Deck 2: Ethical and Professional Issues

Question 1

Who may waive the rights of a client's privileged communications spoken in a counseling sessions?

A)The therapist
B)The client
C)The courts
D)None of the above

Answer 1

B

Question 2

"Duty to Warn" came from:

A)the Tarasoff Case.
B)the Child abuse reporting Act of 1966.
C)the gravely disabled act of congress.
D)none of the above.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Mandatory reporting laws only apply to situations where children are being abuse.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Etic issues refer to those behaviors that are particular to a specific culture or subgroup.

Question 5

Duty to Warn refers to disclosure of a client's intention to harm another.

Question 6

Shame and obligation are two ideas to keep in mind when working with:

A)Mexican-Americans.
B)Asian-Americans.
C)African-Americans.
D)none of the above.

Question 7

African Americans and Asian-Americans usually prefer to deal with counselors in a problem solving model.

Question 8

Which is not a typical cultural pattern of Latinos?

A)Feminism
B)Marianisma
C)Machismo
D)Familismo

Question 9

Secondary traumatization exists when a crisis worker experiences PTSD after working with a person in crisis.

Question 10

Mexican-American families are most likely to be:

A)disengaged.
B)matriarchal.
C)enmeshed.
D)none of the above.

Question 11

Dual relationship is legal if the patient is legally insane.

Question 12

Much of the family structure seen in African Americans can be understood in terms of the history of slavery.

Question 13

Fiduciary abuse may be considered a part of elder abuse.

Question 14

In which stage of cultural sensitivity does the therapist consider culture as distracting from clinical effectiveness?

A)Unawareness of cultural issues
B)Heightened awareness of culture
C)Burden of considering culture
D)Toward cultural sensitivity

Question 15

An example of a dual relationship would be:

A)sex with a client.
B)being friends with a client.
C)dating a client.
D)all of the above.
E)none of the above.

Question 16

A crisis worker who has unresolved feelings toward his own mother and gives advice based on this is suffering from:

A)self-awareness.
B)dual relationship.
C)countertransference.
D)all of the above.
E)none of the above.

Question 17

Hispanics might be best treated using which theoretical model?

A)Psychoanalytical
B)Behavioral
C)Family systems
D)Existential

Question 18

Countertransference refers to the unresolved feelings that the client feels toward the counselor.

Question 19

African Americans tend to develop a culturally bound syndrome known as Ataque de Nervios.

Question 20

"Coming out" crisis refers to:

A)a gay person disclosing his homosexuality to friends and family.
B)a disabled person mainstreaming.
C)an adolescent admitting guilt for substance abuse.
D)none of the above.

Question 21

Emic issues refer to those behaviors that are universal to most cultures.

Question 22

What issues might a gay man face when coming out?

Question 23

An emic consideration for a Latina woman who is being battered might be isolation.

Question 24

What are the stages that beginning counselors typically go through when learning to become culturally sensitive?

Question 25

Someone who is a transgender prefers to dress as the opposite sex but is not gay.

Question 26

What is meant by dual relationship?

Question 27

How might countertransference affect crisis intervention?

Question 28

When MAY a counselor breech confidentiality?

Question 29

Homophobia refers to an unreasonable fear or hatred of a homosexual.

Question 30

When MUST a counselor breech confidentiality?

Question 31

What are the symptoms and causes of burnout?

Question 32

What are effective methods of lessening burnout?