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Attempting to understand the life perspectives and characteristics of their clients, some
counselors use Kohlberg's theory of moral development as a theoretical framework.
These counselors know that Kohlberg's theory includes 3 progressive levels culminating
in: - ✔✔Principled thought, wherein individual adopts a self-accepted set of standards
of behavior.
A professional counselor determines fees for monthly consultation services on a job-by-
job basis. This is an example of which of the following types of reinforcement
schedules? - ✔✔Variable Ratio
Research on the development of a person in a so-called "humanistic life outlook" has
shown that it is facilitated by: - ✔✔Formal educational experiences, observational
learning experiences, and diverse interpersonal interactions.
When persons who are characteristically shy and withdrawn participate in
"assertiveness training," initially they experience uncertainty and self-doubt. Counselors
refer to this social psychological concept as: - ✔✔Cognitive Dissonance
"Men (used here to mean all people) are disturbed not by things, but by the view which
they take of them." This quote, attributable to Epictetus, most closely describes the
counseling theory developed by: - ✔✔Ellis
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, The counseling technique in which the counselor intensifies the client's emotional state
in order to help the client understand the irrationality of the emotional reaction is
known as: - ✔✔Paradoxical Intention
Counselors know that groups are formed for different purposes. For example, in some
groups the primary goal is to yield some specified outcome, or "product," while in
others the primary goal is to focus on the "process" of interaction within the group.
Which of the following types of groups is more product than process oriented? -
✔✔Behavioral
In the context of group counseling, members that are high in conformity also tend to be
high in: - ✔✔Authoritarianism
A counselor who structures a career counseling group to help group members
understand a "fields and levels" approach to careers is following the theory of: - ✔✔Roe
Person A and Person B both took the same test. Person A got a score of 100 while
Person B got a score of 75. In order for a counselor to determine whether the difference
between their scores was because of "chance," the counselor would need to know which
of the following characteristics of the test: - ✔✔Standard Error of Measurement
A person got a score of 85 on a norm-referenced test. This means that the person: -
✔✔Insufficient Information
A counselor conducted a study intended to evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing group
career counseling on the vocational maturity of high school sophomores. The study was
begun in September and continued until June. This study is particularly susceptible to
which of the following threats to the validity of an experiment? - ✔✔Maturation
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
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Attempting to understand the life perspectives and characteristics of their clients, some
counselors use Kohlberg's theory of moral development as a theoretical framework.
These counselors know that Kohlberg's theory includes 3 progressive levels culminating
in: - ✔✔Principled thought, wherein individual adopts a self-accepted set of standards
of behavior.
A professional counselor determines fees for monthly consultation services on a job-by-
job basis. This is an example of which of the following types of reinforcement
schedules? - ✔✔Variable Ratio
Research on the development of a person in a so-called "humanistic life outlook" has
shown that it is facilitated by: - ✔✔Formal educational experiences, observational
learning experiences, and diverse interpersonal interactions.
When persons who are characteristically shy and withdrawn participate in
"assertiveness training," initially they experience uncertainty and self-doubt. Counselors
refer to this social psychological concept as: - ✔✔Cognitive Dissonance
"Men (used here to mean all people) are disturbed not by things, but by the view which
they take of them." This quote, attributable to Epictetus, most closely describes the
counseling theory developed by: - ✔✔Ellis
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, The counseling technique in which the counselor intensifies the client's emotional state
in order to help the client understand the irrationality of the emotional reaction is
known as: - ✔✔Paradoxical Intention
Counselors know that groups are formed for different purposes. For example, in some
groups the primary goal is to yield some specified outcome, or "product," while in
others the primary goal is to focus on the "process" of interaction within the group.
Which of the following types of groups is more product than process oriented? -
✔✔Behavioral
In the context of group counseling, members that are high in conformity also tend to be
high in: - ✔✔Authoritarianism
A counselor who structures a career counseling group to help group members
understand a "fields and levels" approach to careers is following the theory of: - ✔✔Roe
Person A and Person B both took the same test. Person A got a score of 100 while
Person B got a score of 75. In order for a counselor to determine whether the difference
between their scores was because of "chance," the counselor would need to know which
of the following characteristics of the test: - ✔✔Standard Error of Measurement
A person got a score of 85 on a norm-referenced test. This means that the person: -
✔✔Insufficient Information
A counselor conducted a study intended to evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing group
career counseling on the vocational maturity of high school sophomores. The study was
begun in September and continued until June. This study is particularly susceptible to
which of the following threats to the validity of an experiment? - ✔✔Maturation
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
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