ETHICS ACROSS THE PROFESSIONS
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
APLUS
●● Justice:
Answer: to be fair by giving equally to others and to treat others justly.
(don't discriminate)
●● Fidelity:
Answer: 1.to make realistic commitments and keep these promises.
(honor your commitment)
●● Veracity:
Answer: to be truthful and deal honestly with clients
●● Ethics:
Answer: -represents the ideal standards set and is enforced by
professional associations.
-Moral principles adopted by an individual or group to provide rules for
right conduct
●● Transference:
,Answer: the process whereby clients project onto their therapist past
feelings or attitudes they had toward significant people in their lives.
●● Countertransference:
Answer: -the therapists total emotional response to a client including
feelings, associations, fantasies, and fleeting images
-can be either a constructive or destructive element in the therapeutic
process
●● Burnout:
Answer: a state of physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual
depletion characterized by feelings of helplessness and hopelessness
●● Value Exploration:
Answer: -the imposition of values by counselors is an ethical issue in
counseling individuals, couples, families, and groups.
-Is at the heart of why many counselor education programs encourage or
require personal therapy for trainees.
●● Maintaining validity:
Answer: - Counselors are often not prepared to maintain their vitality,
yet sustaining the personal self is an ethical obligation.
- Is a prerequisite to functioning in a professional role.
, Ongoing self-care is an essential part of a therapist's professional
competence and personal wellness program.
●● Impairment:
Answer: -The presence of a chronic illness or severe psychological
depletion that is likely to prevent a professional from delivering effective
services.
-Results in consistently functioning below acceptable practice standards.
●● Culture:
Answer: associated with a racial or ethnic group and with gender,
religion, economic status, nationality, physical capacity or disability, and
affectional or sexual orientation
●● Ethnicity:
Answer: a sense of identity that stems from common ancestry, history,
nationality, religion, and race
●● Oppressed group:
Answer: a group of people who have been singled out for differential
and unequal treatment and who regard themselves as objects of
collective discrimination (ex: people with mental illness)
●● Multiculturalism:
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
APLUS
●● Justice:
Answer: to be fair by giving equally to others and to treat others justly.
(don't discriminate)
●● Fidelity:
Answer: 1.to make realistic commitments and keep these promises.
(honor your commitment)
●● Veracity:
Answer: to be truthful and deal honestly with clients
●● Ethics:
Answer: -represents the ideal standards set and is enforced by
professional associations.
-Moral principles adopted by an individual or group to provide rules for
right conduct
●● Transference:
,Answer: the process whereby clients project onto their therapist past
feelings or attitudes they had toward significant people in their lives.
●● Countertransference:
Answer: -the therapists total emotional response to a client including
feelings, associations, fantasies, and fleeting images
-can be either a constructive or destructive element in the therapeutic
process
●● Burnout:
Answer: a state of physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual
depletion characterized by feelings of helplessness and hopelessness
●● Value Exploration:
Answer: -the imposition of values by counselors is an ethical issue in
counseling individuals, couples, families, and groups.
-Is at the heart of why many counselor education programs encourage or
require personal therapy for trainees.
●● Maintaining validity:
Answer: - Counselors are often not prepared to maintain their vitality,
yet sustaining the personal self is an ethical obligation.
- Is a prerequisite to functioning in a professional role.
, Ongoing self-care is an essential part of a therapist's professional
competence and personal wellness program.
●● Impairment:
Answer: -The presence of a chronic illness or severe psychological
depletion that is likely to prevent a professional from delivering effective
services.
-Results in consistently functioning below acceptable practice standards.
●● Culture:
Answer: associated with a racial or ethnic group and with gender,
religion, economic status, nationality, physical capacity or disability, and
affectional or sexual orientation
●● Ethnicity:
Answer: a sense of identity that stems from common ancestry, history,
nationality, religion, and race
●● Oppressed group:
Answer: a group of people who have been singled out for differential
and unequal treatment and who regard themselves as objects of
collective discrimination (ex: people with mental illness)
●● Multiculturalism:
