Counselor Preparation Comprehensive
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QUESTION
Professional organizations for counselors work as _________ to increase awareness and improve
overall working conditions.
Answer:
advocates
Professional organizations provide advocacy for their members and the counseling field at large.
Working as advocates, the professional organizations increase public awareness and fight for the
rights of those in the counseling field.
QUESTION
Who is the client in the organizational model?
Answer:
The employees
Always remember that there are three parties involved (it is a triadic relationship). The
consultant is the counselor, the consultant is the company, the clients are the employees. The
reason for this is that the company is asking how they can retain employees, increase worker
satisfaction and other matters that concern their employees when using a counselor as a
consultant.
QUESTION
All of the following statements are true about the ego EXCEPT:
Answer:
It accounts for our aggressive tendencies
The ego mediates the demands of the id and the superego. It tries to find a socially appropriate
way to satisfy what the id wants.
QUESTION
Resistance is a focus of the gestalt theory, and introjection is part of this. A good definition for
introjection is
Answer:
passive world experiences.
Introjection, a form of resistance, is the result of people passively partaking in world
experiences.
QUESTION
A therapeutic approach that reasons that problems people face and actions associated with these
are the result of thinking and mental processes aligns with the _____ approach.
Answer:
cognitive therapy
Cognitive therapeutic approaches focus on cognitive functioning and the effects thereof on
people's issues and the problems they face. Therapy is often needed for those who experience
faulty reasoning, also known as cognitive distortions.
QUESTION
The principles of reinforcement and punishment are applied to learning in which of the following
techniques?
Answer:
applied behavior analysis
QUESTION
What is the primary reason that various strategies like art and play therapy are used in
counseling?
Answer:
To help kids bring out their inner feelings and move through them to heal
The biggest reason that strategies like art and play therapy are used in sessions, is to draw out
children's feelings and thoughts, and help them process through them.
QUESTION
Many people buy alcohol, lottery tickets or eat more food than they should on occasion. Which
of the following could be a factor that would influence addiction in one person rather than
another?
Answer:
A person's particular type of lifestyle
Not every person who buys a lottery ticket or drinks one beer will become an addict. However,
based on the choices above, one factor that might influence addiction in a person could be a
particular type of lifestyle which is a factor in developing addictions.
QUESTION
Counselors working with children and adolescents
Answer:
ethically should maintain confidentiality.
have a legal obligation to inform parents.
may be lay witnesses.
should have parent's permission to see the child in private practice.
QUESTION
A researcher is working on a scientific experiment where it is important to measure the
temperature at which the acid he is analyzing becomes a gas and highly toxic. Why should he use
an interval scale?
Answer:
Because both the order and difference between the temperature level matters.
When the order and differences between the levels of a variable matter, but they are not in a
ratio, it is measured on an interval scale.
QUESTION
A cornerstone of Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development is that society and culture play a
key role in promoting development. What type of perspective is this considered to be?
Answer:
A sociocultural perspective
Vygotsky's theory is sometimes referred to as having a sociocultural perspective, which means
the theory emphasizes the importance of society and culture for promoting cognitive
development.
QUESTION
How does a counseling consultant perform their role?
Answer:
The counselor either observes or acts as an expert to [Show Less]