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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. Rules that govern society






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






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






4. Occur when persons experience symptoms and behaviors which cause them difficulty but they do not see or recognise the fact that these are related to the loss






5. The study of human behavior as related to funeral service






6. Support or support system provided to the counselee who is seeking an alternative to problems






7. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






8. Those appropriate and helpful acts of counseling that come after the funeral






9. Adefense mechanism used in grief to return to more familiar and often more primitive modes of coping






10. The ability to be considerate and friendly as demonstrated by both verbal and non-verbal






11. Providing a choice of services and merchandise available as families make a selection and complete funeral arrangements - formulating different actions in adjustine to a crisis






12. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






13. To hold certain information in trust and not disclose without proper authorization or authority






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






15. Guilt felt by the survivors






16. The cultural heritage or identity of a group - based on factors such as language or country of origin






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






18. Counseling in which a counselor shares a body of special information with a counselee






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






20. Inhibited - suppressed or postponed responce to a loss






21. Syndrome characterized by the presence of grief in anticipation of death or loss; the actualy death comes as a confirmation of knowledge of a life-limiting condition






22. 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






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






24. Beliefs that are held in high esteem






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






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






27. That branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct - with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certian actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions (webster)






28. The study of human behavior






29. Giving undivided attention by means of verbal and non-verbal behavior






30. Having a sense of honor; upright and fair dealing






31. A stage moral development in which the inididual is characterized as not understanding the rules or feeling a sense of obligation to them. looking to experience only that which is good or pleasant or to avoid that which is painful.






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






33. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






34. 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






35. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






36. 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






37. The ability to communicate the belief that everyone possesses the capacity and right to choose alternatives and make decisions






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. The ability to present one's self sincerely






44. The study of death






45. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






46. Spoken - oral communication






47. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






48. Couselor takes a live speaking role - asking questions - suggesting courses of action - etc.






49. The experience of the emotion of grief






50. A process occuring with losses aimed at loosening the attachement ot that which has been lost for appropriate reinvestment