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1. a group counselor uses techniques based on implosive therapy in
her work. which theorist is responsible for implosive therapy?
a. ellis
b. beck
c. janov
d. stampfl Answer: d. stampfl - abreactive form of therapy often used with highly phobic clients.
clients are induced to read or hear about or imagine frightening depictions of what might happen if they
are forced to face their fear. idea is that the person will become desensitized
2. a group counselor decides to make graphs of the psychological
test data for all of her clients over the past year. when she plots the
distribution of beck depression inventory data, she notices it it
skewed to the left. which of the following statements is true if a
distribution is skewed to the left?
a. the mean is greater than the median
b. the mean is less than the median
c. the mean and median are the same
d. the mode is the best measure of center Answer: b. the mean is less than the
median - it means that although most of the scores are to the right of the distribution, there are a
few low scores pulling the distribution to the left. the mean is most impacted by the extreme scores.
Because the extreme scores in this dist. are low, the value of the mean will be made less than the
value of the median
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3. Susie is playing with blocks and is trying to build a tower; she tries
but cannot build a
tower. Susie's mother helps her build a four-block tower. Later,
Susie builds a four-block
tower without her mother's help. According to Vygotsky, the
inability to build the tower on
her own is known as Answer:
a. scaffolding
b. the zone of proximal development
c. assisted discovery
d. learning by imitation Answer: B. "Scattolding" is a term used by Vygotsky that explains
what Susie's mother is doing.
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She is adjusting her level of support to Susie based on Susie's level of
performance. The zone of proximal development involves a range of tasks that are
too diflcult for the child to do alone but possible to do with the help of adults or
other, more-skilled children. "Assisted discovery" is another term used by
Vygotsky to describe learning situations that a teacher sets up within a classroom
so that children are guided into discovering learning. Learning
by imitation is a type of learning that involves a child watching someone perform a
task and later performing the task by herself.
4. According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong
sense of identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of Answer:
a. autonomy
b. initiative
c. intimacy
d. integrity Answer: C. In Erickson's theory of psychosocial development, individuals who fail to
achieve the goal of the lower level of development will have problems attaining the developmental task
at the next stage of development. In the example above, the individual failed to achieve identity, which
occurs during adolescence. Therefore, in young adulthood, the individual will have problems attaining
intimacy, which is the developmental task to be achieved at this level. For autonomy, the individual would
have to have failed to attain basic trust; for initiative, the individual would have to have failed to attain
autonomy; and for integrity, the
individual would have to have failed to attain generativity.
Comprehensive Questions and
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1. a group counselor uses techniques based on implosive therapy in
her work. which theorist is responsible for implosive therapy?
a. ellis
b. beck
c. janov
d. stampfl Answer: d. stampfl - abreactive form of therapy often used with highly phobic clients.
clients are induced to read or hear about or imagine frightening depictions of what might happen if they
are forced to face their fear. idea is that the person will become desensitized
2. a group counselor decides to make graphs of the psychological
test data for all of her clients over the past year. when she plots the
distribution of beck depression inventory data, she notices it it
skewed to the left. which of the following statements is true if a
distribution is skewed to the left?
a. the mean is greater than the median
b. the mean is less than the median
c. the mean and median are the same
d. the mode is the best measure of center Answer: b. the mean is less than the
median - it means that although most of the scores are to the right of the distribution, there are a
few low scores pulling the distribution to the left. the mean is most impacted by the extreme scores.
Because the extreme scores in this dist. are low, the value of the mean will be made less than the
value of the median
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further assistance
3. Susie is playing with blocks and is trying to build a tower; she tries
but cannot build a
tower. Susie's mother helps her build a four-block tower. Later,
Susie builds a four-block
tower without her mother's help. According to Vygotsky, the
inability to build the tower on
her own is known as Answer:
a. scaffolding
b. the zone of proximal development
c. assisted discovery
d. learning by imitation Answer: B. "Scattolding" is a term used by Vygotsky that explains
what Susie's mother is doing.
,Contact for any
further assistance
She is adjusting her level of support to Susie based on Susie's level of
performance. The zone of proximal development involves a range of tasks that are
too diflcult for the child to do alone but possible to do with the help of adults or
other, more-skilled children. "Assisted discovery" is another term used by
Vygotsky to describe learning situations that a teacher sets up within a classroom
so that children are guided into discovering learning. Learning
by imitation is a type of learning that involves a child watching someone perform a
task and later performing the task by herself.
4. According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong
sense of identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of Answer:
a. autonomy
b. initiative
c. intimacy
d. integrity Answer: C. In Erickson's theory of psychosocial development, individuals who fail to
achieve the goal of the lower level of development will have problems attaining the developmental task
at the next stage of development. In the example above, the individual failed to achieve identity, which
occurs during adolescence. Therefore, in young adulthood, the individual will have problems attaining
intimacy, which is the developmental task to be achieved at this level. For autonomy, the individual would
have to have failed to attain basic trust; for initiative, the individual would have to have failed to attain
autonomy; and for integrity, the
individual would have to have failed to attain generativity.
