Probation and parole exam III
QUESTIONS N ANSWERS RATED A+
2025/2026
What are the two primary goals of probation and parole? - ANS ✔✔1. Protection of the
community
2. Rehabilitation of the offender
What are the three basic theoretical models for treatment in probation and parole? - ANS ✔✔1.
Psychoanalytical
2. Reality
3. Behavior/learning
What is the psychoanalytical theory - ANS ✔✔This theory shows the importance of unconscious
and stages of psychological development. Personality is strongly influenced
What is the assessment? - ANS ✔✔Focuses on the gathering and interpretation of information.
Client interviews provide the basis for a relationship between the client and the probation and
parole officer
What is the difference between a transference and a countertransference? - ANS
✔✔Transference- client sees probation and parole officer as a parent figure
Counter- probation and parole officer sees client as a child
, Case workers prepare a social assessment or social history of the client. What does this include?
- ANS ✔✔Describes clients current situation, past behavior, background information on how the
client adjusts to prior challenges
Which phase converts the assessment into a goal statement? - ANS ✔✔Planning
This phase involves activity designed to bring about change in a systematic way - ANS ✔✔Action
What are the three basic techniques in the action phase used to bring about change in a
systematic way? - ANS ✔✔1. Change the environment
2. Ego support
3. Clarification
What is motivational interviewing? - ANS ✔✔Helps people explore and resolve ambivalence
about changing specific, maladaptive behaviors
What are the five basic principles of motivational interviewing? - ANS ✔✔1. Express empathy
2. Avoid argument and direct confrontation
3. Roll with resistance
4. Develop discrepancy
5. Support self efficiency
What is the opposite end of psychoanalytic perspective? - ANS ✔✔Learning theory and
behavior modifications
What is cognitive behavioral therapy? - ANS ✔✔Believing, thinking, and expecting
QUESTIONS N ANSWERS RATED A+
2025/2026
What are the two primary goals of probation and parole? - ANS ✔✔1. Protection of the
community
2. Rehabilitation of the offender
What are the three basic theoretical models for treatment in probation and parole? - ANS ✔✔1.
Psychoanalytical
2. Reality
3. Behavior/learning
What is the psychoanalytical theory - ANS ✔✔This theory shows the importance of unconscious
and stages of psychological development. Personality is strongly influenced
What is the assessment? - ANS ✔✔Focuses on the gathering and interpretation of information.
Client interviews provide the basis for a relationship between the client and the probation and
parole officer
What is the difference between a transference and a countertransference? - ANS
✔✔Transference- client sees probation and parole officer as a parent figure
Counter- probation and parole officer sees client as a child
, Case workers prepare a social assessment or social history of the client. What does this include?
- ANS ✔✔Describes clients current situation, past behavior, background information on how the
client adjusts to prior challenges
Which phase converts the assessment into a goal statement? - ANS ✔✔Planning
This phase involves activity designed to bring about change in a systematic way - ANS ✔✔Action
What are the three basic techniques in the action phase used to bring about change in a
systematic way? - ANS ✔✔1. Change the environment
2. Ego support
3. Clarification
What is motivational interviewing? - ANS ✔✔Helps people explore and resolve ambivalence
about changing specific, maladaptive behaviors
What are the five basic principles of motivational interviewing? - ANS ✔✔1. Express empathy
2. Avoid argument and direct confrontation
3. Roll with resistance
4. Develop discrepancy
5. Support self efficiency
What is the opposite end of psychoanalytic perspective? - ANS ✔✔Learning theory and
behavior modifications
What is cognitive behavioral therapy? - ANS ✔✔Believing, thinking, and expecting
