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In cooperation with Norton Books, the JournaLearning International Home Study Program is now available for use by psychologists and other interested professionals who wish to obtain 11.5 hours of continuing education credit. The test consists of multiple choice questions covering all the chapters. Each question has one correct answer. Participants must correctly answer 75% of the questions in this test to receive credit.

Partial credit (less than 11.5) hours will not be given. Documentation of CE credit will be provided to all participants who successfully complete the test. An individual who fails the test on the first attempt may take it one additional time after careful review of the material. Licensed mental health professionals who are completing the Program as part of their respective state licensure requirements are urged to send in the completed test well in advance of their deadlines. We recommend that you allow three to six weeks for mailing and processing. Please fill out all of the personal information on the form, (i.e. name, address, etc.) and sign on the line certifying your completion of the test.

Information on Continuing Education Credit

Please allow 3 to 6 weeks for notification of your results, and if you pass, your letter of completion for 11.5 credits. You may want to keep a copy of this test as a record for your certifying agency. JournaLearning International is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. JournaLearning International maintains responsibility for the program. JournaLearning International is an approved provider of Continuing Education by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling. Florida Provider Number CM-671 Exp. 1/2001. JournaLearning International is approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. This home-study program has been approved by the NBCC for 11.5 hours of continuing education credit for NCCs, subject to continued approval by NBCC. NBCC provider #5635. This course meets the qualifications for 11.5 hours of continuing education credit for MFCC's and LCSW's as required by the California board of Behavioral Sciences - Provider #PCE 127. Although we collaborate with Norton Books, JournaLearning International is a separate entity and retains sole responsibility for this home-study program. *Many states will accept programs approved by the APA, NBCC and California and Florida Boards. Check your local rules.

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Memory Quest - Home Study Course Objectives

Participants will learn:

"The Integrative Function of Memory"

1. The processes of memory and how they are impacted by trauma.
2. Memory's role in the development of the self.

"Evasions and Distortions"

1. Processes by which memory is distorted including denial, dissociation, and intimidation.
2. Traumatic symptoms and their effects on memory.

"The Past in the Present"

1. Therapy as a context for remembering.
2. Clinical issues in the integration of memory in therapy.

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Answer all of these questions from the point of view of this book.

Chapter 1: Interrogating Memory

1. According to the author, the most important feature of adaptive memory is:
__ a. the accuracy of detail
__ b. the integration of memory with the social context
__ c. the quantity of data recalled
__ d. the vividness of the recollection

2. In the formation of memory, a major mechanism for coping with trauma is:
__ a. representation
__ b. dissociation
__ c. allocation
__ d. reaction formation

3. In the process of memory retrieval, the role of the therapist is:
__ a. to help the client sort between fact and fantasy
__ b. to provide direction for the client's retrieval process
__ c. to make it safe for the client to remember
__ d. to be a reliable authority figure

Chapter 2: Getting Past the Present

4. Which of the following is stored in memory?
__ a. skills and habits
__ b. general information
__ c. episodes
__ d. all of the above

5. Unintegrated processes are called:
__ a. disconnections
__ b. repressions
__ c. dissociations
__ d. nonintegrations

6. Memory is:
__ a. localized in specific structures of the brain
__ b. distributed across many brain systems
__ c. neither of the above
__ d. both of the above

7. Which of the following best reflects the author's functional view of memory:
__ a. memory is a copy of occurrences
__ b. memory is a system for storing information
__ c. memory is an ongoing constructive process
__ d. all of the above

Chapter 3: Selective Processes in Memory

8. Which of the following is NOT a stage in the development of memory?
__ a. encoding
__ b. planning
__ c. storage
__ d. retrieval

9. A "repisode" is:
__ a. a fabrication of the mind
__ b. a false memory
__ c. a composite of similar experiences
__ d. a temporal gap in the memory of an episode

10. According to the action-decrement hypothesis, the process which impedes short-term recall but enhances long-term memory is:
__ a. rehearsal
__ b. consolidation
__ c. retrieval
__ d. articulation

Chapter 4: Memory as Competence

11. It is the content of memories, and not the form,that are affected by early attachment patterns.
__ True __ False

12. Which of the following does NOT reflect the author's viewpoint?
__ a. attachment is the social matrix of memory
__ b. attachment facilitates culture
__ c. memory and attachment have a non-reciprocal relationship
__ d. all DO reflect the author's view

13. Children who are devalued by peers show the following:
__ a. reduced ability to recall negative, self-relevant information
__ b. reduced ability to recall positive, self-relevant information
__ c. no difference in recall from children who are positively evaluated
__ d. all of the above

14. Which of the following best reflects the view of the author?
__ a. Young children have difficulty telling the difference between truth and lies.
__ b. Children have difficulty distinguishing between fantasy and reality.
__ c. Children learn to remember real events before they learn to fantasize.
__ d. All of the above

Chapter 5: Representation and the Self

15. The function of ritual is:
__ a. teaching of culture
__ b. social control
__ c. maintenance of power
__ d. all of the above

16. Dialogue facilitates the accurate construction of memory.
__ True __ False

17. According to the author, which of the following accounts for "la belle indifference" of women labeled "hysterics"?
__ a. repression of traumatic memories
__ b. fabrication of memories
__ c. dissociation of divergent memories
__ d. failure to resolve Oedipal fantasies

Chapter 6: The Impact of Trauma

18. Which of the following is NOT an effect of trauma?
__ a. disturbed immune system
__ b. depersonalization
__ c. guilt
__ d. none of the above

19. Which of the following is NOT especially associated with abuse-specific amnesia?
__ a. violent abuse
__ b. a parental perpetrator
__ c. multiple perpetrators
__ d. fear of death upon disclosing the abuse

20. Which of the following (as mentioned by the author) is NOT a contributor to social disconnection of the victim?
__ a. antisocial behaviors by the victim
__ b. psychological depression of the victim
__ c. increased defensiveness of the victim
__ d. breakdown of the victim's trust

21. A primary goal of posttraumatic therapy is:
__ a. the client's insight
__ b. integrating "before and after" memories
__ c. regaining appropriate affect
__ d. none of the above

22. Which of the following statements about secrets is FALSE?
__ a. Secrets have no clear effect on memory.
__ b. Secrets discourage rehearsal of memory.
__ c. Secrets structure divergent narrative accounts.
__ d. none of the above

Chapter 7: The Subversion of Memory

23. Repression is the basis of posttraumatic memory loss.
__ True __ False

24. Which of the following statements best reflects the author's view regarding suggestibility?
__ a. It is a biological rather than a situational trait.
__ b. It impairs an individual's ability to recall witnessed events.
__ c. It is facilitated by intimidation, threats, or authority.
__ d. all of the above

25. Which of the following statements best reflects the author's view?
__ a. Reality cannot be discovered in therapy.
__ b. The goal of therapy is to develop personal narratives rather than historical truth.
__ c. Helping the client towards independent thinking and differentiating fact from fantasy are important tasks in therapy.
__ d. all of the above

Chapter 8: The Self in Hiding

26. Which of the following was NOT involved in Erica's therapy?
__ a. exploring the psychological implications of external events
__ b. re-connecting with her pain
__ c. confrontation with her surviving parent
__ d. all of the above WERE involved

27. Which of the following did Dalton NOT achieve in therapy?
__ a. understanding of meanings and connection with objects
__ b. termination of compulsive behavior
__ c. openness with people close to him
__ d. all of the above WERE achieved

28. Unnarrated feelings and behaviors are forgotten.
__ True __ False

Chapter 9: The Self in Pieces

29. Trauma-related altered states affect:
__ a. encoding of information
__ b. organization of memory
__ c. integration
__ d. all of the above

30. A child who dissociates is most likely to strengthen boundaries between "selves" in the developmental period of:
__ a. preschool
__ b. latency
__ c. adolescence
__ d. all of the above

31. Which of the following represents the author's view on MPD?
__ a. MPD is a factitious disorder.
__ b. MPD is iatrogenic.
__ c. MPD is a coping response to trauma.
__ d. MPD is a hysterical defense mechanism.

32. According to the author, transference psychosis:
__ a. occurs only in a relationship between a therapist and an abused client
__ b. is a reenactment of trauma from the past in which the therapist is seen as dangerous.
__ c is a facilitative process in therapy with trauma victims
__ d. all of the above

Chapter 10: Making It Safe to Remember

33. Which of the following statements reflects the author's view of the fear of remembering?
__ a. It can sabotage the process of exploring meaning.
__ b. It hampers the ability to evaluate past events and
develop different responses to them.
__ c. It can be concomitant with real and present danger.
__ d. none of the above

34. If a client were considering a lawsuit against a perpetrator, the author would likely recommend the therapist to:
__ a. discuss the difference between talk and action with the client
__ b. reassure the client that the safety of therapy will not be lessened
__ c. become allied with the client's attempt to get justice
__ d. all of the above

35. In determining the accuracy of memory, the evaluation process is fundamentally and necessarily distinct from the therapeutic process.
__ True __ False

Chapter 11: Recollection: Picking Up the Pieces

36. Which statement does NOT reflect the author's view of memory work in therapy?
__ a. Adaptive remembering is a useful and pragmatic treatment goal.
__ b. The self does not need to be in control of memory to achieve meaning.
__ c. Using therapy and medication to provide controlled dissociation from disruptive memories can be helpful.
__ d. all DO reflect the author's view

37. Which of the following statements about somatic symptoms LEAST represents the view of the author?
__ a. Present somatic symptoms in a trauma survivor usually represent actual memories from the past.
__ b. Somatic symptoms have many possible sources.
__ c. Somatic symptoms need to be assessed by a physician before being treated psychologically.
__ d. all DO reflect the author's view

38. Confrontations with artifacts associated with painful memories may:
__ a. provoke flashbacks
__ b. liberate the client from formerly held perspectives
__ c. both a and b
__ d. none of the above

Chapter 12: Integration: Putting the Pieces Together

39. Which of the following is NOT considered an obstacle to integration?
__ a. the assignment of patterns to memories
__ b. the large quantity of potentially available memories
__ c. the lack of connections between memories
__ d. the subversion and inconsistency of memories

40. The author believes that mourning losses is an essential part of healing from dissociative disorders such as MPD.
__ True __ False

Chapter 13: Letting Go

41. Letting go:
__ a. occurs when wounds from the past are healed
__ b. occurs when the client is ready to forget the past
__ c. involves a shifting of focus
__ d. all of the above

42. The author's view of forgiveness of perpetrators is that it:
__ a. facilitates recovery and letting go of the past
__ b. is a form of denial
__ c. interferes with an individual's acknowledging anger
__ d. is a matter of personal values

Satisfaction Evaluation

Please rate the following 13 statements on a scale of 1 to 5 (1-strongly disagree, 5-strongly agree):
___The information was well presented.
___I learned something useful to my profession.
___I read/bought this book because I could get CE credit.
___I would recommend this home study to others.
___I would recommend this book to others.
___The material was consistent with the stated objectives.
___The information could contribute to achieving personal and/or professional goals.

The program met the stated learning objectives:
"The Integrative Function of Memory"
___The processes of memory and how they are impacted by trauma.
___Memory's role in the development of the self.

"Evasions and Distortions"
___Processes by which memory is distorted including denial, dissociation, and intimidation.
___Traumatic symptoms and their effects on memory.

"The Past in the Present"
___Therapy as a context for remembering.
___Clinical issues in the integration of memory in therapy.

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