A Counseling Skills Experiment As with all new skills, time and practice make a difference. The micro-skills used in counseling are no different. Practicing skills even in social conversation offers insight into the effects of applying these skills so that you can use them intentionally in counseling. Intentionally use one of this week’s micro-skills ( […]
Define the adaptation-level phenomenon and provide at least one example of it. Explain how upward social comparison causes dissatisfaction and how downward social comparison facilitates contentment. In your response, provide one example that demonstrates the relationship between upward social comparison and dissatisfaction, as well as one example that demonstrates the relationship between downward social comparison and […]
Finally, your supervisor asks what human service roles have been most fulfilling for you this year. You respond by explaining the following 5 roles and giving a specific example of each as you practiced it as a school social worker: Advocate, Evaluator, Behavior changer, Teacher, Community planner
In one paragraph, describe a counseling session with an ethical dilemma involving sexuality. In three paragraphs, write a description detailing how a counselor could handle this moral dilemma. Include the need for multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills in order to address the situation correctly. Be sure to cite the ACA Code of Ethics [PDF] in […]
Describe the social learning approach to individual differences in aggression. What research supports this position? Then, briefly make a case against this approach to aggression, by drawing on research from one of the other approaches covered in a previous workshop.
Mary Jones brought her 49-year-old mother, Mrs. Sandra Davis, to the community mental health center. Mrs. Jones states that she is concerned about her mother. Mrs. Jones describes her mother as becoming more and more withdrawn. Her mother refuses to leave home, stays in her bedroom with the lights off, has no appetite, does not […]
Describe the assumptions of the psychodynamic perspective on personality development. Make sure you discuss the id, ego, and superego and the levels of consciousness. Discuss the contributions of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers to personality development. Lastly, describe the Big Five factors and discuss and explain how someone may be high and/or low on each […]
Erikson argues that deviance is NOT an objective quality of behavior; rather, social audiences label deviance based on directly or indirectly witnessing such behavior. In short, deviance is less about statistical evidence and more about the quality of social reaction. Using drunk driving as an example, how does the audience’s reaction establish boundaries between recreational […]
Examine the key differences between the organization of federal and state law enforcement agencies. Then, identify the four major organizations that compose the U.S. Department of Justice and compare and contrast their primary functions. Provide one example of a situation or scenario in which each of the four organizations would be utilized.
Discuss Jean Piaget’s first 3 stages of cognitive development. Five Common Question Types There are overlaps and crossovers, of course, but most short answer and Aessay questions belong primarily in one of these five categories. Identify questions: Provide a detailed description of an event, process, or idea. These questions often include words such as: Identify, Enumerate, […]
