Introduction to Counseling Test 2 CORRECT ANSWERS

According to Viktor Frankl, clients discover meaning in life by

All of the above

Behavioral theories of counseling are:

All of the above: a. Especially popular in institutional settings (schools, universities) b. The choice in working with clients who have specific problems such as eating disorders or substance abuse c. Useful in addressing difficulties associated with anxiety, stress, and assertiveness d. All of the above

A healthy eclectic approach to counseling is

An integrative in nature approach

Which of the following describes the idea that events are related through a series of interacting feedback loops?

Circular Causality

According to Bowen family therapy, less mature couples who experience friction in their relationship tend to display a high degree of

Differentiation

Which of the following is one of Rogers "necessary and sufficient conditions" for bringing about change in counseling?

Empathy

All except ____________ are essential listening activities that need to be implemented initially in a crisis situation

Examining alternatives

In this technique, a counselor abandons the normal way of censuring thoughts by consciously repressing them and instead saying whatever comes to mind, no matter how positive or negative.

Free association

_____________ believed that personality was composed of three parts,_______________ believed the personality was a whole entity.

Freud and Adler

This is a technique that provides a visual representation of at least 3 generations of a family

Genogram

Nathan, who is a school counselor, often asks his students to talk to the various parts of their personality, such as the part that is dominant and that is passive. In doing so, an empty chair is used to represent one part of the self. Which theoretical orientation would you say Nathan espouses based on this technique?

Gestalt

The Little Albert Experiment would not pass a review board today because of ethical issues involved. Who conducted the study?

John Watson

All of the following except _____________ are techniques used in solution focused counseling

Paradox

Jackson, a college counselor, aims to focus his attention on the client as a person rather than just the clients problems. Which of the following theories would reflect Jackson's goals?

Person-centered counseling

Reality therapy emphasizes the elimination of

Punishment and excuses

Two concepts emphasized by the narrative family counseling approach are

Reauthoring and externalizing

Which of the following refers to events that when they follow a behavior, increase the probability of the behavior repeating?

Reinforces

In structural family counseling, which technique involves helping the family see its problems from a different and more positive perspective?

Restructuring

T/F: Solution based counseling is strength based

True In

Strategic family therapy is based on the premise that dysfunctional symptoms are attempts to help people

adapt

A crisis that emerges as a result of inner conflicts and anxieties that accompany human issues of purpose, responsibility, independence, freedom, and commitment is known as a(n)

existential crisis

REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy) states that humans are inherently

rational and irrational

A major goal of existential counseling is

responsibility, awareness, freedom, and potential

According to Adler, the three main life tasks are

society, work and sexuality