PSS 350 Final Review – Questions with
Comprehensive Solutions|| GRADED A+||
LATEST UPDATE 2026
1. What is NOT an identified outcome of counseling?
a. Promoting decision making
b. Enhancing coping skills
c. Offering advice that solves problems
d. Facilitating behavioral change -CORRECTANSWER Offering advice that solves
problems
2. The process of self-transcendence can enable the client to:
a. obtain advice from the counsellor.
b. overcome feelings of aloneness.
c. understand the counselor's experiences.
d. offer insight in to global issues. -CORRECTANSWER overcome feelings of
aloneness
3. According to Brammer 2002, what are the two factors when added together create
"growth-facilitating conditions" in the counseling setting"?
a. Personality of the helper and helping skills
b. Helping skills and growth-facilitating conditions
c. Personality of the helper and specific outcomes
,d. Growth-facilitating conditions and specific outcomes -CORRECTANSWER
Personality of the helper and helping skills
4. Which item listed below does not differentiate formal from informal helpers?
a. The age of the individual
b. Level of training
c. Counselors are guided by the ACA code of ethics
d. Degree of objectivity -CORRECTANSWER The age of the individual
5. Which item is NOT listed as one of the forms of cybercounseling?
a. Web-telephony
b. Social media
c. E-mail
d. Chatroom -CORRECTANSWER Social media
6. In most states, you would need credential(s) to become a mental health counselor?
a. A certificate from an accredited university
b. Master's degree in counseling or related field and most states require licensure
c. A bachelor's degree in a psychology-related field
d. A PsyD or PhD in psychology -CORRECTANSWER Master's degree in counseling or
related field and most states require licensure
7. Who is considered the founding father of individual psychology?
,a. Sigmund Freud
b. Aaron Beck
c. Alfred Adler
d. Carl Jung -CORRECTANSWER Alfred Adler
8. "Storied lives" is a notion that people base their lives off of stories they hear and tell
about themselves.
a. True
b. False -CORRECTANSWER True
9. What type of helping professional is able to prescribe medication as needed?
a. Psychiatric nurse
b. Psychologist
c. Mental health counselor
d. Psychiatrist -CORRECTANSWER Psychiatrist
10. What trend in counseling advocates overcoming oppression?
a. Positive psychology
b. Managed mental health services
c. Evidence-based psychology
d. Multicultural counseling -CORRECTANSWER Multicultural counselling
11. Which profession is NOT included in a typical multidisciplinary team?
, a. Psychiatric nurse
b. Psychologist
c. Social worker
d. School principal -CORRECTANSWER School principle
12. An emotionally unstable counselor will likely do more harm than good for his or her
client.
a. True
b. False -CORRECTANSWER True
13. What factor is NOT listed by Nystul as one of the 14 personality characteristics of an
effective counselor?
a. Self-aware
b. Encouraging
c. Assertiveness
d. Non-judgmental -CORRECTANSWER Assertiveness
14. Who is considered to be the founding father of analytic psychology?
a. Carl Jung
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Aaron Beck
d. Alfred Adler -CORRECTANSWER Carl Jung
Comprehensive Solutions|| GRADED A+||
LATEST UPDATE 2026
1. What is NOT an identified outcome of counseling?
a. Promoting decision making
b. Enhancing coping skills
c. Offering advice that solves problems
d. Facilitating behavioral change -CORRECTANSWER Offering advice that solves
problems
2. The process of self-transcendence can enable the client to:
a. obtain advice from the counsellor.
b. overcome feelings of aloneness.
c. understand the counselor's experiences.
d. offer insight in to global issues. -CORRECTANSWER overcome feelings of
aloneness
3. According to Brammer 2002, what are the two factors when added together create
"growth-facilitating conditions" in the counseling setting"?
a. Personality of the helper and helping skills
b. Helping skills and growth-facilitating conditions
c. Personality of the helper and specific outcomes
,d. Growth-facilitating conditions and specific outcomes -CORRECTANSWER
Personality of the helper and helping skills
4. Which item listed below does not differentiate formal from informal helpers?
a. The age of the individual
b. Level of training
c. Counselors are guided by the ACA code of ethics
d. Degree of objectivity -CORRECTANSWER The age of the individual
5. Which item is NOT listed as one of the forms of cybercounseling?
a. Web-telephony
b. Social media
c. E-mail
d. Chatroom -CORRECTANSWER Social media
6. In most states, you would need credential(s) to become a mental health counselor?
a. A certificate from an accredited university
b. Master's degree in counseling or related field and most states require licensure
c. A bachelor's degree in a psychology-related field
d. A PsyD or PhD in psychology -CORRECTANSWER Master's degree in counseling or
related field and most states require licensure
7. Who is considered the founding father of individual psychology?
,a. Sigmund Freud
b. Aaron Beck
c. Alfred Adler
d. Carl Jung -CORRECTANSWER Alfred Adler
8. "Storied lives" is a notion that people base their lives off of stories they hear and tell
about themselves.
a. True
b. False -CORRECTANSWER True
9. What type of helping professional is able to prescribe medication as needed?
a. Psychiatric nurse
b. Psychologist
c. Mental health counselor
d. Psychiatrist -CORRECTANSWER Psychiatrist
10. What trend in counseling advocates overcoming oppression?
a. Positive psychology
b. Managed mental health services
c. Evidence-based psychology
d. Multicultural counseling -CORRECTANSWER Multicultural counselling
11. Which profession is NOT included in a typical multidisciplinary team?
, a. Psychiatric nurse
b. Psychologist
c. Social worker
d. School principal -CORRECTANSWER School principle
12. An emotionally unstable counselor will likely do more harm than good for his or her
client.
a. True
b. False -CORRECTANSWER True
13. What factor is NOT listed by Nystul as one of the 14 personality characteristics of an
effective counselor?
a. Self-aware
b. Encouraging
c. Assertiveness
d. Non-judgmental -CORRECTANSWER Assertiveness
14. Who is considered to be the founding father of analytic psychology?
a. Carl Jung
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Aaron Beck
d. Alfred Adler -CORRECTANSWER Carl Jung
