Piaget on Development Stages correct answers Sensorimotor (sucking, grasping, crawling) =
birth - 2 years of age
Preoperational (some language, imagination, memory) = 2 - 7 years
Concrete(logical and systematic processes) = 7 - 11 years
Formal Operation(use of symbols related to abstract concepts) = 11 +
Lowenfeld Developmental Stages correct answers Scribbling(Stage 1) birth-3 = spontaneous, not
taught
Basic Forms (Stage 2) 3- 4 years = symbols constantly changing
Human Forms and Early Schema (Stage 3) 4-7 = rudimentary human figures (tadpoles), floating
objects
Visual Schema (Stage 4) 6-9 = show objects in relation to one another, "x-ray pictures", true
schema, "folding over"
Realistic Drawing (Stage 5) 9-12 = depict perceived realistic elements, may become discouraged
Artistic Development (Stage 6) 13-14 = many never reach this stage, shows mood, comm. ideas
of self
brief therapy correct answers Aids people in dealing with specific (death in the family, natural
disaster). Generally 30 sessions or less. May take place over years. Goal directed interventions,
structured tasks, homework
External Disaster Brief Therapy correct answers Generally set up 12-72 hours after the event.
Goals are to normalize feelings and finding effective coping skills for the victims
Crisis theory correct answers The basic assumption is that people can either advance or regress
as a result of a crisis, depending upon how the crisis is managed.
, Impact of HMOs correct answers HMOs limit # of therapy sessions in a year, pay therapists a set
fee for up to a maximum # of sessions, require therapists to provide case reviews to them (this
limits confidentiality), favor drug tx over therapy.
Stages of treatment correct answers Stage 1 - Stabilize the client
Stage 2 - replace client's "quiet desperation" with non-traumatic emotional experiencing
Stage 3 - resolve problems in living and residual disorders to achieve "ordinary" happiness and
unhappiness
Stage 4 - Resolve a sense of incompleteness and achieve joy.
Treatment Plans include correct answers Setting of short AND long term goals
Ways of achieving goals
Ways of measuring goals
Periodic evaluation
Clinical diagnosis correct answers Must have a clincian diganosis to begin psychological
treatment = evaluation process
A therapist may terminate a client when... correct answers no longer needs services
is not likely to benefit
is being harmed by continued service
if client (or persons known to the client) threatens therapist
payment changes within client or third party payer (Must provide
pretermination counseling and suggest alternative service
providers as appropriate)
transference correct answers Manifests itself in the therapeutic process at the point where clients'
earlier relationships contribute to their distorting the present with the therapist (Freud concept)