COUN 506 EXAM 4 MODULE 8 – ANSWERS

COUN 506 EXAM 4 MODULE 8 – ANSWERS When putting together your informed consent document for a client, what item should you include as part of that document? Selected Answer: All the above • Question 2 4 out of 4 points From the lecture, there were several reasons why someone will have a resistance to confession. Which answer below is NOT one of those reasons? Selected Answer: Humbleness of spirit • Question 3 4 out of 4 points McMinn (as reviewed in the lectures) describes several ways to confront sin in the life of a counselee. What factors should a counselor take into account before choosing one of the confrontation techniques? Selected Answer: Whether a trust relationship has been established between the counselor and client • Question 4 4 out of 4 points The lectures reviewed Nouwen’s concept of “hospitality” in counseling. What is true from that discussion? Selected Answer: Simply welcoming a counselee in need can have positive therapeutic effects • Question 5 4 out of 4 points It is important that counselors help clients overcome resistance to legitimate confession. Which of the following statements does NOT fit with the lecture emphasis? Selected Answer: A hesitancy to confess is rarely rooted in a wrong concept of god • Question 6 4 out of 4 points The lectures distinguished the effects of “original sin” and “personal sins.” What is true from that discussion? Selected Answer: The concept of original sin would suggest that we are all prone to distort the wholesome elements of God’s creation. • Question 7 Which statement below is true concerning the "work of the Holy Spirit" in counseling? 4 out of 4 points Selected Answer: All the above • Question 8 4 out of 4 points When a Christian counselor looks at the role of sin in client problems, what is a true statement? Selected Answer: All of these • Question 9 The lectures talked about attributional styles. What is true from that discussion? 4 out of 4 points Selected Answer: We actually experience the most freedom when we take responsibility for our choices and behavior • Question 10 4 out of 4 points Based on McMinn’s counseling “map,” the lecture posed a series of questions to help a counselor identify where the client was in terms of self/need/relationship. What is a true statement from that discussion? Selected Answer: If clients hope that the counselor is the ultimate solution to their problems, this reveals what they believe about “need” • Question 11 4 out of 4 points In the lecture, according to Ohlschlager, what are some of the most common legal or ethical pitfalls? Selected Answer: Counseling beyond competency, advising against medical treatment, sexual misconduct, and inappropriate use of psychological tests. • Question 12 The lecture explained how psychology would accept the “concept of sin.” What is a true statement from that discussion? 4 out of 4 points Selected Answer: In psychology, the real problem is how one interprets or feels about a behavior, not the behavior itself. • Question 13 Which answer below is NOT one of the ethical concerns given regarding confrontation? 4 out of 4 points Selected Answer: Internal pain • Question 14 4 out of 4 points McMinn emphasizes that the counselor’s motivation needs to be examined as the counselor confronts the client. What is a true statement based on that discussion? Selected Answer: All of these are true • Question 15 4 out of 4 points From McMinn’s discussion on confrontation during counseling (as reviewed in the lecture) what is a true statement? Selected Answer: Helping a client see potential outcomes to behavior (the concept of acherit) can be a legitimate form of confrontation • Question 16 4 out of 4 points Which list below provides the best response to the question of what ethical standards you are going to use in your practice of counseling? Selected Answer: Provide clients with a professional disclosure, an informed consent, follow all ethical guidelines you fall under, and protect confidentiality. • Question 17 4 out of 4 points From the perspective of secular psychology, the concept of “sin” can best be described as Selected Answer: None of the above • Question 18 4 out of 4 points From the lecture, in questioning yourself regarding ethical decision-making, which answer is NOT used? Selected Answer: When do we discuss fees? • Question 19 4 out of 4 points The lectures talked about some important points with regard to confidentiality. What is a true statement from that discussion? Selected Answer: All of these points were discussed in the lecture • Question 20 4 out of 4 points Which answer below describes what should be on the professional disclosure statement to the client? Selected Answer: All the above • Question 21 4 out of 4 points The lectures talked about counseling ethics guiding how we directly confront clients about their behavior. From that lecture, what is a true statement? Selected Answer: Counseling ethics would direct that a counselor “do no harm” even when confronting wrong behavior, that the counselor is aware of his/her attitudes, and that the counselor is aware of the power dynamics at play with redemption being the goal of confrontation. • Question 22 Which statement is NOT true regarding ethical standards for counseling practice? 4 out of 4 points Selected Answer: Ethical guidelines provide the counselor with a step-by-step method of counseling. • Question 23 Christian counseling would conclude that change can happen without confronting sin. 2 out of 2 points Selected Answer: Fals e • Question 24 2 out of 2 points Whether a client has a sense of conscience will be a clue to the client’s attributional style. Selected Answer: Tru e • Question 25 2 out of 2 points As we consider “sin” as a factor in human problems and behavior, the concept of external attribution would place the blame for human choices on the individual person. Selected Answer: Fals e • Question 26 2 out of 2 points In every culture throughout history, human beings have defined themselves by their Selected Answer: Relationshi ps • Question 27 2 out of 2 points Relationships hold great power for wounding and healing persons for one primary reason: Selected Answer: Humans are created in the image of God Contemporary research shows that non-religious people are more satisfied with their lives than believers. Selected Answer: