Exam Study Guide - incomplete

Question 1

Who was Frank Parsons?

Answer 1

• In 1908, he started the Vocational Bureau
• Thought people would have more satisfaction if they chose a vocation over a job. He theorized that choosing a vocation was a matter of relating 3 factors:
  knowledge of work,
  knowledge of self,
  and matching the two.

Question 2

Who was Clifford Beers?

Answer 2

In 1908 he wrote “A Mind that Found Itself” After spending 3 years in a mental institution.
-increased public awareness of mental health issues and treatment of this population by speaking out about the deplorable conditions.

Question 3

Who was Jesse Davis?

Answer 3

-first person to set up a systematized guidance program in the public schools. (preventative focus)

Question 4

What was the NDEA?

Answer 4

1958– National Defense Education Act – Provided money to train school counselors b/c U.S. thought we were behind Russia in science. Created an influx of school counselors.

Question 5

What was the APGA?

Answer 5

American Personnel and Guidance Association

• formed in 1950s
• created when 4 entities emerged:
  1) NVGA
  2) NAGCT
  3) SPATE
  4) ACPA

Question 6

What is CACREP?

What year did it form?

Answer 6

Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, 1981

Question 7

What are the counselor core conditions? Why are they important?

Answer 7

1. empathy
2. unconditional positive regard
3. congruence

Question 8

What are the counselor core conditions?

Answer 8

1. empathy
2. unconditional positive regard
   
   • “ability to accept every aspect of the client’s personality while remaining nonjudgmental and nonevaluative toward the client’s feelings, thoughts, and behaviors”
3. genuineness/congruence
   
   • “displaying honesty, sincerity, and directness while avoiding any personal or professional façade”

• set by Carl Rogers in 1950s