1. __________ is the theoretical basis for reality therapy.
a. WDEPtheory
b. Choicetheory
c. Behaviortherapy
d. Cognitivebehavioraltherapy
2. Choice theory emphasizes thinking and acting, which makes this a general form of:
a. psychoanalytictherapy.
b. nondirectivetherapy.
c. Gestalttherapy.
d. cognitivebehaviortherapy.
3. Reality therapy is popular in all of the following areas, except:
a. schools.
b. medicalfacilities.
c. statementalhealthhospitals.
d. halfwayhouses.
4. Reality therapy is best described as:
a. an intensive and long-term therapy.
b. a rational therapy.
c. an insight therapy.
d. a short-term therapy that deals with conscious behavioral problems.
5. Theclient’squalityworldconsistsofallofthefollowingexcept:
a. specific activities that fulfill our needs.
b. images of people who enrich our lives.
c. beliefs.
d. insight.
6. WDEPstandsfor:
a. wants, decision, self-evaluation, perception.
b. wishes, direction, engagement, purpose.
c. wants, doing, self-evaluation, planning.
d. wants, direction, efficacy, planning.
7. Which of the following is not a component of total behavior?
a. Wanting
b. Doing
c. Feeling
d. Thinking
8. Wubbolding extended the theory and practice of reality therapy with his conceptualization of the:
a. realitytheory.
b. choicetheory.
c. WDEPsystem.
d. qualityworld.
9. The function of the reality therapist is to:
a. assist clients in dealing with the present.
b. encourage clients to make a value judgment concerning the quality of their behavior.
c. confront clients about specific irrational thoughts and ideas and to teach them to think rationally.
d. reindoctrinate clients with the acceptable standards for living.
10. Wubboldingbelievesallofthefollowingencouragetheclient’sinvolvementintherapyexcept for:
a. appropriate use of humor.
b. attending behavior.
c. facilitative self-disclosure.
d. allowing the client to focus on symptoms.
11. In reality therapy, the counseling environment is:
a. the time to explore past trauma.
b. characterized by a therapeutic climate that establishes the foundation for implementing procedures.
c. highly structured with the aim of changing cognitions.
d. conducivetorestructuringone’spersonality.
12. __________ posits that we are not born blank slates waiting to be externally motivated by forces in the world
around us.
a. WDEPtheory
b. Behaviortherapy
c. Choicetheory
d. Motivationaltherapy
13. Wubbolding emphasizes that reality therapy is a mental health system rather than a:
a. remediatingsystem.
b. theoreticalsystem.
c. medicalsystem.
d. behavioralsystem.
14. Which of the following procedures would a reality therapist be least likely to employ?
a. Skillful questioning
b. Encouraging clients to look at what they are doing
c. Making action plans
d. Reliving an early childhood event
15. If choice theory is the highway, reality therapy is the:
a. vehicle delivering the product.
b. roadmap.
c. moving truck taking the product with it.
d. exit to leave the highway.
16. All of the following are true about planning and commitment in reality therapy, except:
a. clients make a commitment to carry out their plans.
b. commitment is not an all-or-nothing matter.
c. a great deal of time is spent on this step of reality therapy.
d. it is up to clients to determine how to take their plans from therapy into their everyday world.
17. In our quality world we develop an inner:
a. totalbehavior.
b. freedom.
c. picturealbum.
d. power.
18. What do reality therapists believe about the use of questions?
a. They should rarely be used.
b. Relevant questions help clients gain insights and arrive at plans and solutions.
c. There is no such thing as excessive questioning; the more the better!
d. Closed questions are more helpful than open-ended questions.
19. __________teachesthatallbehaviorismadeupoffourinseparablebutdistinctcomponents–acting,thinking,
feeling, and physiology.
a. Totalbehavior
b. Qualityworld
c. Picturealbum
d. Birthanddeath
20. A reality therapist will primarily focus on:
a. pastbehavior.
b. presentbehavior.
c. feelings.
d. thoughts.
21. Whenrealitytherapistsexploreaclient’spast,theytendtofocuson:
a. relationships within the family.
b. early traumatic events.
c. problems in school performance.
d. past successes.
22. In reality therapy, the purpose of developing an action plan is to:
a. encourage clients to stretch beyond their limits.
b. teachclientsto“thinkbig.”
c. arrange for successful experience.
d. arriveattheultimatesolutiontoaclient’sproblem.
23. The role of meaningful relationships in fostering emotional health is receiving increased attention in:
a. WDEP.
b. contemporary reality therapy.
c. value judgment.
d. behavioral therapy.
24. Which of the following is (are) a contribution of choice theory/reality therapy?
a. It helps clients deal emotionally with unfinished business from their past.
b. Itprovidesinsightintothecausesofone’sproblems.
c. It is relatively short-term focused on dealing with conscious behavioral problems.
d. Most of its concepts have been subjected to empirical testing.
25. Reality therapy rests on the central idea that:
a. thinking largely determines how we feel and behave.
b. we choose our behavior and are responsible for what we do, think, and feel.
c. environmental factors largely control what we are doing.
d. the way to change dysfunctional behavior is to reexperience a situation in which we originally became
psychologically stuck.
26. Glasser challenges the traditionally accepted views of mental illness and treatment by the use of medication,
especially:
a. the widespread use of psychiatric drugs that often results in negative side effects both physically and
psychologically.
b. the lack of use of psychiatric drugs.
c. the use of any psychiatric drugs whether or not they result in negative side effects.
d. because medications are never needed.
27. The core of choice theory/reality therapy consists of:
a. teaching clients how to acquire rational beliefs instead of irrational beliefs.
b. helping clients to understand their unconscious dynamics.
c. giving clients opportunities to express unresolved feelings.
d. theclient’sselfevaluation,planofaction,andcommitmenttofollowthrough.
28. A limitation of this approach as it applies to multicultural counseling is that:
a. the power of the past and the effect of traumatic experiences in early childhood.
b. this therapy provides specific tools to help clients make the changes they desire.
c. the concept of the quality world is abstract and lacks cross-cultural appeal.
d. reality therapists must be careful when adapting their approach to non-western cultures.
29. All of the following are procedures that are commonly used in reality therapy except:
a. exploring wants, needs, and perceptions.
b. exploring early recollections.
c. focusing on the present.
d. planning and commitment.
30. Choice theory changes the focus of responsibility to:
a. selfhelpprocedures.
b. theuseofhumor.
c. homeworkassignments.
d. choiceandchoosing.
31. In a reality therapy group, the leader:
a. isresponsibleforevaluatingtheclients’behaviors.
b. performs an assessment to determine if the client is truly getting what he or she wants in life.
c. withholds feedback when members are designing their plans.
d. may encounter resistance if they make poorly timed suggestions and plans for how the members should best
live.
32. All of the following are key characteristics of contemporary reality therapy except for:
a. there is a focus on talking about symptoms that bring a client into therapy.
b. emphasis is on choice and responsibility.
c. there is a rejection of the notion of transference.
d. keep the therapy in the present.
33. __________ provides a delivery system for helping individuals take more effective control of their lives.
a. Groupcounseling
b. TheWDEPsystem
c. Assessmenttheory
d. Realitytherapy
34. In working with Japanese clients, a reality therapist might do which of the following when asking clients to make
plans and commit to them?
a. Thetherapistmightbelikelytoaccept“I’lltry”asafirmcommitment.
b. The therapist would push clients for an explicit pledge to follow through.
c. The therapist would view a noncommittal response as a sign of weakness.
d. The therapist would refer their clients if they refused to commit to a plan.
35. According to Glasser, many of the problems of clients are caused by:
a. unfinished business with parents.
b. sibling rivalry.
c. early childhood trauma.
d. their inability to connect or to have a satisfying relationship with at least one of the significant people in their
lives.
36. Glasser contends that __________ is a way that both therapist and client avoid being who they are and owning
what they are doing right now.
a. responsibility
b. questioning
c. transference
d. choice
37. Focusingonthe__________“protects”clientsfromfacingtherealityofunsatisfyingpresentrelationships,and
focusing on symptoms does the same thing.
a. past
b. present
c. future
d. therapist
38. A primary goal of contemporary reality therapy is to:
a. help clients become more voluntarily acceptable.
b. supply the basic human needs.
c. help clients get connected or reconnected with the people they have chosen to put in their quality world.
d. create goals.
39. Reality therapy is often considered as a:
a. long in-depth process.
b. mentoring process.
c. symptom focusing theory.
d. past processing theory.
40. The practice of reality therapy can best be conceptualized as the:
a. history of therapy.
b. past processing theory.
c. roadmap to theory.
d. cycle of counseling.
41. Reality therapists believe in a generational basis for mental illness.
a. True
b. False
42. Reality therapy is not well-suited to group counseling.
a. True
b. False
43. Reality therapy cautions against the therapist mentoring the client.
a. True
b. False
44. Glasser believes the need to love and to belong are secondary needs.
a. True
b. False
45. Most recently, reality therapy has been applied to management and supervision, coaching, family therapy, and
parenting. It is now taught and embedded in every continent except Antarctica.
a. True
b. False
46. One of the procedures of reality therapy is to work through unfinished business from the past.
a. True
b. False
47. Realitytherapistsseetherapeuticvalueinworkingwithaclient’sdreams.
a. True
b. False
48. Glasser took the position that schools needed to be structured in ways to help students achieve a success identity as
opposed to a failure identity.
a. True
b. False
49. Reality therapists ask clients to take a hard look at whether their current actions are working for them.
a. True
b. False
50. Realitytherapyseestransferenceasawayforthetherapisttoavoidgettingpersonallyinvolvedintheclients’lives.
a. True
b. False
51. The core of reality therapy is developing a plan for change as a way of translating talk into action.
a. True
b. False
52. The first step in the process of reality therapy consists of a comprehensive assessment leading to a specific
diagnosis.
a. True
b. False
53. Commitment puts the responsibility directly on clients for changing.
a. True
b. False
54. Reality therapists refuse to accept excuses.
a. True
b. False
55. Reality therapists use punishment as a way to help clients follow through with their plans and commitments.
a. True
b. False
56. Reality therapy tends to be a long-term approach.
a. True
b. False
57. Reality therapy is a popular approach in correctional work.
a. True
b. False
58. It is essential for the therapist to establish a satisfying relationship with clients as a prerequisite for effective
therapy. Once this relationship is developed, the skill of the therapist as listener and teacher assumes a central
role.
a. True
b. False
59. Reality therapists see clients as being responsible for their own choices as they have more control of their
behavior than they often believe.
a. True
b. False
60. Choice theory is based on the assumption that people are in charge of their own destiny.
a. True
b. False
61. Reality therapists maintain that clients will not change unless they assume a self-critical attitude.
a. True
b. False
62. Clients are expected to focus on their feelings and attitudes, and then their behavior will change.
a. True
b. False
63. Glasser recommends that therapists look back for the causes of a client’s present failures.
a. True
b. False
64. A main function of the reality therapist is to encourage clients to assess their behavior to determine how well it is
working for them.
a. True
b. False
65. Reality therapy is often used in treating drug and alcohol abusers.
a. True
b. False
66. It is the job of the reality therapist to convey the idea that no matter how bad things are there is hope.
a. True
b. False
67. The SAMIC3 plan is an essential part of the evaluation phase of the WDEP system.
a. True
b. False
68. Robert Wubbolding stresses the importance of a supportive and challenging therapeutic environment.
a. True
b. False
69. Addressing what clients are presently doing and asking clients to evaluate what they want to change fits well
in various settings.
a. True
b. False
70. Reality therapy is an open system that allows for flexibility in application based on the needs of culturally
diverse individuals.
a. True
b. False