Describe what is meant by the term rational negative emotion and provide at least one example.

What will be an ideal response?


Rational negative emotions are helpful, healthy, functional, and adaptive. These lead to functional, adaptive behavior. An example of a rational negative emotion is using anger in a constructive way to create change on either a personal or societal level.

Counseling

You might also like to view...

Which of the following, if overused, can give the client the impression that the counselor is not empathic?

a. Silence b. Mimimal Encouragers c. Paraphrasing d. Summarizing

Counseling

Based on research and clinical experience a therapist chooses a collection of techniques from several theoretical models. This approach shows adherence to:

a. technical eclecticism. b. theoretical integration. c. common factors. d. assimilative integration.

Counseling

The extent to which the same persons consistently respond to the same test, inventory, or questionnaire administered on different occasions is known as

a. test-retest reliability. b. split-half reliability. c. construct reliability. d. alternate-times reliability.

Counseling

Which of the following is a principal of career counseling ethical codes?

a. helping skills b. justice c. reliability d. validity

Counseling