Terms

Question 1

Normative Need

Answer 1

what a person requires in order to attain a level of well being that meets the established standards of their community/culture

Question 2

Perceived Needs

Answer 2

the requirements that individuals believe they must have in order to achieve an acceptable level of well being

Question 3

Expressed Need

Answer 3

is the need which they say they have and use

Question 4

Relative Needs

Answer 4

the acceptable level of need compared to other people requirements

Question 5

Protective Factors

Answer 5

personal, social, and institutional factors that promote personal competence and successful development that decrease the likelihood of a problem occuring

Question 6

Approach - Approach Conflict

Answer 6

occurs when we must choose between two equally positive or attractive goals

Question 7

Avoidance - Avoidance Conflict

Answer 7

occurs when we must choose between two equally negative or unattractive goals

Question 8

Approach - Avoidance Conflict

Answer 8

occurs when a single goal has both positive and negative qualities

Question 9

Double Approach - Avoidance Conflict

Answer 9

occurs when we have to choose between two goals that both have positive and negative qualities

Question 10

Paradoxical Intervention

Answer 10

prescribing the very symptom the client wants to resolve

Question 11

Assessment

Answer 11

gathering and assessing multidimensional information about the clients situation

Question 12

External Locus of Control

Answer 12

believe their successes or failures results from external factors beyond their control ( ie. luck)

Question 13

Internal Locus of Control

Answer 13

believe their successes or failure is a result of the effort and hard work they invest

Question 14

Cognitive Distortion

Answer 14

ways our mind convinces us of something that isn’t really true

Question 15

Social Learning Theory

Answer 15

an individual learn from observing others

Question 16

System Theory

Answer 16

an individual is in constant interaction with their environment

Question 17

Reliability

Answer 17

dependability, stability, consistency and predictability of results and allows users to get the same answer repeatedly

Question 18

External Validity

Answer 18

whether the results can be generalized

Question 19

Internal Validity

Answer 19

whether there is confidence in cause and effect

Question 20

Program Evaluation

Answer 20

the systematic assessment of the outcomes of a program with the attempt of furthering its development and improvement

Question 21

Comorbidity

Answer 21

when one person carries more than one diagnosis

Question 22

Double bind

Answer 22

a person is confronted with two demands that are impossible to meet at the same time

Question 23

Provisional Diagnosis

Answer 23

the first considered diagnosis given to a patient

Question 24

Absolute Poverty

Answer 24

inadequate income and assets, a person cannot maintain a subsistence level of income

Question 25

Accommodation (Piaget)

Answer 25

modification of existing cognitive thought to incorporate new knowledge

Question 26

Acculturation

Answer 26

assimilation to a different culture, typically the dominant one

Question 27

Activities of daily living (ADLs)

Answer 27

ability/inability to perform ADLs, part of person's functional status

Question 28

Additive Empathic Responding

Answer 28

emphatic responses that reach beyond the true aspects and surface feelings of a client's message to also reflect its implied content and underlying feelings

Question 29

Advance Directive

Answer 29

legal document through which an individual makes their wishes know about health care decision

Question 30

Agoraphobia

Answer 30

Fear concerned that escape may be difficult/help will be unavailable

Question 31

Alcohol Withdrawal

Answer 31

alcohol induced disorder, symptoms from reduction of alcohol consumption: nausea, hand tremor, anxiety, seizures, insomnia

Question 32

Alpha (level of significance)

Answer 32

the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true

Question 33

Ambivalence

Answer 33

contradictory emotions that occur at the same time within a person

Question 34

Anaclitic Depression

Answer 34

withdrawal, depression, and development delays resulting from the loss of an attachment figure during infancy

Question 35

Analogue Studies

Answer 35

studies conducted in an artificial setting (ie. lab)

Question 36

Androgyny

Answer 36

having mannerisms, behaviors, appearance, and other characteristics of both genders

Question 37

Anhedonia

Answer 37

inability to feel joy or express many pleasurable emotions

Question 38

Antecedent

Answer 38

event of other stimulus that comes before a behavior and is thought to influence it

Question 39

Anterograde Amnesia

Answer 39

a loss of memory for events and information subsequent to a trauma or other event that precipitated the amnesia. Involves the inability to form new memories

Question 40

Aphasia

Answer 40

impairment in the production and/or comprehension of language

Question 41

Appropriate Affect

Answer 41

a person is in touch with their emotions and can express them as they feel in response to specific emotional or situational stimuli