Group Counseling & Group Work
Strategies that approach the group as a whole are known as:
A.) Vertical Interventions
B.) Horizontal Interventions
C.) Crossed Transactions
D.) Parallel Transactions
B.) Horizontal Interventions
Freud and Erickson
a) could be classified as behaviorists
b) could be classified as maturationists
c) agreed that development stages are psychosexual
d) were prime movers in the dialectical behavior therapy or DBT movement
b) Could be classified as maturationists
The APGA, which became the AACD until 1992 and is now the ACA, contributed to the growth of cross-cultural counseling by:
a) the 1972 formation of the Association for Non-White Concerns in Personnel and Guidance, later known as the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development
b) the 1972 ethic which made it unethical to see culturally different clients without three hours of relevant graduate work in this area.
c) the 1972 ethic which required a 3,000-hour practicum in order to work with culturally different clients.
d) urging nonwhites to take graduate counseling courses
a) the 1972 formation of the Association for Non-White Concerns in Personnel and Guidance, later known as the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development
Today, the most popular approach to career choices reflects the work of:
a) Anne Roe
b) Donald Super
c) John Holland
d) Jane Loevinger
c) John Holland
By passing the NCE, a counselor can attain the _____, given via NBCC
a) NCC, a generic certification for counselors
b) NCC, a speciality mental health certification for counselors
c) NCC, a national certification for school counselors
d) MAC, master addictions counselor
a) NCC, a generic certification for counselors
A group leader who is counseling children under 10 years of age could best enhance the treatment process by:
A.) Involving parents and asking them for input
B.) Keeping the parents involved
C.) Reminding the children to speak softly at all times
D.) B & C
A.) Involving parents and asking them for input
Trust vs mistrust is:
a) an Adlerian notion of morality
b) Erikson's first stage of psychosocial development
c) essentially equivalent to Piaget's concept of egocentrism
d) the basis of morality according to Kohlberg
b) Erikson's first stage of psychosocial development
______ and ______ would say that regardless of culture, humans have an instinct to fight.
a) Maslow; Rogers
b) Ellis; Harper
c) Freud; Lorenz
d) Glasser; Rogers
c) Freud; Lorenz
Edwin Bordin felt that difficulties related to job choice
a) are indicative of neurotic symptoms
b) are indicative of inappropriate reinforcers in the environment
c) are related to a lack of present moment awareness
d) are the result of irrational cognitions
a) are indicative of neurotic symptoms
In the late 1970s, AACD (known as ACA since 1992) began to focus very heavily on professional credentialing. This led to the formation of the
a) CCMHC
b) NBCC
c) CACREP, formed in 1981
d) APGA, formed in 1952
b) NBCC
In a group, task roles.
A.) Help solve problems.
B.) Aid in terms of goal setting and keep the group focused
C.) Are seen as positive
D.) All of the above
D.) All of the above
In Kohlberg's first or preconventional level, the individual's moral behavior is guided by:
a) psychosexual urges
b) consequences
c) periodic fugue states
d) counterconditioning
b) Consequences
In the U.S., each socioeconomic group represents
a) a separate race
b) a separate culture
c) the concept of color blindness
d) a separate national culture
b) a separate culture
Some support for Roe's theory comes from:
a) the BDI
b) the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV)
c) the Rorschach and the TAT
d) the gestalt therapy movement
c) the Rorschach and the TAT
Which group was most instrumental in opposing counselor licensure?
a) Social workers
b) psychiatrists
c) psychologists
d) AAMFT members
c) psychologists
Group members assume roles within a group. Which of the following is not a group role?
A) Energizer
B) Scapegoat
C) Gatekeeper
D) Reactive schizophrenia
C) Scapegoat
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to:
a) Volume or mass
b) defenses of the ego
c) the sensorimotor intelligence stage
d) a specific psychosexual state of life
a) volume or mass
Which therapist was not instrumental in the early years of the social psychology movement?:
a) Freud
b) Durkheim
c) McDougall
d) Berne
d) Berne
a) career
b) lifestyle
c) job or position
d) occupation
c) job or position
A counselor reveals information that is extremely damaging to a client's reputation. This counselor could be accused of:
a) beneficence
b) justice
c) nonmaleficence
d) defamation
d) defamation
Most experts would agree that an effective adult counseling group has _____ members.
a.) 9-12
b.) 3-5
c.) 11-16
d.) 5 or 6-8
d.) 5 or 6-8
Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's stages are:
a) psychometric
b) psychodiagnostic
c) psychopharmacological
d) psychosocial
d) psychosocial
In order to diagnose clients from a different culture
a) the counselor ideally will need some information regarding the specifics of the culture.
b) the counselor will find the DSM useless
c) the counselor should rely heavily on cultural epoch theory
d) NBCC ethics prohibit the use of DSM diagnosis
a) the counselor ideally will need some information regarding the specifics of the culture.
A client who becomes a professional football player because he unconsciously likes to hurt people would be utilizing ______ according to Brill's theory of career choice:
a) Subliminal
b) Sublimation
c) Suppression
d) Introjection
b) Sublimation
In regard to state law and privileged communication, counselors must be aware of that
a) privileged communication exists in every state in the union for LPCs
b) laws are unclear and may vary from state to state
c) there are no laws which govern this issue
d) state psychology laws are applicable in this respect
b) laws are unclear and may vary from state to state