Unacceptable Counselor Behavior on the Internet Was Identified by NCDA

question 34

Multiple Choice

Unacceptable counselor behavior on the Internet was identified by NCDA (1997) as follows:​

• A)​Use of false email identity when interacting with clients and/or other professionals.When acting in a professional capacity on the Internet, a counselor has a duty to honestly identify him/herself
• B)​"Sharking" or monitoring chat rooms and bulletin board services and offering career planning and related services when no request has been made for services
• C)​Accepting a client who will not identify him/herself and be willing to arrange for phone conversation as well as online interchange
• D)​All of the above

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Definitions:

Human Behaviour

Refers to the range of actions and mannerisms exhibited by humans in conjunction with their environment, which are influenced by culture, attitudes, emotions, values, ethics, authority, rapport, hypnosis, persuasion, coercion, and genetics.

Releasers

Specific stimuli in the environment thought by ethologists to trigger aggressive responses.

Ethologists

Scientists who study animal behavior in natural environments, focusing on the biological and evolutionary contexts of behavior.

Aggression

Behavior intended to harm or intimidate others.