Question 1

A program to help the chronically mentally ill stay in their home communities and lead productive lives is a

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A)   primary prevention.
B)   secondary prevention.
C)   tertiary prevention.
D)   quartile prevention. C

Question 2

Social Justice

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A)   deals with a sense of equality of opportunity
B)   is presented as a principle and not a value
C)   comes from our history of equal opportunities for all
D)   is not necessarily a part of Community Psychology A

Question 3

The fundamental principles of community psychology include:

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A)   a respect for diversity.
B)   an understanding of the difference between normalcy and pathology.
C)   an appreciation for statistical normalcy.
D)   an emphasis on individual differences. A

Question 4

What Social Justice issues might you find in your present community?

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Question 5

Kurt Lewin argued that we needed to understand ____ in order to figure out behavior.

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A)   the person
B)   the environment
C)   the interaction between the person and the environment
D)   the space between the person and the environment

Question 6

The Institute of Medicine labeled prevention programs aimed at the total population

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A)   universal.
B)   selective.
C)   indicated.
D)   popular.

Question 7

Eysenck's review of the research literature on effectiveness of psychotherapy found

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A)   positive changes could possibly be due to the passage of time alone.
B)   psychoanalysis was superior to client-centered therapy.
C)   European psychology was superior to American psychology training
D)   All of the above.

Question 8

Imagine that you are the keynote speaker at the Swampscott Conference. Present to your audience the rationale for the new field and its possible mission and goals. What would you hope for by the fiftieth anniversary for the field (2015)?

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Question 9

Kloos et al. (2011) believed a community psychology provided

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A)   a different way of thinking about human behavior.
B)   a focus on contexts for behavior.
C)   alternatives for research and intervention away from the purely individual focus.
D)   All of the above.

Question 10

Select a community program you know well (for example, Big Brother/Big Sister or Alcoholics Anonymous). First describe the mission of the program and then discuss whether the program exemplifies any of the principles of community psychology.

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Question 11

Community psychology is especially interested in therapy over prevention.

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A)   True.
B)   False.
C)   A trick question, since there is no discussion of these distinctions in community psychology.
D)   All of the above.

Question 12

Among the social and historical contexts which the text authors believed encouraged the development of a community psychology are included:

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A)   the rise of anti-communist sentiment in the U.S.
B)   the economic prosperity of the 1940's
C)   the opening of opportunities for women and ethnic minorities
D)   All of the above.

Question 13

A program addressing a particular segment of the population which has been determined to be at high risk is called a _______ program.

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A)   universal
B)   selective
C)   targeted
D)   tertiary

Question 14

The concept of person-environment fit suggests the best person for a position

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A)   is dependent on their motivation.
B)   is dependent on what the position requires.
C)   is independent of what a position requires.
D)   is independent of the person's characteristics.

Question 15

The Supreme Court decision called, "Brown versus the Board of Education" determined that

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A)   public funds could not be used for private school.
B)   private education was superior to public education.
C)   the idea of separate but equal education was not legitimate.
D)   the Boards of Education were not responsible for the quality of education provided individual students.

Question 16

Many sex educators argue that sex education should be taught in the elementary schools to all students. This approach to AIDS reduction is an example of

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A)   universal prevention.
B)   secondary prevention.
C)   targeted prevention.
D)   milestone prevention.

Question 17

Recent studies of empowering systems find that they

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A)   have power role opportunities for their members .
B)   are a socially supportive environment.
C)   have a group belief in the power of their members.
D)   have inspiring leadership.
E)   All of the above.

Question 18

Provide a concrete example for the following terms: empowerment, person-environment fit, social justice values.

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Question 19

Erich Lindemann's work with Coconut Grove highlighted

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A)   the usefulness of crisis intervention.
B)   the importance of culture in devising interventions.
C)   the effects of a professionally focused consultative model.
D)   the usefulness of a California community's meditation based intervention.

Question 20

Cowen stated that prevention programs must be

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A)   intentional.
B)   group oriented.
C)   before the onset of pathology.
D)   All of the above.

Exam 1: Introduction to Community Psychology