1. Successful crisis work may be described as a. enhancing the crisis worker's life. b. successfully resolving long-standing trauma. c. becoming multi-culturally aware. d. generating in the client a long-term resiliency to ward off future crisis. Answer: a
2. Of the following components of basic crisis theory, which does not apply? a. Basic crisis theory is equivalent to brief therapy. b. Crisis is a state where ordinary behaviors can't overcome the problem. c. The problem is viewed as intolerable. d. Emotional disequilibrium is always experienced. Answer: a
3. If a crisis worker hoped that the client would gain insight from some earlier childhood experience to help solve the crisis, she would be using_________ theory a. developmental b. adaptational c. psychoanalytic d. interpersonal Answer: c
4. A theory of crisis that views the person as being the victim of faulty thinking is a. adaptational b. interpersonal c. chaos d. none of the above Answer: a
5. The equilibrium model of crisis intervention is a. really a disequilibrium model as well. b. probably most appropriate for early intervention. c. is best fitted for uncovering underlying causes. d. Both a and b are correct. Answer: d
6) In low-context cultures
a) group consensus is important.
b) direct communication is valued.
c) subtle nonverbal cues are important.
d) both a and c. Answer: b
7) Trauma tourism is
a) a term coined by disaffected psychologists.
b) Greyline bus tours through disaster areas.
c) trips through disaster areas by mental health workers to better understand what is occurring
d) there is no such term.
Answer: b
8) In the dynamic interaction that occurs in a crisis, the three principle components are
a) developmental, adaptational, systemic
b) worker, client, ecological-cultural determinants
c) psychoanalytic,