Deck 1: Programming a Foundation for Learning

Question 1

The most influential psychotherapist of modern times is:

A)Carl Rogers, whose legacy stresses the importance of listening and hearing the client's story.
B)Sigmund Freud, who introduced the idea of psychotherapist training.
C)There is no single most influential psychotherapist; many have contributed equally to the field.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Effective listening can help clients find new meaning in their lives.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Narrative therapy is beneficial because its focuses on the here and now

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Multicultural awareness means interviewers reduce focus on the individual and increase focus
on the culture of a client.

Question 5

Blocksma and Porter discovered that influential psychotherapists did exactly what they said
they did in interviews.

Question 6

Interviewing includes listening and action skills.

Question 7

For people from some non-Western cultures, the active, involved posture (leaning forward, eye contact)is:

A)Intense, threatening, and intrusive.
B)A sign that the interviewer is thoughtful and respectful.
C)Completely irrelevant, as most non-Western cultures do not place much importance on nonverbal behavior.

Question 8

Using programmed learning to develop helping skills reduces the need for practice of new
skills.

Question 9

Interviewers who establish a conversational distance of slightly over one arm's length
distance are considered most comfortable for European North Americans.

Question 10

Programmed learning is a way of combining microskills into larger units for easy learning of
listening and action skills.

Question 11

Neuroscience has learned that "neurons that fire together wire together."

Question 12

The most influential psychotherapists of modern times is Donald Meichenbaum.

Question 13

Social justice refers to efforts to prevent social problems, as well as the remediation of them.

Question 14

Frame of reference refers to how interviewers' perspective shapes their worldview.

Question 15

Japanese Americans and Chinese Canadians may find it more comfortable to have the
interviewer listen in a more indirect nature than European North Americans.

Question 16

According to Rogerian theory, it is important to:

A)Help the client learn how to take action, in order for clients to become empowered.
B)To refrain from moving to more action oriented interviewing phases until the unique experiences of the client are fully understood.
C)To help the client understand the interviewer's unique experiences; only then can they move toward shared experiences.

Question 17

The task of the interviewer is:

A)To give accurate and timely advice that will help clients solve their problems.
B)To help clients find new ways of thinking and feeling as well as new behaviors and coping skills.
C)To simply listen to clients; client's must develop goals and take action on their own if they are to be empowered.
D)To interview the client, which means to ask a comprehensive and exhaustive set of questions that will lead to an accurate picture of the client's problem.

Question 18

Listening skills alone can lead to positive client change.

Question 19

Effective interviewer listening helps clients listen to others more effectively.

Question 20

Programmed learning is:

A)Learning interviewing skills with the aid of a computer.
B)Learning to apply interviewing skills in exactly the same way in every interview.
C)Learning single microskills of the interview by further breaking them down into manageable teaching units or frames.
D)Learning how to program clients toward new ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving.

Question 21

Clients tend to talk about:

A)Things that are most important to them.
B)Their problems.
C)What the interviewer is listening for.
D)Anything but their problems during the first interview.

Question 22

In terms of gender and multicultural differences among interviewers:

A)Women tend to talk more than men during interviews.
B)African Americans tend to focus more on contextual-environmental issues.
C)Euro-North Americans tend to emphasize individual issues.
D)Men and women tend to use roughly the same amount of questions; any differences are more culture than gender related.
E)Men tend to use more questions, and women more reflective listening skills.

Question 23

The keys to ethical competence include the following:

A)Social justice and confidentiality
B)Power, informed consent, and power
C)Multicultural awareness and confidentiality
D)A and B
E)B and C

Question 24

Power in the helper/client relationship:

A)Resides mainly with clients, as they can choose whether or not to terminate sessions at any time.
B)Is not a concern as long as the interviewer's intentions are good.
C)Is more a concern with clients from a cultural background that differs from the interviewer's.
D)Is weighted slightly in favor of the interviewer; therefore, power must be used respectfully and carefully.

Question 25

All theoretical orientations stress the importance of:

A)Problem solving skills.
B)Empathizing with the client's feelings.
C)Unique and shared interviewer/client experiences.
D)Listening skills.