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A technique that involves changing the level of support for learning is:

A. Zone of maturation

B. Zone of proximal development

C. Action zone

D. Scaffolding

Correct answer is: D. Scaffolding

Scaffolding involves adjusting support for learning.

Human behavior includes conscious, subconscious, and unconscious:

A. Gestalt Psychology

B. Transpersonal Psychology

C. Cognitive Psychology

D. Psychoanalysis

Correct answer is: D. Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis explores conscious and unconscious processes.

The value that one places on one’s characteristics, abilities, or behaviors is:

A. Self-esteem

B. Self-actualization

C. Self-determination

D. Self-efficacy

Correct answer is: A. Self-esteem

Self-esteem is the value placed on one's abilities.

Learning in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus is:

A. Classical conditioning

B. Operant conditioning

C. Both a and b

D. None of a and b

Correct answer is: A. Classical conditioning

Classical conditioning pairs a neutral stimulus with a meaningful one.

Learning in which the consequences of behavior produce changes is:

A. Classical conditioning

B. Operant conditioning

C. Both a and b

D. None of a and b

Correct answer is: B. Operant conditioning

Operant conditioning changes behavior based on consequences.

The cumulative record includes:

A. Achievement test

B. Educational and vocational interests

C. Educational Progress Report

D. All of The Above

Correct answer is: D. All of The Above

A cumulative record is defined as <b>a permanent record of a student which is kept up-to-date by the school, it is his educational history with information about his school achievement, attendance, health, test scores, and similar pertinent data.</b>

The main purpose of guidance is to:

A. Make pupils more dependent on guidance

B. Develop the power of self guidance

C. Separate guidance from the educational program

D. Help the principal run the school

Correct answer is: B. Develop the power of self guidance

The major responsibility of the counselor in the modern high school is to:

A. Help students solve their problems

B. Help the principal run the school

C. Solve the student’s many problems

D. Assist teachers in their in service training

Correct answer is: A. Help students solve their problems

In counseling a student, a counselor should make it a point:

A. To establish and maintain rapport

B. To give the student a psychological interpretation of his feelings as he goes along

C. To remain as impersonal as possible so that the counselee will recognize his responsibility for solving his own problem

D. To take the initiative in order to have the interview explore fruitful avenues for counselee improvement

Correct answer is: A. To establish and maintain rapport

When you try to narrow down a list of alternatives to arrive at a single correct answer, you engaged in:

A. Convergent thinking

B. Creativity

C. Divergent thinking

D. Insight

Correct answer is: A. Convergent thinking