UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, 2010/2011

LEGON AND ACCRA CITY CAMPUSES

LEVEL 400: BACHELOR OF ARTS

PSYCHOLOGY.

PSYC 415: GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING

TWO AND HALF HOURS

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN SECTIONS A AND BAND ONE QUESTION IN SECTION C.

SECTION A

FILL IN THE BLANK SPACES WITH THE APPROPRIATE WORDS OR PHRASES. WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN THE ANSWER BOOKLET. LEAVE TWO LINES IN BETWEEN YOUR ANSWERS.

1. Guidance in Ghana started with the establishment of the ------------------- in 1955. ~

¥ 2. ------~ij------ tests are used by counsellors to measure motivation, attitudes, emotional

adjustment and social relations of counsellees.

3. Recorded observations made by teachers and counsellors are called -----------------__ records.

4. Unpleasant events that cause distress in counsellees are known as -----------_________ .

5. ---------------------- is a technique used by counsellors for gathering information from non - verbal behaviours of counsellees.

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The guidance counselor counsults with ------------- when the classroom atmosphere has to be changed for the benefit of the student counsellee.

7. ------------------- is described as the hub around which the wheel of guidance revolves.

8. The -------------------- service maintains contact between the school and students after they have left the school.

9. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is a typical example of alan ---------------- test.

10. ------------------- counselling helps counsellees to choose and enter suitable occupations which are in accordance with their qualifications, skills, talents and interests.

11. An individual who is willing to share ideas and learn from his peers will need -------------­counselling.

12. -------------------- counsellees seek counselling on their own volition and therefore co -operate with the counsellor and are ready to do anything to resolve their problem.

13. A face - to- face arrangement of furniture is recommended for ----------------­counselling.

14. Information about a counsellee's relationship with family members, classmates, teachers

and other adults is collected through the use of -----------------.

15. A counsellor commits the error of -------------------- when he allows the influence of one or two outstanding characteristics, whether good or bad, to colour all judgements about a

counsellee.

16. A counsellee needs ----------------- information to help him to decide where to live and which club or association to join.

17. Effective counselling is not conducted through ------------------ modes of communication.

18. The -------------------- role of counselling focuses on enhancement.

19. It is important for both counsellee and counsellor to ------------------ in order to know how well counselling is working and when counselling should be terminated

20. A counsellee who looks tired and supports himself by putting his arms on a table has alan I

--------------------- energy level.

21. The counsellor uses the technique of --------------- to clear up any confusion in his mind.

22. Stage fright is also known as -----------------.

23 . A counsellor who is reliable, dependable and honest is described as a -------------------­person.

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'3 ffO 24. It is ------------------- for a counsellor to develop a dual relationship with his counsellee.

25. A counsellor shows ----------------- when he asks a counsellee to sit down without pointing at any particular chair.

26. The real relationship is characterised by realistic perceptions and --------------------.

27. A counsellee exhibits -------------------- when he displaces his anger on the counsellor.

28. Consistency in words, actions and feelings is referred to as --------------------.

29. A counsellor resorts to ------------------- when he does not have the expertise to handle a

counsellee's problem.

30. The counsellor furnishes his counsellee with requisite information through the technique

of ---------------.

SECTION B

WRITE BRIEF ANG CONCISE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. LEA VE TWO LINES IN BETWEEN YOUR ANSWERS.

I. Identify any four specific functions of the Guidance Counsellor under the consultation

service. [8 marks]

2. Give two ways by which the counsellor manages resistance from counsellees during

counselling [2 marks]

3. How can a counsellor deal effectively with the problems associated with cross - cultural

counselling? [2 marks].

4. Mention any three things that a counsellor can do to overcome burn - out. [3 marks].

5. Establishment and maintenance of rapport is important in every counselling session.

Identify any four things that the counsellor does to establish rapport with a counselee who

is a first timer. [4 marks].

6. Give four uses of the cumulative records in schools. [4 marks].

7. State and explain any two components of the working alliance as proposed by Bordin

(1979). [4 marks].

8. Identify two characteristics of transference in counselling.

9. Give two conditions that can lead to the termination of counselling.

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?><DI 10. As a counsellor, give any two interpretations of silence on the part of a counsellee during

counselling. [2 marks] .

11. What is a summary or termination report? Indicate any three things in this report. [4 marks].

12. Using the unifying themes, identify three differences between Counselling Psychology and Clinical Psychology. [3 marks].

SECTION C

ANSWER ONE QUESTION. YOUR ANSWER SHOULD NOT BE MORE THAN THREE PAGES.

1. Discuss three conditions that facilitate the establishment of an effective therapeutic

relationship and state three skills that the counsellor uses to communicate these

conditions to the counselee.

2. State and explain, with examples, four desirable outcomes of effective counselling.

3. Write short notes on the following with illustrations of their uses in counselling.

I. Acceptance.

11. Educational counselling.

111. Confronting

IV. Self - management.

v. Information service.

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