Encyclopedia of Counseling

Research and Program Evaluation

100

The most valuable type of research is

c. the experiment, used to discover cause-and-effect relationships. pg 395

200

The study that would best rule out chance factors would have a significant level of P=

c. .001 pg 397

300

To complete a t test you would consult a tabled value of t. In order to see if significant differences exist in an ANOVA you would

c. consult a table for F values pg 402

400

The most useful measure of central tendency is the

a. mean often abbreviated by an X with a bar over it pg 411

500

A sociogram is to a counseling group as a scattergram is to

c. a correlation coeffcient pg 419

Professional Orientation and Ethics

100

By passing the NCE, a counselor can attain ____, given via NBCC

a. NCC, a generic certification for counselors. pg 445

200

State laws can govern title usage and practice, however, they do not govern

a. accreditation pg. 450

300

When counselors state that privileged communication is "qualified" they actually mean

c. exceptions may exist pg. 453

400

A woman who is in private practice mentions in her phone book advertisement that she is a licensed counseling psychologist. This generally means

b. she has a graduate degree from a psychology department pg 458

500

A counselor wins the lottery and closes her practice without telling her clients. This counselor's course of action is best described as

c. abandonment

Counseling Families, Diagnosis, Advanced Concepts

100

Cybernetics is a concept used by family therapists. It is usually associated with the work of

b. Norbert Wiener

200

Virginia Satir felt that a major goal of the therapy was to improve intrafamily communication(i.e. communication between family members) According to Satir, four basic patterns prevented good communication under stress. These defensive postures or stress positions are : placating, blaming, being overly reasonable, and being irrelevant. Placating means

d. you try to please everybody out of a fear of rejection. pf 505

300

Carl Whitaker's interaction with the family could best be described as

b. joining the family and experiencing it as if he were a family member pg. 507

400

A behavioristic family counselor suggests that the family chart the number of times that 6-yr-old Billy says "no" when he is told to do something. The baseline of the chart would refer to

d. the period before the behavior modification begins. pg 509

500

A family actually changes the structure of their family system. According to Watzlawick, Weakland, and Fisch, the family has achived

a. second-order change that is more desirable than first-order change. pg 515

Counseling Families, Diagnosis, Advanced Concepts

100

An intragenrational family therapist says she is concerned with the nuclear family emotional system. She is referring to

a. the fact that although the current family in therapy has an emotional system, this emotional system is influenced. pg. 528

200

Postmodernist Tom Anderson, a psychiatrist from Norway, became disenchanted with traditional family therapy. He began using a rational approach based primarily on

a. a one-way mirror and a reflecting treatment team. pg 535

300

A time-series design is a quasi-experimental design

b. that relies on multiple observations of the dependent variable (i.e. the thing you are measuring) before and after the treatment occurs. pg 541

400

Urie Bronfenbrenner is one of the co developers of the National Head Start Program. He proposed a theory of development that is

c. an ecological system therapy that stresses the micro system (any immediate or close relationship or organizations the child interacts with) pg. 546

500

Which theorist would most likely assert the EQ is more important than IQ?

d. Daniel Goleman pg 551

Counseling Families, Diagnosis, Advanced Concepts

100

The DSM provides diagnostics criteria for mental retardation. It states that

a. he client must have an IR score of 70 or below on an individually administered IQ test and the onset of the condition must be prior to age 18. pg. 550

200

A hermaphrodite it

a. now referred to as an intersex person pg. 562

300

As a private practice counselor your ____ would be most important in terms of filing claims.

d. NPI Number pg 570

400

A career counselor who relies on the constructionist viewpoint would emphasize that

d. SCCT is the best theory pg 566

500

The new ACA ethical requirements to have a transfer plan in writing would apply to

d. all the above a. a situation in which a counselor became disabled b. a situation in which a counselor died. c. a situation where a counselor moved to another state. pg. 569