CECE Comprehensive Exam Study
Guide with Complete Solutions
A corrective procedure for a goal of misbehavior is:
A. Punishment
B. Encouragement
C. Negative reinforcers
D. Blame - ANSWER-B. Encouragement
A counseling method that consists of giving points for certain behaviors is known as:
A. Modeling
B. Biofeedback
C. Shaping
D. Role playing - ANSWER-C. Shaping
A counseling strategy that allows children to experience the results of their behavior is:
A. Isolation techniques
B. Lifestyle analysis
C. Logical consequences
D. Contingency contracting - ANSWER-C. Logical consequences
A counselor that you work with talks openly about her cases with other members of the
staff. She has even been known to leave confidential information on the bathroom sink
while using the restroom. What is your responsibility?
A. Attempt to resolve the situation by talking directly to the counselor. If the counselor
still
violates confidentiality, report the behavior to the head of administration
B. Ignore the situation because you don't want to get yourself into any trouble, nor do
you want to be a snitch
C. Tell the counselor's clients of the counselor's behavior as they have a right to know
about the unethical behavior
D. Go directly to the head of administration to discuss this counselor's actions -
ANSWER-A. Attempt to resolve the situation by talking directly to the counselor. If the
counselor still violates confidentiality, report the behavior to the head of administration
A counselor working with children focuses on:
A. Treating children with serious emotional and behavioral problems
B. Helping children with learning, social, or behavioral problems, using both preventive
& remedial techniques
,C. Normal developmental concerns only
D. Growth and development and the effect of childhood experiences on the adult -
ANSWER-B. Helping children with learning, social, or behavioral problems, using both
preventative & remedial techniques
A good barometer to mental health according to Adler is:
A. Early recollections
B. Social interest
C. Family birth order
D. Natural consequences - ANSWER-B. Social interest
A person's moral standards, according to Freud, are a product of the:
A. Libido
B. Balance in the world
C. Superego
D. Id - ANSWER-C. Superego
A prominent theorist that explains children's cognitive development is:
A. Thorensen
B. Piaget
C. Bronfenbrenner
D. Glasser - ANSWER-B. Piaget
A virtue ethic to which the counseling profession adheres is:
A. Beneficence
B. Courage
C. Competence
D. Prudence - ANSWER-D. Prudence
According to behaviorist principles, adults can increase their capacity for modifying the
behavior of children by:
A. Catching them doing "good" behavior
B. Ignoring bad behavior
C. Listening carefully
D. Avoiding snap judgments - ANSWER-A. Catching them doing "good" behavior
According to Freud, a therapeutic relationship is built on:
A. Exposing the Ego to analysis
B. The unconscious
C. Trust
, D. Hypnosis - ANSWER-C. Trust
According to Perls, Gestalt theory involves:
A. Thoughts and feelings of the moment
B. Reactions as total organisms
C. awareness that being alone can be curative
D. All of the choices - ANSWER-D. All of the choices
According to person-centered counseling theory, who should direct the interview?
A. Client
B. Topic
C. Counselor
D. Both counselor, and client - ANSWER-A. Client
According to psychoanalytic theory, the basic concepts of human nature revolve
around:
A. Psychic determinism and dynamic unconscious mental processes
B. Free association
C. Phallic, anal and oral
D. Id, ego and superego - ANSWER-A. Psychic determinism and dynamic unconscious
mental processes
According to Skinner, individuals choose behaviors based on which of the following?
A. Thoughts
B. Emotions
C. Pleasure principle
D. Anticipated consequences - ANSWER-D. Anticipated consequences
According to solution-focused brief counselors, small behavioral changes:
A. Build momentum
B. Cannot be evaluated well
C. Do little to alter the problem situation
D. Cause complacency - ANSWER-A. Build momentum
According to the Gestalt viewpoint, the healthy person has a:
A. Figure only and no ground
B. Rigid figure and an obscure ground
C. Flexible figure imposed on a rigid ground
D. Figure-ground that emerges and recedes smoothly - ANSWER-D. Figure-ground that
emerges and recedes smoothly
Guide with Complete Solutions
A corrective procedure for a goal of misbehavior is:
A. Punishment
B. Encouragement
C. Negative reinforcers
D. Blame - ANSWER-B. Encouragement
A counseling method that consists of giving points for certain behaviors is known as:
A. Modeling
B. Biofeedback
C. Shaping
D. Role playing - ANSWER-C. Shaping
A counseling strategy that allows children to experience the results of their behavior is:
A. Isolation techniques
B. Lifestyle analysis
C. Logical consequences
D. Contingency contracting - ANSWER-C. Logical consequences
A counselor that you work with talks openly about her cases with other members of the
staff. She has even been known to leave confidential information on the bathroom sink
while using the restroom. What is your responsibility?
A. Attempt to resolve the situation by talking directly to the counselor. If the counselor
still
violates confidentiality, report the behavior to the head of administration
B. Ignore the situation because you don't want to get yourself into any trouble, nor do
you want to be a snitch
C. Tell the counselor's clients of the counselor's behavior as they have a right to know
about the unethical behavior
D. Go directly to the head of administration to discuss this counselor's actions -
ANSWER-A. Attempt to resolve the situation by talking directly to the counselor. If the
counselor still violates confidentiality, report the behavior to the head of administration
A counselor working with children focuses on:
A. Treating children with serious emotional and behavioral problems
B. Helping children with learning, social, or behavioral problems, using both preventive
& remedial techniques
,C. Normal developmental concerns only
D. Growth and development and the effect of childhood experiences on the adult -
ANSWER-B. Helping children with learning, social, or behavioral problems, using both
preventative & remedial techniques
A good barometer to mental health according to Adler is:
A. Early recollections
B. Social interest
C. Family birth order
D. Natural consequences - ANSWER-B. Social interest
A person's moral standards, according to Freud, are a product of the:
A. Libido
B. Balance in the world
C. Superego
D. Id - ANSWER-C. Superego
A prominent theorist that explains children's cognitive development is:
A. Thorensen
B. Piaget
C. Bronfenbrenner
D. Glasser - ANSWER-B. Piaget
A virtue ethic to which the counseling profession adheres is:
A. Beneficence
B. Courage
C. Competence
D. Prudence - ANSWER-D. Prudence
According to behaviorist principles, adults can increase their capacity for modifying the
behavior of children by:
A. Catching them doing "good" behavior
B. Ignoring bad behavior
C. Listening carefully
D. Avoiding snap judgments - ANSWER-A. Catching them doing "good" behavior
According to Freud, a therapeutic relationship is built on:
A. Exposing the Ego to analysis
B. The unconscious
C. Trust
, D. Hypnosis - ANSWER-C. Trust
According to Perls, Gestalt theory involves:
A. Thoughts and feelings of the moment
B. Reactions as total organisms
C. awareness that being alone can be curative
D. All of the choices - ANSWER-D. All of the choices
According to person-centered counseling theory, who should direct the interview?
A. Client
B. Topic
C. Counselor
D. Both counselor, and client - ANSWER-A. Client
According to psychoanalytic theory, the basic concepts of human nature revolve
around:
A. Psychic determinism and dynamic unconscious mental processes
B. Free association
C. Phallic, anal and oral
D. Id, ego and superego - ANSWER-A. Psychic determinism and dynamic unconscious
mental processes
According to Skinner, individuals choose behaviors based on which of the following?
A. Thoughts
B. Emotions
C. Pleasure principle
D. Anticipated consequences - ANSWER-D. Anticipated consequences
According to solution-focused brief counselors, small behavioral changes:
A. Build momentum
B. Cannot be evaluated well
C. Do little to alter the problem situation
D. Cause complacency - ANSWER-A. Build momentum
According to the Gestalt viewpoint, the healthy person has a:
A. Figure only and no ground
B. Rigid figure and an obscure ground
C. Flexible figure imposed on a rigid ground
D. Figure-ground that emerges and recedes smoothly - ANSWER-D. Figure-ground that
emerges and recedes smoothly
