Add To Cart

Psychologist Post-Test
Get PRINTABLE format of this page
To print: If you do not have Adobe Reader, it's available via a free download here.
Additional post test questions for Psychologists, Ohio Counselors, and Ohio MFT’s

Answer questions below. Then click the "Check Your Score" button below. This Test screen gives you FREE scoring and anonymous unlimited FREE trials. If you get a score of 80% or higher, and place a credit card order online, you can get an Instant Certificate for 5 CE's.

Questions:
1.1 What are the three tools addicts use to control the people in their lives?
2.1 What is the danger of the "threaten, punish, and relent" cycle?
3.1 What are the three main reasons families of addicts are resistant to trying new methods of dealing with their situation?
4.1 What are the four basic roles children of addicts adopt to connect with their families?
5.1 What three steps are required for the "Build Up Your Courage Muscles" exercise?
6.1 What are the three main purposes of anger in the families of addicts?
7.1 What two powerful life forces control a caretaker?


Answers:
A. Avoiding the pain caused by an addict’s crisis, and seeking the pleasure of relief when the crisis is averted.
B. Manipulation, mistrust, and misdirection.
C. They get locked into a habit of recycling past actions, they relegate themselves to the sidelines, and they feel "comfortable" with the way they have always dealt with things.
D. To instruct the addict, to keep the addict from hurting himself or others, and to make emotional connections.
E.  The family member focuses on trying to change the behavior of the addict, rather than on healing him or herself.
F. Support, a history of success, and a courage talisman.
G. The hero, the scapegoat, the lost child, and the mascot.

Questions:

8.1 What are the three rules in the families of addicts?
9.1 By what age do most children develop accurate perceptions of the role of alcohol and other drugs in their parent’s lives?
10.1 What are the three methods family members use for coping with substance abuse?
11.1 According to Hogan, how are children in the families of addicts placed into an "impossible situation"?
12.1 According to McKeganey, what are the biggest risks to the children of addicts?
13.1 According to Werner, what are the three important issues a family must confront to help them obtain treatment?
14.1 What is "unilateral family therapy"?

 Answers:


A. By age 7 or 8.
B.  This form of therapy works only with the family of the addict, and trains them in adopting a positive rehabilitative role, as well as interventions to increase the well-being of the non-using family members.
C. Don’t talk, don’t feel, and don’t trust.
D. Material deprivation and neglect, the risk of physical abuse and violence, exposure to criminal behavior, and the break-up of the family.
E. They are bound to silence by loyalty to their parents and their desire to protect themselves, their parents, and their families from social censure and exclusion.
F.  The family must acknowledge their denial of the addiction, understand the impact of the substance abuse, and realize that they did not cause the alcoholism, but their behavior can contribute to the disease.
G. Coping engaged, coping tolerant, and coping withdrawal.


If you have problems with Scoring or placing an Order, please contact us at [email protected]