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Counseling
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Existential therapy can be especially helpful for:
a. individuals with phobic disorders.
b. children with behavior disorders.
c. patients in a mental hospital.
d. couples needing sex therapy.
e. individuals facing a transition in life.
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Explain the concept of double jeopardy and its significance to the criminal justice system.
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Discuss how presidential appointments can have an impact on the appointment of U.S. Supreme Court justices.
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All of the following are key characteristics of contemporary reality therapy except for:
a. There is a focus on talking about symptoms that bring a client into therapy.
b. Emphasis is on choice and responsibility.
c. There is a rejection of the notion of transference.
d. Therapy is kept in the present.
e. Clients are helped to get connected or reconnected with the people they have chosen to put in their quality world.
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Gestalt-therapy techniques are designed to help the client:
a. expand awareness of the here-and-now.
b. intensify feelings and experiencing.
c. make a value judgment of his or her behavior.
d. free himself or herself of specific behavioral symptoms.
e. both (a) and (b)
Q:
There is a difference between "not guilty by reason of insanity" and "guilty but mentally ill." Which do you think is the best way to deal with mentally ill offenders? How does mens rea affect the difference between these two verdicts?
Q:
The developmental crisis involving initiative vs. guilt occurs during the:
a. school age.
b. early childhood stage.
c. preschool age.
d. adolescence.
e. later life.
Q:
Explain why intoxication can be used as a criminal defense, and provide an example of a case in which intoxication might relieve an offender of responsibility.
Q:
Which of the following approaches is least likely to be applied to short-term crisis intervention?
a. existential therapy
b. person-centered therapy
c. reality therapy
d. psychoanalytic therapy
e. cognitive-behavior therapy
Q:
In a reality therapy group, the leader:
a. is responsible for evaluating the clients' behaviors.
b. performs an assessment to determine if the client is truly getting what they want in life.
c. withholds feedback when members are designing their plans.
d. may encounter resistance from members when providing suggestions for how clients can best get what they want.
Q:
Discuss the legal arguments as to whether the death penalty violates the Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment.
Q:
Explain the difference between criminal law and civil law.
Q:
Justices must be confirmed by the ______.
Q:
When a person experiences an internal conflict (namely a conflict between top dog and underdog), which of the following techniques would be most appropriate?
a. making the rounds
b. the reversal technique
c. the internal dialogue exercise
d. the rehearsal exercise
e. the exaggeration exercise
Q:
John Roberts is the current _____ _____ of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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According to Erickson, the basic struggle of early childhood involves:
a. autonomy vs. shame and doubt.
b. initiative vs. guilt.
c. identity vs. role confusion.
d. trust vs. mistrust.
e. intimacy vs. isolation.
Q:
The ____ Amendment, which deals with due process and equal protection, is not a part of the Bill of Rights.
Q:
Which of the following approaches to therapy is based on the A-B-C theory of personality?
a. reality therapy
b. rational emotive behavior therapy
c. psychoanalytic therapy
d. solution-focused brief therapy
e. none of the above
Q:
Which of the following procedures would a reality therapist be least likely to employ?
a. self-help procedures
b. the use of humor
c. homework assignments
d. asking a client to emotionally reexperience a childhood experience
e. asking questions to get a better sense of the client's inner world
Q:
Provisions in the law outlining the consequences for the guilty is called ________.
Q:
______ ____ is based on custom and tradition as interpreted by judges.
Q:
In Gestalt theory, the experiment is considered:
a. a specific technique of therapy.
b. a theoretical proposition crafted to fit the client's unique needs.
c. a ready made exercise used to achieve a behavioral goal.
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
Q:
Conviction on a _______ charge usually means that the offender may be given a prison sentence of more than a year.
Q:
If a person becomes fixated in the oral stage of development, later personality problems may include:
a. rejecting others' love.
b. fear of intimate relationships.
c. mistrust of others.
d. all of the above
e. all but (a)
Q:
Which of the following therapies is most recommended for the treatment of phobic disorders?
a. behavior therapy
b. narrative therapy
c. existential therapy
d. rational emotive behavior therapy
e. solution-focused brief therapy
Q:
If in a bank robbery, an armed robber forces one of the bank's managers at gunpoint to drive the getaway car, she would claim the defense of _____.
Q:
Protection against _________ means that people cannot be forced to respond to questions whose answers may reveal that they have committed a crime.
Q:
All of the following are procedures that are commonly used in reality therapy except:
a. exploring wants, needs, and perceptions.
b. exploring early recollections.
c. focusing on current behavior.
d. planning and commitment.
e. skillful questioning.
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__________ is the subjecting of a person to prosecution more than once in the same jurisdiction for the same offense, and is prohibited by the Fifth Amendment.
Q:
The Gestalt therapist:
a. freely makes interpretations for the client.
b. pays attention to the client's nonverbal language.
c. is mainly nondirective.
d. helps the client understand why he or she is behaving in self-defeating ways.
e. all of the above
Q:
Which of the following is true about ego psychology (as compared with id Psychology)?
a. It emphasizes the striving of the ego for mastery and competence throughout life.
b. It deals with both early and later developmental stages.
c. It denies the role of intrapsychic conflicts.
d. All of the above are true.
e. both (a) and (b)
Q:
Narrative therapy can be applied to:
a. eating disorders.
b. depression.
c relationship concerns.
d. all of the above
Q:
Through the process of ________, the Supreme Court during the Warren Court era declared that elements of the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and other amendments were part of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Q:
The _________ Amendment does not refer to a jury of one's peers; instead the Supreme Court has held that the amendment requires a selection process from a cross-section of the community.
Q:
A limitation of this approach as it applies to multicultural counseling is:
a. oppressed clients may have little choice over their circumstances.
b. this therapy provides specific tools to help clients make the changes they desire.
c. the concept of the quality world is abstract and lacks cross-cultural appeal.
d. reality therapists must be careful when adapting their approach to non-western cultures.
Q:
A critical difference between early Gestalt therapy and relational Gestalt therapy is:
a. the emphasis on contact.
b. the approach to confrontation.
c. the use of techniques.
d. the focus on the figure formation process.
e. none of the above.
Q:
The Supreme Court ruled in 1993 that the forfeiture of property related to a criminal case can be analyzed for possible violation of the _______ clause.
Q:
All of the following are true about the superego except:
a. It is the judicial branch of personality.
b. It is the internalization of the standards of parents and society.
c. It represents the ideal.
d. It inhibits id impulses.
e. It governs, controls and regulates the personality.
Q:
Criminal procedures must meet a basic standard of ______________________________, according to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Q:
The chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who brought about a due process revolution was ____________________.
Q:
In psychoanalytic therapy, a technique of great importance is:
a. "The Question."
b. re-authoring one's life story.
c. value judgments.
d. interpretation.
e. solution talk as opposed to problem talk.
Q:
The core of reality therapy consists of:
a. teaching clients how to acquire rational beliefs instead of irrational beliefs.
b. helping clients to understand their unconscious dynamics.
c. giving clients opportunities to express unresolved feelings.
d. teaching clients to take effective control of their own lives.
Q:
The first 10 amendments added to the Constitution in 1791 are called the ____________________.
Q:
Which of the following is not considered one of the six methodological components of Gestalt therapy?
a. assessment
b. the here and now
c. the authentic encounter
d. process-oriented diagnosis
e. the paradoxical theory of change
Q:
The constitutional amendments that deal with criminal defendants' rights are the Fourth, ________, _________, and __________ Amendments.
Q:
The ____________________ was used as a defense if someone committed a criminal act as a result of mental illness.
Q:
The main function of the ego is:
a. to inhibit id impulses.
b. to seek pleasure in life.
c. to mediate between the instincts and the surrounding environment.
d. to strive for perfection.
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In feminist therapy, the following technique(s) is/are used to help clients recognize the impact of gender-role socialization:
a. free association
b. genograms
c. scaling questions
d. consciousness-raising
e. all of the above
Q:
A person who was forced to commit a crime will use the defense of____________________.
Q:
Glasser would agree with all of the following conclusions except:
a. We are most likely to change if we are threatened by punishment.
b. We do not have to be the victim of our past.
c. We have more control over our lives than we believe.
d. We strive to change the world outside ourselves to match our internal pictures of what we want.
e. We often seek therapy when we do not have the relationships we want.
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The key component of the entrapment defense is the defendant's ____________________ to commit a crime.
Q:
According to the Gestalt view, blocked energy is:
a. a defensive behavior.
b. a form of resistance to contact.
c. the result of creative stagnation.
d. a conscious process.
e. both (a) and (b)
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The act of committing a crime is referred to as ____________________.
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The primary aim of time limited dynamic psychotherapy is to:
a. explore sources of childhood trauma.
b. deal exclusively with a single presenting problem.
c. change the client's repetitive patterns of relating to others.
d. bring about catharsis.
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____________________ refers to a guilty state of mind.
Q:
____________________ law defines an offense against society.
Q:
The technique of reliving and reexperiencing unfinished business is associated with:
a. Gestalt therapy.
b. person-centered therapy.
c. existential therapy.
d. reality therapy.
e. solution-focused therapy
Q:
Reality therapy rests on the central idea that:
a. thinking largely determines how we feel and behave.
b. we choose our behavior and are responsible for what we do, think, and feel.
c. environmental factors largely control what we are doing.
d. the way to change dysfunctional behavior is to reexperience a situation in which we originally became psychologically stuck.
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____________________ law defines relationships among individuals in society.
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Criminal law is divided into ____________________ law and ____________________ law.
Q:
A healthy contact experience involves:
a. interacting with others while maintaining a sense of self.
b. creativity.
c. maintaining balance between the figure and the ground.
d. projection.
e. all but (d)
Q:
Judicial decisions guided by the past cases are called ____________________.
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Which of the following is not associated with the relational approach to psychoanalysis?
a. The approach is based on an egalitarian model.
b. There is an exploration of the subjectivities of both client and therapist.
c. Countertransference provides rich information about the client's dynamics.
d. Therapist anonymity is used to foster the transference relationship.
Q:
Which of the following approaches to therapy stresses the attitude of the therapist over the use of techniques?
a. person-centered therapy
b. psychoanalytic therapy
c. cognitive-behavior therapy
d. behavior therapy
Q:
The common law system originated in ____________________.
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Which of the following is (are) a contribution of reality therapy?
a. It helps clients deal emotionally with unfinished business from their past.
b. It provides insight into the causes of one's problems.
c. It provides a structure for both clients and therapist to evaluate the degree and the nature of changes.
d. Most of its concepts have been subjected to empirical testing.
e. both (a) and (b)
Q:
Conservative and liberal justices convey the message in their rulings that
a. partisan affiliation is more important than ideological position.
b. ideology matters little in the way the justices rule.
c. the Bill of Rights is not that important to them.
d. criminal justice officials must be aware of the Bill of Rights in carrying out their duties.
Q:
Field theory suggests that:
a. the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
b. human beings have a innate capacity to self regulate.
c. everything in human experience is relational and in constant flux.
d. phenomenological inquiry is the key to behavior change.
e. the "how" of behavior is more important than the "why" of behavior.
Q:
Laws made by federal, state, and local legislatures are called
a. case laws.
b. administrative regulations.
c. penal codes. d. common laws.
Q:
Self psychology and object-relations theory emphasize:
a. the influence of critical factors in early development on later development.
b. the origins, transformations and organizational functions of the self.
c. the differentiation between self and others.
d. all of the above
e. (b) and (c) only
Q:
Which of the following is not a principal principle of guilt necessary for the conviction of a defendant?
a. Actus rea
b. Illegality
c. Punishment
d. Harm
Q:
The due process revolution occurred in which time frame?
a. 1920s to 1950s
b. 1930s to 1960s
c. 1940s to 1970s
d. 1950s to 1980s
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One of the techniques used by behavior therapists in dealing with a client's anxiety is:
a. the miracle question.
b. encouragement.
c. externalizing the problem.
d. systematic desensitization.
e. shame-attacking exercises.
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In reality therapy, when a client fails to carry out their plans, the therapist will:
a. use a behavioral form of punishment.
b. "put the client down" to arouse their anger and motivate them to change.
c. accept their excuses.
d. make a value judgment about the client's behavior.
e. challenge the client to accept the reasonable consequence of their behavior.
Q:
Which elements of a crime were not present in the given the scenario?
a. Actus reus, attendant circumstances and mens rea
b. Attendant circumstances and mens rea
c. Actus reus and mens rea
d. Actus reus and attendant circumstances
Q:
The ___________ will protect Mike from being charged and protect his due process rights.
a. U.S. Constitution
b. state constitution
c. Magna Carta
d. Articles of Confederation
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Gestalt therapy is a form of:
a. Freudian psychoanalytic therapy.
b. neo-Freudian analytic therapy.
c. behavior therapy.
d. existential therapy.
Q:
The important developmental task during the middle age years is:
a. to be involved in helping the next generation.
b. to look back on one's life with few regrets.
c. to adjust to the discrepancy between one's dreams and one's actual accomplishments.
d. to feel personally worthwhile.
e. both (a) and (c)
Q:
Mike was sitting in his home watching a late-night baseball game when he heard what sounded like someone trying to break into his home. He immediately went to his closet and retrieved his 9mm. Within seconds, two men broke through the door armed with their own guns. Mike quickly shot both men and immediately called law enforcement. When first responders arrived on the scene, both men were pronounced dead. Mike was in shock that he actually was responsible for the death of two men. Within 6 months, Mike was informed that he was being sued by one of the deceased intruder's family members for wrongful death. Mike wondered if his rights would be validated.
The intruder's family member plans to sue Mike in a wrongful death case under what kind of law?
a. Criminal
b. Substantive
c. Procedural
d. Civil
Q:
Which of the following approaches to therapy stresses authenticity first and technique second?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. existential therapy
c. rational emotive behavior therapy
d. family systems therapy
e. behavior therapy