COUNSELOR UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● What factors are important for school counselors to examine when
interpreting research?
Answer: Asks important questions
Sound research design with clear goals
Legal and ethical
Instruments should be validated
●● Good quantitative research methods allow for:
Answer: Generalization
Prediction
Testing of hypothesis
●● Good qualitative research methods can provide for:
Answer: Understanding phenomena/processes that can serve exploratory
purposes and provide deep knowledge
●● Benefits of membership in professional organizations include:
Answer: Advocacy
Professional development
,Lobbying efforts
Liability insurance
Networking
Accessibility to resources
Professional learning communities
●● The field of school counseling has gone through what three major
periods?
Answer: Formative
Transitional
Contemporary
●● Benchmarks during the FORMATIVE period of the school
counseling profession included:
Answer: 1900's
Frank Parson becomes proponent of guidance counseling
Focus on growth and prevention
Jessie B. Davis implements regular guidance, emphasis on
vocational/career instruction
1930's
Personnel responsible for student services
1940's
Military uses psychologists and counselors to select and recruit
, ●● Benchmarks during the TRANSITIONAL period of the school
counseling profession included:
Answer: 1950's
Carl Rogers moves field away from educational guidance and toward
client-centered counseling
1953
American School Counseling Association formed
1958
National Defense of Education Act passed allowing for more funding
1960's
Dinkmeyer, Myrick, and Gysbers focused on developmentally
appropriate, evidence-based school counseling structure
●● Benchmarks during the CONTEMPORARY period of the school
counseling profession included:
Answer: 1975
Education for All Handicapped Children Act increases services
Leads to Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)
1997
ASCA National Standards developed with holistic point of view
2003
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● What factors are important for school counselors to examine when
interpreting research?
Answer: Asks important questions
Sound research design with clear goals
Legal and ethical
Instruments should be validated
●● Good quantitative research methods allow for:
Answer: Generalization
Prediction
Testing of hypothesis
●● Good qualitative research methods can provide for:
Answer: Understanding phenomena/processes that can serve exploratory
purposes and provide deep knowledge
●● Benefits of membership in professional organizations include:
Answer: Advocacy
Professional development
,Lobbying efforts
Liability insurance
Networking
Accessibility to resources
Professional learning communities
●● The field of school counseling has gone through what three major
periods?
Answer: Formative
Transitional
Contemporary
●● Benchmarks during the FORMATIVE period of the school
counseling profession included:
Answer: 1900's
Frank Parson becomes proponent of guidance counseling
Focus on growth and prevention
Jessie B. Davis implements regular guidance, emphasis on
vocational/career instruction
1930's
Personnel responsible for student services
1940's
Military uses psychologists and counselors to select and recruit
, ●● Benchmarks during the TRANSITIONAL period of the school
counseling profession included:
Answer: 1950's
Carl Rogers moves field away from educational guidance and toward
client-centered counseling
1953
American School Counseling Association formed
1958
National Defense of Education Act passed allowing for more funding
1960's
Dinkmeyer, Myrick, and Gysbers focused on developmentally
appropriate, evidence-based school counseling structure
●● Benchmarks during the CONTEMPORARY period of the school
counseling profession included:
Answer: 1975
Education for All Handicapped Children Act increases services
Leads to Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)
1997
ASCA National Standards developed with holistic point of view
2003
