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

Q1 | Some counseling techniques are appropriate for individual counseling,while others apply more to group counseling. Which of the following counselor skills applied to individual as well as group counseling?
  • summarizing
  • consensus taking
  • moderating
  • linking
Q2 | The counseling profession is based upon some general philosophicalpropositions. Which of these is not one of them?
  • counseling aims to promote human growth and development
  • counseling considers physical as well as psychosocial environment.
  • counseling facilitates person-environment fit.
  • counseling is a clearly defined helping relationship.
Q3 | Which counselor intervention most closely follows client verbalizations?
  • reflection of feeling
  • confrontation
  • restatement of content
  • positive regard
Q4 | Which of these is not one of the core elements of the helpingrelationship?
  • psychodynamics
  • theory
  • social influence
  • human relations
Q5 | Maslow believes that individuals are unable to reach self-actualizationuntil they
  • face reality
  • identify irrational beliefs
  • satisfy lower order needs
  • resolve transference issues
Q6 | Counselors who choose their approach and techniques according to theneeds and capacity of each individual client are said to be
  • humanistic
  • affective
  • cognitive
  • eclectic
Q7 | The “mediator” is an important dimension of which type ofconsultation?
  • mental health
  • triadic
  • process
  • behavioural
Q8 | When a counselor’s response includes congruent ideas and feelings from another frame of reference to facilitate client exploration, Iveywould say the counselor is using
  • basic empathy
  • reflection of meaning
  • additive empathy
  • skill integration
Q9 | “Empty chair” is a group technique used by which type of groupcounselor?
  • gestalt
  • behavioural
  • transactional analysis
  • adlerian
Q10 | Johari’s window is a technique used to indicate differences in.
  • cohesion
  • orientation
  • openness
  • behaviour
Q11 | Which type of group counselor views people as basically positive andmoving toward actualization?
  • behavioural
  • group centered
  • adlerian
  • psychoanalytic
Q12 | Oral or written behavioural agreements in groups counseling arereferred to as
  • trust
  • issue
  • contracts
  • conclusions
Q13 | Brainstorming is a process used by groups for problem solving. Whichof these is not a characteristic of brain storming?
  • there is a time limit
  • ideas are critically evaluated
  • quantity of ideas is foremost
  • creativity overrides practicality
Q14 | In rational-emotive and cognitive- behavioural therapy groups the focusis more on thoughts than on feelings. These techniques help people become aware of their
  • self-denial
  • defenses
  • self-talk
  • depression
Q15 | Self-disclosure involves
  • “war stories”
  • sharing self-knowledge with the group
  • dumping negative feelings on the group
  • “letting it all hang out”
Q16 | When a group member projects feelings deriving from past relationshiponto the therapist, it is called
  • counter transference
  • transference
  • reframing
  • confrontation
Q17 | Confidentiality may be breached by a counselor
  • when ordered by the court
  • when a member is no longer part of the group
  • to the parents or spouse of the group members
  • under no circumstances
Q18 | Role playing is an effective technique used in group counselling. Whichof the following is not a benefit of role playing?
  • practicing new skills
  • identifying effective and in effective behaviors
  • escaping from being oneself
  • preparing for real-life situations