Clients who feel marginalized from the mainstream culture may not be prepared to address
a. short-term goals.
b. long-term goals.
c. survival needs.
d. physical needs.
Q. 2After a client identifies a personal characteristic in the statement, I am impulsive, the helping process should include all EXCEPT which of the following?
a. taking this specific concern and devising non-specific goal statements
b. exploring and elaborating on the client's experience of that characteristic
c. describing ways in which the characteristic could be changed
d. taking the non-specific concern and translating it into specific goal statements
Q. 3When outcome goals are structured in an imprecise manner as exemplified by the statement, I want to feel better about my life,
a. both the helper and client have a clear understanding of what is to be accomplished.
b. this permits the helper to address the client's concerns directly and reduces tangential efforts.
c. assessing progress toward the desired results will be based on subjective inference rather than objective measurement.
d. selection of viable techniques and strategies is enhanced.
Q. 4All EXCEPT which of the following are true about the conceptualization of client issues?
a. Conceptualization of client issues occurs quickly in sessions with competent and experienced helpers.
b. After the first session, helpers formulate hypotheses about the client, the client's world, and the client's concerns.
c. Initial hunches about the client, the client's world, and the client's issues will be modified in subsequent sessions.
d. Helpers will acknowledge and discard mistaken hunches.
Q. 5Complete the following analogy. Process goals are to __________ as outcome goals are to __________.
a. tentative, generalizable
b. tailored, general
c. universal, tailored
d. unique, universal
Q. 6Goal-setting is enhanced when outcome goals
a. are subject to modification and refinement.
b. are shared by the client and helper.
c. involve visible or observable behaviors.
d. are characterized by all of the above.
Q. 7It is common in the helping process for the sharing of outer, more obvious client concerns to precede the sharing of more subtle, less obvious concerns as a climate of safety and trust is established. Thus, helping is often referred to as a process of
a. carry-over.
b. regression.
c. unfolding.
d. blocking.
Q. 8An integrative approach to helping incorporates the following dimensions of client issues and concerns:
a. contextual factors, beliefs, feelings, behavior, interaction and relational patterns, and language patterns
b. behavior, interaction and relational patterns, and contextual factors
c. beliefs, feelings, and behavior
d. beliefs and feelings.
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