CON 600 - Quiz 1

Question 1

What are the six moral ethical principles for counselors?

Answer 1

Beneficence - Do good Nonmaleficence - Do no harm Autonomy - Support independence Fidelity - Faithfulness Justice - Fairness/Equality Veracity - Be honest

Question 2

What are the three phases of counseling?

Answer 2

Build a foundation of mutual trust and client understanding. Challenge the client to “try on” new ways of thinking, feeling and behaving. Facilitate change outside of the counseling relationship.

Question 3

Specific procedures and techniques are less important than the ____ between the ____ and ____ .

Answer 3

alliance between the counselor and client

Question 4

It is important to understand that it is the way in which a counselors attitudes and procedures are ____ by the ____ that makes the difference.

Answer 4

perceived by the client

Question 5

What are the basic skills of counseling?

Answer 5

1. Attending 2. Listening 3. Self-attending

Question 6

What are advanced skills of counseling?

Answer 6

1. Advanced empathy 2. Self-disclosure 3. Confrontation

Question 7

What are some of he basic listening skills?

Answer 7

1. Paraphrasing 2. Summarizing 3. Encouraging 4. Reflection of feelings 5. Open-ended questions

Question 8

What are some attending skills?

Answer 8

1. Observing body language 2. Eye contact 3. Distance 4. Vocal tone 5. Verbal tracking

Question 9

What are some self-attending skills?

Answer 9

1. Self-awareness 2. Centering and relaxing 3. Humor 4. Nonjudgmental attitude toward self 5. Nonjudgmental attitude towards others 6. Genuineness 7. Concreteness

Question 10

Identifying feelings and meanings that are hidden or beyond the immediate reach of the client is an example of ____?

Answer 10

Advanced empathy

Question 11

Giving expression and understanding to what only the client has implied is a way to show ____.

Answer 11

Advanced empathy

Question 12

The skill of ____ challenges a client to look deeper at themselves.

Answer 12

Advanced empathy

Question 13

As part of advanced empathy, we examine themes by looking at what three things?

Answer 13

Thinking Feeling Behavior

Question 14

Professional counseling developed as a response to the ____ and ____ of the United States.

Answer 14

industrialization urbanization

Question 15

Professional counseling was influenced by what other movements?

Answer 15

Vocational guidance Mental health counseling

Question 16

Professional identity development and federal legislation helped to shape the ____ ____ field.

Answer 16

professional counseling

Question 17

The history of the ____ and the development of ____ and ____ helped to shape the counseling profession.

Answer 17

ACA credentialing and professionalizing

Question 18

Who was the “father” of the guidance counseling profession?

Answer 18

Frank Parsons

Question 19

____ was interested in social reform and assisting people in making sound occupational choices, especially focusing on ____.

Answer 19

Parsons Immigrants

Question 20

Who began advising students in educational and occupational options in the city of Grand Rapids, MI?

Answer 20

Jesse Davis

Question 21

Certification for school vocational counselors began in Boston and New York during what decade?

Answer 21

1920s

Question 22

Early mental health interventions were influenced by ____.

Answer 22

Psychologists

Question 23

This woman advocated for humane mental health interventions in the early 1800s.

Answer 23

Dorothy Dixon

Question 24

Clifford Beers wrote about what topic in his book “A Mind that Found Itself”?

Answer 24

What it was like to be institutionalized with a mental illness from his own personal experience.

Question 25

What international event had a major impact on the development of aptitude testing?

Answer 25

WWI

Question 26

Who introduced the idea of client vs. patient and believed that individuals had the capacity to explore themselves and to make decisions without an authoritative judgment from a counselor.

Answer 26

Carl Rogers

Question 27

When did the ACA (then know as the American Personnel and Guidance Association) come into existence?

Answer 27

1952

Question 28

What does professional accreditation provide and enhance?

Answer 28

Accountability

Question 29

What is the current accreditation agency for professional counseling educational programs?

Answer 29

CACREP

Question 30

What does certification as a professional counselor provide?

Answer 30

Board certification helps potential clients and members of the public recognize professionals who have voluntarily met standards set by the counseling profession.

Question 31

What does licensure offer for a professional counselor?

Answer 31

It's a credential authorized by a state legislature that regulates either title, practice or both of an occupational group.

Question 32

What is the difference between title acts and practice acts?

Answer 32

Title acts are laws that define what a professional counselor is and isn't (who can call themselves and LPC). Practice acts laws define the scope of professional practice.

Question 33

Do all 50 states have professional licensure? If so, as of what year?

Answer 33

Yes. 2009.

Question 34

Customs or norms within a broad cultural context. Some morals are shared while others are not.

Answer 34

Morals

Question 35

Counselors have both personal and professional \_\_\_\_.

Answer 35

Values

Question 36

When a counselor sets aside their personal values to work with a client, this is called?

Answer 36

Bracketing

Question 37

Ethics can be defined as?

Answer 37

A set of professional values (as opposed to personal ones)

Question 38

Ethics has its roots in the ____ Oath.

Answer 38

Hippocratic Oath

Question 39

Believing that some principles are absolute no matter the circumstances or cultural context.

Answer 39

Ethical Absolutism

Question 40

Believing that principles are relative and can depend on cultural context.

Answer 40

Ethical Relativism

Question 41

An ethical system that judges whether an action is right or wrong based on a moral code and consequences of those actions are not taken into consideration.

Answer 41

Deontological Ethics

Question 42

A Course of action should be taken by considering the most positive outcome and what is better for the greater good.

Answer 42

Utilitarian Ethics

Question 43

Egoism focuses on ____ while altruism focuses on \_\_\_\_.

Answer 43

Self Interest Benefit to others

Question 44

Principle ethics have their basis in ____ principles whereas virtue ethics involved both moral actions and ___ (virtues).

Answer 44

moral character traits

Question 45

What are the three virtue ethical principles for counselors?

Answer 45

◦Integrity - do what is right ◦Discernment - know how to perceive ethical aspects, what principles to apply, and take decisive action. ◦Acceptance of Emotion - believe that emotions informs reaon.

Question 46

Why is the ACA beneficial?

Answer 46

Gives toolbox of resources Meet professional colleagues Keep up with current relevant issues Advocates for the profession Opportunities for advocacy

Question 47

What are four tenets of the philosophy underlying professional counseling?

Answer 47

Wellness Developmental Perspective Prevention and Early Intervention Client Empowerment (Autonomy)

Question 48

What are some of the counseling services available?

Question 49

What are some of the areas of mental health wellness in the model created by Myers, Sweeney, and Witmer?

Answer 49

Family Relationships Friendships Professional Relationships Career Spirituality Hobbies Leisure Activities Physcial Health Living Environment Financial Sexuality

Question 50

What are four components of multicultural competence?

Answer 50

Self-awareness Knowledge Skills Action

Question 51

All counseling is ____ \_\_\_\_.

Answer 51

multicultural

Question 52

What are some of the "isms" of multicultural competence?

Answer 52

Racism Sexism Classism (socio-economic status) Heterosexism Ableism Ageism

Question 53

What is the conscience clause?

Answer 53

Some state laws allow counselors not to provide services for reasons of religion or conscience.

Question 54

How many divisions, regions (in US), and branches comprise ACA? What countries are members, and what are the regions.

Answer 54

Divisions = 18 Regions = 4 - North Atlantic, Midwest, South, West Branches = 56 - US, Europe, and Latin America

Question 55

What is ACA's mission?

Answer 55

To promote the **professional development** of counselors, **advocate** for the profession, and ensure **ethical, culturally-inclusive** practices that **protect those** using counseling services.

Question 56

What are three current, state-level issues the governmental affairs committee is advocating for?

Answer 56

1. Banning conversion therapy 2. Portability 3. Licensing

Question 57

Currently, how much is a student ACA membership?

Question 58

What are some of the main benefits for ACA student members?

Answer 58

* Free liability insurance * Free subscription to Journal of Counseling & Development and Counseling Today *