Jane is a 42 year old married mother of 4 children who was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis - a neurological disorder that often leads to motor weakness, speech disturbance, and other cognitive symptoms. She presented for counseling to Mark, who is currently involved in a Solution Focused Training program. As Mark meets with Jane during the first session he determined that Jane was experiencing symptoms of depression that were particularly related to her loss of sensation in her feet and lack of coordination. Jane further reported that as her symptoms have progressed, she is aware that when she goes out to run errands or do activities with her children, people generally treat her "differently" than before she became ill.
Marks asks Jane the question, "If while you were sleeping something happened to make everything better, how would you know that things were better in the morning?" Mark's question is an example of which of the following Solution Focused Interventions?
a. The person is political
b. Scaling Questions
c. The Miracle Question
d. Fast Forward Questions
Answer: c. The Miracle Question
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a. post-menstrual depression. b. pre-partum depression. c. postpartum depression. d. manic depressive disorder.
The thalidomide tragedy during the 1960s showed that
a. saving money with low-cost drugs is no bargain. b. sexually transmitted diseases exert harmful effects on the child even years after the disease was cured. c. animal testing of new drugs does not guarantee their safety for humans. d. dietary factors interact with drugs in unexpected ways.
According to a learning theory approach, we might experience anxiety when we walk into a doctor's or dentist's office because
a. of species-specific response patterns to pain and fear. b. the sight of the office has become associated with previous painful events occurring in the office. c. we know how much money it will cost to receive proper treatment. d. of unconscious fixations at an immature stage of development.
Human factors psychology is also known as
a. cybernetics. b. heuristics. c. ergonomics. d. humanistics.