CRIS 605 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Alderfer's ERG theory.
Answer: Alderfer proposed that motivation is a function of three basic needs
(listed from lowest to highest): existence needs (the desire for physiological
and materialistic well-being), relatedness needs (the desire to have
meaningful relationships with significant others), growth needs (the desire
to grow as a human being and to use one's abilities to their fullest potential).
◍ suicide is seen as a flight from a situation deemed by the person as
intolerable.
Answer: escape theory
◍ risk assessment clinical interview framework (Cukrowicz et al., 2004; Joiner
et al., 1999) that moves through a series of yes-or-no questions to come to a
decision about how present and pronounced is the person's acquired
capability of killing himself or herself. Interviewers query three domains:
previous suicidal behavior, current suicidal symptoms, and empirically
related variables that would exacerbate (hopelessness, impulsivity) or
diminish (engaging with social supports, stopping drug abuse) suicidal
behavior..
Answer: Suicide Risk Assessment Decision Tree (SRADT)
◍ Classical Approach to decision making.
Answer: assumes that the manager will operate an make decisions based on
the best economic interest of the company
◍ Fiedler's contingency theory.
Answer: group performance is dependent upon the interaction between
, leadership style and situational favorableness
◍ four categories of suicide notes.
Answer: - problems are not of their own making but they know what they
are doing - incurable physical or mental illness that has drained all strength -
love scorned and the note is directed toward the significant other - "last will
and testament" with instructions but little insight for motivation
◍ Related to perceived or real social solidarity, such as the traditional Japanese
hara-kiri or, to put it in a current context, the suicide attacks by members of
Middle Eastern extremist groups..
Answer: altruistic suicide
◍ satisficing.
Answer: Choosing an option that is acceptable, although not necessarily the
best or perfect.
◍ The suicide trajectory model considers the total constellation of risk factors
including these 4:The more these stressors build up, the greater the risk of
suicide.
Answer: 1. biological2. psychological3. cognitive4. environmental stressors
◍ loop control.
Answer: tests ending condition in middle of loop
◍ Assessment instruments.
Answer: MMPI-2Hopelessness scale Beck Depression Inventory Acquired
Capability for Suicide Scale SAD PERSONSBASIC
◍ risk assessment clinical interview framework developed by Jobes (2006).
Creation of the therapeutic alliance is critical to this framework, so the
emphasis is on collaboration.
Answer: Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS)
◍ Four types of suicide in Durkheim's social integration.
Answer: egoistic, anomic, altruistic, fatalistic
◍ The attributing to clients of the therapist's own problems; often manifesting
, persons or significant events in the therapist's personal history from the
client's issues..
Answer: countertransference
◍ standing plan.
Answer: A plan that deals with organizational issues and problems that recur
frequently. "sexual harassment policy"
◍ clinical interview tools.
Answer: CAMSCASERFLSRADT
◍ warning signs model for suicide assessment.
Answer: IS PATH WARM
◍ A consequence for health care professionals who are frequently exposed to
the stress and trauma of others in the course of treating them; also called
secondary traumatic stress disorder (STSD)..
Answer: vicarious traumatization (VT)
◍ Rationalizing.
Answer: to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem
reasonable
◍ valence.
Answer: The value or importance an individual places on a reward
◍ when an individual believes that highly desired outcomes will not occur or
that aversive outcomes will occur and there is nothing they can do to change
the situation.
Answer: hopelessness theory
◍ Occurs when a person sees no way out of an intolerable or oppressive
situation, such as being confined in a concentration camp..
Answer: fatalistic suicide
◍ selective perception.
Answer: the phenomenon that people often pay the most attention to things
they already agree with and interpret them according to their own
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Alderfer's ERG theory.
Answer: Alderfer proposed that motivation is a function of three basic needs
(listed from lowest to highest): existence needs (the desire for physiological
and materialistic well-being), relatedness needs (the desire to have
meaningful relationships with significant others), growth needs (the desire
to grow as a human being and to use one's abilities to their fullest potential).
◍ suicide is seen as a flight from a situation deemed by the person as
intolerable.
Answer: escape theory
◍ risk assessment clinical interview framework (Cukrowicz et al., 2004; Joiner
et al., 1999) that moves through a series of yes-or-no questions to come to a
decision about how present and pronounced is the person's acquired
capability of killing himself or herself. Interviewers query three domains:
previous suicidal behavior, current suicidal symptoms, and empirically
related variables that would exacerbate (hopelessness, impulsivity) or
diminish (engaging with social supports, stopping drug abuse) suicidal
behavior..
Answer: Suicide Risk Assessment Decision Tree (SRADT)
◍ Classical Approach to decision making.
Answer: assumes that the manager will operate an make decisions based on
the best economic interest of the company
◍ Fiedler's contingency theory.
Answer: group performance is dependent upon the interaction between
, leadership style and situational favorableness
◍ four categories of suicide notes.
Answer: - problems are not of their own making but they know what they
are doing - incurable physical or mental illness that has drained all strength -
love scorned and the note is directed toward the significant other - "last will
and testament" with instructions but little insight for motivation
◍ Related to perceived or real social solidarity, such as the traditional Japanese
hara-kiri or, to put it in a current context, the suicide attacks by members of
Middle Eastern extremist groups..
Answer: altruistic suicide
◍ satisficing.
Answer: Choosing an option that is acceptable, although not necessarily the
best or perfect.
◍ The suicide trajectory model considers the total constellation of risk factors
including these 4:The more these stressors build up, the greater the risk of
suicide.
Answer: 1. biological2. psychological3. cognitive4. environmental stressors
◍ loop control.
Answer: tests ending condition in middle of loop
◍ Assessment instruments.
Answer: MMPI-2Hopelessness scale Beck Depression Inventory Acquired
Capability for Suicide Scale SAD PERSONSBASIC
◍ risk assessment clinical interview framework developed by Jobes (2006).
Creation of the therapeutic alliance is critical to this framework, so the
emphasis is on collaboration.
Answer: Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS)
◍ Four types of suicide in Durkheim's social integration.
Answer: egoistic, anomic, altruistic, fatalistic
◍ The attributing to clients of the therapist's own problems; often manifesting
, persons or significant events in the therapist's personal history from the
client's issues..
Answer: countertransference
◍ standing plan.
Answer: A plan that deals with organizational issues and problems that recur
frequently. "sexual harassment policy"
◍ clinical interview tools.
Answer: CAMSCASERFLSRADT
◍ warning signs model for suicide assessment.
Answer: IS PATH WARM
◍ A consequence for health care professionals who are frequently exposed to
the stress and trauma of others in the course of treating them; also called
secondary traumatic stress disorder (STSD)..
Answer: vicarious traumatization (VT)
◍ Rationalizing.
Answer: to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem
reasonable
◍ valence.
Answer: The value or importance an individual places on a reward
◍ when an individual believes that highly desired outcomes will not occur or
that aversive outcomes will occur and there is nothing they can do to change
the situation.
Answer: hopelessness theory
◍ Occurs when a person sees no way out of an intolerable or oppressive
situation, such as being confined in a concentration camp..
Answer: fatalistic suicide
◍ selective perception.
Answer: the phenomenon that people often pay the most attention to things
they already agree with and interpret them according to their own
