CPCE/NCE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How is the standard error of measurement used - Answers - it is useful for the
interpretation of individual test scores, it can help determine the range where a test
score falls, and every test is given its own unique SEM value
What is another name for methamphetamine - Answers - glass
Who is the person associated with structural family therapy - Answers - Salvador
Minuchin
What is group process - Answers - involves looking beyond someone's words and
instead observing the person's behavior
Weaknesses of Adlerian counseling - Answers - lack of a firm research base,
vagueness of many of the terms and concepts, lack of "how-to" counseling instructions,
and the inherent narrowness of approach
What idea is Francis Galton known for - Answers - inherited intellectual abilities (related
to Darwin)
For a client undergoing exposure and response prevention therapy, once they have
established a goal what is the next step - Answers - creating a fear ladder
What are some characteristics of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) - Answers -
self-talk and crooked thinking cause emotional disturbances, techniques such as role-
playing and imagery are used, ABCDE system, we are not influenced by the events we
experience but instead by our interpretation of them
What people are associated with existential therapy - Answers - Roll May, Victor Frankl,
and Irvin Yalom
Who is associated with rational emotive behavior therapy - Answers - Albert Ellis
Who is associated with reality therapy - Answers - William Glasser
Who is associated with multimodal therapy - Answers - Arnold Lazarus
Some characteristics of existential therapy - Answers - based on the idea that our direct
experiences should be taken at face value rather than our interpretations of them
Some characteristics of reality therapy - Answers - based on choice theory and posits
that we determine our own fates; we all have genetically based needs of survival, love,
belonging, power of achievement, freedom/independence, and fun; taking responsibility
,Some characteristics of multimodal therapy - Answers - holistic and eclectic approach
with considerable behavioral influences; uses "BASIC ID": behaviors, affective
responses, sensations, images, cognitions, interpersonal relationships, and drugs
(biology)
Professional liability insurance for counselors - Answers - this insurance is required by
law in some states, but not in others
What are the four conditions that Bandura said must be met for social learning -
Answers - attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation
Rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT) follows a five step system using ABCDE,
what does each letter stand for - Answers - A - external event
B - belief about the event
C - accompanying feeling
D - disputing the irrational belief that is causing the accompanying feeling
E - change that is made in the self-talk as a result of the therapy process
What is group content - Answers - involves topics of discussion or the skills to be
addressed
Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) - Answers - used when the influence of an
independent variable or variables upon a dependent variable is statistically controlled
ANOVA - Answers - does not control the influence of an independent variable on a
dependent variable; cannot be used with more than one dependent variable
What does a frequency distribution do - Answers - shows the number of times a
particular value occurs
Binge eating disorder - Answers - rapid consumption of large quantities of food, eating
until uncomfortably full, and eating alone due to feelings of embarrassment; occur no
less than once a week for 3 months
Pica - Answers - persistent eating of nonnutritive substances (paint, clay, insects, etc)
Rumination - Answers - typified by repeated regurgitation of food for at least 1 month;
engage in rechewing, reswallowing, and spitting out food
When was the office of vocational rehabilitation created - Answers - 1954
When was the council for the accreditation of counseling and related educational
programs (CACREP) established - Answers - 1981
What is the Johari window - Answers - asserts that there are four parts to the
personality: the public self, the blind self, the private self, and the unknown self
, Who developed the Johari window - Answers - Joe Luft and Harry Ingham
Who developed the mental health consultation model - Answers - Caplan
Who developed the social learning consultation model - Answers - Bandura
Who developed the behavioral consultation model - Answers - Bergan
Who developed the purchase, process, and doctor-patient consultation models -
Answers - Schein
The halo effect - Answers - the tendency to generalize about a person based on one
trait
The placebo effect - Answers - when an ineffective substance is given to participants
and they report positive changes due to the simple belief that they were given
something that would cause improvement
The Rosenthal effect (Pygmalion) - Answers - suggests that the researcher's beliefs
impact the outcome of the experiment
The Hawthorne effect - Answers - tendency for participants to change their behavior just
because they are in a research study
What is the prefrontal cortex responsible for - Answers - managing impulses and
regulating emotions
What is the cerebral cortex responsible for - Answers - voluntary muscular movements
What is the hypothalamus responsible for - Answers - maintain the body's homeostasis
What is the cerebellum responsible for - Answers - coordination, including balance and
posture
Two main people associated with individual psychology - Answers - Alfred Adler and
Rudolph Dreikurs
Some characteristics of individual therapy - Answers - each person is unique,
importance of social influences, everyone has a sense of inferiority and is striving to
attain superiority, help client understand their lifestyle or plan which gives meaning to
experiences; uses life histories, homework, and paradoxical intentions
Who is associated with client/person-centered therapy - Answers - Carl Rogers
How is the standard error of measurement used - Answers - it is useful for the
interpretation of individual test scores, it can help determine the range where a test
score falls, and every test is given its own unique SEM value
What is another name for methamphetamine - Answers - glass
Who is the person associated with structural family therapy - Answers - Salvador
Minuchin
What is group process - Answers - involves looking beyond someone's words and
instead observing the person's behavior
Weaknesses of Adlerian counseling - Answers - lack of a firm research base,
vagueness of many of the terms and concepts, lack of "how-to" counseling instructions,
and the inherent narrowness of approach
What idea is Francis Galton known for - Answers - inherited intellectual abilities (related
to Darwin)
For a client undergoing exposure and response prevention therapy, once they have
established a goal what is the next step - Answers - creating a fear ladder
What are some characteristics of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) - Answers -
self-talk and crooked thinking cause emotional disturbances, techniques such as role-
playing and imagery are used, ABCDE system, we are not influenced by the events we
experience but instead by our interpretation of them
What people are associated with existential therapy - Answers - Roll May, Victor Frankl,
and Irvin Yalom
Who is associated with rational emotive behavior therapy - Answers - Albert Ellis
Who is associated with reality therapy - Answers - William Glasser
Who is associated with multimodal therapy - Answers - Arnold Lazarus
Some characteristics of existential therapy - Answers - based on the idea that our direct
experiences should be taken at face value rather than our interpretations of them
Some characteristics of reality therapy - Answers - based on choice theory and posits
that we determine our own fates; we all have genetically based needs of survival, love,
belonging, power of achievement, freedom/independence, and fun; taking responsibility
,Some characteristics of multimodal therapy - Answers - holistic and eclectic approach
with considerable behavioral influences; uses "BASIC ID": behaviors, affective
responses, sensations, images, cognitions, interpersonal relationships, and drugs
(biology)
Professional liability insurance for counselors - Answers - this insurance is required by
law in some states, but not in others
What are the four conditions that Bandura said must be met for social learning -
Answers - attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation
Rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT) follows a five step system using ABCDE,
what does each letter stand for - Answers - A - external event
B - belief about the event
C - accompanying feeling
D - disputing the irrational belief that is causing the accompanying feeling
E - change that is made in the self-talk as a result of the therapy process
What is group content - Answers - involves topics of discussion or the skills to be
addressed
Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) - Answers - used when the influence of an
independent variable or variables upon a dependent variable is statistically controlled
ANOVA - Answers - does not control the influence of an independent variable on a
dependent variable; cannot be used with more than one dependent variable
What does a frequency distribution do - Answers - shows the number of times a
particular value occurs
Binge eating disorder - Answers - rapid consumption of large quantities of food, eating
until uncomfortably full, and eating alone due to feelings of embarrassment; occur no
less than once a week for 3 months
Pica - Answers - persistent eating of nonnutritive substances (paint, clay, insects, etc)
Rumination - Answers - typified by repeated regurgitation of food for at least 1 month;
engage in rechewing, reswallowing, and spitting out food
When was the office of vocational rehabilitation created - Answers - 1954
When was the council for the accreditation of counseling and related educational
programs (CACREP) established - Answers - 1981
What is the Johari window - Answers - asserts that there are four parts to the
personality: the public self, the blind self, the private self, and the unknown self
, Who developed the Johari window - Answers - Joe Luft and Harry Ingham
Who developed the mental health consultation model - Answers - Caplan
Who developed the social learning consultation model - Answers - Bandura
Who developed the behavioral consultation model - Answers - Bergan
Who developed the purchase, process, and doctor-patient consultation models -
Answers - Schein
The halo effect - Answers - the tendency to generalize about a person based on one
trait
The placebo effect - Answers - when an ineffective substance is given to participants
and they report positive changes due to the simple belief that they were given
something that would cause improvement
The Rosenthal effect (Pygmalion) - Answers - suggests that the researcher's beliefs
impact the outcome of the experiment
The Hawthorne effect - Answers - tendency for participants to change their behavior just
because they are in a research study
What is the prefrontal cortex responsible for - Answers - managing impulses and
regulating emotions
What is the cerebral cortex responsible for - Answers - voluntary muscular movements
What is the hypothalamus responsible for - Answers - maintain the body's homeostasis
What is the cerebellum responsible for - Answers - coordination, including balance and
posture
Two main people associated with individual psychology - Answers - Alfred Adler and
Rudolph Dreikurs
Some characteristics of individual therapy - Answers - each person is unique,
importance of social influences, everyone has a sense of inferiority and is striving to
attain superiority, help client understand their lifestyle or plan which gives meaning to
experiences; uses life histories, homework, and paradoxical intentions
Who is associated with client/person-centered therapy - Answers - Carl Rogers
