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In the early 1920s, the counseling profession consisted primarily - ✔✔-b. vocational guidance
counseling.
Culture is understood to be - ✔✔-the back
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In the early 1920s, the counseling profession consisted primarily - ✔✔-b. vocational guidance
counseling.
Culture is understood to be - ✔✔-the background of patterns, languages, psychological factors,
and biological factors of a person.
Erikson's psychosocial developmental theory is an example of - ✔✔-a discontinuous, active theory
is considered the father of career guidance and the
counseling profession. - ✔✔-Frank Parsons
Which of the following models of resistance is behavioral? - ✔✔-noncompliance
Institutional barriers to group work may include all the following
EXCEPT - ✔✔-resistant group members
William Wundt is known for - ✔✔-founding one of the first psychological laboratories to conduct
experimental research
8. A construct, such as a treatment group, that can be manipulated in
a study is most often referred to as a(n) variable. - ✔✔-independent
Ethical principles that counselors are required to follow are called - ✔✔-Mandatory ethics
The tripartite model of multicultural counseling competencies includes each of the following
components EXCEPT - ✔✔-an etic perspective.
For a researcher who has limited time and a low budget, the
_____ research design might be most appropriate. - ✔✔-cross sectional
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was NOT responsible for - ✔✔-enforcing workplace safety and
health standards
A professional counselor consults with an experienced colleague
about some problems she has encountered while working with a
particular client. She is completely reliant on her colleague's expertise to help her move forward with
her client. Which consultation model does this represent? - ✔✔-Triadic-dependent
In group work, confidentiality is - ✔✔-the ethical requirement of group leaders but not group members
A(n) does not compare an individual score to a norm
group but relies on the judgment of the professional counselor to
interpret the data - ✔✔-non standardized test
Whereas 1 million white swans can indicate that all swans are
white, one brown swan can falsify it." That is, we can only approximate truth. This description refers to
the paradigm. - ✔✔-post positivism
Accreditation is NOT - ✔✔-involuntary
Judging someone's worth by how closely he or she resembles
European Americans is termed - ✔✔-colorism
What part of the brain regulates emotions and motivation? - ✔✔-limbic system
is an example of an occupation - ✔✔-Professional Counselor
Observing clients' verbal and nonverbal communication and verbally conveying empathy and
understanding of clients' thoughts,
feelings, and behaviors are all important elements of - ✔✔-reflecting
Group members' personal goals are generally - ✔✔-overt
Under the a 3~year-old child who is suspected of having a disability is guaranteed to receive testing at
the expense of
the public school system. - ✔✔-Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of
2004 (IDEA)
Which of the following most represents a quasi-experimental design - ✔✔-Researchers compared
students' scores under Curriculum A
with a matched comparison group and found better achievement for Curriculum A.
is NOT one of the five principal ethics of the counseling profession. - ✔✔-Constancy
is (are) are based on biology, and includets) societal expectations of behavior. - ✔✔-Sex roles: gender
roles
Classical conditioning was developed by - ✔✔-Ivan Pavlov
Individuals who demonstrate high career adaptability demonstrate
a. concern for their future work life.
b. confidence to pursue career goals.
c. curiosity for exploring career possibilities.
d. All of the above. - ✔✔-d. All of the above
Freud contended that each individual possesses all of the following types of consciousness EXCEPt
a. preconscious mind.
b. conscious mind.
c. unconscious mind.
d. subconscious mind - ✔✔-d.
A group is primarily remedial.
a. psychotherapy
b. counseling
c. psychoeducational
d. task - ✔✔-a
If a professional counselor would like to read critical test reviews
of the Beck Depression Inventory, the counselor would be most
interested in the publication known as
a. Tests.
b. Mental Measurements Yearbook.
c. Tests in Print,
d. Standards/or Educational and Psychological Testing - ✔✔-b. Mental Measurements Yearbook
In a single-subject design, it is most important to
a. have unequal time intervals between collections of baseline data.
b. have the intervention be distinctive from what is naturally occurring for the subject.
c. randomly assign subjects to interventions.
d. All of the above - ✔✔-b. have the intervention be distinctive from what is naturally occurring for the
subject.
A client tells her counselor that she is currently receiving counseling services from another mental
health professional. According
to ACA's ethical code, the counselor should
a. terminate the counseling relationship with the client.
b. ask the client to choose and continue seeing only one counselor.
c. ask the client for permission to contact the other professional
to establish a collaborative relationship.
d. not do anything. - ✔✔-c. ask the client for permission to contact the other professional
to establish a collaborative relationship.
34. is associated with meaningful experiences linked to a
relationship with a divine entity, nature, or the universe, whereas
. is more ritualistic and organized.
a. Religion; spirituality
b. Spirituality; religion
c. Buddhism; Confucianism
d. Christianity: Taoi - ✔✔-Spirituality; religion
Operant conditioning is based on the belief that - ✔✔-learning depends on which behaviors are
reinforced
According to the theory of work adjustment. tenure refers to - ✔✔-how long an individual will remain
with a company
At the core of individual psychology is the concept of - ✔✔-social interest
According to Kurt Lewin, theory Z refers to a - ✔✔-Laissez-faire leadership style
Which one of the following is true regarding reliability?
a. Shorter tests are more reliable than longer tests.
b. High reliability estimates are reported when test items vary
greatly in content.
c. The closer a reliability coefficient is to 0, the more reliable the
instrument.
d. Speed tests yield spuriously high reliability coefficients - ✔✔-d.
is a sampling technique that involves identifying
convenient, existing subgroups and then randomly selecting subgroups. - ✔✔-Cluster sampling
A counselor who is going through a divorce is ethically expected to - ✔✔-stop providing counseling
services if his or her emotions are
likely to interfere with the ability to work with and help
clients.
Being able to revert to previous levels of functioning is termed - ✔✔-resilience
Interpreting new information in a way that alters a person's existing cognitive framework is called - ✔✔-
accommodation
Katherine Briggs and Isabel Myers developed the Myers-Briggs
type theory, which was derived from the work of - ✔✔-Carl Jung.
Jungian counselors help clients uncover elements of their unconscious minds through
a. spirituality.
b. dreams.
c. culture.
d. All of the above - ✔✔-d.All if the above
Showing group members the proper way to execute a specific skill
or behavior to help them learn is called - ✔✔-Modeling
Validity - ✔✔-refers to how accurately an instrument measures a given
construct
The degree to which extraneous variables may be controlled (to
accurately measure the relationship between independent variables and dependent variables) refers to
- ✔✔-internal validity.
Client records can be disposed of - ✔✔-5 years after the counseling relationship has ended
is similar to
a. Covert racism; extermination
b. Physical attack; covert racism
c. Avoidance; overt racism
d. Overt racism; extermination - ✔✔-Overt racism; extermination
A family needs to buy a new car. It is having trouble deciding between two cars because both models
are incredibly appealing to
all family members. Which kind of conflict are they experiencing? - ✔✔-Avoidance-avoidance conflict
Gottfredson proposes that - ✔✔-when the compromise is severe, individuals will sacrifice interest and
prestige before gender roles
At the core of cognitive therapy is the restructuring of clients' - ✔✔-automatic thoughts
Which of the following types of co-leadership is often used for
mentoring purposes?
a. Experience with experience
b. Experience with inexperience
c. Inexperience with inexperience
d. All of the above - ✔✔-Experience with inexperience
Sensitivity, a term used in decision accuracy, refers to
a. an instrument's ability to accurately identify the absence of a
phenomenon. .
b. the extent to which an instrument enhances the accuracy of
prediction of a specific criterion.
c. the ratio of total correct decisions divided by the total number
of decisions.
d. an instrument's ability to accurately identify the presence of a
phenomenon. - ✔✔-d.
A professor concluded that the time students spent reading a research text predicted final examination
scores. These results might
come from a
a. comparative
b. regression
c. single-subject
d. time-series - ✔✔-b. regression
A counselor hears one of her colleagues revealing confidential information about a client at a party. The
first thing the counselor
should do is
a. file a report with an ethics committee.
b. tell the colleague's client what happened.
c. try to resolve the issue with the colleague informally.
d. keep the knowledge private until the counselor can be certain
that this is not an isolated incident - ✔✔-c.
Sabrina indicates that she is experiencing difficulty adjusting to
leaving her own country and adapting to her host country's culture. She is very likely experiencing
a. confiari:a stress.
b. acculturative stress.
c. model minority myth.
d. dissociative disorder. - ✔✔-b.
A teacher notices that one of his students is having trouble understanding a new mathematical concept.
To help the child, he provides her with additional examples, gives her hints, and uses questions to assist
her in working through problems. Once it is clear
that she is able to complete these problems on her own, he stops
providing her with the example, hints, and questions he offered
before. This technique is called
a. shaping.
b. positive reinforcement.
c. zone of proximal development.
d. scaffolding. - ✔✔-d.scaffolding
Which of the following is TRUE regarding Super's lifespan, lifespace career theory?
a. The theory describes five life roles: child, student, parent,
worker. and retiree.
b. The theory outlines five developmental stages and 16 substages.
c. The life-career rainbow illustrates how the self-concept
changes and develops over time as individuals acquire
experiences.
d. The theory emphasizes the role gender and prestige play in
making career decisions. - ✔✔-b.
"If I don't have a significant other or someone who is interested in
dating me it means that I'm completely unlovable and undesirable." This is an example of what typc of
distorted thinking? - ✔✔-Dichotomous thinking
A group member is encouraged by the leader
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