Behavior therapy groups employ a long-term treatment model.
a. True
b. False
Clients have a right to know about _________before making highly personal
disclosures.
a. their therapist’s qualifications and personal information
b. the general goals of the therapist during personal counseling
c. the approximate length and details of the therapist’s personal relationships
d. limits of confidentiality
In mindfulness practice, clients train themselves to intentionally focus on their “past
experience with acceptance.”
a. True
b. False
The cognitive distortion that consists of forming conclusions based on an isolated detail
of an event is:
a. labeling and mislabeling.
b. overgeneralization.
c. arbitrary inferences.
d. selective abstraction.
If we are inauthentic, it is unlikely that our clients will detect it.
a. True
b. False
Manufacturing “good” reasons to explain away a bruised ego, or to explain away
failures or losses, is known as:
a. rationalization.
b. projection.
c. displacement.
d. introjection.
A feminist therapist generally does not expect the client to assume responsibility for
making internal or external changes.
a. True
b. False
All of the cognitive behavioral approaches share the same basic characteristics and
assumptions as traditional behavior therapy.
a. True
b. False
In cognitive therapy, techniques are designed to:
a. assist clients in substituting rational beliefs for irrational beliefs.
b. help clients experience their feelings more intensely.
c. assist individuals to dispel self-defeating cognitions and to teach people how to
acquire a rational approach to living.
d. enable clients to deal with their existential loneliness.
Which of the statements below about social interest is true?
a. While Adler considered social interest to be innate, he also believed that it must be
learned, developed, and used.
b. Adler believed most people to be incapable of developing social interest even though
it was something to which they should aspire.
c. In his later years, Adler recanted his beliefs about social interest and focused on
addressing unconscious dynamics as the key to mental health.
d. The concept of social interest was originally introduced by Freud, and Adler
incorporated it into his theory.
Which statement below is notaccurate with regard to the phenomenon of
countertransference?
a. Countertransference reactions are the weakest source of data for understanding the
world of the client since they are so biased.
b. Countertransference reactions are inevitable because all therapists have unresolved
conflicts and personal vulnerabilities that are activated through their professional work.
c. Most research on countertransference has dealt with its deleterious effects and how to
manage these reactions.
d. It is critical that therapists monitor their own feelings during therapy sessions and use
their responses as a source for increased self-awareness and understanding of their
clients.
A central existential concept is that although we long for freedom we often try to escape
from our freedom by defining ourselves as a fixed or static entity.
a. True
b. False
Bowen’s multigenerational approach stresses techniques more than it does theory.
a. True
b. False
_____________is the theoretical basis for reality therapy.
a. WDEP theory
b. Choice theory
c. Behavior therapy
d. Cognitive behavioral therapy
According to the text, positive ethics is an approach taken by practitioners:
a. who do what is mandated by professional standards.
b. who want to do their best for clients rather than simply meet minimum standards to
stay out of trouble.
c. who strive for the highest level of ethical practice.
d. who strictly adhere to lengthy ethics codes, even if this is not in the client’s best
interest.
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.
One of the procedures of reality therapy is to work through unfinished business from
the past.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is nottrue about Carl Rogers?
a. He was raised with strict religious standards in his home.
b. He developed cognitive therapy.
c. At one point in his life, he was preparing to enter the ministry.
d. He made a contribution toward achieving world peace.
You are working with an ethnic minority client who is silent during the initial phase of
counseling. This silence is probably best interpreted as:
a. resistance.
b. a manifestation of uncooperative behavior.
c. a response consistent with his or her cultural context.
d. a clear sign that counseling will not work.
The person-centered model has become stagnant and shows little sign of evolution.
a. True
b. False
During an initial session, an adolescent girl tells you that she is pregnant and is
considering an abortion. Which of the following would be the most ethical and
professional course for you to follow?
a. Encourage her to get the abortion as soon as possible, without exploring any other
option.
b. Steer her toward having her baby and then consider adoption for her baby.
c. Suggest that she go to church and pray about her situation.
d. Help her to clarify the range of her choices in light of her own values.
Directing energy toward another object or a person (when anxiety is reduced by
focusing on a ‘safer target”) is known as:
a. sublimation.
b. repression.
c. introjection.
d. displacement.
Behavior therapists look to the current environmental events that maintain problem
behaviors and help clients produce behavior change by changing environmental events,
through a process called:
a. functional assessment.
b. motivational interviewing.
c. mindfulness-based stress reduction.
d. reorientation.
Behavior therapy has been shown to be effective in the treatment of chronic pain.
a. True
b. False
The postmodern view incorporates all of the following concepts except for the notion
that:
a. reality is objectively defined.
b. reality is based on the use of language.
c. reality is socially constructed.
d. each individual experiences their own unique reality.
Effective therapists are not the victims of their early decisions.
a. True
b. False
Concerning research on psychotherapy and Carl Rogers, which of the following is
nottrue?
a. Rogers stated his concepts as testable hypotheses and submitted them to research.
b. Rogers literally opened the field for psychotherapy research.
c. Rogers inspired others to conduct extensive research on counseling process and
outcome.
d. Rogers did not conduct the research himself.
One of the most important Freudian concepts, which consists of pushing unacceptable
life events and painful feelings into the unconscious, is:
a. repression.
b. regression.
c. displacement.
d. rationalization.
Which of the following is nottrue about the most recent trends in person-centered
therapy?
a. It could be referred to as holistic therapy.
b. Acceptance and clarification are the main techniques used.
c. It emphasizes an increased involvement of the therapist as a person.
d. It allows the therapist greater freedom to be active in the therapeutic relationship.
Congruence is a basic characteristic of effective therapists.
a. True
b. False