Which of the following would be a possible way to help clients increase emotional
expression?
a. “What are you feeling right now at this moment?”
b. “Pay attention to the feelings in your body.”
c. “Would you go back and say that again?”
d. All of the above
According to Parsons, when making a vocational decision clients need to:
a. consider personal traits, abilities, skills, and interests.
b. examine the environmental factors.
c. both a and b.
d. none of the above.
Which of the following are additional theories presented in this chapter?
a. Motivational interviewing
b. Counseling/coaching
c. Brief counseling
d. All of the above
Instructions: The structure of the interview has been suggested as a valuable way to
view many types of interviews. Further, within each structure there are certain goals and
methods. In the following question(s), identify the structure of the interview as:
a. Initiating the session
b. Gathering data
c. Mutual goal setting
d. Working
e. Terminating and generalizing
____ Clients from other cultures or less verbal clients may prefer the interviewer to
place this section earlierin the session.
The focusing skill is closely related to ____.
a. hippocampus
b. energizing amygdala
c. selective attention
d. non-verbal behavior
Which of the following is a key word used by interviewers to elicit meaning?
a. Intent
b. Reasons
c. Cause
d. All of the above
When demonstrating ____________________ the interviewer is able to offer a
congruent idea or frame of reference that helps the client see a new perspective.
a. basic empathy
b. additive empathy
c. subtractive empathy
d. none of the above
Instructions: The question(s) below require you to identify what type of focus the
responder is using in the reply to the following statement:
“I just can’t believe how much fun I’m having right now. They call this an exam, but I
feel more like I’m at a party. And not only that, but I’m learning so much at the same
time. I just feel so smart and competent as I answer these questions I could just jump up
and down. My parents never told me how much fun college was going to be. The only
problem is the professor’s sense of humor. Sometimes I think he got into teaching
because it was the only way he could get away with such bad jokes without having
people leave the room.”
Identify the kind of focus by its letter.
a. Person focus
b. Problem / main theme focus
c. Others focus
d. Family focus
e. Mutual issues or group focus
f. Interviewer focus
g. Cultural / environmental / contextual focus
____ “Steps need to be taken to improve the humor or eliminate it completely.”
After four interviews, Dominic comments, “Wow, it’s really working. Things are great
at home. Sara and I are doing well. Working together works!” Dominic is in what level
of the CCS scale?
a. Denial
b. Partial examination
c. Acceptance and recognition, but no change
d. Development of new, larger, and more inclusive constructs, patterns, or
behaviorstranscendence
In session, the microskills may have:
a. different effects on people from varying cultural backgrounds.
b. consistent and predictable effects on people from varying cultural backgrounds.
c. limitations due to lack of emphasis on multicultural issues.
d. predictable impact on White clients, but not on People of Color.
Spiritual issues in interviewing, counseling, and therapy are often rooted in ____.
a. thoughts
b. feelings
c. behaviors
d. meanings
Which of the following statement is FALSE?
a. Fear enables us to swerve to avoid an accident.
b. Fear enables us to duck when a baseball heads toward our head.
c. Fear enables us to jump when we score a point.
d. Fear enables us to run when we see danger.
____________ clients may demonstrate a wrinkled nose and upper lip raised and
pursed.
a. Sad
b. Mad
c. Scared
d. Disgusted
If your first effort is not successful, ________.
a. ask the client if he or she heard your statement
b. change your approach to the client on the spot
c. repeat your last statement
d. all of the above
During the ____ stage of the interview clients will demonstrate change in behavior,
thoughts, and feelings in daily life outside of the interview. If this stage is ignored, the
chances for change may be reduced.
a. empathic relationship
b. story and strengths
c. goals
d. restory
e. action
Self-disclosure or making self-talk relevant to the client includes all EXCEPT which of
the following dimensions?
a. Self-disclosure must be genuine in relation to the client.
b. Self-disclosure should be timely and not interrupt the client’s point of view.
c. Self-disclosure is effective in maintaining a client focus in the interview.
d. Self-disclosure is most powerful when made in the present tense.
Which one of the following does NOT belong in the five dimensions of self-disclosure?
a. Listen
b. Use “I” statements
c. Call the client by name
d. Share / describe your thoughts feelings or behaviors briefly
According to the authors, which of the following is TRUE about empathy?
a. Empathy can exist without counseling skills.
b. Empathy is a way to introduce caring into the session.
c. The use of microskills produces empathy.
d. Microskills can be more meaningful if combined with empathic constructs.
Past research has found that ____________ percent of minority clients do NOT return
to counseling after a first session?
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 35%
d. 50%
Helping clients find new ways of thinking and talking about their issues and concerns is
____.
a. story
b. positive asset
c. restory
d. action
According to Ivey consciousness represents the psychological present/here and now.
This is represented in which of the following lengths of time?
a. 10 to 75 milliseconds
b. 100 to 750 milliseconds
c. 1 to 3 seconds
d. None of the above
Which question opener will be MOST useful for bringing out specific facts within the
client’s story?
a. Could
b. What
c. How
d. Why
_______________ is essential if you are to challenge the client with a confrontation.
a. An empathic relationship
b. An assertive personality
c. A strong affirmation
d. All of the above
Which of the following statements is TRUE of logical consequences?
a. As clients move toward decisions, encourage them to always think positively.
b. It is the counselor’s responsibility to direct the client when he/she is considering a
bad decision.
c. Counselors provide clients with a summary of positive and negative consequences in
a nonjudgmental manner.
d. Effective counselors always encourage clients to attempt new tasks in anticipation of
rewards.
Which of these is NOT true of effective attending behavior?
a. Primarily involves eye contact, body posture, and following the client verbally
b. Requires both verbal and nonverbal sensitivity
c. Is illustrated by frequent use of the self focus
d. Is useful in rapport building
If anything, informed consent when working with children is ___________________.
a. not an issue when you work in a well-organized school system
b. perhaps even more important than with adults
c. a concern to parents
d. all of the above
Which of the following is TRUE about Travis’s divorce?
a. He was clear about the meaning of his divorce.
b. He would never make any mistakes in future relationships.
c. He could benefit from further counseling.
d. All of the above.
Cultural intentionality asks us to act with a sense of capability and decide from a range
of alternative actions in changing life situations with awareness of cultural differences.
Taking the concept, how would you apply it to a client who presents you with:
a. just being fired (man? woman?)
b. the spouse has just deserted the family?
c. a death in the family?
d. issues of child abuse?
Answer:
Answer not provided.
fMRI is a __________________.
a. brain imaging technique
b. technique to reduce brain tumors
c. telesensor used to count brain cells
d. functional stereotaxic apparatus
According to Schwartz and Begley (2003), its neuroplasticity allows the brain to:
a. develop autoimmune reactions.
b. rewire itself.
c. replace decaying gray matter with glial cells.
d. age gracefully.
According to Carlstedt’s findings:
a. About 50% of the clients did not return after the first session.
b. 50% finished after four sessions.
c. 25% completed their work in 5 to 10 sessions.
d. Most clients completed therapy by the 35th session.
A check-out at the end of a paraphrase may take all EXCEPT which of the following
forms?
a. A head nod indicating agreement.
b. A closed question (“Is that right?”).
c. A raised vocal tone at the end that almost turns the paraphrase into a question.
d. All of these.
Counseling helped Nelida:
a. appreciate her culture and feel “proud” of her grandparents.
b. appreciate herself and feel “proud” of her achievements.
c. appreciate her mainstream culture and feel “proud” of her classmates.
d. appreciate and “proudly” adopt the counselor’s worldviews.
Which of the following list, in their correct order, the three anchor points used to
classify and rate the quality of empathy shown in the interview?
a. Level 1: Additive empathy; Level 2: Basic empathy; Level 3: Subtractive empathy
b. Level 1: Basic empathy; Level 2: Additive empathy; Level 3: Subtractive empathy
c. Level 1: Subtractive empathy; Level 2: Basic empathy; Level 3: Additive empathy
d. Level 1: Additive empathy; Level 2: Subtractive empathy; Level 3: Basic empathy
We really don”t know something until we practice and use it, and receive feedback.
Worldviewis formally defined as the way you and your client interpret humanity and the
world.
The right hemisphere is more associated with negative feelings.
Imagine you are talking with a client who has lost a grandparent. Provide examples of
sensorimotor, concrete, formal, and dialectic/systemic expressions of emotion.
PTSD places the cause in the client; PTSR places the cause in the environment.
It’s not the mistakes you make, but what you do to correct them that counts.
Define from your own perspective the importance of the active listening skills of this
chapter. How would you contrast them with questioning techniques?
Answer:
Answer not provided.
How might you use discernment with clients in your professional work in interviewing
and counseling?
Answer:
Answer not provided.
In interpretation/reframing the frame of reference comes from the client.