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Study Guide QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
- What is the counseling theory based on the idea that a person can be
healed by focusing on their emotions and taking responsibility for
their feelings? - CORRECT ANSWERS Affective counseling
theory is based on the idea that a person can be healed of mental
health ailments by focusing on their emotions and taking
responsibility for their feelings.
Affective counseling techniques center on emotions, empathy, letting
the client lead the session, non-judgment, and helping the client reach
his or her full potential.
A supervised counselor is exploring Transactional Analysis (TA) for
the first time with a client. The counselor's supervisor recommends
the counselor begin to explore structural analysis with their client.
What was the supervisor suggesting? - CORRECT ANSWERS
That the counselor should explore the ego states of Parent,
Child, and Adult with their client
Transactional analysis identifies three ego states: Parent, child, and
adult. Structural analysis refers to the process of learning and
identifying these ego states so the client may grow.
What role do "games" play in transactional analysis? - CORRECT
ANSWERS they justify a person's decisions
, "Game" analysis studies the ulterior motives people have for certain
behaviors. A person's motivations ultimately influence the decisions
they make, and game analysis can be a useful tool for therapists to
explore interpersonal behaviors.
Eugene is a five year old who enjoys playing with action figures. His
mother always supervises while he plays, and she has recently noticed
that Eugene has started to narrate his play time. For example, he has
been announcing what he is having his action figures do: "Now,
Spider-Man will fight Iron Man!" Based on this observation, which of
Lev Vygotsky's stages of speech and language development is Eugene
experiencing? - CORRECT ANSWERS Egocentric speech:
verbalizing his thoughts
Lev Vygotsky's theory of child development suggests a connection
between learning and speech/language development. Vygotsky
suggests three stages of language and speech development: external
speech, egocentric speech, and inner speech.
Every time Jenny's mother says she cannot have candy, Jenny cries;
her mother then gives in and provides her with candy. Her mother
decides it is time to cease this behavior. Today, the first time Jenny
cries for candy her mother does not give her any. What will happen to
Jenny's crying behavior the next five times the mother withholds the
candy? - CORRECT ANSWERS "her crying behavior will
increase (she will cry louder and longer all five times)."
This phenomenon is called an extinction burst. When an organism has
been regularly reinforced for a particular behavior, and that reinforcer
is withheld, they will demonstrate a sharp increase in the previously
Study Guide QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
- What is the counseling theory based on the idea that a person can be
healed by focusing on their emotions and taking responsibility for
their feelings? - CORRECT ANSWERS Affective counseling
theory is based on the idea that a person can be healed of mental
health ailments by focusing on their emotions and taking
responsibility for their feelings.
Affective counseling techniques center on emotions, empathy, letting
the client lead the session, non-judgment, and helping the client reach
his or her full potential.
A supervised counselor is exploring Transactional Analysis (TA) for
the first time with a client. The counselor's supervisor recommends
the counselor begin to explore structural analysis with their client.
What was the supervisor suggesting? - CORRECT ANSWERS
That the counselor should explore the ego states of Parent,
Child, and Adult with their client
Transactional analysis identifies three ego states: Parent, child, and
adult. Structural analysis refers to the process of learning and
identifying these ego states so the client may grow.
What role do "games" play in transactional analysis? - CORRECT
ANSWERS they justify a person's decisions
, "Game" analysis studies the ulterior motives people have for certain
behaviors. A person's motivations ultimately influence the decisions
they make, and game analysis can be a useful tool for therapists to
explore interpersonal behaviors.
Eugene is a five year old who enjoys playing with action figures. His
mother always supervises while he plays, and she has recently noticed
that Eugene has started to narrate his play time. For example, he has
been announcing what he is having his action figures do: "Now,
Spider-Man will fight Iron Man!" Based on this observation, which of
Lev Vygotsky's stages of speech and language development is Eugene
experiencing? - CORRECT ANSWERS Egocentric speech:
verbalizing his thoughts
Lev Vygotsky's theory of child development suggests a connection
between learning and speech/language development. Vygotsky
suggests three stages of language and speech development: external
speech, egocentric speech, and inner speech.
Every time Jenny's mother says she cannot have candy, Jenny cries;
her mother then gives in and provides her with candy. Her mother
decides it is time to cease this behavior. Today, the first time Jenny
cries for candy her mother does not give her any. What will happen to
Jenny's crying behavior the next five times the mother withholds the
candy? - CORRECT ANSWERS "her crying behavior will
increase (she will cry louder and longer all five times)."
This phenomenon is called an extinction burst. When an organism has
been regularly reinforced for a particular behavior, and that reinforcer
is withheld, they will demonstrate a sharp increase in the previously
