Helwig Practice Exam Flashcards
- Which of the following captures the essence of informed consent?
A. Having members sign a contract before joining a group.
B. Telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group.
C. Having members decide upon all the activities of the group.
D. Making sure that groups will always be composed of voluntary members.
Telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group.
Several principles may underlie an ethical decision made by a counselor. Which of the following is NOT one of those principles?
A. Autonomy.
B. Nonmaleficience.
C. Pro bono.
D. Fidelity.
Pro bono.
Maria, a 25-year-old Latina woman, is in career counseling. In reviewing her background, the counselor determines that she has followed the rules‘ and expectations of her close-knit family. She now finds herself in a position needing to support her family on her own and can‘t decide between three different occupational
possibilities which she has heard about. Maria may be characterized as
A. career inefficacious.
B. career undecided.
C. needing more schooling.
D. career indecisive.
career undecided.
- Client: I wrote some more in my journal yesterday. I wrote about the strong urge to eat after I visited my mother. I almost went to the store for junk food but I didn‘t.
Counselor: The urge to eat was connected with your mother.
A long silence follows. The probable cause for the client‘s silence was
A. boredom.
B. hostility toward the counselor.
C. emotional or cognitive integration.
D. waiting for the counselor to lead.
emotional or cognitive integration.
- Individuals of European ancestry often enjoy benefits, without their awareness, that people of color do not. This phenomenon is referred to as
A. ethnocentrism.
B. double standard.
C. acculturation.
white privilege.
- On a college campus, a group of students of color has been protesting their treatment alluding to harassing comments by whites and what they believe to be discrimination in the grading system by their professors. Eleven of these students have come to the campus counseling center and want to begin a group experience to arrive at some answers and find solutions. The most appropriate theoretical orientation of the counselor assigned to lead the group is
A. behavioral.
B. psychoanalytic.
C. gestalt.
D. person-centered.
behavioral.
- The science of neurobiology is growing in importance to the field of counseling and psychotherapy. One part of neurobiology is neurotransmitters. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Neurotransmitters affect various cognitive, emotional, and psychological reactions.
B. Neurotransmitters are found primarily in the liver.
C. Neurotransmitters are unrelated to diet and nutrition.
D. Neurotransmitters are unimportant to physically healthy individuals.
Neurotransmitters affect various cognitive, emotional, and psychological reactions.
- An employment counselor uses the Ability Profiler (General Aptitude Test Battery) which measures nine aptitudes important for different jobs. His clients are typically uneducated. Because the counselor is concerned how his clients‘ scores stack up against others and how they would perceive their aptitudes, he interprets the scores to each of his clients
A. ipsatively.
B. using national norms.
C. using local norms.
D. in relationship to other tests.
ipsatively.
- Jobs and careers of individuals have been changing over the years. Some newer conceptualizations of the world of work have been noted. For example, when a retired person chooses to or must re-enter the workforce, such work or career is often called
A. compensatory.
B. portfolio.
C. encore.
D. life-career.
encore.
- A licensed professional counselor in private practice is also trained in career counseling and occasionally sees a client for career work. Generally, the counselor receives insurance reimbursement for services she provides for her career clients who are often experiencing anxiety and work-related stress. The counselor assigns a DSM code to these clients even though the insurance companies policies indicate that payment for career services is not reimbursable. Which of the following statements is most accurate?
A. The counselor is okay because she is concerned about the general health and welfare of the client as the ethical code expects.
B. The counselor is not okay because career counseling problems are not reimbursable and this is insurance fraud.
C. The counselor is okay because the experts in the literature agree that career counseling is personal counseling.
D. The counselor knows other counselors who have received reimbursement for similar client problems.
The counselor is not okay because career counseling problems are not reimbursable and this is insurance fraud.
11.Practicing positive or reinforcing self-statements has been called stress inoculation. Who is the behaviorally oriented theorist who proposed this concept?
A. Bandura.
B. Wolpe.
C. Allport.
D. Meichenbaum.
Meichenbaum.
- A school counselor is interested in determining whether seniors who have jobs receive lower grades and national test scores than those who do not work. Let‘s assume that in May of the school year he finds that approximately 250 seniors worked this past school year and 250 did not. He compares their GPA, class rank information and ACT scores. If all these indicators were lower for the seniors who worked, the counselor would be tempted to say that having a job causes the lower
indicators. He may be wrong to say that because this study is
A. a post hoc investigation.
B. an experiment.
C. a survey.
D. a descriptive study.
a post hoc investigation.
- Historically, there were many influences on the development of the testing movement. Which one of the following was NOT an early influence?
A. Civil rights movement.
B. Compulsory school attendance.
C. World War I.
D. Advances in statistical methodology.
Civil rights movement.
- Gender role socialization occurs in most cultures and includes the development of role stereotypes which may be rigid and fixed. Imitation and identification with a same-sex model facilitates the learning of gender roles. Gender role socialization
A. is primarily based on heredity.
B. seldom occurs within the family.
C. becomes a basic component of our self-concept.
D. is usually complete by six years of age.
becomes a basic component of our self-concept.
- Jason, the sole source of income in the family, suffers unemployment unexpectedly. As the unemployment continues, a variety of consequences are likely to ensue for him, his wife, and their children. Research suggests that.
A. the next job Jason finds will probably be better than the last one.
B. the children should not be told of their father‘s unemployment in order to reduce their anxiety.
C. it is unlikely that Jason will experience the grief cycle.
D. as unemployment continues, his wife will slowly pull away from her circle of friends.
as unemployment continues, his wife will slowly pull away from her circle of friends.
- In a behavioral group context, which of the following are key terms?
A. Self-monitoring and contracts.
B. Here and now‘ and blocks to energy.
C. Value judgment and positive addiction.
D. Catharsis and ego integrity.
Self-monitoring and contracts.
- A number of counseling approaches see mindfulness as an important component. Which of the following statements appears most true?
A. Internal sensations, emotions and thoughts are not important to mindfulness.
B. Relationship-oriented therapies are more effective than cognitively based ones in using mindfulness.
C. Mindfulness is a mental discipline with a focus on the here and now.
D. So far, it appears that mindfulness techniques work best with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder clients.
Mindfulness is a mental discipline with a focus on the here and now.
- A counselor performs pre-marital counseling in conjunction with a church whose pastor refers couples to her. Ordinarily, the counselor sees the couple together twice, two times individually, and twice together again for a total of six sessions. In her second individual session with Tom, the counselor learns that he has not broken off an affair with another woman not his prospective marriage partner. An appropriate counselor response is to
A. insist Tom tell his future wife.
B. remind Tom of their agreement there would be no secrets.
C. refer the couple to a more experienced pre-marital counselor.
D. decide to provide Tom more individual counseling sessions.
remind Tom of their agreement there would be no secrets.
- A counselor educator at a large university studied different counseling modalities for students who came to the counseling center with relationship/self-esteem problems. There was a waiting list to accommodate all the students. As a researcher, he was curious whether men or women gained self-esteem differentially whether they were seen in individual counseling, group counseling, or small psychoeducational class (18 to 20 students). There was also a possibility of an interaction between gender and the kind of service they received. The appropriate statistical technique to use in this situation was
A. one-way analysis of variance.
B. factorial analysis of variance.
C. t-test.
D. multivariate analysis of variance.
factorial analysis of variance.
- A 45-year-old woman is returning to the labor market after an absence of nearly 20 years. She does not know what work she should apply for because she claims she has no skills. Besides dealing with self-concept and confidence issues, the career counselor will attempt to help the woman identify
A. obsolescence factors.
B. “empty nest” issues.
C. a mentor.
D. transferable skills.
transferable skills.
- Accreditation of counselor training programs requires that counseling theories are taught followed by a developmental process of skill building and application in practica and internships. A key component of accreditation is evaluation of this skill development. The body which accredits more counselor training programs than any other is
A. Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education
B. Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
C. American Psychological Association
D. North Central Association of Schools and Colleges
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
- In terms of psychological dysfunction, the concept of “incidence” most nearly means
A. there are biological and social domains causing a disorder.
B. there may be more than one disorder at the same time.
C. the cultural context of the counselee must be identified.
D. the number of new cases which appear in any given time period.
the number of new cases which appear in any given time period.
- Linda, an applicant for a graduate program in business, is a client of a mental health counselor. One day the counselor receives a call from the university where Linda is applying and asks for a recommendation for her. She listed the counselor as a reference on her graduate school application. An appropriate response by the counselor is
A. tell the university that she will encourage Linda to share everything she wants with the university directly.
B. knowing Linda is very excited to enroll in that program, tell the university she would be an excellent student.
C. tell the university what questions they might ask Linda if they interview her.
D. tell the university Linda must sign a release of information agreement before any information can be provided.
tell the university Linda must sign a release of information agreement before any information can be provided.
- A variety of studies have investigated the qualities of effective counselors. Although not definitive, some of these qualities appear to be
A. tolerance for ambiguity and middle age.
B. interest in people and eclecticism.
C. high intelligence and global awareness.
D. awareness of individual differences and caring.
awareness of individual differences and caring.