Counseling Psychology Review Questions
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Counseling Psychology focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of a range of emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal problems. The course explores theoretical foundations of counseling, evidence-based intervention strategies, multicultural competence, and ethical considerations in practice. Students learn essential communication and listening skills, techniques for promoting personal development, and approaches for fostering psychological well-being in diverse populations. Through case studies and experiential activities, students develop practical skills to support individuals, groups, and families in overcoming challenges and enhancing overall life satisfaction.
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Alcohol Other Drugs and Behavior Psychological Research Perspectives 2nd Edition by
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John R. Jung
Chapter 1: Psychology of Alcohol and Other Drugs
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Q1) Heroin use by many American soldiers during the Vietnam war was:
A)low, but increased after they came home
B)high, and continued after they returned to the U.S.
C)high but dropped when they returned to the U.S.
D)high, and led to other drugs upon return to the U.S.
Answer: C
Q2) The National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA) was created by the:
A)Centers for Disease Control
B)Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
C)Drug Enforcement Agency
D)Harrison Act
Answer: B
Q3) The reduced use of heroin by soldiers after the Vietnam War can be explained by:
A)returning to their former lives reduced the psychological need for heroin
B)unavailability of pure or high-grade heroin in the U.S.
C)both a & b
D)None of the above
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Theories of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) Caffeine has been associated with all but which of the following disorders:
A)restless legs syndrome
B)depression
C)attention deficit hyperactive disorder
D)antisocial personality disorder
Answer: D
Q2) A problem with psychoanalytic theories of the personality processes involved in drinking is that the formulations are _____________ to test because they involve _____________ about early experiences where there is usually no ______________ evidence.
A)Easy, stereotypes, objective
B)Easy, assumptions, personal
C)Difficult, stereotypes, personal
D)Difficult, assumptions, objective
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Alcohol and Other Drugs: Use, Abuse, and Dependence
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Q1) A common aggregated measure of drinking combines a _____________ measure of consumption, and one of ___________ of consumption.
A)self-report, percentage
B)variability, quantity
C)frequency, variability
D)frequency, quantity
Answer: D
Q2) Cigarette use patterns differ from the typical alcohol use pattern in that:
A)smoking occurs throughout the day
B)smoking occurs throughout the week
C)smoking inhalation varies
D)all of the above
Answer: D
Q3) Most epidemiological studies focus on the total ________ of drinking over a period of time:
A)frequency
B)volume
C)availability
D)occurrence
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: The Extent of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) All but which applies to the NHSDA survey:
A)started in 1951
B)became an annual survey in the late 1980s
C)uses a representative sample of the population
D)may underreport due to face to face administration of portions
Q2) The main difference between simultaneous and concurrent co-use is:
A)concurrent co-use refers to co-use of drugs within the past months at the same time
B)concurrent co-use refers to use of several drugs within the past months but never at the same time
C)simultaneous use of drugs refers to using alcohol and drugs sometimes but never at the same time
D)concurrent co-use is more prevalent than simultaneous use
Q3) In reference to abstainers, which of the following is not true:
A)women were twice as likely than men to be classified as lifetime abstainers
B)the middle age ranges were less likely to be abstainers compared to the 18-24 and 65+ age groups
C)ethnic minorities were more likely to abstain from drinking than whites
D)middle age ranges were more likely to be abstainers compared to the 18-24 and 65+ age groups
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Chapter 5: Neurobiology of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) The average adult can oxidize one drink in approximately
A)one hour
B)two hours
C)three hours
D)four hours
Q2) Ions are electrically charged particles which:
A)create neural transmission through the cell
B)help neurotransmitters cross into adjacent neurons
C)exert inhibitory effects on ability of a cell to relay signals
D)all of the above
Q3) Which of the following statements is true about drinking:
A)1 to 2 drinks a day has been associated with less risk for heart disease
B)1 to 2 drinks a day has been associated with more risk for heart disease
C)2 to 3 drinks a day has been associated with more risk for heart disease
D)2 to 3 drinks a day has been associated with less risk for heart disease
Q4) Alcohol-related birth defects (ARBD) involve all but the study of:
A)larger samples in the general population
B)only mothers who were heavy drinkers
C)long term development of the child
D)a wider range of drinking levels
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Chapter 6: Heredity and Environment: Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) What did the VATSPUD study find overall regardless of the drug?:
A)Lower heritability estimates for dependence among MZ than for DZ twins
B)Higher heritability estimates for dependence among DZ than for MZ twins
C)Lower heritability estimates for dependence among DZ than for MZ twins
D)Higher heritability estimates for dependence among MZ than for DZ twins
Q2) Which is least applicable to the relationship between parental and children's drinking?:
A)aversion where the child adopts a negative attitude toward alcohol use of parents
B)polarization with either a very positive or a very negative attitude toward drinking
C)daughters of heavily drinking parents more likely to show an aversion effect
D)the highest correspondence was for abstinent parents
Q3) Results from U.S. adoption studies in Iowa:
A)disagree with conclusions from Danish studies
B)agree with the Danish but not the Swedish findings
C)generally concur with adoption studies in other countries
D)show adoptees had more alcoholism if a parent had both psychiatric and drinking problems
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Chapter 7: Basic Psychology Processes
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Q1) Mood should be assessed at _________ time points because blood alcohol level is a joint function of ___________ and ___________ since drinking.
A)several, dose, time
B)one, frequency, time
C)several, frequency, dose
D)two, dose, time
Q2) When the term expectancy is used in connection with experiments, it usually refers to the:
A)expected effects of alcohol
B)expectation about the type of beverage that will be consumed
C)expectation about the amount of beverage that will be consumed
D)expectation about when the beverage will be consumed
Q3) A problem with most correlational studies of mood is use of __________ recall of moods.
A)introspective
B)retrospective
C)speculative
D)serial
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Chapter 8: Interpersonal Processes
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Q1) A study investigating whether alcohol consumption would increase aggression found:
A)aggression higher with more alcohol
B)aggression higher with more alcohol but only for those individuals expecting alcohol to lead to aggression
C)ruminators showed less alcohol-related aggression
D)aggression higher with more alcohol for those experienced with alcohol
Q2) To determine the role of drinking to aggressive offenses:
A)offenders who do not drink are a needed control group
B)sober control groups are not needed to assess effects of alcohol use by offenders
C)if a high percentage of violent offenders were drinking at the time of offense, alcohol was a cause of their offenses
D)third variables can be ignored
Q3) "Alcohol myopia" (Josephs & Steele, 1990) occurs in situations where:
A)alcohol inhibits aggression
B)attention allocation is diminished by alcohol
C)external cues inhibit aggression
D)alcohol facilitates aggression at the neurological level
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Chapter 9: Family Processes
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Q1) Consistent with clinical samples, national sample findings revealed that:
A)controlling for age, ethnicity, and parental education, women with histories of childhood sexual abuse were less likely to report recent alcohol use
B)without controlling for age, ethnicity, and parental education, women with histories of childhood sexual abuse were more likely to report recent alcohol use
C)controlling for age, ethnicity, and parental education, women with histories of childhood sexual abuse were more likely to report recent alcohol use
D)without controlling for age, ethnicity, and parental education, women with histories of childhood sexual abuse were less likely to report recent alcohol use
Q2) While research has shown that parental alcohol use has been shown to have detrimental effects on their children, research should also focus on why some children have also shown ______________ when dealing with their alcoholic parent.
A)anger
B)resiliency
C)complacency
D)fear
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Chapter 10: Age and Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) What is the problem of labeling alcohol and tobacco as "gateway drugs?"
A)it only describes the sequences in which users move from one drug to another but does not explain the underlying mechanisms for how they influence the use of other drugs
B)it may lead us to think that if social policies restricted access to the gateway drugs, there would be more eventual use of the illicit drugs
C)it may mislead us to think that if social policies restricted access to the gateway drugs, there would be less eventual use of the illicit drugs
D)a & c only
Q2) Which of the following is not considered a risk factor for binge drinking?
A)white
B)fraternity/sorority member
C)athlete
D)male
Q3) What is a major problem posed by cross-sectional data?
A)age effect
B)cohort effect
C)both a & b
D)a only
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Chapter 11: Gender Differences in Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) Gender comparisons among Canadians (Massak & Graham, 2008) of the relationship between depression and smoking found:
A)essentially a positive correlation for both men and women
B)essentially an inverse correlation for both men and women
C)a stronger positive relationship for women on most indices of smoking
D)a weaker positive relationship for women on most indices of smoking
Q2) An analysis of population surveys from 10 major countries has found which of the following consistent gender effects regarding alcohol consumption?
A)men exceed women in their average drinking frequency
B)women exceed men in their average quantity per drinking occasion
C)women showed an increase risk of alcohol related problems
D)a & b
Q3) Gender differences in drinking that may have greater biological effects are influenced by
A)styles and pace
B)amount of food consumed while drinking
C)beverage choice
D)all of the above
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Chapter 12: Minority Groups: Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies
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Q1) Which of the following is the view on alcohol that is prevalent among Blacks and the church?
A)alcoholism is a disease
B)the alcoholic is responsible for their behavior
C)both a & b
D)none of the above
Q2) Studies for Hispanics show which of the following factors to be a factor in the amount and frequency of alcohol consumption?
A)regional differences
B)subgroups
C)age
D)all of the above
Q3) Race and ethnicity often fail to control for which of the following when examining drug use?
A)age
B)gender
C)socioeconomic status
D)both b & c
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Chapter 13: Recovering From Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies
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Q1) Which of the following is a nonprofit organization that opposes AA's emphasis on powerlessness and urges independence in recovery using techniques related to cognitive-behavioral modification?
A)Rational Recovery
B)SMART
C)Al-Anon
D)Women for Sobriety
Q2) A study (Bischoff et al. 2000) of natural recovery from alcohol dependence found women
A)had less social pressure to reduce drinking
B)confided with fewer people about former drinking
C)reported higher impact of health problems on recovery
D)all of above
Q3) Approximately what percentage of those referred to AA actually attends regularly or at all?
A)90%
B)75%
C)20%
D)10%
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Chapter 14: Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies
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Q1) The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) was found to be _______________ in accurately identifying a ___________ percentage of alcoholics.
A)Ineffective, low
B)Ineffective, high
C)Effective, low
D)Effective, high
Q2) The DATOS study found which of the following outcomes?
A)All treatment programs were successful to some degree at a 1-year follow-up.
B)Length of treatment played a significant role in treatment outcome.
C)Length of treatment played an insignificant role in treatment outcome.
D)a & b only.
Q3) In determining how effective therapies work, evidence to support the view that specific aspects of a therapy contribute to the reduced drinking involves ______________ analysis.
A)Regressional
B)Moderational
C)Mediational
D)both b & c
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Chapter 15: Relapse After Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Disorders
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Q1) Because relapse prevention research has been criticized for focusing on the examination of the factors involved in specific or isolated relapse episodes, an alternative conception to relapse takes a dynamic view which includes the belief that:
A)Multiple factors interacting with each other determine the likelihood of lapses.
B)The likelihood of relapse is affected by tonic processes involves distal factors.
C)The interplay among multiple concurrent factors affecting drinking varies over time.
D)All of the above
Q2) The example of alcohol intensifying physiological arousal, which then results in a follow up reaction of the nervous system attempting to suppress arousal, is an example of which model?
A)Positive appetitional model
B)Compensatory response model
C)Opponent process model
D)Cue extinction model
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Chapter 16: Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems
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Q1) Bias against lower social classes is reflected by:
A)Bans against drugs associated with immigrant groups
B)More criticism for use of "illegal" than for legal drugs
C)Not recognizing how societal conditions affect drug use
D)All of the above
Q2) The Commission on Medical Marijuana (Institute on Medicine, 1998)
A)Saw few potential medical benefits of marijuana
B)Saw few health hazards of smoking marijuana
C)Endorsed legalizing marijuana for certain medical purposes
D)Accepted nonsmokable forms of marijuana for medical purposes
Q3) Many school-based alcohol and other drug prevention programs involve:
A)Group interaction
B)Normative education
C)Just Say No approach
D)Peer counseling
Q4) Proponents of more liberal drug policies in the U.S.:
A)Hold that not everyone who uses a drug gets "addicted"
B)See drug use as a victimless crime
C)Point to other nations where illicit drugs with little harm are tolerated
D)All of the above
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