.
C) the impact of cumulative risk.
D) the need for an ecological approach to MHP.
E) the need for mental health promotion vs. prevention.
Q2) Community psychology emphasizes the ecological perspective and the inter-dependence of the individual, the family, the community and society.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Define the three types of prevention
Q4) The ecological perspective focuses on the individual, his or her family and social network, schools and workplaces, and social norms and policies.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly outline the prevention and promotion policy in Canada.
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Chapter 19: Mental Disorder and the Law
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Q1) What specific type of mental disorder can result in a person being acquitted, or NCRMD?
Q2) Describe the "typical" patient who is released by a review panel and discuss available research pertaining to the rate at which he/she faces rehospitalization.
Q3) The five general ethical principles stated in the Code of Ethics include all of the following EXCEPT
A) principle of beneficence.
B) principle of autonomy.
C) principle of fidelity.
D) principle of science.
E) principle of nonmaleficence.
Q4) The M'Naghten standard resulted from the fact that
A) M'Naghten's crime was the result of his delusions.
B) M'Naghten accidentally committed murder.
C) M'Naghten tried unsuccessfully to argue that his crime was the result of his delusions.
D) M'Naghten knowingly committed murder.
E) M'Naghten's crime was not the results of his delusions.
Q5) What are the important elements of the legal definition of mental disorder?
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