CPCE Practice Test Book - Study
Guide Latest Updated
Glass Ceiling Phenomenon - ANSWER-situations in which individuals are denied career
advancement due to discrimination
If a client is severely agitated when the counselor tries to complete an assessment, the
counselor should: - ANSWER-wait until the client is less agitated because the results
may not be reliable
Personal Unconcious (Jung) - ANSWER-Forms just after birth, and consists of
experience that the individual is not aware of. It consists of material from one's thoughts
and experiences that slip into the unconscious. Awareness of the personal unconscious
is necessary to further the goal of self-awareness.
In group counseling - ANSWER-- the leader is NOT a member of the group
- trust is at the forefront
- participants have their own expectations, desires, needs, and hopes
- growth occurs through observation, identification, modeling, imitation and other social
learning processes
when ethics and law conflict, psychologists should? - ANSWER-The counselor is
responsible to adhere to legal authority and take steps to alleviate the conflict
What are the four stages of a therapy group? (Yalom) - ANSWER-Orientation (members
get to know each other)
Conflict (people will differentiate in opinion)
Cohesion (bonding among members, group identity)
Termination (counseling comes to an end)
Sensory Stimulation Therapy (with dementia clients) - ANSWER-choose sensory input
that is meaningful to the client
Validity - ANSWER-the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed
to
"concurrent" or "construct" are words most affiliated with validity
Reliability - ANSWER-yields consistent results
"stability" is the term most often used with reliability
,Delusional Disorder - ANSWER-things that could happen but simply are not true
treatment: psychotherapy and medication
Psychosis - ANSWER-delusions are bizarre and could not happen
Antisocial Personality Disorder - ANSWER-antagonism characterized by manipulation,
deceit, callousness and hostility
The client often uses dishonesty, lack of feelings, and hostility to manipulate others
(try to be non-reactionary with these clients)
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Family-to-Family Program - ANSWER-12
week course (free)
intended for parents and care-givers
DID treatment - ANSWER-most common environmental factor is physical/sexual abuse.
The client must be guided to deal with repressed painful memories and find new ways
of coping
When assessing the client's orientation, the counselor should be aware that - ANSWER-
the client is likely to lose track of time, then place, then person. When orientation
improves, it usually does so in the reverse order.
Decision-making model of career choice include - ANSWER-individuals risk-taking style
individuals investment (money, time, deferment of reward)
individuals personal values
individuals self-efficacy (belief in one's own ability)
Acculturation - ANSWER-how much an individual from a racial or ethnic minority adopts
and incorporates the customs, values, and beliefs of the dominant culture
Assimilation - ANSWER-how much individuals from a minority change to the point that
they are absorbed into the dominant culture, losing all traces of their original behaviors
and values
As level of significance decreases - ANSWER-type 1 error decreases
Type 1 error (alpha) - ANSWER-rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true (false
positive)
Wrongly rejecting the null hypothesis
Ex: The null hypothesis is that the person is innocent, while the alternative is guilty. A
Type I error in this case would mean that the person is found guilty and is sent to jail,
despite actually being innocent.
, Type 2 error (beta) - ANSWER-accepting the null hypothesis when it is false
you were Blind to a difference that did exist
(setting a guilty man free)
IQ calculation - ANSWER-mental age/chronological age x 100
Sleep Apnea - ANSWER-obesity and male gender
treatment: weight loss, exercise, not sleeping on back, reduced smoking, avoid drinking
before bed, CPAP
Countertransference - ANSWER-counselor is displacing personal feelings onto the
client
Transference - ANSWER-the client displaces feelings for others onto the counselor
Projection - ANSWER-disguising one's own threatening impulses by attributing them to
others
John Bowlby - ANSWER-bonding and attachment
Adler - ANSWER-birth order and family constellation
Freud - ANSWER-Psychosexual development
Piaget - ANSWER-Cognitive Development
duty to warn law - ANSWER-if a client makes a credible threat, the healthcare provider
must warn the individual in danger
state laws may vary in specifics
Psychometrics - ANSWER-the scientific study of the measurement of human abilities,
attitudes, and traits
Psychology - ANSWER-Studies the inner workings of the mind and behavior
Charles Spearman - ANSWER-Measuring human intelligence
Alfred Binet - ANSWER-Created first intelligence test for Parisian school children
Authoritarian Leader (group therapy) - ANSWER-individuals dependent on leader
unmotivated
low morale
lack general direction
Guide Latest Updated
Glass Ceiling Phenomenon - ANSWER-situations in which individuals are denied career
advancement due to discrimination
If a client is severely agitated when the counselor tries to complete an assessment, the
counselor should: - ANSWER-wait until the client is less agitated because the results
may not be reliable
Personal Unconcious (Jung) - ANSWER-Forms just after birth, and consists of
experience that the individual is not aware of. It consists of material from one's thoughts
and experiences that slip into the unconscious. Awareness of the personal unconscious
is necessary to further the goal of self-awareness.
In group counseling - ANSWER-- the leader is NOT a member of the group
- trust is at the forefront
- participants have their own expectations, desires, needs, and hopes
- growth occurs through observation, identification, modeling, imitation and other social
learning processes
when ethics and law conflict, psychologists should? - ANSWER-The counselor is
responsible to adhere to legal authority and take steps to alleviate the conflict
What are the four stages of a therapy group? (Yalom) - ANSWER-Orientation (members
get to know each other)
Conflict (people will differentiate in opinion)
Cohesion (bonding among members, group identity)
Termination (counseling comes to an end)
Sensory Stimulation Therapy (with dementia clients) - ANSWER-choose sensory input
that is meaningful to the client
Validity - ANSWER-the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed
to
"concurrent" or "construct" are words most affiliated with validity
Reliability - ANSWER-yields consistent results
"stability" is the term most often used with reliability
,Delusional Disorder - ANSWER-things that could happen but simply are not true
treatment: psychotherapy and medication
Psychosis - ANSWER-delusions are bizarre and could not happen
Antisocial Personality Disorder - ANSWER-antagonism characterized by manipulation,
deceit, callousness and hostility
The client often uses dishonesty, lack of feelings, and hostility to manipulate others
(try to be non-reactionary with these clients)
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Family-to-Family Program - ANSWER-12
week course (free)
intended for parents and care-givers
DID treatment - ANSWER-most common environmental factor is physical/sexual abuse.
The client must be guided to deal with repressed painful memories and find new ways
of coping
When assessing the client's orientation, the counselor should be aware that - ANSWER-
the client is likely to lose track of time, then place, then person. When orientation
improves, it usually does so in the reverse order.
Decision-making model of career choice include - ANSWER-individuals risk-taking style
individuals investment (money, time, deferment of reward)
individuals personal values
individuals self-efficacy (belief in one's own ability)
Acculturation - ANSWER-how much an individual from a racial or ethnic minority adopts
and incorporates the customs, values, and beliefs of the dominant culture
Assimilation - ANSWER-how much individuals from a minority change to the point that
they are absorbed into the dominant culture, losing all traces of their original behaviors
and values
As level of significance decreases - ANSWER-type 1 error decreases
Type 1 error (alpha) - ANSWER-rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true (false
positive)
Wrongly rejecting the null hypothesis
Ex: The null hypothesis is that the person is innocent, while the alternative is guilty. A
Type I error in this case would mean that the person is found guilty and is sent to jail,
despite actually being innocent.
, Type 2 error (beta) - ANSWER-accepting the null hypothesis when it is false
you were Blind to a difference that did exist
(setting a guilty man free)
IQ calculation - ANSWER-mental age/chronological age x 100
Sleep Apnea - ANSWER-obesity and male gender
treatment: weight loss, exercise, not sleeping on back, reduced smoking, avoid drinking
before bed, CPAP
Countertransference - ANSWER-counselor is displacing personal feelings onto the
client
Transference - ANSWER-the client displaces feelings for others onto the counselor
Projection - ANSWER-disguising one's own threatening impulses by attributing them to
others
John Bowlby - ANSWER-bonding and attachment
Adler - ANSWER-birth order and family constellation
Freud - ANSWER-Psychosexual development
Piaget - ANSWER-Cognitive Development
duty to warn law - ANSWER-if a client makes a credible threat, the healthcare provider
must warn the individual in danger
state laws may vary in specifics
Psychometrics - ANSWER-the scientific study of the measurement of human abilities,
attitudes, and traits
Psychology - ANSWER-Studies the inner workings of the mind and behavior
Charles Spearman - ANSWER-Measuring human intelligence
Alfred Binet - ANSWER-Created first intelligence test for Parisian school children
Authoritarian Leader (group therapy) - ANSWER-individuals dependent on leader
unmotivated
low morale
lack general direction
