Deck 7: Conducting an Interview Assessment With Clients

Question 1

For clients who have difficulty identifying somatic sensations, the helper might recommend that they focus on their nonverbal behavior or engage in:

A) progressive muscle relaxation.
B) deep breathing and imagery.
C) deep breathing followed by a "body scan."
D) introspection.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

All the following are true of antecedents EXCEPT:

A) they may be affective, somatic, behavioral, cognitive, contextual or relational.
B) they may be internal or external events.
C) they cue behaviors making them more or less likely to occur.
D) they must occur immediately before the behavior and not a long time ago.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

A helper asks, "What do you get from this that you don't get out of other situations?" The helper is attempting to identify:

A) secondary gains.
B) antecedent.
C) consequences.
D) relationships.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Direct interviewing is a form of assessment that involves:

A) observation by others.
B) the helper and client identifying concerns through verbal and nonverbal exchanges.
C) demonstrating part of the issue in an in vivo yet simulated enactment.
D) using fantasy and directed imagery to vicariously experience some aspect of the concern.

Question 5

Selection of the issue(s) to address in the current helping context is the practitioner's responsibility although the client may help with formulating the practitioner's choice.

Question 6

Queries about a client's behavioral excesses and deficits would MOST likely be conducted when exploring the component of present behavior.

A) affect and mood
B) overt behaviors or motoric responses
C) cognitions, beliefs, and internal dialogue
D) relationships, significant others, and social support

Question 7

Which of the following questions may be used to identify consequences?

A) Where and when did this occur the first time?
B) How do you feel before it happens?
C) Can you identify any person who can make the issue better?
D) What has kept the issue from getting worse?

Question 8

Which of the following visual activities would be MOST useful in illuminating the context and environment of a client problem?

A) Inner Circle
B) Social network map
C) Ecomap
D) None of the answers are correct.

Question 9

A client discusses her drinking behaviors. The helper asks, "Who are you usually with right before or when your drinking occurs?" This is an example of a(n) antecedent.

A) affective
B) contextual
C) behavioral
D) relational

Question 10

In this stage of assessment, the helper gives the client an expectation of what will occur during the interview and why it is important for the helper and client.

A) Purpose of assessment
B) Identification of ranges of concerns
C) Identification of antecedents
D) Identification of current behaviors

Question 11

Which of the following would NOT be an example of a special type of consequence known as secondary gain?

A) Money
B) Delayed gratification of needs
C) Attention from significant others
D) Avoidance of responsibilities

Question 12

A genogram is unable to identify the interactional patterns between the client and the environment but is a useful visual tool to identify family members.

Question 13

Which of the terms is NOT synonymous with the others?

A) Self-efficacy
B) Learned helplessness
C) Personal agency
D) Self-confidence

Question 14

All of the following are true when identifying the range of a client's concerns EXCEPT:

A) clients may identify one concern when there are several that may require exploration.
B) the helper orients the client to the counseling process.
C) it is a way of verifying who the appropriate client is.
D) it is a way to understand the client's "big picture."

Question 15

A deep-seated belief about self, others, and the world that takes root during a client's early developmental history is referred to as a(n) .

A) automatic thought
B) cognitive schema
C) assumption
D) cognitive distortion

Question 16

Consequences are external or internal events that influence the current problem by:

A) maintaining, increasing, or decreasing it.
B) strengthening or increasing it only.
C) weakening or decreasing it only.
D) maintaining it only.

Question 17

Utilization of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule or the Subjective Units of Distress (SUDS) Scale would be MOST likely to occur when exploring the component of a client's present behavior.

A) affect and mood
B) context: time, place, concurrent events, and environment
C) cognitions, beliefs, and internal dialogue
D) somatic sensations

Question 18

Helper: "On a scale from 1-10, rate how confident you are in working through your anger issues" This question would be considered a(n) query.

A) antecedents
B) consequences
C) solutions
D) personal strength/self-efficacy query

Question 19

Feelings and mood states such as depression and anxiety would be components of behavior.

A) somatic
B) overt
C) cognitive
D) affective

Question 20

A client is exploring how he feels before he experiences a panic attack. The helper asks, "Are you aware of any body sensations you experience before the panic attack?" This is an example of a(n) antecedent.

A) somatic
B) contextual
C) behavioral
D) affective

Question 21

Compose three questions that you may ask to identify antecedents. (Please identify each of your responses as either affective, somatic, relational, behavioral, cognitive, and contextual).

Question 22

When a helper asks questions to determine the severity, frequency, and duration of symptoms, he/she is attempting to identify:

A) client's perceptions.
B) intensity.
C) antecedents.
D) consequences.

Question 23

Baseline data would be collected to determine frequency, intensity, and duration of a concern:

A) prior to treatment or intervention.
B) during treatment or intervention.
C) immediately following treatment or intervention.
D) during follow-up assessment of treatment or intervention outcomes.

Question 24

A helper wants to discover under what social context the client's behavior occurs. Compose two questions that the helper may ask to identify context.

Question 25

"What have others done to help you with this?" is an example of a question to explore a client's secondary gains.

Question 26

Identify two client excesses and two client deficits that you may encounter as a helper.

Question 27

What three questions could you ask to assess a client's positive and negative affect?

Question 28

The term "patient position" refers to the client's:

A) strongly held beliefs and values about the nature of the issue.
B) individual coping skills.
C) environmental strengths and resources.
D) secondary gains.

Question 29

All the following are strengths-based questions EXCEPT:

A) "Where have you found support in these challenges?"
B) "What possibilities can you envision occurring from these challenges?"
C) "Can you tell me a little bit about the people or groups that have helped you?"
D) "What personal flaw or poor choices have contributed to these challenges?"

Question 30

Discuss the limitations of the interview leads (questions) that were identified in the chapter.