Chapter 1 Test Item File Orientation to the Counseling Profession: Advocacy, Ethics, and Essential Professional Foundations Fourth Edition Bradley T. Erford, Peabody College at Vanderbilt University Table of Contents Chapter 1: Becoming a Professional Counselor: Philosophical, Historical, and Future Considerations 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes 1 Application Exercises 17 Test Items 20 Test Answer Key 32 1 Copyright © 2024, 2018, 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Chapter 1: Becoming a Professional Counselor: Philosophical, Historical, and Future Considerations Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes Learning Objective 1.1: Articulate foundations of the counseling discipline and how professional counselors differ from psychologists and social workers. [Q1] Marina enjoys helping others with vocational and educational choices. Which of the following terms reflects this activity? 1. Psychotherapy 2. Mental Health Counseling 3. Social Work 4. Guidance [correct] [Feedback for Answer Choice 1] Psychology is based on a medical model wherein people seek and receive help when they are mentally unwell. [Feedback for Answer Choice 2] Mental health counseling entails working with individuals who are seeking support on vocational and educational choices. However, the scope of practice for mental health counseling is much broader than that, as it also encompasses working with individuals with a wide range of mental health, intrapsychic, and interpersonal concerns. [Feedback for Answer Choice 3] Social work entails working with individuals who are seeking support on vocational and educational choices. However, the scope of practice for social work is much broader than that, as it includes individual and group interventions for a wide variety of presenting concerns, as well as an emphasis on social justice and advocacy, systemic barriers, and access to resources. [Feedback for Correct Answer 4] Guidance refers to the activity of helping and guiding individuals with vocational, educational, and lifestyle choices. [Q2] A journalist attempts to write a clear and concise definition of counseling for a story that he is publishing. Before submitting the article to his editors, he asks you to review his definition of counseling for accuracy. He writes that, among other things, counseling requires graduate-level education, is governed by licensure and certification laws and