Test your basic knowledge |

Counseling Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The asumption of blame directed toward one's self by others






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






3. 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






4. The killing of one human being by another






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






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






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






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






9. Related to specific sitations in life that may create crisis and produce human pain and suffering. This type of couseling adds another diminsion to the giving of information in that it deals with significant feelings that are produced by life crises






10. Guilt felt by the survivors






11. A stage of moral development in which the individual considers universal moral principles which supersede the authority of the group






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






13. 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'.






14. Any act that is charged with symbolic content






15. 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






16. The individual seeking assistance or guidance






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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. The rite of finality in a funeral service preceeding cremation - earth burial - entombment or burial at sea






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






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. 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.






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






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






30. Spoken - oral communication






31. The study of human behavior






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. An irrational - exaggerated fear of death






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






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






43. Any time someone helps someone else with a problem






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






45. Rules that govern society






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






47. 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)






48. 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






49. The feelings and their expression






50. Preoccupied and intense thoughts about the deceased