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Name: Score:96 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 96
The state in which you reside does not yet have counselor licensure, so a local civic club has
asked you to address their members to present an overview of counselor licensure and its
benefits to the public. In your presentation to the group you note that
Implication
Licensure is only beneficial for counselors working in schools.
All professional groups support counselor licensure without any objections.
Some professional groups (eg. psychologists) have opposed counselor licensure although
the need for mental health services for the public has increased steadily.
Term 2 of 96
Clients and counselors sit closer together, presumably reflecting being psychologically closer,
when they are similar in terms of factors such as age, social status, and general appearance (eg.
style of clothing worn). However, research in proxemics also has shown that forward (upper-
body) trunk lean by a counselor is likely to cause a negative, distancing reaction initially in a client
who is:
Less intelligent than the counselor.
Depressed and crying.
Specificity of the fear-causing source.
A different race from the counselor.
,Term 3 of 96
The NBCC Code of Ethics and Ethical Standards of the American Counseling Association (ACA)
do not include a statement reflecting the principle that
Counselors should receive appropriate fees for services rendered regardless of the
situations or settings in which the services were rendered.
Counselors are not allowed to charge for their services under any circumstances.
Counselors should only work in private practice settings.
Counselors must provide services for free to those in need.
Term 4 of 96
Client: "I just can't see myself working in a hospital, being around sick kids all day."
Counselor: "You just don't like kids."
The counselor in this example has made which of the following types of reflection errors?
Understanding
Message
Meaning
Context
Term 5 of 96
You have been providing career counseling to a client who is seeking employment. Concurrent to
the counseling, and with your opinion as to your client's suitability for the employer's job opening.
Under which of the following conditions are you free (ie. not in violation of professional ethics) to
provide the information requested?
Nothing
Always
Never
Rarely
,Term 6 of 96
Although group effectiveness is difficult to define and is related to the purposes and leadership
of the group, some general principles have been agreed upon. For example, group processes
generally are most effective when the group:
Maintains strict adherence to established rules and procedures.
Relies on the leader to make all decisions for the group.
Develops new ways of functioning in response to emerging needs and patterns of
interaction among group members.
Focuses exclusively on individual achievements rather than group dynamics.
Definition 7 of 96
Sibling rivalry
Diagnosis is most clearly a counselor's task in which of the following types of group
counseling?
A client's _____ is a number that indicates how many persons taking the same test performed
worse than or equal to the client.
Counselors refer to the study of "person to person relationships" within a group situation as:
Competitiveness between children in the same family is known as
Term 8 of 96
If several raters report a high degree of agreement in assessing a person, their rating could be
characterized as having a high degree of
Validity
Reliability
Tolerance
Content Validity
, Term 9 of 96
A counselor designs a study where two experimental groups and one control group complete
pre and post-experiment measures of self-concept. The subjects were not randomly assigned to
the groups because of scheduling problems. Which of the following techniques MOST
appropriate for analyzing the resultant data?
Multiple Regression Analysis
Multiple Correlation
Maturation
Analysis of Covariance
Term 10 of 96
Erikson presented an eight-stage theory of human development, the last stage of which he
entitled "integrity vs. despair". A person's challenge in this stage is to achieve acceptance of the
finality of life. Erikson postulated that such acceptance could be achieved only if the person had:
Racquet ball/Chess
Successfully met the challenges of the previous stage.
Speed with which information can be retrieved for use.
Been promoted to a management position.
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