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Individuals come to counseling for a variety of reasons. An immediate goal for many clients might be
A. self-understanding
B. skill-development
C. self-disclosure
D. employment - SOLUTION-C. self-disclosure
,A counselor performs pre-marital counseling in conjunction with a church whose pastor refers couples to
her. Ordinarily, the counselor sees the couple together twice, two times individually, and twice together
again for a total of six sessions. In her second individual session with Tom, the counselor learns that he
has not broken off an affair with another woman, not his prospective marriage partner. An appropriate
counselor response is to
A. insist Tom tell his future wife
B. remind Tom of their agreement there would be no secrets.
C. refer the couple to a more experienced pre-marital counselor.
D. decide to provide Tom more individual counseling sessions. - SOLUTION-B. remind Tom of
their agreement there would be no secrets.
A counselor educator at a large university studied different counseling modalities for students who came
to the counseling center with relationship/self-esteem problems. There was a waiting list to
accommodate all the students. The researcher was curious if men or women gained self-esteem
differentially whether they were seen in individual counseling, group counseling, or psychoeducational
class (18-20 students). There was also a possibility of an interaction between gender and the kind of
service they received. The appropriate statistical technique to use in this situation was
A. one-way analysis of variance
B. factorial analysis of variance.
C. t-test
D. multivariate analysis of variance. - SOLUTION-B. factorial analysis of variance
Gender role socialization occurs in most cultures and includes the development of role stereotypes
which may be rigid and fixed. Imitation and identification with a same-sex model facilitates the learning
of gender roles. Gender role socialization
A. is primarily based on heredity
B. seldom occurs within the family.
C. becomes a basic component of our self-concept.
D. is usually complete by six years of age. - SOLUTION-C. becomes a basic component of our self-
concept
,A behavioral counselor is working with a client who complains of anxiety. Together the counselor and the
client examine both the antecedents and consequences of the behavior (anxiety). Understanding the
nature of operant conditioning, the counselor and the client decide to eliminate the unwanted behavior
through extinction by
A. aversive counterconditioning
B. implosion or flooding
C. punishment
D. thought stopping - SOLUTION-B. implosion or flooding
A counselor is developing a genogram during the second session in family counseling. As the clients talk
of their family backgrounds, the counselor realizes that the wife in counseling is actually her second or
third cousin of which the woman is unaware. The counselor decides - SOLUTION-to tell the woman
they are relatives and refer the family after explaining her ethical position.
Maria, a 25-year-old Latina woman, is in career counseling. In reviewing her background, the counselor
determines that she has followed the 'rules' and expectations of her close-knit family. She now finds
herself in a position needing to support her family on her own and can't decide between three different
occupational possibilities which she has heard about. Maria may be characterized as
A. career inefficacious
B. career undecided
C. needing more schooling
D. career indecisive - SOLUTION-B. career undecided.
Client: "I wrote some more in my journal yesterday. I wrote about the strong urge to eat after I visited
my mother. I almost went to the store for junk food but I didn't" Counselor: "The urge to eat was
connected with your mother." A long silence follows. The probable cause for the client's silence was A.
boredom
B. hostility toward the counselor
C. emotional or cognitive integration
D. waiting for the counselor to lead - SOLUTION-C. Emotional or cognitive integration
, Research suggests that television may be an important socializing force on children. Which of the
following is NOT true?
A. Observation of television violence has been shown to increase aggression in viewers.
B. The most effective positive models on television are those who resemble parents and teachers.
C. Television may affect children's world view in such a way that they see the world as mean and scary.
D. Television has little potential to teach children positive, prosocial behaviors. - SOLUTION-
D. Television has little potential to teach children positive, prosocial behaviors.
On a college campus, a group of minority students has been protesting their treatment alluding to
harassing comments by whites and what they believe to be discrimination in the grading system by their
professors. Eleven of these students have come to the campus counseling center and want to begin a
group experience to arrive at some answers and find solutions. The most appropriate theoretical
orientation of the counselor assigned to lead the group is
A. behavioral
B. psychoanalytic
C. gestalt
D. client-centered - SOLUTION-A. Behavioral
Which of the following is NOT an axis dimension of the DSM-IV? A.
Age of syndrome appearance.
B. Medical condition
C. Clinical disorder
D. Psychosocial and environmental problems. - SOLUTION-A. Age of syndrome appearance
An employment counselor uses the General Aptitude Test Battery which means nine aptitudes important
for different jobs. His clients are typically uneducated. Because the counselor is concerned how his
clients' scores stack up against others and how they would perceive their aptitudes, he interprets the
scores to each of his clients
A. ipsatively
B. using national norms.
C. using local norms.
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Individuals come to counseling for a variety of reasons. An immediate goal for many clients might be
A. self-understanding
B. skill-development
C. self-disclosure
D. employment - SOLUTION-C. self-disclosure
,A counselor performs pre-marital counseling in conjunction with a church whose pastor refers couples to
her. Ordinarily, the counselor sees the couple together twice, two times individually, and twice together
again for a total of six sessions. In her second individual session with Tom, the counselor learns that he
has not broken off an affair with another woman, not his prospective marriage partner. An appropriate
counselor response is to
A. insist Tom tell his future wife
B. remind Tom of their agreement there would be no secrets.
C. refer the couple to a more experienced pre-marital counselor.
D. decide to provide Tom more individual counseling sessions. - SOLUTION-B. remind Tom of
their agreement there would be no secrets.
A counselor educator at a large university studied different counseling modalities for students who came
to the counseling center with relationship/self-esteem problems. There was a waiting list to
accommodate all the students. The researcher was curious if men or women gained self-esteem
differentially whether they were seen in individual counseling, group counseling, or psychoeducational
class (18-20 students). There was also a possibility of an interaction between gender and the kind of
service they received. The appropriate statistical technique to use in this situation was
A. one-way analysis of variance
B. factorial analysis of variance.
C. t-test
D. multivariate analysis of variance. - SOLUTION-B. factorial analysis of variance
Gender role socialization occurs in most cultures and includes the development of role stereotypes
which may be rigid and fixed. Imitation and identification with a same-sex model facilitates the learning
of gender roles. Gender role socialization
A. is primarily based on heredity
B. seldom occurs within the family.
C. becomes a basic component of our self-concept.
D. is usually complete by six years of age. - SOLUTION-C. becomes a basic component of our self-
concept
,A behavioral counselor is working with a client who complains of anxiety. Together the counselor and the
client examine both the antecedents and consequences of the behavior (anxiety). Understanding the
nature of operant conditioning, the counselor and the client decide to eliminate the unwanted behavior
through extinction by
A. aversive counterconditioning
B. implosion or flooding
C. punishment
D. thought stopping - SOLUTION-B. implosion or flooding
A counselor is developing a genogram during the second session in family counseling. As the clients talk
of their family backgrounds, the counselor realizes that the wife in counseling is actually her second or
third cousin of which the woman is unaware. The counselor decides - SOLUTION-to tell the woman
they are relatives and refer the family after explaining her ethical position.
Maria, a 25-year-old Latina woman, is in career counseling. In reviewing her background, the counselor
determines that she has followed the 'rules' and expectations of her close-knit family. She now finds
herself in a position needing to support her family on her own and can't decide between three different
occupational possibilities which she has heard about. Maria may be characterized as
A. career inefficacious
B. career undecided
C. needing more schooling
D. career indecisive - SOLUTION-B. career undecided.
Client: "I wrote some more in my journal yesterday. I wrote about the strong urge to eat after I visited
my mother. I almost went to the store for junk food but I didn't" Counselor: "The urge to eat was
connected with your mother." A long silence follows. The probable cause for the client's silence was A.
boredom
B. hostility toward the counselor
C. emotional or cognitive integration
D. waiting for the counselor to lead - SOLUTION-C. Emotional or cognitive integration
, Research suggests that television may be an important socializing force on children. Which of the
following is NOT true?
A. Observation of television violence has been shown to increase aggression in viewers.
B. The most effective positive models on television are those who resemble parents and teachers.
C. Television may affect children's world view in such a way that they see the world as mean and scary.
D. Television has little potential to teach children positive, prosocial behaviors. - SOLUTION-
D. Television has little potential to teach children positive, prosocial behaviors.
On a college campus, a group of minority students has been protesting their treatment alluding to
harassing comments by whites and what they believe to be discrimination in the grading system by their
professors. Eleven of these students have come to the campus counseling center and want to begin a
group experience to arrive at some answers and find solutions. The most appropriate theoretical
orientation of the counselor assigned to lead the group is
A. behavioral
B. psychoanalytic
C. gestalt
D. client-centered - SOLUTION-A. Behavioral
Which of the following is NOT an axis dimension of the DSM-IV? A.
Age of syndrome appearance.
B. Medical condition
C. Clinical disorder
D. Psychosocial and environmental problems. - SOLUTION-A. Age of syndrome appearance
An employment counselor uses the General Aptitude Test Battery which means nine aptitudes important
for different jobs. His clients are typically uneducated. Because the counselor is concerned how his
clients' scores stack up against others and how they would perceive their aptitudes, he interprets the
scores to each of his clients
A. ipsatively
B. using national norms.
C. using local norms.
