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When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to - ✔✔-Inform the patient of the
limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling re
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CPCE Exam Questions and answers,
100% Accurate, rated A+
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to - ✔✔-Inform the patient of the
limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to - ✔✔-jointly decide, between patient and
counselor, how the counseling process will proceed
A client arrives for counseling with the presenting complaint of relationship difficulties. She goes on to
describe that she has had multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion as a birth control method. You
are personally opposed to abortion. How should your personal beliefs impact the therapeutic
relationship? - ✔✔-Your personal belief system should not have any bearing on the therapeutic
relationship
You have been involved in a counseling relationship with a client for six months, when he presents you
with a small gift. What should you do? - ✔✔-Accept or decline depending on the circumstances
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a client you are counseling. What do
you do? - ✔✔-Limit, as much as possible, any possibly damaging personal information and obtain
written permission from your client to share confidential information
What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file? - ✔✔-Accept or decline
depending upon circumstances
You are a counselor with several clients, and at the same time you are adjusting to a difficult divorce.
You aren't sleeping or eating well, find you are highly distractible, and generally are less in-touch with
your emotional state. You should... - ✔✔-Be alert to your mental status, and be able to determine if
continuing with your clients poses any threat of being detrimental to the counseling process
A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former counselor, you are called to
perform a forensic evaluation. What is your responsibility in this case? - ✔✔-It is not considered ethical
to perform a forensic evaluation on a current or past client, so you should decline
You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to attend her wedding. Would it be ethical to
do so? - ✔✔-Yes, you should be able to attend her wedding without a breach of ethics
While involved with a research study, you learn that several of your students are using confidential
material in an unethical manner. You had no prior knowledge of this, and all of your safeguards for
professional practice were appropriate. Are you, as the principal researcher, responsible for the
student's behavior - ✔✔-Yes, you are ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to - ✔✔-Give credit to other contributors or sources, not
plagiarize, and submit material to only one journal at a time
When a conflict arises between the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and a
governing authority, which takes precedence? - ✔✔-Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the
Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when - ✔✔-A counselor has been retained to review
another counselor who is in question; and when confidentiality rights would be violated
What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to? - ✔✔-Counseling that recognizes diversity and
approaches beneficial to specific groups and an approach that all counselors should ethically be aware
of
Most ethical issues are related to - ✔✔-Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who is he? - ✔✔-Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? - ✔✔-Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - ✔✔-Formal Operations
Identity Crisis - ✔✔-Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology - ✔✔-processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not focusing on
abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - ✔✔-Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe - ✔✔-no one theory of development completely explains the
process
John Bowlby - ✔✔-Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - ✔✔-Pre-conventional, Conventional, and postconventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex - ✔✔-Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys - ✔✔-Harry Harlow
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ✔✔-Theory of human motivation - psychological, safety, love,
affection, belongingness
Down Syndrome - ✔✔-Chromosomal abnormality
John Watson - ✔✔-Little Albert experiment
Albert Bandura's best-known research - ✔✔-Bobo Doll study
What did Lev Vygotsky stress in his development theory? - ✔✔-Cultural Context and language
Freudian Defense Mechanism - ✔✔-Repression
Imprinting - ✔✔-Konrad Lorenz
Incorporating several therapeutic theories in your work - ✔✔-eclectic
Complaining of feeling restless, mood swings, times of hopelessness, periods of high energy and
creativity in which she can go days without sleep - ✔✔-Bipolar
Client presents with his wife both complaining the patient has had a change in cognitive function
including language and memory. Client denies loss of pleasure in normal activities and denies feeling
sad, but client is able to manage his medications but requires someone to set up his medication box and
set a timer for him. - ✔✔-Neurocognitive Disorder
Disorder of thought; disorder of mood - ✔✔-Schizophrenia; bipolar disorder
Mirroring back client's verbalizations, and not passing judgment. Facilitating in assisting his client in
reaching resolution of the presenting problems. - ✔✔-Rogerian, client-centered therapy
Binge eating coupled with inappropriate methods of controlling one's weight may be a symptom of -
✔✔-Bulimia
Concerns of his health; reports chronic intestinal difficulties, but has not sought medical treatment for
his concerns. For the last five years he rarely feels at ease while at his job. Feels uneasy when outside
the home - ✔✔-Agoraphobia
loss of appetite; nervousness, and recurrent nightmares of a past hospital experience from years prior,
where she says she almost died - ✔✔-PTSD
Actively defiant of instructions, argues regularly, spiteful, and resentful. School performance is marginal.
- ✔✔-Oppositional defiant disorder
40-year old client not feeling comfortable socially after gaining weight. Unwilling to try new activities
and avoiding activities he once found enjoyable - ✔✔-Avoidant Personality Disorder
Client believes his favorite actress is in love with him. He is appropriate in every other way and
substance use is not the factor - ✔✔-Delusional Disorder
Cyclothymia - ✔✔-Mild form of bipolar disorder. Cause is unknown
Client needs help with substance use, uses recreationally on the weekends. Two DUIs within 3 years -
✔✔-Stimulant Use Disorder
Complaints about significant Chronic back pain and shoulder pain (basis of a disability claim), when seen
he looks fully physical capable of bending and picking up things - ✔✔-Malingering - to receive an
external reward
Symptoms of Schizophrenia categorized in three groups - ✔✔-Positive, Negative, and Disorganized
Couple comes in. Wife displays feelings of distrust and no tolerance for relationships and also
experiences excessive over-valuation "he's the best thing that every happened to me" - ✔✔-Borderline
Personality Disorder
A patient diagnosed with depression/suicide ideation suddenly appears to feel better and think more
clearly - ✔✔-Suicide has increased!
20 year-old male college student. Last 6-7 months grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior and
speech, hallucinations, poor responses - ✔✔-Schizophrenia...Paranoid, disorganized, catatonic,
undifferentiated, and residual
When a client's physical symptoms have a psychological cause it is referred to as - ✔✔-Conversion
Disorder
Appraisal - ✔✔-Any means by which by which a counselor assesses a client. ie: mental health exam, IQ
test
Type of test - NCE - ✔✔-Objective
Test created by David Wechsler - ✔✔-IQ
When administering tests to a client, the counselor should always - ✔✔-Inform the client of limitations
of testing
Validity (In testing) - ✔✔-How accurate the test is
Reliability (in testing) - ✔✔-How consistent the results are
The only test you are using with your client has a reliability of .60, you should... - ✔✔-disregard the
results of the test as the reliability is too low
Francis Galton - ✔✔-Inherited intellectual abilities; father of behavioral genetics; personality traits are
passed down
J.P. Guilford - ✔✔-individual differences and intellect; creativity
Developed the first intelligence test - ✔✔-Alfred Binet and Theophilus Simon
Rorschach - ✔✔-Inkblot test
Most researched test in history - ✔✔-MMPI; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
Psychometrics - ✔✔-Psychological measurement; measures the inner workings of the mind and
behavior
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - ✔✔-Personality test
You say a word to your client and he answers back with the first thing that comes to mind. What theorist
developed the method you're using - ✔✔-Carl Jung
A career test that tests one's ABILITY - ✔✔-An aptitude test
When did group counseling begin to be done more regularly - ✔✔-After the 1960s
Which early theorist engaged in group therapy - ✔✔-Alfred Adler
Group therapy session that will be open only to patients suffering from depression, and will not allow
new patients to join once the sessions have started. What type of group therapy are you offering? - ✔✔-
Homogenous closed groups (members share similarity; does not add new members once the session has
begun)
Closed group - ✔✔-Stronger cohesiveness within the group and less cost-effective
A common weakness in group therapy - ✔✔-Not setting firm goals for the group
Why did R.K. Conyne create the "Group Work Grid" - ✔✔-to expand practical understanding of group
work
E-therapy - ✔✔-Online Psychological Treatment
You're concerned about how your group therapy sessions are progressing? - ✔✔-Have an outsider
observer assess the group
When counseling young children in a group setting, it is helpful to enlist the involvement - ✔✔-Parents
In a group therapy setting, what is a gate keeper - ✔✔-a role assumed by a group therapy member
Someone who always agrees with anything the other group members say is - ✔✔-nonassertive
There are various stages in group therapy - ✔✔-Forming, Storming, Norming, performing, and
adjourning
In group therapy, what is a blocker - ✔✔-Group member who blocks new ideas
Clients who are in the midst of a personal crisis are often not good candidates for group therapy. They
would need... - ✔✔-Medication and individual psychotherapy
Group process - ✔✔-analysis of the group's interactions
Group Content - ✔✔-the material that is being discussed within the group
Most therapists consider the best size for group therapy to be between - ✔✔-6 and 8 members
Branch of Psychology deals primarily with groups and social factors - ✔✔-Social Psychology
Who is considered the father of sociology - ✔✔-Emile Durkheim
You are sent a client who is culturally different from yourself. Is it ethical for you to counsel this client -
✔✔-Yes,Counselor can enter a therapeutic relationship with someone who is culturally different
Proxemics - ✔✔-The study of proximity; refers to personal and interpersonal space
An Asian client is most likely to choose a counselor who is - ✔✔-Asian
An area of study in social cognition - ✔✔-Attribution
A cultural norm - ✔✔-how people are supposed to act
Milgram experiment - ✔✔-People will usually obey authority
Social Distance Scale - ✔✔-Emory Bogardus
Foot in the Door Technique - ✔✔-Compliance - Freedman and Frasier. If you ask someone for something
small, they will eventually comply with getting something big
Self fulfilling prophecy - ✔✔-the false becomes true. Robert Merton. Stating something false will
eventually come to pass
Theory that helps explain prejudice - ✔✔-Social Identity Theory - Henry Tajfel. When associated with a
group, people will begin to think they are better than another group
Altruism may be explained by - ✔✔-Social Exchange Theory
Jack and Samantha are alike in every way an it isn't long before they marry. What might explain their
relationship? - ✔✔-Consensual validity; they validate each other
Cognitive Dissonance - ✔✔-Making up excuses to make you feel better about yourself. Justifying your
bad behavior in order to stay consistent - Leon Festinger
The contingency model of leadership states that leadership is determined by - ✔✔-Personality and
situation
Bystander effect - ✔✔-You are more likely to help someone in need if you are the only other person
present
Your client is struggling with a weight problem. She loves sweets, but she hates what they do to her
body. Your client's conflict is one of - ✔✔-Approach/Avoidance (3 types - avoidance/
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