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,When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Inform the patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to - CORRECT ANSWERS-jointly
decide, between patient and counselor, how the counseling process will proceed
A client arrives for counseling with the presenting complaint of relationship difficulties.
She goes on to describe that she has had multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion
as a birth control method. You are personally opposed to abortion. How should your
personal beliefs impact the therapeutic relationship? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Your
personal belief system should not have any bearing on the therapeutic relationship
You have been involved in a counseling relationship with a client for six months, when
he presents you with a small gift. What should you do? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Accept
or decline depending on the circumstances
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a client you are
counseling. What do you do? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Limit, as much as possible, any
possibly damaging personal information and obtain written permission from your client
to share confidential information
What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file? - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Accept or decline depending upon circumstances
You are a counselor with several clients, and at the same time you are adjusting to a
difficult divorce. You aren't sleeping or eating well, find you are highly distractible, and
generally are less in-touch with your emotional state. You should... - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Be alert to your mental status, and be able to determine if continuing with
your clients poses any threat of being detrimental to the counseling process
A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former counselor, you are
called to perform a forensic evaluation. What is your responsibility in this case? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-It is not considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a
current or past client, so you should decline
You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to attend her wedding.
Would it be ethical to do so? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Yes, you should be able to attend
her wedding without a breach of ethics
While involved with a research study, you learn that several of your students are using
confidential material in an unethical manner. You had no prior knowledge of this, and all
of your safeguards for professional practice were appropriate. Are you, as the principal
researcher, responsible for the student's behavior - CORRECT ANSWERS-Yes, you
are ultimately responsible
, When publishing research, it is important to - CORRECT ANSWERS-Give credit to
other contributors or sources, not plagiarize, and submit material to only one journal at a
time
When a conflict arises between the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of
Ethics and a governing authority, which takes precedence? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when - CORRECT ANSWERS-A counselor
has been retained to review another counselor who is in question; and when
confidentiality rights would be violated
What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Counseling that recognizes diversity and approaches beneficial to specific groups and
an approach that all counselors should ethically be aware of
Most ethical issues are related to - CORRECT ANSWERS-Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who is he? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - CORRECT ANSWERS-Formal
Operations
Identity Crisis - CORRECT ANSWERS-Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS-processes that contribute to optimal
functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - CORRECT ANSWERS-Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe - CORRECT ANSWERS-no one theory of
development completely explains the process
John Bowlby - CORRECT ANSWERS-Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - CORRECT ANSWERS-Pre-conventional,
Conventional, and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex - CORRECT ANSWERS-Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys - CORRECT ANSWERS-Harry Harlow
,When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Inform the patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to - CORRECT ANSWERS-jointly
decide, between patient and counselor, how the counseling process will proceed
A client arrives for counseling with the presenting complaint of relationship difficulties.
She goes on to describe that she has had multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion
as a birth control method. You are personally opposed to abortion. How should your
personal beliefs impact the therapeutic relationship? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Your
personal belief system should not have any bearing on the therapeutic relationship
You have been involved in a counseling relationship with a client for six months, when
he presents you with a small gift. What should you do? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Accept
or decline depending on the circumstances
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a client you are
counseling. What do you do? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Limit, as much as possible, any
possibly damaging personal information and obtain written permission from your client
to share confidential information
What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file? - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Accept or decline depending upon circumstances
You are a counselor with several clients, and at the same time you are adjusting to a
difficult divorce. You aren't sleeping or eating well, find you are highly distractible, and
generally are less in-touch with your emotional state. You should... - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Be alert to your mental status, and be able to determine if continuing with
your clients poses any threat of being detrimental to the counseling process
A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former counselor, you are
called to perform a forensic evaluation. What is your responsibility in this case? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-It is not considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a
current or past client, so you should decline
You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to attend her wedding.
Would it be ethical to do so? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Yes, you should be able to attend
her wedding without a breach of ethics
While involved with a research study, you learn that several of your students are using
confidential material in an unethical manner. You had no prior knowledge of this, and all
of your safeguards for professional practice were appropriate. Are you, as the principal
researcher, responsible for the student's behavior - CORRECT ANSWERS-Yes, you
are ultimately responsible
, When publishing research, it is important to - CORRECT ANSWERS-Give credit to
other contributors or sources, not plagiarize, and submit material to only one journal at a
time
When a conflict arises between the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of
Ethics and a governing authority, which takes precedence? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when - CORRECT ANSWERS-A counselor
has been retained to review another counselor who is in question; and when
confidentiality rights would be violated
What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Counseling that recognizes diversity and approaches beneficial to specific groups and
an approach that all counselors should ethically be aware of
Most ethical issues are related to - CORRECT ANSWERS-Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who is he? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - CORRECT ANSWERS-Formal
Operations
Identity Crisis - CORRECT ANSWERS-Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS-processes that contribute to optimal
functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - CORRECT ANSWERS-Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe - CORRECT ANSWERS-no one theory of
development completely explains the process
John Bowlby - CORRECT ANSWERS-Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - CORRECT ANSWERS-Pre-conventional,
Conventional, and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex - CORRECT ANSWERS-Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys - CORRECT ANSWERS-Harry Harlow
