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When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to do what related to
confidentiality? correct answers Inform the client of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to do what related to the counseling
process? correct answers Jointly decide, between client and counselor, how the counseling
process will proceed.
A client arrives for counseling with the presenting complaint of relationship difficulties. She goes
on to describe that she has had multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion as a birth control
method. You are personally opposed to abortion. How should your personal beliefs impact the
therapeutic relationship? correct answers Your personal belief system should not have any
bearing on the therapeutic relationship.
You have been involved in a counseling relationship with a client for six months, when he
presents you with a small gift. What should you do? correct answers Accept or decline depending
on the circumstances
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a client you are counseling.
What do you do? correct answers Limit, as much as possible, any possibly damaging personal
information and obtain written permission from your client to share confidential information.
A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former counselor, you are called to
perform a forensic evaluation. What is your responsibility in this case? correct answers It is not
considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a current or past client, so you should
decline.
You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to attend her wedding. Would it be
ethical to do so? correct answers Yes, you should be able to attend her wedding without a breach
of ethics.
,When publishing research, it is important to do what things? correct answers Give credit to other
contributors or sources, not plagiarize, and submit material to only one journal at a time
When a conflict arises between the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and
a governing authority, which takes precedence? correct answers Ultimately the law may be
adhered to over the Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when what two things happen? correct answers
When a counselor has been retained to review another counselor who is in question and when
confidentiality rights would be violated
Multicultural/diversity counseling refers to correct answers Counseling that recognizes diversity
and approaches beneficial to specific groups and an approach that all counselors should ethically
be aware of
Most ethical issues are related to correct answers Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who are they? correct
answers Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? correct answers Sigmund Freud
Fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages correct answers Formal operations
Identity crisis theorist correct answers Erik Erikson
Positive psychology correct answers Processes that contribute to optimal functioning, not
focusing on abnormalities
, A smoking habit is what type of fixation according to Sigmund Freud? correct answers Oral
fixation
Most mental health professionals believe what about theories of counseling? correct answers No
one theory of development completely explains the process
John Bowlby is known for what theory? correct answers Attachment theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality correct answers Pre-conventional, conventional,
and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex correct answers Electra complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys correct answers Harry Harlow
Describe Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs correct answers Theory of human motivation -
psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness
Down Syndrome is what type of abnormality? correct answers Chromosomal abnormality
John Watson's experiment correct answers Little Albert - a child was classically conditioned to
cry every time he was shown a stuffed animal because it was paired with a loud noise, he
generalized this fear to many white and fluffy things
Albert Bandura's best known research correct answers Bobo doll study
What two things did Lev Vygotsky stress in his development theory? correct answers Cultural
context and language
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to do what related to
confidentiality? correct answers Inform the client of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to do what related to the counseling
process? correct answers Jointly decide, between client and counselor, how the counseling
process will proceed.
A client arrives for counseling with the presenting complaint of relationship difficulties. She goes
on to describe that she has had multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion as a birth control
method. You are personally opposed to abortion. How should your personal beliefs impact the
therapeutic relationship? correct answers Your personal belief system should not have any
bearing on the therapeutic relationship.
You have been involved in a counseling relationship with a client for six months, when he
presents you with a small gift. What should you do? correct answers Accept or decline depending
on the circumstances
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a client you are counseling.
What do you do? correct answers Limit, as much as possible, any possibly damaging personal
information and obtain written permission from your client to share confidential information.
A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former counselor, you are called to
perform a forensic evaluation. What is your responsibility in this case? correct answers It is not
considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a current or past client, so you should
decline.
You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to attend her wedding. Would it be
ethical to do so? correct answers Yes, you should be able to attend her wedding without a breach
of ethics.
,When publishing research, it is important to do what things? correct answers Give credit to other
contributors or sources, not plagiarize, and submit material to only one journal at a time
When a conflict arises between the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and
a governing authority, which takes precedence? correct answers Ultimately the law may be
adhered to over the Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when what two things happen? correct answers
When a counselor has been retained to review another counselor who is in question and when
confidentiality rights would be violated
Multicultural/diversity counseling refers to correct answers Counseling that recognizes diversity
and approaches beneficial to specific groups and an approach that all counselors should ethically
be aware of
Most ethical issues are related to correct answers Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who are they? correct
answers Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? correct answers Sigmund Freud
Fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages correct answers Formal operations
Identity crisis theorist correct answers Erik Erikson
Positive psychology correct answers Processes that contribute to optimal functioning, not
focusing on abnormalities
, A smoking habit is what type of fixation according to Sigmund Freud? correct answers Oral
fixation
Most mental health professionals believe what about theories of counseling? correct answers No
one theory of development completely explains the process
John Bowlby is known for what theory? correct answers Attachment theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality correct answers Pre-conventional, conventional,
and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex correct answers Electra complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys correct answers Harry Harlow
Describe Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs correct answers Theory of human motivation -
psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness
Down Syndrome is what type of abnormality? correct answers Chromosomal abnormality
John Watson's experiment correct answers Little Albert - a child was classically conditioned to
cry every time he was shown a stuffed animal because it was paired with a loud noise, he
generalized this fear to many white and fluffy things
Albert Bandura's best known research correct answers Bobo doll study
What two things did Lev Vygotsky stress in his development theory? correct answers Cultural
context and language
