Deck 16: Counseling Programs in Colleges and Universities

Question 1

During the social unrest on campuses in the late 1960's and early 1970s, many counseling centers served as a bridge between student protesters and the administrators.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Most college counseling centers are under the vice president of student affairs or dean of students.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

High school students generally have more complicated dependency/independency problems than do college students.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Since college counselors infrequently work with families of students, there is little need for them to receive training in family counseling.

Question 5

College counseling centers have been leaders in using brief counseling procedures with their clients.

Question 6

Counseling center staffs can help scholastic standing committees determine whether a particular student should be dropped or not.

Question 7

In the late 1960's and 1970's, during the counterculture and human potential movements, students generally lost interest in exploring traditional careers.

Question 8

College students are often more concerned about academic problems than high school students.

Question 9

In career counseling involving career exploration, it is generally often wise to schedule vocational interest tests with the client right away.

Question 10

As college students move away from the immediate jurisdiction of parents, their problems with their parents decrease.

Question 11

If the counselor is licensed by the state and privileged communication exists, the counselor can decline to testify in court about the counseling sessions even if the client requests it.

Question 12

Personal growth groups, also called structured groups, are used frequently in college.

Question 13

Most college counseling centers train interns from departments of psychology, educational psychology, and counselor education.

Question 14

Because of successful alcohol abuse prevention programs, college student drinking has decreased.

Question 15

College and university college counseling centers have experienced an increase in the number of students with severe problems.

Question 16

Perry focuses on intellectual and moral development of college students and Chickering focuses on psychosocial development.

Question 17

Comprehensive views of college counseling centers can best be obtained from

A) National data bank, International Association of Counseling Services
B) Professional journals
C) National surveys
D) All of the above

Question 18

College counseling services are most commonly under the jurisdiction of

A) The vice president of student affairs
B) Student health services
C) The provost
D) Most services are autonomous

Question 19

The ratio of counselor to college students recommended by many directors of counseling is one counselor for how many students?

A) 1000 to 1500
B) 750 to 1000
C) 350 to 750
D) 1500 to 2000

Question 20

Which of the following is true regarding brief counseling in college counseling?

A) About half of the centers now limit the number of sessions
B) Student problems are typically situational and thus appropriate for brief counseling
C) Brief counseling is a recent phenomenon in college counseling
D) All of the above are true

Question 21

When comparing dependency/independency conflicts of high school adolescents and young college students, which of the following is most accurate?

A) College students have few problems of this type
B) High school students have few problems of this type
C) High school students problems of this type are more complicated
D) College student problems of this type are more complicated

Question 22

Which of the following is recommended for use with college students?

A) Kuder Occupational Interest Survey
B) Strong Interest Inventory
C) Edwards Personal Preference Record
D) All are recommended

Question 23

Which of the following is not true regarding gender issues on college campuses?

A) Large numbers of women are returning to colleges after raising a family
B) College campuses, because of enlightened attitudes, are relatively free of discrimination toward women
C) Older women enrolled in college typically have different needs than do traditional women students
D) Older women returning to college tend to have higher grade point averages than do traditional students

Question 24

The most widely known and applied theoretical model of college student intellectual development is that of:

A) Perry
B) Erikson
C) Levinson
D) Chickering

Question 25

Compare briefly the role and training of student personnel administrators and of counselors. Give some examples of how they can work cooperatively.

Question 26

What are the major developmental tasks of young adults? What other special problems exist for young adults that cannot be ignored by counselors?

Question 27

List and discuss the typical tests and inventories used by counselors in their counseling sessions with college students.

Question 28

Even though college counselors do little family counseling, they need training in family counseling. Explain.

Question 29

Why are college counselors in a uniquely favorable position to work with the concerns of ethnic and multicultural students?

Question 30

Describe the type of programs that have been developed to help prevent excessive use of alcohol by college students.

Question 31

Discuss William Perry's model of college student development.

Question 32

Discuss how college and universities typically use Internet counseling.