CBT Exam With Questions and Correct Assured Answers
Which is NOT a core ingredient of behavioral and cognitive behavioral approaches? -
Answer-A reliance on guiding therapy by intuition
According to REBT, what is the core of most emotional disturbance? - Answer-Blame
A noteworthy strength of the cognitive behavioral approaches is: - Answer-They have strong
empirical support-- many studies support their efficacy
Beck never pays attention to childhood experiences. - Answer-False
The cognitive-behavioral approach to therapy stresses: - Answer-Thinking, judging, analyzing
and actual doing
According to Beck, which is the most stable type of cognition, the type most resistant to
change? - Answer-Core Beliefs
Which of the following is not a historical precursor to CB therapy? - Answer-Attachment
Theory and Bowlby
Which of the following is true about the relationship between a client and an REBT
therapist? - Answer-It is characterized by the therapist's full acceptance and tolerance of the
client as a fellow fallible human being
Which REBT technique involves having the client do the very thing they avoid because of
fear of embarrassment and "what people might think"? - Answer-Shame-attacking exercises
To a large degree cognitive therapy is: - Answer-a psychoeducational model
, In cognitive therapy techniques are designed to: - Answer-assist clients in substituting
rational beliefs for irrational beliefs
Which is not a technique used by Beck?
a. Socratic Questioning
b. Homework
c. Behavioral Experiments
d. Phenomenological Reverse Analysis - Answer-Phenomenological reverse analysis
The concept of automatic thoughts plays a central role in whose theory? - Answer-Beck
What is Ellis's ultimate goal for therapy? - Answer-To help clients internalize a new and
better philosophy of life
The type of cognitive error that involves thinking and interpreting in all-or-nothing terms, or
in categorizing experiences in either/or extremes, is known as: - Answer-dichotomous or
polarized thinking
When Beck says, "What could you do, possibly, this week to test this belief that no one
would ever want to eat lunch with you?" he is using the technique of - Answer-Collaborative
empiricism via behavioral experiments
When Beck says, "But what evidence do you have for this belief," he is using the technique
of: - Answer-Collaborative empiricism
One of the main ways Beck's cognitive therapy differs from Ellis's REBT, is that in Beck's
approach, more so than in Ellis's approach: - Answer-A warm, personal therapeutic
relationship is considered essential to the therapy process
Which of the following is NOT a core belief about self as identified by Beck? - Answer-A
neurotic core belief
Which is NOT a core ingredient of behavioral and cognitive behavioral approaches? -
Answer-A reliance on guiding therapy by intuition
According to REBT, what is the core of most emotional disturbance? - Answer-Blame
A noteworthy strength of the cognitive behavioral approaches is: - Answer-They have strong
empirical support-- many studies support their efficacy
Beck never pays attention to childhood experiences. - Answer-False
The cognitive-behavioral approach to therapy stresses: - Answer-Thinking, judging, analyzing
and actual doing
According to Beck, which is the most stable type of cognition, the type most resistant to
change? - Answer-Core Beliefs
Which of the following is not a historical precursor to CB therapy? - Answer-Attachment
Theory and Bowlby
Which of the following is true about the relationship between a client and an REBT
therapist? - Answer-It is characterized by the therapist's full acceptance and tolerance of the
client as a fellow fallible human being
Which REBT technique involves having the client do the very thing they avoid because of
fear of embarrassment and "what people might think"? - Answer-Shame-attacking exercises
To a large degree cognitive therapy is: - Answer-a psychoeducational model
, In cognitive therapy techniques are designed to: - Answer-assist clients in substituting
rational beliefs for irrational beliefs
Which is not a technique used by Beck?
a. Socratic Questioning
b. Homework
c. Behavioral Experiments
d. Phenomenological Reverse Analysis - Answer-Phenomenological reverse analysis
The concept of automatic thoughts plays a central role in whose theory? - Answer-Beck
What is Ellis's ultimate goal for therapy? - Answer-To help clients internalize a new and
better philosophy of life
The type of cognitive error that involves thinking and interpreting in all-or-nothing terms, or
in categorizing experiences in either/or extremes, is known as: - Answer-dichotomous or
polarized thinking
When Beck says, "What could you do, possibly, this week to test this belief that no one
would ever want to eat lunch with you?" he is using the technique of - Answer-Collaborative
empiricism via behavioral experiments
When Beck says, "But what evidence do you have for this belief," he is using the technique
of: - Answer-Collaborative empiricism
One of the main ways Beck's cognitive therapy differs from Ellis's REBT, is that in Beck's
approach, more so than in Ellis's approach: - Answer-A warm, personal therapeutic
relationship is considered essential to the therapy process
Which of the following is NOT a core belief about self as identified by Beck? - Answer-A
neurotic core belief
