COUNSELOR EXAM PREP TEST BANK
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● Jesse B Davis
Answer: He felt strongly that his teachers should provide a lesson each
week focusing on character, problem solving, and prevention in an effort
to restore the moral fiber of American society
●● mental-hygiene move- ment
Answer: This movement was pivotal in shifting society's view of the
mentally ill from irrevo- cably sick individuals to individuals in need of
help. The movement helped society focus on early intervention,
prevention, and more humane treatment options for people who were
mentally ill.
●● psychometrists.
Answer: The use of such large-scale testing services created a need for
more clinicians equipped to administer and interpret the tests;
●● psychodrama
Answer: a form of therapy known for role-play- ing and dramatic self-
expression
,●● scientist-practitioner
Answer: a professional who is adept at integrating scientific research
and counseling practice to form a more exact science.
●● culturally encapsulated counselor
Answer: professional counselors who perceive others through their own
narrow cultural lenses without regard for the cultural values and
experiences of their clients
●● gatekeeping
Answer: the screening, remediation, and dismissal of counselors in
training who are poorly fit for the counseling profession.
●● burnout
Answer: as the result of experiencing long-term emotional and
interpersonal stressors on the job, resulting in a state of emotional
exhaustion, cyni- cism toward clients, and feelings of reduced
effectiveness
●● clinical efficacy studies
Answer: which are tightly controlled experiments designed to test a par-
ticular intervention
●● effectiveness research
,Answer: with the use of interventions and techniques with a broad
population across multiple settings
●● outcome research
Answer: Professional counselors must become familiar with the current
extant literature on counseling effectiveness
●● Qualitative analysis
Answer: researchers examine and summarize robust trends and findings
across studies, clients, and contexts
●● meta-analysis
Answer: is a specific quantitative technique that amasses and
summarizes the results of numerous studies using a meaningful
quantitative index (effect size)
●● premature termination
Answer: problematic in counseling, regardless of the setting, presenting
problems, or therapeutic approaches
●● therapeutic alliance
Answer: as a collaborative relationship between the client and the
professional counselor in which an affective bond has been established
, ●● From the medical model of psychotherapy, who is the expert when a
person has a problem and needs help?
Answer: The psychotherapist is the expert.
●● When it first became known, behaviorism was not a part of the
medical model, and yet today, it is very closely aligned with it.
Answer: true
●● In what decade did the United States culture start to embrace the idea
of personal growth and self-awareness as a form of therapy?
Answer: 1960s
●● Which psychotherapist started a movement toward using the term
'client' to refer to people seeking therapy, instead of the commonly used
medical model term of 'patient?'
Answer: Carl Rogers
●● According to the article, what are the two most common mental
health issues that are treated via the medical model, and are also often
the focus of alternative, non-medical model treatments?
Answer: anxiety and depression
●● One reason for psychotherapists to embrace the medical model is
that it helps counseling clients recover more quickly.
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● Jesse B Davis
Answer: He felt strongly that his teachers should provide a lesson each
week focusing on character, problem solving, and prevention in an effort
to restore the moral fiber of American society
●● mental-hygiene move- ment
Answer: This movement was pivotal in shifting society's view of the
mentally ill from irrevo- cably sick individuals to individuals in need of
help. The movement helped society focus on early intervention,
prevention, and more humane treatment options for people who were
mentally ill.
●● psychometrists.
Answer: The use of such large-scale testing services created a need for
more clinicians equipped to administer and interpret the tests;
●● psychodrama
Answer: a form of therapy known for role-play- ing and dramatic self-
expression
,●● scientist-practitioner
Answer: a professional who is adept at integrating scientific research
and counseling practice to form a more exact science.
●● culturally encapsulated counselor
Answer: professional counselors who perceive others through their own
narrow cultural lenses without regard for the cultural values and
experiences of their clients
●● gatekeeping
Answer: the screening, remediation, and dismissal of counselors in
training who are poorly fit for the counseling profession.
●● burnout
Answer: as the result of experiencing long-term emotional and
interpersonal stressors on the job, resulting in a state of emotional
exhaustion, cyni- cism toward clients, and feelings of reduced
effectiveness
●● clinical efficacy studies
Answer: which are tightly controlled experiments designed to test a par-
ticular intervention
●● effectiveness research
,Answer: with the use of interventions and techniques with a broad
population across multiple settings
●● outcome research
Answer: Professional counselors must become familiar with the current
extant literature on counseling effectiveness
●● Qualitative analysis
Answer: researchers examine and summarize robust trends and findings
across studies, clients, and contexts
●● meta-analysis
Answer: is a specific quantitative technique that amasses and
summarizes the results of numerous studies using a meaningful
quantitative index (effect size)
●● premature termination
Answer: problematic in counseling, regardless of the setting, presenting
problems, or therapeutic approaches
●● therapeutic alliance
Answer: as a collaborative relationship between the client and the
professional counselor in which an affective bond has been established
, ●● From the medical model of psychotherapy, who is the expert when a
person has a problem and needs help?
Answer: The psychotherapist is the expert.
●● When it first became known, behaviorism was not a part of the
medical model, and yet today, it is very closely aligned with it.
Answer: true
●● In what decade did the United States culture start to embrace the idea
of personal growth and self-awareness as a form of therapy?
Answer: 1960s
●● Which psychotherapist started a movement toward using the term
'client' to refer to people seeking therapy, instead of the commonly used
medical model term of 'patient?'
Answer: Carl Rogers
●● According to the article, what are the two most common mental
health issues that are treated via the medical model, and are also often
the focus of alternative, non-medical model treatments?
Answer: anxiety and depression
●● One reason for psychotherapists to embrace the medical model is
that it helps counseling clients recover more quickly.
