Author Question: Briefly discuss the reasons why information processing skills are emphasized in the Trait-and-Factor ... (Read 117 times)

tiffannnnyyyyyy · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

Briefly discuss the reasons why information processing skills are emphasized in the Trait-and-Factor and Person-Environment-Fit model as well as in the Cognitive Information Processing model.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Who is likely to receive the greatest benefit from direct community services?

a. Teenagers participating in an AIDS awareness/prevention workshop
b. A heroine addict
c. The leader of a gang
d. A child abuser

Kedrick2014 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 30, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1 . Both models emphasize that clients must be able to appropriately process information in the counseling process.
2 . Client and counselor are to uncover career and personal problems that could limit one's ability to process information.
3 . Client problems could include affective concerns, self-knowledge deficits, emotional instability, dysfunctional thinking, depression, and other psychological disorders.
4 . Unrealistic and faulty beliefs could make it difficult for clients to develop accurate perceptions of work environments and realistic appraisals of self and occupational requirements.

Answer to Question 2

a