KIN 366 Final Exam Preparation questions with correct answers

challenging a client we can help clients deconstruct their present reality, and then reconstruct it in healthier patterns of behavior as well as healthier mind-sets. clients usually have discrepancies.... •Discrepancy between what clients say and their behavior •Contradiction between feeling and behavior •Discrepancy between two verbal messages The self-challenge: the basic concept - all helping is a mixture of ___ and ____ - challenge without support is ___ and ___, support without challenge is ____ and _____ - good helpers also help clients test reality by _____ - patterns of congruency and discrepancy between client and helper _____ change - discrepant points of view contributes to positive outcomes by changing the way the client construes problems and ___ ___ •All helping is a mixture of support and challenge •Challenge without support is harsh and unjustified; support without challenge is empty and counterproductive •Good helpers also help their clients test reality by challenging •Patterns of congruency and discrepancy between client and helper facilitate change •Discrepant points of view contributes to positive outcomes by changing "the way the client construes problems and considers solutions" The goals of challenging - help clients challenge themselves to change ways of ___, expressing ___, and both reacting and acting keeps clients mired in problem situations and prevent them from identifying and developing ____ - become partners with their clients in helping them challenge themselves to - find possibilities in their ___ - discover unused resources both ____ and ___ - invest these resources in the problems and opportunities of their ___ - spell out possibilities for a ___ ____ - find ways of making the ___ ___ - commit themselves to the action needed to make it all ____ •Help clients challenge themselves to change ways of thinking, expressing emotions, and both reacting and acting keep clients mired in problem situations and prevent them from identifying and developing opportunities •Become partners with their clients in helping them challenge themselves to: •find possibilities in their problems •discover unused resources, both internal and external •invest these resources in the problems and opportunities of their lives •spell out possibilities for a better future •find ways of making that future reality •commit themselves to the actions needed to make it all happen Through open communication establish congruency between what is and what ought to be targets of challenging (9) •Self-defeating mindsets •Self-limiting internal behavior •Self-defeating expressions of feelings and emotions •Dysfunctional external behavior •Distorted understanding of the world •Discrepancies between thinking and acting •Unused strengths and resources •Predictable dishonesties of everyday life •Inadequate participation in the helping process self-limiting beliefs and assumptions •Being liked and loved •I must always be loved and approved of by the significant people in my life. •Being competent •I must always, in all situations, demonstrate competence, and I must be both talented and competent in some important area of life. •Having one's own way •I must have my way, and my plans must always work out •Being hurt •People who do anything wrong, especially those who harm me, are evil and should be blamed and punished. •Being danger-free •If anything or any situation is dangerous in any way, I must be anxious and upset about it. I should not have to face dangerous situations. •Being problemless •Things should not go wrong in life and if, by chance, they do, there should be quick and easy solutions. •Being a victim •Other people and outside forces are responsible for any misery I experience. No one should ever take advantage of me. •Avoiding •It is easier to avoid facing life's difficulties than to develop self discipline; making demands of myself should not be necessary. •Tyranny of the past •What I did in the past, and especially what happened to me in the past, determines how I act and feel today. •Passivity •I can be happy by avoiding, by being passive, by being uncommitted, and by just enjoying myself. The egocentrism fallacy •They think it's all about them. In planning their actions, they take into account their own interests, but no one else's. •The omniscience fallacy •They may indeed know a lot about something. However, they start to think they know everything about everything. •The omnipotence fallacy •They think that they are all-powerful—that they can do whatever they want.