CCC CCC Group Counseling & Career Development 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which stage of Yalom's group development is characterized by conflict and challenges to the group leader's authority?
- Initial stage
- Transition stage (Correct answer)
- Working stage
- Termination stage
Correct answer: Transition stage
Yalom's transition stage involves anxiety, defensiveness, and challenges to leadership as members test safety before committing to deeper group work.
Question 2: In group counselling, the therapeutic factor 'universality' refers to:
- The group leader applying interventions consistently to all members
- Members discovering that others share similar problems, reducing feelings of isolation (Correct answer)
- Using techniques that work across all cultural backgrounds
- All members reaching the same therapeutic goal
Correct answer: Members discovering that others share similar problems, reducing feelings of isolation
Yalom identified universality as the curative factor through which group members gain relief by recognizing that their struggles are shared by others.
Question 3: A career counsellor using Holland's RIASEC theory would match a client's personality type to:
- Their cultural background and language ability
- Work environments that align with their personality type to maximize satisfaction (Correct answer)
- The highest-paying careers available in their region
- Standardized cognitive ability test results
Correct answer: Work environments that align with their personality type to maximize satisfaction
Holland's theory proposes that career satisfaction increases when a person's personality type (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional) matches their work environment.
Question 4: Which career development theory emphasizes the concept of 'life span, life space' to understand career as part of broader life roles?
- Holland's Typology Theory
- Super's Life-Span Life-Space Theory (Correct answer)
- Krumboltz's Social Learning Theory
- Gottfredson's Theory of Circumscription and Compromise
Correct answer: Super's Life-Span Life-Space Theory
Super's theory views career development across the lifespan and within multiple life roles (worker, parent, student, etc.) simultaneously.
Question 5: The concept of 'scapegoating' in group counselling refers to:
- A member volunteering to share first each session
- The group projecting its anxiety or conflict onto one member who is blamed for group problems (Correct answer)
- A leader assigning difficult tasks to the weakest member
- Members excluding quieter participants from discussion
Correct answer: The group projecting its anxiety or conflict onto one member who is blamed for group problems
Scapegoating occurs when a group unconsciously targets one member as the source of problems, displacing group-level anxiety onto an individual.
Question 6: In career counselling, a client's 'occupational daydream' is explored primarily to:
- Assess the client's ability to plan realistically
- Uncover underlying interests, values, and identity themes (Correct answer)
- Determine cognitive aptitude for chosen careers
- Identify social skills deficits
Correct answer: Uncover underlying interests, values, and identity themes
Occupational daydreams reveal core interests, values, and narrative identity themes that inform deeper career exploration, as emphasized in narrative career counselling.
CCC CCC Group Counseling & Career Development 1
Which stage of Yalom's group development is characterized by conflict and challenges to the group leader's authority?