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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. The defense mechanism by which a person is unable or refuses to see things as they are because such facts are threatening to the self






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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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.






7. 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






8. The feelings and their expression






9. A belief in god or gods






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. A strong emotion characterized by sudden and extreme fear.






16. Choice of actions provided through counseling as a means on solving the counselee's problem






17. 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)






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






19. 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






20. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome






21. A rule of ethical conduct found in some form in most major religious usually phrased - 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you'.






22. Advice - especially that given as a result of consultation






23. A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. Interventions for a highly emotional - temporary state in which individuals - overcome by feelings of anxiety - grief - confusion - or pain are unable to act in a realistic - normal manner. intentional responces which help individuals in a crisis sit






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






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






30. Guilt felt by the survivors






31. The study of human behavior






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






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






34. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






35. Rules that govern society






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Blame directed toward one's self based on real or unreal conditions






44. 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






45. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased






46. Blame directed towards another person






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






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






49. The ability to present one's self sincerely






50. Fidelity to moral principles