Test 1 Flashcards
1
Q
Most people that we will meet or even counsel will be ______.
A
sane & normal
2
Q
How many people will seek help in their lifetime for a metal or psychological problem?
A
1 in 5 or about 20%
3
Q
What is the most commonly encountered problem?
A
depression
4
Q
What 3 major topics does the field of psychology study?
A
behavior, emotions, and thinking
5
Q
What is psychology?
A
the study of behavior
6
Q
What 2 kinds of expectations will people come to when coming to you with their behavior?
A
- change behavior
2. seek your approval of behavior
7
Q
What kind of appraoch do we take to counseling?
A
solutions-focused
8
Q
What are the steps to the mini-mental status exam?
A
Assess:
- appearance
- cognition
- mood/ affect
- Intellectual funtioning
- Senroium / Awareness
9
Q
Abnormal behavior qualities: 6 factors
A
- context of behavior
- persistence of behavior
- percieved social deviance
- subjective distress due to the behavior
- psycholoical handicaps due to the behavior
- global function affected
10
Q
5 steps to helping behavior
A
- Notice. understand the situation of the individual
- Determine- is this a situation that needs help?
- Answer- Am I willing ahdn have time to help? Can I with the cooperation of the individual, devise a plan?
- Answer- Am I going to act to work together with this individual to achieve this helping plan?
- Give Help
11
Q
Describe Behavior Modification.
A
- assumes disordered behavior is learned
- establishes new leanring after extinguishing faulty behavior
- rewards good behaviors
- extinguishes bad behaviors
- client must be aware of problem for change to happen
12
Q
Describe Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
A
- combines behavioral modification and using thoughts to changebehavior
- stimuli in the environment elicit thoughts that we want to change
- teach the client new ways of thinking
- changes the indiviuals perception to make change
