Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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. A

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

The keys to ethical competence include the following:

Accepted Answer

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 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In terms of gender and multicultural differences among interviewers:

Accepted Answer

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 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The task of the interviewer is:

Accepted Answer

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 9

Listening skills alone can lead to positive client change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

According to Rogerian theory, it is important to:

Accepted Answer

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 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The most influential psychotherapist of modern times is:

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 14

Programmed learning is:

Accepted Answer

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 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Effective interviewer listening helps clients listen to others more effectively.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The most influential psychotherapists of modern times is Donald Meichenbaum.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: Programming a Foundation for Learning

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

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

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

The keys to ethical competence include the following:

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

In terms of gender and multicultural differences among interviewers:

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

The task of the interviewer is:

Listening skills alone can lead to positive client change.

According to Rogerian theory, it is important to:

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

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

The most influential psychotherapist of modern times is:

Programmed learning is:

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

Effective interviewer listening helps clients listen to others more effectively.

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

The most influential psychotherapists of modern times is Donald Meichenbaum.

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

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