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Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Having a sense of honor; upright and fair dealing






2. A relation of harmony - conformity - accord - or affinity established in any human interaction






3. The tendency in human beings to make strong affectional bonds with others coming from the need for secrity and safety






4. The set of values - ideas and opinions of an individual or group






5. A death has occured and the funeral director is counseling with the family as they select the services and items of merchandise in completing arrangements for the funeral service of their choice.






6. Detailed examples of adjustments - choices - or alternatives available to the client or counselee from which a course of action may be selected






7. Blame directed towards another person






8. The study of human behavior






9. A general term for the exchange of information - feelings - thoughts and acts between two or more people - including both verbal and nonverbal aspects o fthis interchange






10. That which is expressed by posture - facial expression - actions - physical behavior; that which is communivated by any means except verbally






11. The intense physical and emotional expression of grief occuring as the awareness increases of a loss of someone or something significant






12. Crib death. the sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant - which remains unexplained after a complete autopsy and a review of the circumstances around the death






13. The ability to enter into and share the feelings of others






14. A stage of moral development in which moral reasoning is based on reward and punishment from those in authority






15. A defense mechanism in which anger is redirected toward a person or object other than the one who caused the anger originally.






16. The customs - values - and standards of practice of a group - age - or theory intended to be timeless.






17. A highly emotional termporary state in which an individual's feelings of anxiety - grief - confusion or pain impair his or her ability to act






18. A phrase coined by Carl Rogers to refer to that type of counseling where one comes actively and voluntarily to gain help on a problem - but without any notion of surrendering his own responsiblity for the situation; a non-drective method of counselin






19. A philosophy that does not focus on the worship of a god or gods.






20. Consists of abstract patterns (the rules - ideas - beliefs shared by members of society) of and for living and dying - which are learned directly or indirectly






21. A therapeutic experiance for reasonably healthy persons. do no confuse this with psychotherapy which is treatment for emotionally disturbed persons - who seek or are referred for assistance with pathological problems. A counselor's clients are encour






22. The asumption of blame directed toward one's self by others






23. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






24. The state of being prevented from attaining a purpose; thwarted; the blocking of the satisfaction of a perceived need by some kind of obstacle






25. The killing of one human being by another






26. Centering a client's thinking and feelings on the situation causing a problem and assisting the person in choosing the behavior or adjustment to solve the problem






27. The ability to present one's self sincerely






28. Feelings such as happiness - anger or grief - careated by brain patterns accompanied by bodily changes






29. Grief extending over a long period of time without resolution






30. Something - as a reason or desire - acting as a spur to action






31. Persons are usually conscious of the realtionship of the reaction to the death - but the reaction to the currect experience is excessive and disabling






32. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






33. Fidelity to moral principles






34. According to client-centered counseling - the necessary quality of a counselor being in touch with reality and other's perception of one-self.






35. A term to describe the experience of grief - espeically in young bereaved parents - where mourning customes are unclear due to an inappropriate death and the abscense of prior bereavement experience; typical in a society that has attempted to minimiz






36. A brief review of points covered in a portion of the counseling session






37. A formal act or observance that may or may not have symbolic content






38. Expressing a though or idea in an alternate and sometimes a shortened form






39. A state of tension - typically characterized by rapid heartbeat - shortness of breath and other similar ramifications of arousal of the autonomic nervous system; an emotion characterized by a vague fear or promonition that something undesirable is go






40. Helping people facilitate uncomplicated grief to a healthly completion of the tasks of grieving within a reasonable time frame






41. A culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of: 1) sacred beliefs 2) emotional feelings accompanying the beliefs and 3) overt conduct presumable implementing the beliefs and feelings






42. The individual's ability to adjust the psychological and emotional changes brought on by a stressful even such as the death of a significant other






43. An emotion or set of emotions due to a loss






44. Good comminication within and between men; or good free communication within or between men is always therapeutic






45. A stage of moral development in which the expectations of the social group (family - community and nation) are supported and maintained






46. The state of estrangement an inidvidual feels in social settings that are viewed as foreign - unpredictable or unacceptable






47. The reaction of the body to an even often experienced emotionally as a sudden - violent and upsetting disturbance






48. To assist in understanding of the circumstances or situations the individual is experiencing - and to assist that person in the selection of an alternative adjustment if necessary






49. A belief in god or gods






50. A learned emotional response to death-related phenomenon which is characterized by extreme apprehension