Psychosocial Quizzes

Marco is a young man who has reported difficulty with making friends. He goes to many social events and is able to initiate conversations; however, he has difficulty maintaining conversations because he has difficulty following the conversation, especially if he is talking to a group of people. In these situations, he finds himself getting easily distracted and has difficulty organizing his thoughts to respond to questions. Which client factor does this best represent?

A. Sensory processing

B. Executive function

C. Emotion perception

D. Empathy
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Marco is a young man who has reported difficulty with making friends. He goes to many social events and is able to initiate conversations; however, he has difficulty maintaining conversations because he has difficulty following the conversation, especially if he is talking to a group of people. In these situations, he finds himself getting easily distracted and has difficulty organizing his thoughts to respond to questions. Which client factor does this best represent?

A. Sensory processing

B. Executive function

C. Emotion perception

D. Empathy
B. Executive function
You are a school-based practitioner and are looking for an assessment for children with autism. In particular, you want to measure social awareness, cognition, communication, and motivation, as well as restricted interests and repetitive behavior. You decide you want to gather information from the children's parents and teachers to get a better idea of what areas of communication and socialization are particularly difficult for each child. Which assessment would you choose?

A. Social profile

B. Social responsiveness scale

C. Sensory profile

D. Assessment of communication and interaction skills
B. Social responsiveness scale
You are working in a community mental health center where the occupational therapy practitioners use the Model of Human Occupation as their practice model. You are looking for an assessment that is associated with this model to examine social skills. In particular, you want an assessment that will allow you to observe your client's social skills in a variety of environments and activities. Which assessment would you choose?

A. Social profile

B. Social responsiveness scale

C. Sensory profile

D. Assessment of communication and interaction skills
D. Assessment of communication and interaction skills
As a school-based practitioner working with children with autism, you decide you want to aid communication in your clients by asking another classmate to assist by acting as a mentor. These classmates will be trained in how to interact with another child, share toys, and engage in strategies to promote interaction. Which intervention does this best represent?

A. Augmentative and alternative communication

B. Social skills training

C. Peer-mediated intervention

D. Joint attention training
C. Peer-mediated intervention
Which of the following is one of the steps included in social skills training?

A. Discuss resistance/ambivalence

B. Mindfulness

C. Joint attention training

D. Homework
D. Homework
Adopting a recovery-oriented approach for increasing social participation requires an attitude shift for most mental health providers. Which of the following most accurately reflects this shift?

A. Accepting the mental health provider is the expert in developing interventions for social participation

B. Accepting that consumers are partners in their own care and should have input in developing interventions for social participation

C. Accepting that most consumers require medication to improve social participation

D. Accepting a directive approach in developing social skills is the most effective way to increase social participation
B. Accepting that consumers are partners in their own care and should have input in developing interventions for social participation
You are looking for an assessment that examines the functional ability of your client in a community mental health center. You want an assessment that asks the client to identify the role he assumes in the areas of work, education, and residence; the level of support he receives in the specified roles; and the quality of performance of these roles. Which assessment would you choose?

A. Multnomah Community Ability Scale

B. Mental Health Recovery Star

C. Multidimensional Scale of Independent Functioning

D. Satisfaction with Daily Occupations
C. Multidimensional Scale of Independent Functioning
You are working with an individual with mental illness who has identified social activities he plans to regularly participate in. Which stage of recovery does this best represent?

A. Moratorium

B. Awareness

C. Preparation

D. Rebuilding
D. Rebuilding
Acute pain can best be defined as ___________

A. Pain that has an insidious onset

B. Pain that does not serve a biological purpose

C. Pain that has no apparent tissue damage

D. Pain that is caused by tissue irritation related to an injury or disease
D. Pain that is caused by tissue irritation related to an injury or disease
Holly is a 45-year-old who reports low levels of pain when she is at rest, but this increases to moderate levels when she is doing her instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Recently she has had to rely on her husband and children to complete these activities. Therefore, her self-esteem has started to diminish and she's afraid that before long she won't be able to do anything. She values her role as a homemaker and her goal is to manage her pain so she can complete the activities associated with this role. You decide to focus your intervention on refocusing Holly's thinking and incorporating activities such as deep breathing, distraction, and relaxation training that she can use while engaging in her valued role. Which model of practice is most closely associated with your intervention plan?

A. Behavioral model

B. Biomechanical

C. Model of Human Occupation

D. Relaxation and Refocusing Model
D. Relaxation and Refocusing Model
A company's investment in ergonomic assessments and modifications in all areas of the workplace to avoid repetitive motion and other workplace injuries is a good example of _____________. A. Prevention B. Relapse management C. Pain management D. Biomechanical interventionA. PreventionPain is often comorbid with __________. A. Mood disorders B. Obesity C. ADHD D. Heart diseaseA. Mood disordersYou are working with a client diagnosed with dementia who functions best in the morning. Staff complains that in the evening your client demonstrates increased confusion and anxiety, resulting in her pacing throughout the evening and making it difficult for the staff to assist her to bed. Which of the following does this best represent? A. Insomnia B. Parasomnias C. Circadian rhythm sleep disorders D. SundowningD. SundowningYou are working with an adult whose family is concerned he is sleeping too much. You want to use an assessment to gather information on the individual's perspective and satisfaction on his sleep patterns. Which assessment would you choose? A. Insomnia Severity Index B. Oviedo Sleep Questionnaire C. Patient Health Questionnaire D. Sleep Disturbance Scale for ChildrenB. Oviedo Sleep QuestionnaireYou are working with a client who reports difficulty sleeping. It has gotten so bad that he dreads bedtime because he knows he will toss and turn for an hour before he falls asleep and wake up a few hours later, unable to fall back to sleep. He states he knows these feelings of dread and the anxiety associated with it is further complicating his ability to fall asleep. You decide to use an intervention that incorporates mindfulness and education about sleep and sleep hygiene in the hopes that your client will begin to see sleep as a positive activity. Which approach to sleep disorders does this best represent? A. Pharmacological B. Cognitive therapy C. Environmental adaptations D. Bedtime routineB. Cognitive therapyThe gradual accumulation of a lack of sleep is called _____________. A. Sleep apnea B. Insomnia C. Sleep disorder D. Sleep debtD. Sleep debtWhich of the following most accurately reflects the theoretical assumption about the nature of cognitive beliefs? A. Core beliefs are easy to modify with sufficient evidence and experience. B. Core beliefs influence our thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physiological arousal. C. Core beliefs are facts and rules agreed upon by an individual's community. D. Core beliefs begin to develop in early adolescence.B. Core beliefs influence our thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physiological arousal ????????Negative beliefs resulting from judgment from others that an individual with schizophrenia has started to internalize can best be described as __________. Recovery-stigma Mental illness-stigma Public stigma Self-stigmaSelf-stigma ?????????You are working in an adolescent psych clinic and are looking for an assessment that will allow you to engage in a semi-structured dialogue to assess an individual's belief in what supports and what interferes with occupational performance. Which assessment would be best in this situation? Self-efficacy gauge Dysfunctional thought records TIC-TOC technique Socratic questioning??After working in the adolescent psych clinic for a while, you decide an assessment that examines automatic thoughts related to distressing occupational performance situations would be beneficial for some of your clients. You decide to use an assessment that would have clients identify specific situations, emotions they experience in this situation, automatic thoughts, thought distortions, and alternate thoughts. Which assessment would be best in this situation? Self-efficacy gauge Dysfunctional thought records TIC-TOC technique Socratic questioning??You are working with a 27-year-old who demonstrates adequate metacognition but continues to experience disruptive cognitive beliefs. You decide to incorporate a cognitive restructuring intervention that requires the individual to examine irrational beliefs and related emotional and behavioral responses related to a specific situation that is interfering with his or her occupational performance. Which intervention approach best describes this scenario? Socratic questioning Self-talk and affirmations Behavioral experiments Rational emotive behavior therapy??This theory of motivation uses interventions such as identifying role models, providing genuine feedback on the client's performance, and assisting with reinterpretation of negative emotional states. Maslow's hierarchy of needs Approach and avoidance model Self-efficacy Self-determination??Currently you are working with an adult who is non-verbal. He has demonstrated difficulties with motivation and you want to get a better idea on his motivation and how the environment affects his level of motivation. Following your assessment, you decide you want to employ an intervention that incorporates a motivation continuum ranging from exploration to achievement. In particular, you want to expose him to both familiar and new activities of interest. Which intervention does this best represent? Behavioral activation system (BAS)/behavioral inhibition system (BIS) Remotivation process Screening brief intervention and referral to treatment Harm reduction approach??You are working with a client in an outpatient clinic for treatment following a stroke. You suspect this individual may be misusing alcohol. You ask her if she drinks alcohol. She says she does, so you implement the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). The results indicate alcohol disorder. You use a scripted intervention to raise the subject of alcohol abuse, provide feedback, enhance motivation for treatment, and negotiate and advise follow-up. Then you refer for treatment. Which intervention does this best represent? BAS/BIS Remotivation process Screening brief intervention and referral to treatment Harm reduction approach??Which of the following best describes motivational interviewing? A collaborative conversation used to strengthen a person's motivation and commitment to change A collaborative conversation to support competence, autonomy, and relatedness A collaborative conversation to evaluate the volitional system A collaborative conversation to identify the current stage of change??You are using motivational interviewing with your new client. As your client is telling you his story, you are using comments such as "This is what I am hearing . . ." or "What I understand you to say . . ." as a way to get a better understanding of your client's perception of his situation. Which core skill of motivational interviewing does this best represent? Use of open-ended questions Reflective listening Affirmation Eliciting change talk??Which theory of motivation recognizes autonomy as an important source of motivation? Maslow's hierarchy Self-efficacy theory Self-determination theory Transtheoretical model of change??Which assessment would be best for determining if a child is able to persist with a challenging task? BIS/BAS scales Dimensions of mastery questionnaire Goal attainment scaling Pediatric volitional scale??Ray is a 21-year-old college student who has been demonstrating an inability to sustain attention for extended periods of time. He states he notices this problem is worse at night when he is trying to study. Because of this inability to sustain attention he has been having difficulty completing assignments and his performance on examinations has been declining. Which aspect of attention does this best represent? Automatic and controlled processing Selective attention Divided attention Vigilance??Memory used to learn how to perform and interpret a range of motion evaluation as an occupational therapy student can best be described as ________________. Semantic memory Episodic memory Procedural memory Long-term memory??You have a client with depression who wants to return to work. After exploring her work-related interests, she indicates she wants to be a peer support specialist at the local psychosocial rehabilitation agency. With your guidance, she develops a plan to achieve her work-related goal. This best exemplifies which of the following skills related to executive function? Problem-solving Concept formation Decision-making Metacognition??Your client from the previous question has been working on her plan to secure a job as a peer support specialist. As she is exploring what she needs to do in this role, she recognizes that although she knows about mental illness, she is not familiar with psychosocial rehab and will need to engage in education to increase her knowledge and skills in this area. This best exemplifies which of the following skills related to executive function? Problem-solving Concept formation Decision-making Metacognition??You are working with an adult client who is demonstrating impairments in cognition, which is impacting his ability to live independently. You decide you want to assess his executive functioning in a natural context. In particular, you want to assess his ability to make simple purchases at the grocery store. Which assessment would be the best choice for this scenario? Continuous performance test Do-eat Multiple errands test Executive function performance test??As a school employee, you are asked to work with a 7-year-old who has been having difficulty with school performance. You decide you want to administer an assessment that requires the child to engage in three tasks that assess task performance, executive functioning, and sensory-motor skills. Which assessment would be the best choice for this scenario? Continuous performance test Do-eat Multiple errands test Executive function performance test??You are working with a 54-year-old man who has been exhibiting a decline in cognitive functioning following a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Based on your assessment, you create an intervention plan that includes the client using compensatory strategies such as a day planner to help organize work-related tasks and a checklist to help cue him to what homemaking tasks he needs to complete outside of work. Which model best represents this intervention? Cognitive adaptation Dynamic interactional approach Cognitive remediation Cognitive disabilities??