Which of the following best represents Mead's contribution to our understanding of self-development?
a. Children use information about the ways others react to them to help construct their sense of self.
b. Children internalize the orientations and values of their families and cultural groups in constructing their sense of self.
c. Children view themselves as good or bad depending upon their parents' aspirations and pretentions.
d. Children develop an agentic self when parents are responsive to their needs.
Q. 2Marie has a 2-year-old daughter. The babysitter has been calling her daughter naughty and a bad girl when the child is uncooperative.
The babysitter says that the little girl doesn't understand what she is saying so it doesn't matter. Marie is unsure about what to do. Based upon information presented in this chapter, what would you say to Marie?
a. Marie should not worry about what the babysitter is doing because her daughter is too young to understand.
b. Marie should tell her daughter that what the babysitter says about her is untrue.
c. Marie should tell her daughter that she is loved to make up for what the babysitter says.
d. Marie should find some way to stop this before these labels become part of her daughter's developing self-understanding.
Q. 3At what age would a young child typically show self-recognition, the ability to recognize themselves in a mirror?
a. By 10 months.
b. By 13 months.
c. By 18 months.
d. By 3 years.
Q. 4The primary purpose of a needs assessment is
a. it helps professional counselors understand the needs of subpopulations.
b. it helps to establish the priorities that guide the construction of a counseling program or group work intervention.
c. Both of the above.
d. None of the above.
Q. 5According to the author, professionalism encompasses:
a. immediately establishing oneself as the mental health expert in interactions with others
b. conducting oneself in a manner consistent with one's level and type of advanced training
c. mindful money management since one's income is increasing
d. speaking up loudly and frequently in staff meetings
Q. 6Compassion fatigue is best avoided by withholding empathic responses from one's clients.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 7Recent research on the self-system supports the idea that the self is ____________ in nature.
a. multidimensional
b. bidimensional
c. unidimensional
d. non-dimensional
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