1) Which of the following is NOT a neurotransmitter which facilitates messages between neurons? a) Serotonin b) Atropine c) Dopamine d) Acetylcholine 2) Self-concepts are individuals’ perceptions of who they are, their attributes and traits. stabilization of one’s self concept a) Seldom stabilizes in one's lifetime b) Is completed by early adolescence. c) Typically occurs during the preschool years. d) May be influenced by cultural and family factors. 3) The view that children begin their development as a “blank slate” has been identified by John Locke as a) plasticity b) resiliency c) genotype d) tabula rasa 4) Which of the following is a true statement pertaining to the DSM-5? a) All major categories of disorders have been renamed b) The axial classification system has been dropped c) Autism and Asperger’s are classified under disruptive impulse control disord d) There is less emphasis on pathopsychological origin of symptoms and behavior 5) The clinical hypothesis developed by a mental health counselor is characterized as a) case conceptualization b) assessment testing c) psychosocial analysis d) nonstandardized checklists and rating scales 6) According to Erikson, young adults seek close relationships with others but fear that doing so would mean giving up independence. Erikson called this tension a) adaptation vs accommodation b) formal vs concrete development c) intimacy vs isolation d) autonomy vs shame and doubt 7) According to behaviorists, the “law of affect” most nearly refers to a) Psychosexual development b) Defense mechanisms c) Hierarchy of needs d) Conditioning principles 8) Strong interpersonal relationships are often forged by individuals working for the same company. Not infrequently marriages are the result of some of these relationships. The principle involved here is called a) commitment b) accommodation c) propinquity d) adaptation 9) Albert Bandura developed a social learning theory and self-efficacy is one of the principal concepts. Self-efficacy is the belief that we can do some task or behavior. As counselors, we need to be able to empower clients to become more self-efficacious. Which one of the following is not an approach recommended by Bandura? a) Raising anxiety levels b) Vicarious experience c) Modeling d) Verbal persuasion 10) A professional counselor determines fees for monthly consultation services on a job-by-job basis. This is an example of which of the following types of reinforcement schedules? a) Fixed ratio b) Fixed interval c) Variable ratio d) Variable interval 11) Piaget identifies four major stages of child development. Which of the following refers to the period during which the child develops the abilities to classify and seriate objects and to maintain relationships between objects despite their physical manipulation? a) Concrete operations b) Preoperational c) Formal operations d) Sensorimotor 12) Frequently a mental status exam is administered to an individual seeking mental health services. This formal assessment process covers several specific areas. Which of the following is NOT one of these areas? a) Sensorium b) Mood and affect c) Appearance and behavior d) Interpersonal relationships 13) No single theory explains how women develop; however, there are a number of concepts attributable to women in their process of development. Which of the following concepts are NOT representative of women’s development? a) Relationships and other-oriented b) Communication and connections c) Self-absorption and power networks d) Caretaking and social 14) Erikson called the last stage in his theory of human development Integrity vs Despair. A person’s challenge in this stage is to achieve acceptance of the finality of life. Erikson postulated that such acceptance could be achieved only if the person had a) Reached an economic position wherein the person did not need to worry about having good living conditions b) Successfully met the challenges of the previous stages c) Accepted the accomplishment of the various roles the individual had failed in life d) Reached a parallel level of moral development 15) A prominent theory of psychosexual development is that of Freud. In one of his five postulated stages, children are often thought to be attracted to their parent of the opposite sex. This attraction appears to occur in the _____ stage. a) Oral b) Phallic c) Genital d) Anal 16) Sally visits her college counseling center because she has difficulty going to sleep and staying asleep. She finds out that about 5% of the students at the college have similar complaints. This is known as ____ of the sleep problem. a) prevalence b) prognosis c) incidence d) etiology 17) A counselor is seeing a Latina client for the first time. She is experiencing anxiety and is distressed that her family members are scattered throughout several states in order to have jobs. The counselor determines that this client is an illegal immigrant and is considering what course of action he should take. The counselor chooses not to report this client to authorities which is consistent with Kohlberg's level of a) preconventional moral development b) conventional moral development c) acceptance moral development d) postconventional moral development 18) Proponents of Maslow’s theory believe that people's behaviors are directed primarily by a) pleasure principle b) pleasing others c) oral gratification d) need gratification 19) One of the early theorists viewed human development from an ecological perspective. This suggests that the system in which the individual finds him or herself is critical to the developmental process. This theorist was a) Urie Bronfenbrenner b) William Perry c) Robert Havighurst d) B. F. Skinner 20) A school counselor has met several times over the year with a 10th grader who is having difficulty with authority figures. At a session which includes the student’s mother, the counselor notices the student exhibiting a number of childlike behaviors. In terms of defense mechanisms, this behavior can probably be labeled a) displacement b) reaction formation c) regression d) denial

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