Counseling Psychology Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Counseling Psychology is an academic and professional field that focuses on facilitating personal and interpersonal functioning across the lifespan. This course introduces students to key theoretical frameworks, methods, and interventions used in counseling practice, emphasizing the development of therapeutic relationships, assessment techniques, and culturally sensitive approaches. Students will explore topics such as mental health wellness, coping strategies, crisis intervention, ethical considerations, and the impact of diversity on counseling processes. Through case studies, discussions, and experiential activities, the course equips students with foundational skills necessary for effective counseling and prepares them for further study or practice in helping professions.
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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) The history of drug attitudes and policies from early years of the nation to the present involved a struggle among three types of values, ___________, ____________ and ___________.
A)conservative, medicinal, criminal
B)libertarian, medicinal, criminal
C)libertarian, medicinal, political
D)conservative, medicinal, religious
Answer: B
Q2) 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
Q3) 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
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Chapter 2: Theories of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) Children's first exposure to alcohol and drugs is primarily through
A)parents
B)television
C)relatives
D)all of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Because licit drugs are commonly used at social gatherings such as parties and celebrations, it is important that researchers:
A)Focus on only researching the benefits of licit drug use
B)Focus on only researching the harmful effects of licit drug use
C)Study both the benefits and harmful effects associated with licit drug use
D)Focus only researching illicit drug use
Answer: C
Q3) Social learning theory recognizes which of the following:
A)That we form beliefs about self efficacy in using drugs
B)Interactions between cognitive and affective states
C)The relationship of coping skills to drug use
D)All of the above
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) Drug use-related problems include all but:
A)legal problems
B)aging problems
C)financial problems
D)interpersonal problems
Answer: B
Q3) A quantity frequency measure combines two aspects of alcohol use to:
A)provide a measure of total volume used
B)adjust for percentages of alcohol in different beverages
C)estimate variability in use by different drinkers
D)determine extent of dependency
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Extent of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) NESARC, NSDUH, and NHSDA's definition of use ignores the fact that "use" varies widely in __________ and ____________.
A)quantities, frequencies
B)supply, demand
C)costs, benefits
D)men, women
Q2) The view favored by the field of psychiatry is that some form of ____________ precedes and contributes toward alcohol and other drugs.
A)genetics
B)abnormality
C)psychopathology
D)influence
Q3) The National Comorbidity Survey found that about ________ of their respondents with any type of substance use disorder in their lifetimes also had at least one other _______ disorder in their lifetimes
A)half, health
B)one third, psychiatric
C)one third, health
D)half, psychiatric
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Chapter 5: Neurobiology of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) Alcoholics, as compared with nonalcoholics, have:
A)wider sulci (gaps between convolutions on the cortex)
B)smaller cerebral ventricles (cavities)
C)changes different from those typical of aging
D)smaller brains
Q2) During adolesence, fetal alcohol babies have all except which problem below:
A)cognitive
B)perceptual
C)information processing
D)obesity
Q3) All but which is true of withdrawal symptoms:
A)start 12 to 24 hours after a drug is no longer used
B)can last up to several days
C)are treated with another drug from a different category
D)are treated with another drug from the same category
Q4) All but which is true of neurotransmitters:
A)activated by impulses from other neurons
B)regulate flow of information among neurons
C)can inhibit signal transmission
D)allow ions to cross the synapse
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Chapter 6: Heredity and Environment: Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) Vulnerability for alcoholism is:
A)based mainly on genetic factors
B)based mainly on environmental factors
C)greater for children of alcoholics
D)based equally on genetic and environmental factors
Q2) Kendler et al.'s Virginia Twin Registry study:
A)found no sex differences in concordance rates
B)found a genetic basis for alcoholism in women
C)found lower rates for MZ than for DZ female twins
D)found a genetic basis for alcoholism only among men
Q3) A gene-environment interaction view looks at the ___________ influence of heredity and environment by looking at how genetic propensities are affected by the environmental opportunities that are available.
A)Separate
B)Similar
C)Direct
D)Joint
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Chapter 7: Basic Psychology Processes
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Q1) Behavioral effects of alcohol differ over the course of the blood alcohol curve because:
A)alcohol is metabolized and eliminated over time
B)drinkers become sensitized to the test situation on different occasions
C)blood alcohol is due to both dose and time since drinking
D)a and c
Q2) Studies have shown that alcohol consumption even at low doses equivalent to 1 or 2 drinks taken within the past hour tend to disrupt ___________ .
A)mood levels
B)motor activity
C)reaction time
D)visuospatial skills
Q3) Explicit memory is retention about events that occurred with _________ awareness of the participant, whereas implicit memory involves memory that occurred when participants had _________ awareness that their memory would be tested later.
A)no, no
B)full, full
C)no, full
D)full, no
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Chapter 8: Interpersonal Processes
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Q1) What factors are involved in determining whether alcohol might affect aggression?
A)the setting
B)the relationship to the other person
C)personality and present mood
D)all of the above
Q2) Which of the following statements refer to the attention-allocation model?
A)alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression since the individual focuses on less salient provocative, rather than less salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations
B)alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression because the individual focuses on the more salient provocative, rather than more salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations
C)alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression because the individual focuses on the more salient provocative, rather than less salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations.
D)alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression because the individual focuses on the less salient provocative, rather than more salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations
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Chapter 9: Family Processes
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Q1) Which of the following results were found based on a national longitudinal survey (Windle, 1997) of problem drinking in young adult women?
A)Problem-drinking women were twice as likely to be married to problem drinking husbands than were nondrinking women
B)Women with lifetime use of marijuana were twice as likely to have husbands who were problem drinkers
C)The overall problem drinking prevalence rate was only about 10% but would be higher if older samples were included
D)All of the above
Q2) What potential methodological problems are encountered in research pertaining to sexual abuse and alcohol dependence?
A)there are variations in the definition of sexual abuse and degree and timing of abuse
B)lack of agreement in the definition of alcohol misuse or dependence
C)presence or absence of control groups
D)all of the above
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Chapter 10: Age and Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) The period effect refers to the influence of the _____________ in which the person lived
A)historical era
B)home environment
C)country
D)state
Q2) Comparing present data with information collected earlier would be considered a:
A)cross sectional design
B)longitudinal design
C)retrospective longitudinal design
D)prospective longitudinal design
Q3) According to several large surveys of college students drinking conducted in the 1980's, which of the following findings were found?
A)10% of American college students were heavy drinkers
B)40% of American college students were heavy drinkers
C)males drank more often and in larger quantities than female students
D)b & c only
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Chapter 11: Gender Differences in Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) Which of the following is said to be an underlying factor for problem drinking among women?
A)sex role conflict
B)stress role of multiple sex roles
C)sex role deprivation stress
D)all of the above
Q2) 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
Q3) All but which of the following were shown to have high co-morbidity with drug dependence?
A)alcohol
B)affective disorders
C)anxiety
D)depression
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Chapter 12: Minority Groups: Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies
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Q1) Studies show that acculturation and Hispanic drinking do not always have the same relationship and this may depend on which of the following?
A)relocation site and national origin
B)national origin and attitude toward alcohol
C)attitude toward alcohol and relocation site
D)national origin and religiosity
Q2) 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
Q3) In the Hispanic community, studies have shown machismo to:
A)encourage alcohol consumption in men
B)be only a speculation that it contributes to alcohol consumption in men
C)be vaguely defined
D)b & c only
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Chapter 13: Recovering From Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies
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Q1) Why is it difficult to obtain scientifically rigorous evidence about the benefits of AA?
A)AA members are uncooperative in sharing their experiences in AA
B)the anonymous nature of AA makes it difficult to identify who drops out or who continues to attend but does not benefit
C)AA members are not allowed to fully disclose their experience as a member of the program
D)There is a lack of abundance in positive testimonials and anecdotal evidence to support the benefits of AA
Q2) What is the first step of the AA program that is also vehemently opposed by the Rational Recovery program?
A)to increase awareness of one's strengths and weaknesses
B)the recognition of one's powerlessness over alcohol because the belief of control over drinking ensures defeat by it.
C)believing that a higher power can restore them to sanity.
D)humbly asking for the removal of shortcomings.
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Chapter 14: Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies
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Q1) What service does the National Drug and Alcoholism Treatment Unit Survey provide?
A)Estimates number of alcohol and other drug abusers under treatment in the U.S.
B)Estimates the number of treatment facilities used
C)Estimates the type of treatment facilities used
D)Estimates the type of drug abusers receiving treatment
Q2) According to a random clinical trial on drug replacement approaches comparing LAAM vs. methadone in regards to heroin users over a 1 year period, all of the following findings were true except for:
A)LAAM was less effective than MM in promoting abstinence from opiate use while in treatment.
B)LAAM resulted in fewer opiate-positive samples during clinic sessions.
C)LAAM led to more abstinence during the last 24 weeks of treatment.
D)LAAM was more effective than MM in promoting retention.
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 15: Relapse After Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Disorders
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Q1) In regards to coping skills training, homework assignments serve several important patient goals by:
A)Increasing awareness of events that trigger drinking
B)Anticipating problem situations so that coping responses cab be prepared
C)Planning and rehearsing alternative coping responses
D)All of the above
Q2) All the following have been reported to cause relapse for alcoholics, smokers, and gamblers, except:
A)Interpersonal conflict
B)Depression or anger
C)Social pressure
D)Weight gain
Q3) Which model is based on the Pavlovian paradigm and holds that conditioning involves responses that are opposite in direction from the original unconditioned responses, presumably to resume homeostasis?
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) The longitudinal Midwestern Prevention Project with 6<sup>th</sup> and 7<sup>th</sup> graders in the Kansas City area (Pentz, 1995):
A)Used only a school-based curriculum
B)Combined a school program with a mass media campaign
C)Did not randomly assign classes to experimental and control groups
D)Failed to have much effect on drug use
Q2) Social policy regarding drugs refers to:
A)Laws and programs that regulate the use of these substances.
B)Historical, philosophical, moral-religious foundations of substance use.
C)Political and economic determinants of substance use.
D)Cultural traditions about social use of drugs.
Q3) Problems with EAPs have included all but:
A)Excessive threats and punishments to motivate treatment
B)Monitoring behaviors unrelated to work performance or safety
C)Costly evaluation of effectiveness of EAPs
D)Employee resentment
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