NCE Practice Examination

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Practice test for preparation for the NCE. Questions come from the Official NCE Guide.


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  • 1. 

    Counselors adhering to the personality theory espoused by C.G. Jung often have to help people with problems related to what Jung "individuation."  Jung defined this term as the process

    • A.

      A. which occurs when adolescents leave home to establish their own residences

    • B.

      B. occurring throughout life in which a person is becoming an individual

    • C.

      C. through which parents come to have unique patterns of interaction with each of their children

    • D.

      D. which is an outgrowth of the psychoanalytic principle of determinism

    Correct Answer
    B. B. occurring throughout life in which a person is becoming an individual
    Explanation
    Human Growth and Development (1994 CACREP Standard II-J-1)

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  • 2. 

    A counselor completing a report for an insurance company was required to indicate whether a client had a phobia or an anxiety reaction.  The counselor was able to indicate the correct classification ecause the counselor knew that the primary distinction between te two conditions is the

    • A.

      A. age of onset of severe psychological distress

    • B.

      B. ease with which the symptoms are eliminated

    • C.

      C. frequency of symptom occurrence

    • D.

      D. specificity of the fear-causing source

    Correct Answer
    D. D. specificity of the fear-causing source
    Explanation
    Human Growth and Development (1994 CACREP Standard II-J-1)

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  • 3. 

    Erikson presented an eight-stage theory of human development, the last stage of which he entitled "integrity vs. despair."  A person's challenge in this stage is to achieve acceptance of the finality of life.  Erikson postulated that such acceptance could be achieved only if the person had

    • A.

      A. reached a parallel level of moral development

    • B.

      B. established an economic environment such that the person need not be concerned about having good living conditions

    • C.

      C. successfully met the challenges of the previous stages

    • D.

      D. developed the ability to distinguish among the various roles the individual had filled in life

    Correct Answer
    C. C. successfully met the challenges of the previous stages
    Explanation
    Human Growth and Development (1994 CACREP Standard II-J-1)

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  • 4. 

    Humanists in the existential tradition assert that personal decisions are (personally) effective only if they are made consistent with personal beliefs and principles, and regardless of whether they are in agreement with those of most people or the known consequences of the decisions. This assertion also is an appropriate description of which of Kohlberg's stages of moral development?

    • A.

      A. naively egotistic orientation

    • B.

      B. respect for authority and social order

    • C.

      C. contractual-legalistic orientation

    • D.

      D. conscience orientation

    Correct Answer
    D. D. conscience orientation
    Explanation
    Human Growth and Development (1994 CACREP Standard II-J-1)

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  • 5. 

    A counselor was hired to develop the educational activities that would promote development of gender-fair (i.e., non sex-role stereotypic) attitudes among older elementary-school-age children.  The counselor decided to develop the activities within the context of social learning theory.  Which of the following activities would be most appropriate for use by the counselor?

    • A.

      A. having the children view movies that depict males in so-called traditionally feminine occupations (e.g., nursing) or activities (e.g., ironing) and vice-versa

    • B.

      B. providing some reward (e.g., a small candy) to children who make gender-fair statements during a discussion of "what people do when they grow up"

    • C.

      C. instructing the children how to ask their parents what their parents' beliefs are about appropriate roles for women and men

    • D.

      D. having the children share what they believe are each of their parent's feelings about activities they do (e.g., active and passive play behaviors)

    Correct Answer
    A. A. having the children view movies that depict males in so-called traditionally feminine occupations (e.g., nursing) or activities (e.g., ironing) and vice-versa
    Explanation
    Human Growth and Development (1994 CACREP Standard II-J-1)

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  • 6. 

    In attempting to understand the life perspectives and characteristics of their clients, some counselors use Kohlberg's theory of moral development as a theoretical framework.  These counselors know that Kohlberg's theory includes three progressive levels culminating in

    • A.

      A. self-actualization, wherein the individual is fully humanistic

    • B.

      B. principled thought, wherein the individual adopts a self-accepted set of standards of behavior

    • C.

      C. androgyny, wherein the individual exhibits both male and female stereotypic behaviors

    • D.

      D. personhood, wherein the individual is free from moral dilemmas

    Correct Answer
    B. B. principled thought, wherein the individual adopts a self-accepted set of standards of behavior
    Explanation
    Human Growth and Development (1994 CACREP Standard II-J-1)

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  • 7. 

    A professional counselor determines fees for monthly consultation services on a job-by-job basis.  This is an example of which of the following types of reinforcement schedules?

    • A.

      A. variable interval

    • B.

      B. fixed internal

    • C.

      C. variable ratio

    • D.

      D. fixed ratio

    Correct Answer
    C. C. variable ratio
    Explanation
    Human Growth and Development

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  • 8. 

    Competitiveness between children in the same family is known as

    • A.

      A. sibling rivalry

    • B.

      B. the Oedipus conflict

    • C.

      C. the Electra conflict

    • D.

      D. the Foundling conflict

    Correct Answer
    A. A. sibling rivalry
    Explanation
    Human Growth and Development

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  • 9. 

    The best descriptor of the emotion that results when a feeling or fear is not understood by the person experiencing it is

    • A.

      A. anxiety

    • B.

      B. affect

    • C.

      C. anger

    • D.

      D. arousal

    Correct Answer
    A. A. anxiety
    Explanation
    Human Growth and Development

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  • 10. 

    Stage theories of human development are used by many counselors in their work with older persons because they facilitate understanding older persons' general life situations.  In this context, Erikson described the development stge that occurs late in life as

    • A.

      A. intimacy vs. autonomy

    • B.

      B. integrity vs. despair

    • C.

      C. trust vs. isolation

    • D.

      D. intimacy vs. mistrust

    Correct Answer
    B. B. integrity vs. despair
    Explanation
    Human Growth and Development

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  • 11. 

    In some settings, counselors must use diagnostic classification systems as part of the overall progra management plan of the service facility. The term "paranoia" is used in such systems to include a group of psychotic disorders characterized mainly by a(n)

    • A.

      A. slowing of emotional responses to a state of absolute calm

    • B.

      B. onset of increasingly complex delusions

    • C.

      C. frenzy of intense social interactions

    • D.

      D. irrational response to specific stimulus

    Correct Answer
    B. B. onset of increasingly complex delusions
    Explanation
    Human Growth and Development

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  • 12. 

    Many members of the counseling profession have engaged in social reform efforts intended to reduce spouse abuse.  These efforts have had limited effect because

    • A.

      A. spouse abuse occurs primarily among persons of low socioeconomic status, a group of people not generally prone to seek counseling services

    • B.

      B. many people, both males and females, believe that spouse abuse is a "family matter" and, therefore, not subject to intervention from persons outside the family

    • C.

      C. increasing incidence of incarceration of spouse abusers has reduced the need for counseling services

    • D.

      D. all of the above

    Correct Answer
    B. B. many people, both males and females, believe that spouse abuse is a "family matter" and, therefore, not subject to intervention from persons outside the family
    Explanation
    Social and Cultural Foundations

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  • 13. 

    A counselor was working with  client who had been referred by a supervisor because the client had been having problems with co-workers, problems primarily attributable to the client's prejudicial attitudes twoard ethnic minorities.  The counselor asked how the client had come to hold the (prejudicial) attitudes the client was presenting.  The client replied, "I don't really know or are.  It just makes those folks easier to understand."  The client's statements reflect which of the following models that have been used to explain the formation of prejudicial attitudes?

    • A.

      A. social learning

    • B.

      B. information processing

    • C.

      C. social conflict

    • D.

      D. authoritarianism

    Correct Answer
    B. B. information processing
    Explanation
    Social and Cultural Foundations

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  • 14. 

    A client was referred to a counselor by a physician.  On the physician's advice, the client had been taking valium to alleviate "minor instances of stress."  Initially, small doses of valium were sufficient to alleviate the client's stress.  However, over a period of approximately one year, the client had found it necessary to take increasingly larger doses to bring about similar stress reduction.  The counselor surmised that the client had developed a(n) __________ to the valium.

    • A.

      A. psychological dependence

    • B.

      B. addiction

    • C.

      C. physical dependence

    • D.

      D. tolerance

    Correct Answer
    D. D. tolerance
    Explanation
    Social and Cultural Foundations

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  • 15. 

    Because of the nature of the counseling process, some concepts from the feld of speech and communications are readily applied to counseling.  For example, counselors often find it appropriate to give (i.e., send) persuasive messages to clients.  Such messages are more likely to be received (i.e., heard and accepted) if the counselor, as the message sender, exhibits certain characteristics.  Which of the following is NOT a primary characteristic of effective persuasive communicators?

    • A.

      A. emotionality

    • B.

      B. attractiveness

    • C.

      C. expertness

    • D.

      D. trustworthiness

    Correct Answer
    A. A. emotionality
    Explanation
    Social and Cultural Foundations

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  • 16. 

    In recent years the language used in federal and many state legislative acts relative to counseling services for persons with handicaps has tended to shift from the use of general categorical definitions to noncategorical definitions of functional limitations of handicapping conditions.  This change appears to reflect a realization that

    • A.

      A. the medical (i.e., physical) diagnosis is the most accurate basis for determining an appropriate level of funding

    • B.

      B. a specific disability has essentially the same effect in any educational or work setting

    • C.

      C. funding bases should not incorporate considerations of categories of disabilities

    • D.

      D. all categorically disables people do not have the same functional limitations in all work or education situations

    Correct Answer
    D. D. all categorically disables people do not have the same functional limitations in all work or education situations
    Explanation
    Social and Cultural Foundations

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  • 17. 

    Research on the development in a person of a so-called "humanistic life outlook" has shown that it is facilitated by

    • A.

      A. formal educational experiences

    • B.

      B. observational learning experiences

    • C.

      C. diverse interpersonal interactions

    • D.

      D. all of the above

    Correct Answer
    D. D. all of the above
    Explanation
    Social and Cultural Foundations

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  • 18. 

    When persons who are characteristically shy and withdrawn participate in "assertiveness training," initially they experience uncertainty and self-doubt.  Counselors refer to this social-psychological concepts as

    • A.

      A. cognitive dissonance

    • B.

      B. dissociation

    • C.

      C. individuation

    • D.

      D. acculturation

    Correct Answer
    A. A. cognitive dissonance
    Explanation
    Social and Cultural Foundations

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  • 19. 

    A group of people living together with prescribed patterns of interdependent behavior could be best described as a

    • A.

      A. culture

    • B.

      B. society

    • C.

      C. class

    • D.

      D. cult

    Correct Answer
    B. B. society
    Explanation
    Social and Cultural Foundations

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  • 20. 

    Which of the following does NOT influence conformity to the expected standards of behavior within a culture?

    • A.

      A. physical punishment

    • B.

      B. praise

    • C.

      C. acceptance

    • D.

      D. events

    Correct Answer
    D. D. events
    Explanation
    Social and Cultural Foundations

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  • 21. 

    In counseling older adults to achieve greater life satisfaction, counseling goals are more easily defined with the recognition that life satisfaction among older persons is primarily related to

    • A.

      A. economic well-being

    • B.

      B. sexuality

    • C.

      C. self-concept

    • D.

      D. all of the above

    Correct Answer
    D. D. all of the above
    Explanation
    Social and Cultural Foundations

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  • 22. 

    Counselors use a variety of terms to describe patterns of inter-personal interactions because those terms reflect sets of behavioral characteristics.  For example, a primary characteristic of a "closed" interpersonal system is

    • A.

      A. group membership inflexibility

    • B.

      B. high levels of education among group members

    • C.

      C. erratic interpersonal interactions

    • D.

      D. limited "appropriate" conversational topics

    Correct Answer
    A. A. group membership inflexibility
    Explanation
    Social and Cultural Foundations

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  • 23. 

    When communicating with other professionals, counselors use various words or phrases to describe the behaviors being exhibited by their clients.  For example, when a client is attributing personally held feelings to another person, a counselor might say that the client is engaging in a process known as

    • A.

      A. sex-role orientation

    • B.

      B. universalization

    • C.

      C. identification

    • D.

      D. projection

    Correct Answer
    D. D. projection
    Explanation
    Social and Cultural Foundations

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  • 24. 

    A counselor who follows an eclectic approach to counseling primarily bases the choice of utilized techniques upon

    • A.

      A. the severity of the emotional distress exhibited by the client

    • B.

      B. the client's intellectual, emotional, and environmental resources

    • C.

      C. whether the client was referred or volunteered for counseling

    • D.

      D. the theoretical orientation espoused in the counselor's professional preparation program

    Correct Answer
    B. B. the client's intellectual, emotional, and environmental resources
    Explanation
    Helping Relationships (1994 CACREP Standard III-J-3)

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  • 25. 

    Client: "I just can't see myself working in a hospital, being around sick kids all day." Counselor: "You just don't like kids." The counselor in this example has made which of the following types of reflection error?

    • A.

      A. depth

    • B.

      B. capitulation

    • C.

      C. meaning

    • D.

      D. syntax

    Correct Answer
    C. C. meaning
    Explanation
    Helping Relationships

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  • 26. 

    The counseling technique used by the counselor to explain to a client the logical inconsistencies in the client's statements is known as

    • A.

      A. confrontation

    • B.

      B. summarization

    • C.

      C. paradoxical intention

    • D.

      D. systematic desensitization

    Correct Answer
    A. A. confrontation
    Explanation
    Helping Relationships

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  • 27. 

    In the context of the reality therapy approach to counseling, the counselor strives to achieve a counseling relationship in which the counselor assumes a(n) __________ role in decision-making relative to the client.

    • A.

      A. superordinate

    • B.

      B. equal

    • C.

      C. subordinate

    • D.

      D. antithetical

    Correct Answer
    B. B. equal
    Explanation
    Helping Relationships

    http://www.wglasser.com/the-glasser-approach/reality-therapy

    http://www.realitytherapywub.com/

    http://www.csun.edu/~hcpsy002/Psy460_Ch11_Handout2_ppt.pdf

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  • 28. 

    In Schein's "Doctor-Patient" model of consultation, which of the following conditions must e met for the consulttion process to be effective?

    • A.

      A. The consultee correctly interprets the symptoms identified

    • B.

      B. The consultee trusts that the consultant has provided accurate diagnostic information

    • C.

      C. The consultee is willing to implement the suggestions made by the consultant

    • D.

      D. All of the above conditions must be met

    Correct Answer
    D. D. All of the above conditions must be met
    Explanation
    Helping Relationships Chapter 19 of "Counseling Psychology: 2nd Edition" by Gelso and Fretz

    "The doctor-patient model is operating when a consultant "examines" a client or client system, and then, like a physician, makes recommendations for therapy." http://www.cas.umt.edu/dcs/faculty/bach/Documents/423_lange1982.pdf

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  • 29. 

    A client comes to a counselor complaining of "being generally unhappy."  However, the client is unable to clarify further the nature of the unhappiness other than through vague allusions to being not interested in anything.  At this point in the process, the counselor would be best advised to

    • A.

      A. confront the client's inability to clarify the reasons for the unhappiness

    • B.

      B. explore activities that the client enjoyed in the past

    • C.

      C. use active-listening skills until the client is better able to describe the problem

    • D.

      D. generate and discuss possible reasons for the client's unhappiness

    Correct Answer
    C. C. use active-listening skills until the client is better able to describe the problem
    Explanation
    Helping Relationships

    Chapter 5 of "Helping Skills: Facilitating Exploration, Insight, and Action, 3rd Edition" by Hill

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  • 30. 

    Client: "Most of the time things are fine, but I hate it when my parents fight.  It makes me want to run away from home." Counselor: "Is it possible that you both love and hate your parents?" The counselor's response is an example of the counseling skill known as

    • A.

      A. reflection

    • B.

      B. interpretation

    • C.

      C. summarization

    • D.

      D. confrontation

    Correct Answer
    B. B. interpretation
    Explanation
    Helping Relationships

    Chapter 9 of "Counseling Psychology, 2nd Edition" by Gelso and Fretz

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  • 31. 

    Which of the following is a basic assumption underlying effective use of Caplan's Mental Health Consultation model?

    • A.

      A. Mental health consultation is a supplement to other problem-solving mechanisms within an organization

    • B.

      B. Consultee attitudes and affect must be dealt with directly in the mental health consultation process.

    • C.

      C. The technical expertise of the mental health consultant is sufficient for design of and effective intervention

    • D.

      D. The consultant and consultee share responsibility for case management

    Correct Answer
    A. A. Mental health consultation is a supplement to other problem-solving mechanisms within an organization
    Explanation
    Helping Relationships

    Chapter 19 of "Counseling Psychology: 2nd Edition" by Gelso and Fretz

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  • 32. 

    Ellis' rational emotive therapy and Meichenbaum's cognitive behavior modification approaches to counseling are similar in that both hold that

    • A.

      A. a client's cognitions are "hypotheses to be tested," not absolute facts or truths

    • B.

      B. clients should perform "personal experiments" to determine if cognitions and beliefs are consistent with objective reality

    • C.

      C. "restructuring of cognitions" is an important aspect of all of the above

    • D.

      D. all of the above

    Correct Answer
    D. D. all of the above
    Explanation
    Helping Relationships

    Pg. 351-353 of "Counseling Psychology, 2nd Edition," by Gelso and Fretz

    Pg. 333, 350, 351 of "Counseling Psychology, 2nd Edition," by Gelso and Fretz

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  • 33. 

    Clients and counselors sit closer together, presumably reflecting being psychologically closer, when they are similar in terms of factors such as age, social status, and general appearance (e.g., style of clothing worn).  However, research in proxemics also has shown that forward (upper body) trunk lean by a counselor is likely to cause a negative, distancing reaction initially in a client who is 

    • A.

      A. depressed and crying

    • B.

      B. less intelligent than the counselor

    • C.

      C. a different race from the counselor

    • D.

      D. much shorter than the counselor

    Correct Answer
    C. C. a different race from the counselor
    Explanation
    Helping Relationships

    Pg. 104 of "Helping Skills: Facilitating Exploration, Insight, and Action, 3rd Edition" by Hill

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  • 34. 

    Counselors who follow a behavioral counseling orientation know that primary emphasis in it is the development of

    • A.

      A. a loving counselor-client relationship

    • B.

      B. the client's awareness of subconscious feelings

    • C.

      C. an awareness of client behavioral stimuli and reinforcements

    • D.

      D. the client's needs hierarchy in behavioral terms

    Correct Answer
    C. C. an awareness of client behavioral stimuli and reinforcements
    Explanation
    Helping Relationships

    Chapter 3 of "Twenty-First Century Psychotherapies: Comtemporary Approaches to Theory and Practice," Ed. by Lebow

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  • 35. 

    In the context of the counselor's use of active listening skills, the following is an example of which type of reflection error? Client:  "I just can't see myself sitting at a desk job all day." Counselor:  "You want to do outdoor work."

    • A.

      A. depth

    • B.

      B. language

    • C.

      C. meaning

    • D.

      D. implication

    Correct Answer
    D. D. implication
    Explanation
    Helping Relationships

    Chapter 5 of "Helping Skills: Facilitating Exploration, Insight, and Action, 3rd Edition" by Hill

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  • 36. 

    "Men (used here to mean all people) are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them."  This quote, attributable to Epictetus, most closely describes the counseling theory developed by

    • A.

      A. Rogers

    • B.

      B. Carkhuff

    • C.

      C. Freud

    • D.

      D. Ellis

    Correct Answer
    D. D. Ellis
    Explanation
    Helping Relationships

    Chapter 3 of "Twenty-First Century Psychotherapies: Contemporary Approaches to Theory and Practice," Ed. by Lebow

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  • 37. 

    The counseling technique in which the counselor intensifies the client's emotional state in order to help the client understand the irrationality of the eotional reaction is known as

    • A.

      A. confrontation

    • B.

      B. paradoxical intention

    • C.

      C. systematic desensitization

    • D.

      D. reconfiguration

    Correct Answer
    B. B. paradoxical intention
    Explanation
    Helping Relationships

    Pg. 315 of "Twenty-First Century Psychotherapies: Contemporary Approaches to Theory and Practice," Ed. by Lebow

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  • 38. 

    Although group effectiveness is difficult to define and is related to the purposes and leadership of the group, some general principles have been agreed upon. For example, group processes generally are most effective when the group

    • A.

      A. has an authoritarian leader who maintains interpersonal rules and directions for the group.

    • B.

      B. develops new ways of functioning in response to emerging needs and patterns of interaction among group members

    • C.

      C. identifies group members who inhibit movement toward the group's goals.

    • D.

      D. works on several group tasks simultaneously, thereby increasing group efficiency.

    Correct Answer
    B. B. develops new ways of functioning in response to emerging needs and patterns of interaction among group members
    Explanation
    Group Work

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  • 39. 

    A counseling group member stated, "I feel so much better knowing that many of you have had similar problems. I guess we're all in the same boat!" This member's statement is an example of a group process phenomenon kown as

    • A.

      A. transference.

    • B.

      B. universality

    • C.

      C. catharsis.

    • D.

      D. intellectualization

    Correct Answer
    B. B. universality
    Explanation
    Group Work

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  • 40. 

    In some counseling groups the members feel dependent upon the group counselor (leader) for direction and movement and are passive in other ways as well, and the group counselor is easily fatigues and irritated because of the responsibility to "make everything work" in the group. According to Yalom (among others), this situation is most likely to arise in groups

    • A.

      A. that have failed to establish self-disclosure as an appropriate behavior for group members.

    • B.

      B. in which unstructured, freely interactive behavior is the norm for group members.

    • C.

      C. in which the meaningfulness of the group to each of the respective members is too high.

    • D.

      D. that have not assumed responsibility for their own functioning.

    Correct Answer
    D. D. that have not assumed responsibility for their own functioning.
    Explanation
    Group Work

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  • 41. 

    Which of the following is the LEAST important consideration that a group leader should employ in the selection of potentially appropriate strategies to be used in the group?

    • A.

      A. the types of people who will constitute the group

    • B.

      B. the leader's self-knowledge

    • C.

      C. the members' previous experience in groups

    • D.

      D. the extent to which the leader will be involved in the group

    Correct Answer
    C. C. the members' previous experience in groups
    Explanation
    Group Work

    Chapter 11 of "Twenty-First Century Psychotherapies: Contemporary Approaches to Theory and Practice," Ed. Lebow

    Chapter 16 of "Counseling Psychology, 2nd Ed." by Gelso & Fretz

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  • 42. 

    The members of a group seemed to be revelling against the group counselor's leadership, "fighting" with one another to establish dominance in the group, confronting the group counselor as well as one another, and generally being in a state of conflict.  Based on these characteristics and behaviors, the group counselor determined that the group was in which of the following stages of group development?

    • A.

      A. orientation

    • B.

      B. transition

    • C.

      C. action

    • D.

      D. completion

    Correct Answer
    B. B. transition
    Explanation
    Group Work

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  • 43. 

    Counselors know that groups are formed for different purposes. For example, in some groups the primary goal is to yield some specified outcome, or "product," while in others the primary goal is to focus on the "process" of interaction within the group. Which one of the following types of groups is more product than process oriented?

    • A.

      A. behavioral

    • B.

      B. transactional-analysis

    • C.

      C. Adlerian

    • D.

      D. client-centered

    Correct Answer
    A. A. behavioral
  • 44. 

    In the context of group counseling, members who are high in conformity also tend to be high in

    • A.

      A. independence

    • B.

      B. authoritarianism

    • C.

      C. intelligence

    • D.

      D. superiority

    Correct Answer
    B. B. authoritarianism
    Explanation
    Group Work

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  • 45. 

    Counselors refer to the study of "person-to-person relationsips" within a group situation as

    • A.

      A. syntaxicality.

    • B.

      B. homeostatis

    • C.

      C. sociometry.

    • D.

      D. psychodrama.

    Correct Answer
    C. C. sociometry.
    Explanation
    Group Work

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  • 46. 

    Which of the following is NOT a goal of Gestalt counseling groups?

    • A.

      A. helping individuals achieve integration

    • B.

      B. helping group members "grow up"

    • C.

      C. helping individuals accept anxiety as a part of life

    • D.

      D. All of the above are Gestalt counseling goals.

    Correct Answer
    D. D. All of the above are Gestalt counseling goals.
    Explanation
    Group Work

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  • 47. 

    A specific technique for reinforcing desirable behaviors by pairing them with incompatible behaviors and incorporating  principles of relaxation is

    • A.

      A. satiation.

    • B.

      B. extinction gradient delineation.

    • C.

      C. mediation maximization

    • D.

      D. systematic desensitization

    Correct Answer
    D. D. systematic desensitization
    Explanation
    Group Work

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  • 48. 

    Diagnosis is most clearly a counselor's task in which of the following types of group counseling?

    • A.

      A. existential

    • B.

      B. client-centered

    • C.

      C. rational emotive

    • D.

      D. psychoanalytic

    Correct Answer
    D. D. psychoanalytic
    Explanation
    Group Work

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  • 49. 

    At the conclusion of a year-long career counseling activity designed specifically for 34 "underemployed" persons, you are able to report to your supervisors that 22 of the participants changed to "training/education appropriate" jobs, 4 became unemployed, 5 remained in their same jobs, and 3 dropped out of the counseling program. This information is which of the following types of evaluation data?

    • A.

      A. process

    • B.

      B. context

    • C.

      C. product

    • D.

      D. validity

    Correct Answer
    C. C. product
    Explanation
    Career and Lifestyle Development

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  • 50. 

    The "compensatory" theory of leisure suggests that a certified public accountant would enjoy __________ whereas the "spillover" theory of leisure suggests that the accountant would enjoy __________ as a leisure activity.

    • A.

      A. racquet ball - chess

    • B.

      B. backgammon - computerized games

    • C.

      C. golf - tennis

    • D.

      D. reading mysteries - bowling

    Correct Answer
    A. A. racquet ball - chess
    Explanation
    Career and Lifestyle Development

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