Practice Exam 1 (NCE) With Complete Solution Acculturation level is influenced by - number of years in the new country, country of origin, age at the beginning of acculutration process. WHich part of the brain is least developed at birth - Forebrain The ______ was passed in response to the U.S.S.R.'s launching of Sputnik and sought to increase the number of trained counselors in secondary schools to raise the number of students enrolled in higher education that were pursuing math and science careers National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Wellness is - a state of complete well being - physical, cognitive, and psychological. ________ is the name of the ACA division dedicated to group work. - Association for Specicialists in Group Work Thr concept of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) is associated with - IDEA This 19th century pioneer is credited with recognizing that mental retardation was related to developmental decifiencies rather than mental illness - Jean Esquirol The ______ design requires random assignment - true experimental design Parents of a minor client demand to be informed by the counselor about what the client is talking about during counseling sessions. In this situation the first thing the counselor should do is - explain the importance of confidentiality to the parents and if they still insist, thry to seek release from the child before disclosing any information to the parent. A person's genetics and biology make a person's - race a teacher provides positive reinforcement every two times Katherine waits until she is called on to answer a question. what type of reinforcement schedule is the teach using. fixed ratio Which is true concerning the ethical use of career technology - Career technology can be used to provide career information and vocational assessments, also integrative career services and data bases of job openings. Positive client outcomes can be best predicted by - the quality of the therapeutic alliance ________ may be an advantage of group work, rather than a challenge. - power of peer group
According to the ACA and NBCC ethical guidelines related to testing and assessment, professional counselors - do not need client consent to release test results when the results do not include any identifying client information. a professional counselor tested a hnch that government counselors older than 60 years are far happier in their positions than their counterparts in private practice. The researcher interviewed 100 older workers from both occupations and found that indeed gov't counselors were happier than those in private practice in their later years. What additional information might indicate a history threat to internal validity. - The gov't counselors had recently recieved a raise. To become a National Certified Counselor (NCC), individuals musst have - passed the NCE, achieved an advanced degree in counseling, met the requirements for supervised experience According to Albert Bandura, each of the following is a characteristic of an effective model. percieved as having high status, perceived as competent, and perceived as warm and friendly. The __________ prohibits employers from discriminating against qualified indivdual who has a mental or physical disability. - The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 The five factor model is (OCEAN) - an evidence based model of personality that breaks the construct of personality into five factors: openess, concientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. often referred to as THE BIG FIVE NEO Personality Inventory - Revised is commonly used to measure these factors. ASGW Best Practice Guidelines recommned that leaders do all of the following - conduct ecological assessments, create groups that meet community needs, and put in writing the purpose and goals of any group they are running. ________ assessments are often used to determine admission into graduate edcuation programs - Aptitude A sampling technique in which participants have an equal chance of being selected for a particular intervention group is referred to as - random assignment Advocacy counseling may involve - educating the public about the counseling profession, intervening with organizations that have unethical or unfair policies, workin on behalf of clients to help them overcome barriers to their growth. Maria works as a crisis counselor for a local agency. Although she enjoys her job, she finds herself worrying about clients after work hours and is often tempted to check in on her clients over the weekend. Maria is experiencing. - role spillover.
An appropriate time to terminate the counseling relationship is when - the client does not improve after treatment. A _________ group is most commonly found in schools. - psychoeducational. The Joint Committee on Testing Practices published - Rights and responsibilities of test takers, test user qualifications, fair code of testing practice in Education. Dan has collected qualitative data on students' attitudes toward substance abuse. After he completes an anlaysis of each student he presents some of the key themes with quotes for each participant on a single page. What data management tool has he most likely used. Contact summary sheet. the first thing a counselor should do when administering psychological first aid is - help individuals meet their primary needs. "It seems like you are having trouble in your current relationship because you havent moved on from your past relationship" is an example of - an interpretation. when presented with a gift from a client, the counselor should - consider the possible impact on the counseling relationship before refusing or accepting a gift. In psychoanalysis transeferrence is - encouraged. _____ and ______ values are the primary value that affect an individual's occupational decision. - Work: cultural A client informs her counselor that has been diagnosed with HIV and does not plan on telling her significant other, enen though they are engaging in unprotected sex. The counselor - is ethically justified in telling, but not obligated to tell the clients' significant other. _______ are common psycholanalytic techniques - Interpretation, dream analysis, free association Validity can be reported as a(n) - aggression equation. A counselor decides to usse a technique with some of her clients that is not ased in theory and does not have any scientific support. In this situation, the counselor should _______to uphold ethical standards. - discuss any possible risiks with her clients, label the technique as unproven, label the technique as developing. The neo-freudian approach known as _______ contends that, under certain cicumstances, the ego is able to function autonomously without being influenced by the id or superego interpersonal psucjpamalysis
Having benefits, prestige, and a general belief that one's group is superior is termed privelege. A counselor who has a PH.D in education refers to himself as Dr. Julian Lewis in advertisements for hi counseling practice. The counselor in this situation is - acting unethically, the Ph.D is not in counseling or a related field. The ______ phase of culture shock included feelings of belonging to multiple cultures. honeymoon A mother pours each of her two children a cup of choco milk,. although each cup hold the same amount of liquid one is taller and kinnier. The child who does no receive the tall, skinny glass starts crying because she is convinced that her brother received more milk than she did. which cognitive developmental concept does this child have trouble understanding. - conservation Unlike a lot of other career theories, the theory of work adjustment - is concerned with actual work on the job. The adlerian technique known as _____ helps clients understand that paying attention to positive thoughts, actions, memories and feelings, rather than negative ones, is within their control. - pushbutton Member in a(n) ______ group normally have a DSM diagnosis. - psychotherapy Valid tests are - always reliable. How would you describe a relationship between a sample of counselor's beginning and current salaries if the correlation coefficient was r= .88, p< .01 - there is a significant posibtive relationship between beginning and current salaries. A counselor decides to use an old verson of a depression assessment with his clients. The assessment has had two substantial revisions since the version he wants to use was published, but the counselor does not want to spend the money to purchase the newest version when he still has so many copies of the older one. In this situation the counselor is acting - unethically because the test is outdated. Peer mediation is typically used - in schools. the _______ technique for improving memory involves - method of loci According to Holland's theory of types, congruence refers to - the relationship between an individual's personality and the work environment.
According to Jung, complexes - form around an arcetype, represent problems that must be worked through, are repressed desires, thoughts, or impulses that combine in the unconscious. A task group is run by a leader who has expertise in the task to be accomplished. The group memebers have little or no experience with the task at hand. In addition, the group has very little time to complete the task. What leadership style would make the most sense in this situation. - Authoritarian When using the split-half reliability, a test developer must use the ___________ to ensure that test length does not affect the accuracy of the reliability estimate. - Spearman-Brown prophecy formula A research design with at least one independent variable with three or more levels is referred to as an - ANOVA A counselor who does not believe in abortion gains a clietn who is considering having one and is seeking the counselors support' The counselor feels exceedingly uncomfortable. She should - refer the client to another counselor A person who takes turns in a conversation is using - pragmatics Dan has spent the past 30 years working full time for a manufacturing company. He recently decided to focus on his leisure activities and took a part time position within the company. Dan is in the __________ of Super's lifespan, life space career theory.. disengagement ___________ represents a decision-making function in Jung's personality typology - Feeling. Group leaders may use the _________ technique when they want to hear every group members thoughts on a given topic or issue - making the rounds When calculating the item discrimination for a test item on an achievement test, the test developer will want to - a positive item discrimination Which of the following research paradigms are appropriate for qualitative research - postpositivism, critical, contructivism A counselor educator teaching a group counseling class makes students self-disclosure an integral part of the class. this decision is - ethical as long as the counselor educator does not grade the students on their self-disclosures Transitions that create significant disruption and cause one to develop new methods of dealing with a career issue are referred to as - crisis
_______ is a technique that involves comparing a client's dream to myth, literature, and folklore to help unearth possible meaning of the dream. - Amplification All of the following behaviors may indicate resistance in a group member - trying to solve the other members problems, dominating group discussions, missing group sessions Which of the following is a measurement occuring on a ratio scale - 135 pounds A professional counselor has developed a survey and before disstributing it to an entire agency, wants to ensure the survey has no major problems. Administering the srvey to 15 individuals first is an example of what type of research? - pilot A counselor recommends that a client who has trouble sleeping at night remove her TV, desk and computer from her bedroom, thus the client must engage in all nonsleeping activities in other areas of her house. This behavioral technique is called. - environmental planning My boss promoted me, but its probably just because he likes me, not because I actually deserve it. This is an example of what kind of distorted thinking - discounting. using deception as part of a research study is acceptable if - the study has educational value and the deception can not be avoided Rational-emotive behavior therapy was originally called - rational emotive therapy Mitchell has to declare his major by the end of the semester. he discloses to his academic advisor that he feels very pressured and does not believe one semester is enought time to earch and evaluate career alternatives. Which one of the coping patterns presented by Janis and Mann is Mitchell most likely to use given his situation - hypervigelence Laws over rule ethics - in all circumstances. Homework assignments play an important role in all of the following theories - REBT, cognitive therapy, and strategic family therapy. the following are characteristics of a normal distribution - most scores fall near the mean, the normal distribution forms a bell curve when graphed, the mean, median, and mode all fall at the center of the distribution a reasonable defense for behaving in an unethical manner is - not having anyone to consult with about a concern not having read pertinent ethical codes, and not fully understanding ethical codes. REBT counselors use ______________ to alter cleints irrational beliefs. - disputation
the expectation of hopelessness is characterized in which worldview? - external locus of control-external locus of responsibility To ensure that no laws are violated, internet counselors should - be familiar applicable laws both in their state and their clients' state. Sara overhears a group making jokes about someone in her clas who identifies as gay, yet she fails to do anything about it. sara is demonstrating.. - secondary oppression. at what stage of psychosocial development are family relationships and work performance of key importance. - generativity vs. stagnation Goal setting, values clarification and seeking occupational information are examples of task approach skills Reality therapy is also called - choice therapy information that is known to others but unknown to self is found in which quadrant of the Johari window - blind quadrant if a student scored an 82 on an exam with a mean of 80 and a standard deviation of 2, what would be the students normal curve equivalent? - 71.06 a sequential design is most closely associated with ________ research. - mixed-methods a counselor discovers that a colleague has published an opinion piece in the local newspaper making false accusations about her professional behavior and abilities. The counselor may be able to sue this person for - libel the following terms coincide with the eugenics movement (1920s-1930s) - one drop rule, laws against interacial marriage, connection between genes and intellectual and social traits. Although Madeline draws in her coloring book while sophie builds a house with blocks, they sit near each other and carry on a conversation. This type of play is called. - associative play the external conflict scale on the career thoughts inventory indicates clilent difficulty in balancing one's own views and vocational desires with others' input Frankl believed that people could find meaning through - suffering, achievement, creation. the following behaviors can be potentially problematic in group work. - advice giving, informing, blocking.
Students must run a mile at least a minute faster in the spring than they did in the fall to pass their physical education fitness exam. This type of exam is an example of a(n) ipasitive assessment A counseling researcher is interested in investigating the following research question: What is the influence of socioeconomic status and school climate on academic achievement? The dependent variable is - academic achievement one of the first ssteps that counselors who receive subpeonas should take is - to contact the client to see how he or she would like them to proceed. Selfishness predominates the __________ stage of Gilligan's theory of moral development. orientation to individual survival. to assess a client's career interests, a counselor should adminsinter the - the Kuder Career Search Because she is upset about the amount of fighting she engages in with her teenage daughter (5+ fights a week), a client is seeing a counselor who uses a solution focused brief counseling approach. After a few sessions, she reports to the counselor that fought only once with her daughter since her last counseling session. The counselor responds by asking the client "How were you able to do that? what did you do to decrease the amount of firghting? the counselor in this scenario is using the SFBT technique called - positive blame Closed groups are often preferred when the leader is looking to encourage - achievement of group goals, group process, and group cohesion and trust. Readiness tests, which indicate the minimum level of skills needed to move from one grade level to another, have been - criticized for including cultural and language barriers. The research question "how does ethnicity impact religiosity" is an example of ____________ research question. - causal The 1970s court case that resulted in the deinstitutionalization of patients living in mental hospitals was - Donaldson vs. O'connor __________ needs occur when the demand for workers exceeds the number of existing workers and requires mmore workers to be added to the workforce - Growth Which of the following is an example of an externalizing question - how has impulsivity hindered you from forming intimate connections with others For optimal functioning, task groups should consist of at least _____members - 4-5 Survey batteries - are used to asses academic progress by measuring individuals' knowlege across broad content areas.
During a repeated measures design, counseling researchers note that participants' mental health symptoms are fluctuating significantly. Which type of validity threat would best account for this occurrence? - Instrumentation Family boundaries should be - clear, communicated to all members, and understood by all members ______are part of the eight core elements that Bowen believed affects a family's functioning triangles, differentiation of self, sibling position The ________ was passed following the lauch of the Sputnik satellite that gave additional funding to schools, resulting in increased hiring of school counselors - National Defense Education Act (NDEA) When choosing a marriage partner, people are most likely to select someone with - around the same level of differentiation Which occupational classification system does the Ocuupational Information Network (O*NET) use - Standard Occupational Classification System (SOC) Under HIPPAA, patient/clients must - be allowed to review their records, be given a privacy policy, and sign a document declaring they have been given information about HIPPA The multigenerational transmission process explains how - levels of differentiation are perpetuated WHich of the following is true about the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) - it was originally developed for the military but now measures the abilities required for a variety of both military and civilian jobs CACREP-accredited counsseling programs must apply for accreditation every - 8 years ______are part of the four communication patterns that Satir describes as dysfunctional Super-reasonable, Blamer, Placater Acknowlegement of white privilege and a desire to relinquish privileges occurs in Helm's autonomy status. A student receiving services under IDEA is placed in a normal classroom because it has been determined that he can function well there with some accommodations. This scenario best exemplifies the concept of - least restrictive environment In terms of time orientation, American Indians and Native Alaskans are much more oriented toward the - pressent
all of the following are true about maternal employment - when accounting for job title and years of experience, women without children generally make the same amount of money as men. Mothers who work have increased life satisfaction compared to nonworking mothers. Mariatl satisfaction is the same for working mothers as it is for nonworking mothers. client's career issues - often intersect with their personal lives. according to satir the best communication style is - congruent cohesion is likely to develop more quickly for - small groups the Rorschach inkblot test uses _______ to score the client's responses - the location of the portion to which the client responds, the determinants that the client used to describe what he or she saw, and the content of the client's response. _______ are experimental designs - time series, one group pretest-posttest, nonequivalent groups posttest only Obtaining liability insurance is essenttial for - new counselors, counselors who work in private practice, and counselors that work with children. the stereotype of successful asian americans has the effect of - upholding the belief that any minority can succeed if they merely work hard enough, pitting one minority against the other by holding up one as an example, and shortchanging support for many asian americans because of the view that all asians are "successful" When someone does not fully resolve and work through a crisis situation, he or she may experience - transcrisis According to the NCDA's Career Counseling COmpetencies, an effective career counselor should have knowledge of - individual and group counseling skills, research and evaluation, career development theory Which theory of family counseling would view a family's symptoms as the way that the family maintains its homeostasis - human validation process model Homogeneity of members, interdependence, and attractiveness of members refers to which factor of group cohesion - interpersonal factors which type of observation records the number of times a client engages in the targeted behavior during a predetermined time intercal - partial interval A professional counselor wants to display nominal data. A ___________ is the most suitable way to present that data - bar graph
reciprocity refers to - the ability for counselors licensed in one state to work in another state without having to apply for licensure. a teenager who is embarrassed to go out to dinner with his family even though he does not know anyone else dining at the restaruant is experiencing - an imaginary audience Which career counseling intervention allows a client to gain insiht into a particular work environment by observing a competent worker - job shadowing Families often get stuck because of their tendency to perpetuate dysfunctional patterns of behavior without attempting any change. Strategic family therapists refer to this as - the redundancy principle ___________groups will place significant emphasis on examining member transference and resistance - Psychodynamic what is the biggest drawback to using a structure interview format to assess a client - the structured interview does not provide the felxibility to ask follow-up questions or explore client issues more in depth. In a normal distribution, approximately _____% of the scores will exceed two standard deviations above the mean - 2 If sufficiently trained, professional counselors are legally allowed to use psychological tests as part of their practice in - most states ______are methods used to conduct needs assessments - surveying the target group, conducting focus group interviews, hiring a consultant In family counseling, circular questioning is used to - help the counselor formulate a hypothesis, highlight the differences in perspectives among family members, create a more comprehensive understanding of the family system Member satisfaction with the overall group experience is most commonly assessed toward the end of the group process what type of clinical interview format is most subject to interviewer error - unstructured interviews "Going native" is a risk for which of the following data collection methods - participant observation the following are true statements about structural family counseling - marital roles should have complementarity, parents should be at the top of the family hierarchy older children should have more responsibilities and privileges than younger children
Structural family counselors join families for all of the following reasons - to help put them at ease, to establish rapport, and to reduce resistance The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 most significantly affected the counseling specialty area of - clinical mental health counseling Structural maps include - alilgnments, coalitions, boundaries the following steps are included in the program evaluation phase - determining the behaviors, skills, attitudes, and/or knowlege to be evaluated, determining the data sources and data collection tools that will be used during program evaluation, and anyalyzing and interpreting the data gathered during the evaluation school counselors help all students with their - academic needs, career needs, and personal-social needs a technique that uncovers the order of events that lead to the presentation of a problematic symptom to prevent the symptom from occurring the in the future is called - firing sequence to reduce bias in asssessment, professional counselors can - use assessment instruments that use the most clear and understandable language for the client population when counselors encounter ethical dilemmas, they should - consult with other professionals, use a decision making model, examine codes of ethics and relevant laws Feminist therapy involves - social change, an equal relationship between the counselor and client, and a teaching component. When counselors have to break client confidentiality, they should ideally - inform the client beforehand