One method used to teach coping skills is a_____________________, which is a
shaping strategy in which clients are encouraged to perform small sequential steps
leading to a goal.
a. graded task assignment
b. cognitive behavioral baby step
c. coping sequence exercise
d. goal completion activity
Catching oneself refers to
a. Adlerian therapists’ commitment to catch themselves when they begin to lose their
focus during individual or group sessions.
b. a universal goal in Adlerian therapy.
c. a technique that is used by Adlerians involving helping individuals identify signals
associated with their problematic behavior or emotions.
d. a gimmick that novice group counselors use to get members to focus on their goals.
__________ is manifested in the participants’ attitudes of acceptance and in their
willingness to take risks by sharing meaningful here-and-now reactions.
a. Intimacy
b. Catharsis
c. Hope
d. Trust
The process of turning back to ourselves what we would like to do to someone else is
known as
a. introjection.
b. projection.
c. retroflection.
d. sublimation.
According to psychodrama
a. members of the group can profit only if they are directly involved in reenacting an
event.
b. members of the group can benefit in vicarious ways by observing the work of others.
c. members will change their behavior only if they develop a contract that specifies
homework assignments.
d. unless a problem is solved, the psychodrama is a failure.
All of the following arecharacteristics of the cognitive behavioral approach in groups
EXCEPT
a. a focus on overt and specific behavior.
b. occasional use of therapeutic goals.
c. developing a treatment plan and evaluation of this plan.
d. use of action-oriented methods.
Which of the following is NOT a key concept of the Gestalt group?
a. Awareness
b. Unfinished business
c. Intellectual understanding of one’s basic problem
d. Here-and-now focus
Which of the following is NOT apossible goal for members of counseling groups?
a. To express one’s emotions in an unhealthy way
b. To help members learn how to establish meaningful and intimate relationships
c. To develop concern and compassion for the needs and feelings of others
d. To increase awareness and self-knowledge
Which method is NOT used in reality therapy?
a. Behavior-oriented methods
b. Focus on past and childhood
c. Use of role playing
d. Confronting clients
When you lead a group, you set the tone and shape the norms by the attitudes and
behaviors you ________ in the group.
a. trust
b. stress
c. model
d. structure
If people want and expect change, the cognitive behavioral group leader contends it is
important they
a. explore the past roots of a particular problem.
b. gain insight into the causes of a problem.
c. engage in detailed introspection.
d. take specific actions to effect change.
Practitioners of MI utilizeall of the following skills and strategies EXCEPT
a. open-ended questions.
b. affirming and supporting the client.
c. summarizing and linking at the end of sessions.
d. eliciting and reinforcing confrontational talk.
The concept of acceptance implies
a. resigning oneself to life’s problems.
b. being willing to choose to experience negative thoughts or feelings without defense.
c. being passive.
d. resigning oneself to life’s problems and being passive.
Some people believe that personal change tends to occur when we become aware of
what we are as opposed to trying to become what we are not. To what theory do these
people subscribe?
a. The paradoxical theory of change
b. Self-psychology theory
c. Personal analysis theory
d. Acceptance theory
Members of ____________ typically do not require extensive personality
reconstruction, and their concerns generally relate to the developmental tasks of the life
span.
a. therapy groups
b. counseling groups
c. psychoanalytic groups
d. in-patient groups
The ventilation of stored-up feelings is known as
a. breaking out.
b. breaking down.
c. working through.
d. catharsis.
A REBT group leader is interested in
a. creating a climate in a group where members can reenact unfinished business from
their past.
b. showing members how they have created their own emotional and behavioral
disturbances.
c. helping members resolve transference relationships within the group.
d. assisting members to fully experience whatever they are feeling in the present
moment.
The founder of transactional analysis is
a. Robert Goulding.
b. Eric Berne.
c. J. L. Moreno.
d. Fritz Perls.
Psychodrama was designed to facilitate the expression of feelings in a spontaneous and
dramatic way through the use of
a. free association.
b. role playing.
c. dream analysis.
d. shame-attacking exercises.
Certain group behaviors tend to elicit negative reactions that reflect conflict. Which of
the following isNOT one?
a. Sharing openly and accepting feedback non-defensively
b. Remaining aloof and being more of an observer
c. Talking too much and actively interfering with the group process through
questioning, giving abundant advice, or in other ways distracting people from their
work
d. Dominating the group, using sarcasm, belittling the efforts that are being made, and
demanding attention
The function of the reality therapy group leader includes all of the following EXCEPT
a. to model responsible behavior for the members.
b. to question members about what they did in the past and remain focused on the past.
c. to encourage members to formulate specific plans for change.
d. to establish personal involvement with the members.
Group work is a beneficial and
a. cost-effective approach to treatment.
b. unsuccessful form of treatment.
c. long-term, expensive treatment.
d. managed care unapproved form of treatment.
The basic criterion for the selection of group members is
a. whether they will contribute to the group or whether they will be counterproductive.
b. whether they are dependent or independent personalities.
c. the absence of any neurotic symptoms.
d. the degree to which the group leader likes the person.
Viewing resistance through the lens of _______________holds that we experience
psychological reactance at those times when we believe free behaviors are being
threatened with elimination.
a. culture
b. conflict
c. reactance theory
d. negative reaction
Groups are
a. a powerful intervention tool across the life span.
b. a powerful intervention primarily for highly functioning adults.
c. considerably less effective than individual therapy.
d. detrimental to the self-esteem of older adults.
Transactional analysis (TA) is all of the following EXCEPT
a. a theory of personality.
b. a language of behavior.
c. an organized system of interactional therapy.
d. grounded on the assumption that our current decisions are not based on our early
experiences.
Which istrue of the application of cognitive behavioral techniques in a group?
a. These techniques remain under continual evaluation.
b. They are experiential in nature.
c. They are designed to produce insight.
d. They are usually aimed at catharsis.
In the era of ___________, brief interventions and short-term groups have become a
necessity.
a. managed care
b. universal health care
c. chronic mental illnesses
d. frivolous lawsuits
Over time, the interpersonal and existential problems of the participants become evident
in the here-and-now interactions within the group. What term is used to describe this
phenomenon?
a. Social microcosm
b. Altruism
c. Universality
d. Imparting information
Most traditional therapy models are grounded in a(n) ____________ framework
wherein mainstream cultural values overshadow the multicultural worldviews that may
be present among group members.
a. androgenous
b. bicultural
c. monocultural
d. global