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This set of Counselling Psychology 1 Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Counselling Psychology 1 Set 3

Q1 | A discrepancy between the self-concept and the ideal self results in
  • ego defense mechanisms
  • resistance
  • incongruence
  • subception
Q2 | Subception was defined by Rogers as
  • the underlying empathic linkage between client and therapist
  • the process of perceiving stimuli without an awareness of the perception
  • a discrepancy between the organismic self and the ideal self
  • a discrepancy between the actualizing
Q3 | George has a low perception of himself. To increase his self-concept, his parents and teacher continually praise and compliment him. Rogers believed that such praise and compliments are mostlikely to
  • enhance george’s self-esteem
  • reinforce george’s negative behaviour
  • be easily accepted into george’s self- concept
  • be distorted by george
Q4 | Rogers believed that, for psychologically healthy individuals,
  • the self and experience are congruent
  • denial of organismic functioning is essential
  • the ideal self replaces the real self
  • an incongruence exists between their organismic self and their ideal self
Q5 | Which statement is consistent with Roger’s theory?
  • self-regard is originally dependent on self concept
  • once achieved, self-regard can exist independently of others’ opinions and attitudes
  • self-regard is symptomatic of malignant egoism
  • self-regard stems from the negative appraisals received from others
Q6 | An unawareness of a discrepancy between self and experience leads to
  • psychological health
  • anxiety
  • vulnerability
  • guilt
Q7 | According to Rogers, the two primary defensive strategies are
  • repression and denial
  • repression and reaction formation
  • denial and distortion
  • subception and regression
Q8 | Which statement is most consistent with Roger’s concept of humanity?
  • people have a natural tendency to move toward actualization
  • people move inevitably toward actualization
  • people move inevitably toward self-actualization
  • people are free to become what they will
Q9 | Shaping complex behaviour through Operant conditioning usually includes which procedure?
  • classical conditioning
  • punishment
  • cognitive mediation
  • successive approximation
Q10 | Any aversive condition that when removed from a situation increases the probability that a givenbehaviour will occur is a
  • negative reinforcer
  • positive reinforcer
  • reward
  • negative punishment
Q11 | Jane rubs her knee to reduce pain. This behaviour is most likely an example of
  • classical conditioning
  • punishment
  • positive reinforcement
  • negative reinforcement
Q12 | A bricklayer is paid a given amount of money for every brick laid. This procedure most closelyapproximates which schedule of reinforcement?
  • fixed-ratio
  • variable-ratio
  • fixed-interval
  • variable-interval
Q13 | Extinction of a response will occur earliest when learning occurs under which schedule ofreinforcement?
  • continuous
  • variable-ratio
  • fixed-interval
  • variable-interval
Q14 | Which of these would be the best example of a conditioned reinforcer?
  • sleep
  • relief from a headache
  • praise
  • oxygen
Q15 | A slot machine pays off on which schedule?
  • continuous
  • fixed-ratio
  • variable interval
  • none of the above
Q16 | The twin cornerstone of psychoanalytic motivation are
  • sex and security
  • safety and security
  • hunger and sex
  • sex and aggression
Q17 | What analogy did Freud use to illustrate the relationship between the ego and the Id?
  • rider and horse
  • groom and bride
  • chicken and egg
  • hammer and anvil
Q18 | The id serves the ________ principle
  • pleasure
  • reality
  • moralistic
  • idealistic
Q19 | Which regions of the mind have no direct contact with external world?
  • id and super ego
  • id and ego
  • id only
  • ego and super ego
Q20 | Which of these is a manifestation of both sex and aggression?
  • anxiety
  • narcissism
  • masochism
  • love
Q21 | A sadist receives sexual pleasure from
  • inflicting pain on others
  • inflicting pain on self
  • receiving pain inflicted by others
  • watching other people undress
Q22 | Freud called the mouth, anus, and genitals
  • oedipal strivings
  • erogenous zones
  • the aim of the sexual instinct
  • the aim of the aggressive instinct
Q23 | the guilt a person experiences after violating personal standards of conduct is called _________anxiety.
  • realistic
  • neurotic
  • manifest
  • moral
Q24 | According to Freud, anxiety is felt by the
  • id
  • ego
  • super ego
  • conscience
Q25 | Defense mechanisms protect the Ego against
  • feelings of shame
  • guilt
  • anxiety
  • public disgrace