Applied Social Sciences and Counseling Practice

Flashcards covering core concepts, theoretical foundations, specialized areas, and methodologies of applied social sciences and counseling based on lecture material.

How do Jary & Jary (2000) define Applied Social Science?

The application of social science such as theories, and concepts to problems identified in the wider society.

What is the primary definition and focus of Psychometrics?

It deals with the design, administration, and interpretation of quantitative tests to measure psychological variables.

What are the core values of counseling listed in the lecture notes?

Respect for Human Dignity, Partnership, Autonomy, Responsible Caring, Personal Integrity, and Social Injustice.

In counseling, what does the core value of Partnership involve?

Counselors striving to foster collaboration with all possible disciplines to provide holistic healing, including referring clients.

What are Developmental Goals in counseling?

Goals wherein clients are assisted in meeting their anticipated human growth and development.

What types of client issues are considered out of scope for general counseling and require referral?

Issues like the need for psychotherapy, psychotic symptoms, and chronic suicidality.

What does the principle of Reorientation involve in counseling?

Changing the emotional self to look at reality with a new outlook and setting realistic goals.

What is Supportive Counseling?

Counseling that gives temporary support to help a person gain strength to cope.

What are the four common skills identified by Combs and Gonzales (1994)?

Communication Skills, Motivational Skills, Problem-Solving Skills, and Conflict Resolution Skills.

Under the Code of Ethics, what does Principle 2: Competence require of counselors?

Counselors must recognize the limits of their expertise and maintain professional skills.

What are the three stages in Egan's (2002) Three-Stage Theory?

Stage 1: What is going on? Stage 2: What solutions make sense for me? Stage 3: What do I have to do to get what I need or want?

What group modality uses member enactment of life events to experience catharsis?

Psychodrama.

What are the three schools of thought in psychology that formed the PBH Trio in the late 1950s?

Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, and Humanistic Perspective.

According to Sigmund Freud's Iceberg Theory, what elements are contained within the Unconscious mind?

Instincts, Fears, and Selfish Motives.

What equation represents Congruence according to Carl Rogers' Person Centered Therapy?

Ideal Self = Perceived Self.

What are the five levels of Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs from highest to lowest?

1. Self-Actualization, 2. Esteem, 3. Love and Belonging, 4. Safety, 5. Physiological Needs.

Who is known as the Father of Cognitive Therapy?

Aaron Beck.

What approach is associated with VIKTOR FRANKLY and Rollo May, and what is its core motivation theoretical approach?

Existential Therapy, which features Logotherapy based on the belief that human beings are most motivated by the "will to meaning".

What action-based technique is associated with FREDERICK S. PERLS in Gestalt Therapy?

The EMPTY CHAIR technique.

What are the three ego states in Eric Berne's Transactional Analysis?

The parent (taught/copied concepts), The child (felt concepts replayed from childhood), and The adult (learned concepts processing direct responses to the here and now).

Who is considered the father of vocational guidance and career counseling who founded the Vocation Bureau of Boston?

FRANK PERSONS.

Who established the first psychological clinic in 1932 and is known as the Father of Guidance in the Philippines?

DR. SINFOROSO PADILLA.

How does Whiston (2012) define assessment in psychology and counseling?

A broad, multifaceted, and systematic process of interpreting information about a client's cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning.

What is the primary goal of Monitoring during the implementation phase of counseling interventions?

To strictly document details and verify that everything is being done exactly as designed and intervention-related activities are implemented as planned.

When is Evaluating performed in counseling, and what is its purpose?

It is done at the end of the intervention to find out about the outcomes and impacts of the counseling interventions in light of originally set healing goals, assumptions, and objectives.