SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR PSY 470 - EXAM 1
1. Describe the career paths that you are now considering as a master's
degree student in counseling psychology.
A. Examine these paths in light of opportunities and restrictions posed
by the statutory law of Illinois which regulates the title and activities
of counselors.
B. In general, to what extent do this law fulfill the goals for which
it was created?
C. What arguments have been made in favor of and against licensing
master's level practitioners, and of what relevance are these arguments for
your professional future?
2. You are counseling a 17-year-old client who discloses that she has
tested positive for HIV antibodies (AIDS antibodies) and that she intends
to practice unsafe sex without revealing her health status to past, present,
or future partners. Discuss this scenario in the context of
A. ethical injunctions regarding confidentiality as outlined in the
ACA Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice,
B. legal mandates surrounding the duty to protect and duty to warn
that appear in the Illinois Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Confidentiality Act as well as cases in tort law,
C. the steps you would take to determine and respond to the client's
level of "dangerousness," and
D. its clinical-scientific versus personal-political dimensions (e.g.,
would you respond differently if your client had tested positive for another
infectious disease?).