Practice Exam 1 (NCE)

Acculturation level is influenced by - Correct Answer-number of years in the new country, country of origin, age at the beginning of acculutration process. WHich part of the brain is least developed at birth - Correct Answer-Forebrain The ______ was passed in response to the U.S.S.R.'s launching of Sputnik and sought to increase the number of trained counselors in secondary schools to raise the number of students enrolled in higher education that were pursuing math and science careers - Correct Answer-National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Wellness is - Correct Answer-a state of complete well being - physical, cognitive, and psychological. ________ is the name of the ACA division dedicated to group work. - Correct Answer-Association for Specicialists in Group Work Thr concept of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) is associated with - Correct Answer-IDEA This 19th century pioneer is credited with recognizing that mental retardation was related to developmental decifiencies rather than mental illness - Correct Answer-Jean Esquirol The ______ design requires random assignment - Correct Answer-true experimental design Parents of a minor client demand to be informed by the counselor about what the client is talking about during counseling sessions. In this situation the first thing the counselor should do is - Correct Answer-explain the importance of confidentiality to the parents and if they still insist, thry to seek release from the child before disclosing any information to the parent. A person's genetics and biology make a person's - Correct Answer-race a teacher provides positive reinforcement every two times Katherine waits until she is called on to answer a question. what type of reinforcement schedule is the teach using. - Correct Answer-fixed ratio Which is true concerning the ethical use of career technology - Correct Answer- Career technology can be used to provide career information and vocational assessments, also integrative career services and data bases of job openings. Positive client outcomes can be best predicted by - Correct Answer-the quality of the therapeutic alliance ________ may be an advantage of group work, rather than a challenge. - Correct Answer-power of peer group According to the ACA and NBCC ethical guidelines related to testing and assessment, professional counselors - Correct Answer-do not need client consent to release test results when the results do not include any identifying client information. a professional counselor tested a hnch that government counselors older than 60 years are far happier in their positions than their counterparts in private practice. The researcher interviewed 100 older workers from both occupations and found that indeed gov't counselors were happier than those in private practice in their later years. What additional information might indicate a history threat to internal validity. - Correct Answer-The gov't counselors had recently recieved a raise. To become a National Certified Counselor (NCC), individuals musst have - Correct Answer-passed the NCE, achieved an advanced degree in counseling, met the requirements for supervised experience According to Albert Bandura, each of the following is a characteristic of an effective model. - Correct Answer-percieved as having high status, perceived as competent, and perceived as warm and friendly. The __________ prohibits employers from discriminating against qualified indivdual who has a mental or physical disability. - Correct Answer-The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 The five factor model is (OCEAN) - Correct Answer-an evidence based model of personality that breaks the construct of personality into five factors: openess, concientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. often referred to as THE BIG FIVE NEO Personality Inventory - Revised is commonly used to measure these factors. ASGW Best Practice Guidelines recommned that leaders do all of the following - Correct Answer-conduct ecological assessments, create groups that meet community needs, and put in writing the purpose and goals of any group they are running. ________ assessments are often used to determine admission into graduate edcuation programs - Correct Answer-Aptitude A sampling technique in which participants have an equal chance of being selected for a particular intervention group is referred to as - Correct Answer-random assignment Advocacy counseling may involve - Correct Answer-educating the public about the counseling profession, intervening with organizations that have unethical or unfair policies, workin on behalf of clients to help them overcome barriers to their growth. Maria works as a crisis counselor for a local agency. Although she enjoys her job, she finds herself worrying about clients after work hours and is often tempted to check in on her clients over the weekend. Maria is experiencing. - Correct Answer-role spillove