NCAC II- Theories UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Adlerian Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - -Individual Psychology
-Holistic in Nature
-Humans are moving towards goals
-Often self-defeating as a result of discouragement and inferiority feelings
Adlerian Psychology: Therapeutic Task - CORRECT ANSWER - Encourage clients to
identify and utilize their strengths, develop social interest and a new, more satisfying life style
Main Principles of Adlerian Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - -Maintains that everyone is
striving toward superiority and perfection and must learn how to cope with inevitable inferiority
feelings
-Individuals remember times they were dissatisfied with themselves and try to rise above those
times to reach a higher level of functioning
Fictional Finalism - CORRECT ANSWER - -Adlerian Psychology: All behavior is purposeful
and self-determined and works to accomplish the central goal of an individual's life
-Each individual is in control of their own fate and not a victim of it
Lifestyle - CORRECT ANSWER - -Adlerian Psychology: Refers to client's chosen method of
moving through life
Phenomenology - CORRECT ANSWER - -An addiction counselor or other helping
professional attempts to view the world from the same frame of reference as the client to better
understand the behavior of the client
vbnm xxxx logic - CORRECT ANSWER - -The subjective reality as we perceive it
, Social Interest - CORRECT ANSWER - -A component of Adlerian therapy that is an
awareness of being a part of the human community and how one interacts with the social world
Goal of Adlerian Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Further develop the client's social interest
and help him or her connect with the social world in a more meaningful way
Ways to accomplish Adlerian Therapy Goal - CORRECT ANSWER - Look for patterns and
themes in a client's life and identify what behaviors are leading to repetition. Re-educate the
client with healthy assumptions of the world and fictional finalism
Behavioral Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - -Also referred to as behavioral modification
therapy
-General approach to counseling where a client modifies his or her learned behaviors that are
negatively affecting his or her life
History of Behavioral Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - -Pavlov's classical conditioning
-Skinners operant conditioning
-Bandura's social learning approach
Classical Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - A model of behavioral therapy developed by
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov where a particular response to a stimuli can be elicited overtime by
association with a related stimulus
Operant Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - A model of behavioral therapy developed by
B.F. Skinner where behavior is reinforced and learned based on the consequences of the behavior
Main Principals of Behavioral Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - -What is learned can be
unlearned
-Certain laws or processes govern the initiation, maintenance, and cessation of behavior
Social Learning Approach - CORRECT ANSWER - -Also known as modeling
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Adlerian Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - -Individual Psychology
-Holistic in Nature
-Humans are moving towards goals
-Often self-defeating as a result of discouragement and inferiority feelings
Adlerian Psychology: Therapeutic Task - CORRECT ANSWER - Encourage clients to
identify and utilize their strengths, develop social interest and a new, more satisfying life style
Main Principles of Adlerian Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - -Maintains that everyone is
striving toward superiority and perfection and must learn how to cope with inevitable inferiority
feelings
-Individuals remember times they were dissatisfied with themselves and try to rise above those
times to reach a higher level of functioning
Fictional Finalism - CORRECT ANSWER - -Adlerian Psychology: All behavior is purposeful
and self-determined and works to accomplish the central goal of an individual's life
-Each individual is in control of their own fate and not a victim of it
Lifestyle - CORRECT ANSWER - -Adlerian Psychology: Refers to client's chosen method of
moving through life
Phenomenology - CORRECT ANSWER - -An addiction counselor or other helping
professional attempts to view the world from the same frame of reference as the client to better
understand the behavior of the client
vbnm xxxx logic - CORRECT ANSWER - -The subjective reality as we perceive it
, Social Interest - CORRECT ANSWER - -A component of Adlerian therapy that is an
awareness of being a part of the human community and how one interacts with the social world
Goal of Adlerian Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Further develop the client's social interest
and help him or her connect with the social world in a more meaningful way
Ways to accomplish Adlerian Therapy Goal - CORRECT ANSWER - Look for patterns and
themes in a client's life and identify what behaviors are leading to repetition. Re-educate the
client with healthy assumptions of the world and fictional finalism
Behavioral Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - -Also referred to as behavioral modification
therapy
-General approach to counseling where a client modifies his or her learned behaviors that are
negatively affecting his or her life
History of Behavioral Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - -Pavlov's classical conditioning
-Skinners operant conditioning
-Bandura's social learning approach
Classical Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - A model of behavioral therapy developed by
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov where a particular response to a stimuli can be elicited overtime by
association with a related stimulus
Operant Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - A model of behavioral therapy developed by
B.F. Skinner where behavior is reinforced and learned based on the consequences of the behavior
Main Principals of Behavioral Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - -What is learned can be
unlearned
-Certain laws or processes govern the initiation, maintenance, and cessation of behavior
Social Learning Approach - CORRECT ANSWER - -Also known as modeling
