From the Adlerian perspective, objective reality is more important than how we
interpret reality and the meanings we attach to what we experience.
a. True
b. False
Like all marginalized groups, women are:
a. superior.
b. sexist.
c. biracial.
d. bicultural.
The relational-cultural theory recognizes:
a. that many women are searching for a connectedness with others as well as
possibilities for autonomy.
b. the emphasis of a spiritual or religious perspective in providing women with strength.
c. the understanding of how early childhood is a crucial factor in a woman’s personality
development.
d. that siblings play in the shaping of personality.
Evidence suggesting the concept of the unconscious includes all of the following
except:
a. dreams.
b. posthypnotic suggestions.
c. freeassociation.
d. material derived from introspective techniques.
A major contribution of Bowen’s theory is the notion of:
a. birth order as a determinant of personality.
b. differentiation of the self.
c. family rules and communication patterns.
d. spontaneity, creativity, and play as therapeutic factors in family therapy.
Clients learn that “musts,” “oughts,” and absolute ‘shoulds” can be replaced by
preferences in REBT.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following interventions is notassociated with the third wave of behavior
therapy?
a. Dialectical behavior therapy
b. Relaxation training
c. Acceptance and commitment therapy
d. Mindfulness based cognitive therapy
Adler chose the name _______________for his theoretical approach because it is based
on a growth model.
a. Individual Psychology
b. Community Psychology
c. Ego Psychology
d. Id Psychology
The linguistic approach stresses the expert role of the therapist in suggesting solutions
to a family’s problems.
a. True
b. False
Feminist therapists emphasize that societal gender role expectations profoundly
influence a person’s identity from birth and become deeply ingrained in adult
personality.
a. True
b. False
Psychoanalysis provides therapists with a conceptual framework for looking at behavior
and understanding the origins and functions of present symptoms.
a. True
b. False
Adlerian counseling focuses on the family constellation and the influence of the family
on the individual.
a. True
b. False
Immediacy is highly valued in the person-centered approach
a. True
b. False
Since Gestalt therapy focuses on the here-and-now, the past is neither explored nor
given emphasis.
a. True
b. False
Which statement most closely reflects the philosophy of feminist therapy?
a. Feminist therapy depicts an accurate assessment of the psychosexual stages of
development.
b. Androcentricism, gendercentricism, and ethnocentricism are important bias-free
concepts of feminist therapy.
c. Constructs of feminist therapy include being gender-fair, flexible, interactionist, and
life-span oriented.
d. Feminist therapy encourages the use of the DSM to assess psychopathology.
Feminism, multiculturalism, and postmodern social constructionism have all entered the
family therapy field. These models are more collaborative, treating clients as:
a. passive participants in their journey.
b. the experts in their own lives.
c. needing an expert.
d. an individual without the ability to make decisions.
An Adlerian therapist would:
a. maintain an aloof stance.
b. establish a cooperative relationship based on equality.
c. take the role of expert.
d. take the role of a friendly parent.
A comprehensive approach to counseling:
a. goes beyond understanding our internal dynamics and addresses those environmental
and systemic realities that influence us.
b. focuses almost exclusively on the client’s internal dynamics.
c. focuses primarily on the therapist’s internal reactions to the client’s behavior.
d. focuses only on systemic factors.
Stress inoculation is a copingskills approach designed to change a person’s
selfstatements.
a. True
b. False
In regards to techniques, existential practitioners believe:
a. free association is essential to the growth and healing of the client.
b. no set of techniques is considered essential.
c. analysis of dysfunctional family patterns is imperative.
d. role playing is the most important technique used.
Bibliotherapeutic approaches have empirical support for the treatment of depression, for
a variety of anxiety disorders, and for a range of clinical problems.
a. True
b. False
One Adlerian concept is that everything we do is influenced by our style of life.
a. True
b. False
Clients in analytic therapy typically free associate to various symbols in their dreams.
a. True
b. False
In terms of ethical accountability, behavior therapy:
a. does not address this issue.
b. is ethically neutral in that it does not dictate whose behavior or what behavior should
be changed.
c. offers a greater chance of abusing interventions than do other approaches.
d. makes use of techniques that have questionable validity.
________involves the right of clients to be informed about their therapy and to make
autonomous decisions pertaining to it.
a. Informed consent
b. Confidentiality
c. Privileged communication
d. Breach of confidentiality
Reality therapy tends to be a long-term approach.
a. True
b. False
The cognitive distortion that involves portraying one’s identity on the basis of
imperfections and mistakes made in the past and allowing them to define one’s true
identity is:
a. labeling and mislabeling.
b. overgeneralization.
c. arbitrary inferences.
d. personalization.
From Carl Rogers’s perspective the client/therapist relationship is characterized by:
a. a sense of equality.
b. the transference relationship.
c. the therapist functioning as the expert.
d. a clearly defined contract that specifies what clients will talk about in the sessions.
Feminist therapy is not static, but is continually evolving.
a. True
b. False
Like cognitive therapy, strengths-based CBT is empirically based.
a. True
b. False
Carl Rogers encouraged counselors to use a nonconfrontational manner with their
clients.
a. True
b. False
Feminist therapists restrict their practices to women clients.
a. True
b. False