MSCP COMP EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Psychoanalytic Therapy - Answers - Behavior is determined by unconscious forces,
early experiences, and by sexual and aggressive impulses.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy - Answers - This approach states people experience
feelings of anxiety and despair due largely to their irrational thinking.
Person-Centered Therapy - Answers - Mental Health is viewed as the congruent
balance between the ideal self and the real self.
Gestalt Therapy - Answers - This approach emphasizes personal responsibility,
unfinished business, avoidance, direct experience in the here-and-now, and awareness.
Behavior Therapy - Answers - A goal of this approach is eliminating maladaptive
behavior patterns through employing techniques of acceptance and commitment to
change.
Adlerian Therapy - Answers - This theory places central importance on encouragement
and community feeling.
Both (Reality therapy) and (Behavior Therapy) - Answers - Insight can be helpful but is
not considered essential for therapeutic change to occur.
Person-Centered Therapy - Answers - The concept of "therapist congruence" is central
in this approach.
Reality Therapy - Answers - This approach is not considered an experiential therapy.
Alfred Adler - Answers - Which theorist stressed the view that universal feelings of
inferiority and striving for power are basic components of personality development?
Critical tasks associated with each stage of development. - Answers - Erik Erikson
based his theory on:
A comprehensive and detailed system of personality. - Answers - A contribution of
psychoanalytic approach is:
Few techniques are generated from this approach. - Answers - A limitation of the
existential approach is:
There has been little empirical research to support the interventions used. - Answers - A
limitation of the postmodern approaches is that:
, The ID - Answers - Which is the following structures of personality houses our childish
impulses?
Donald Meichenbaum - Answers - Stress-inoculation training is associated with:
Our choices are at the root of our psychological distress. - Answers - Currently reality
therapy is based on the notion that:
Michael White - Answers - All the following are associated with solution-focused therapy
except:
Explore problems transmitted from generation to generation. - Answers - In working with
a client, a solution-focused therapist would be least likely to use which of the following
techniques?
Family Sculpting - Answers - One of Satir's techniques is:
Client may become too dependent - Answers - Many counselors use Rogerian-type
encouraging responses with their clients. What might be a concern for their overuse?
Interpretation - Answers - "Could it be that your current behavior is related to unresolved
family of origin issues?" is an example of a(n):
Honestly giving client feedback after considering possible effects. - Answers - Being
"genuine" with a client means:
Reflection of the content - Answers - "When she left you alone, you started to cry" is an
example of a(n):
All of the above: bring closure to a session; refocus a client who seems to be
wandering; clarify important client statements - Answers - Summarization can be used
to:
Dream work - Answers - What is not part of a Reality Therapy group process?
Rudolf Dreikurs - Answers - Who developed most Adlerian Therapy group methods?
Faciliating - Answers - Opening-up clear and direct communication among members;
helping members assume increasing responsibility for the group's direction is called:
Increase the free activity or public self area - Answers - The common group process
goal illustrated the Johari Window is to:
Developing Trust - Answers - Most counselors agree that the fundamental task of the
initial stage of group process is:
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Psychoanalytic Therapy - Answers - Behavior is determined by unconscious forces,
early experiences, and by sexual and aggressive impulses.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy - Answers - This approach states people experience
feelings of anxiety and despair due largely to their irrational thinking.
Person-Centered Therapy - Answers - Mental Health is viewed as the congruent
balance between the ideal self and the real self.
Gestalt Therapy - Answers - This approach emphasizes personal responsibility,
unfinished business, avoidance, direct experience in the here-and-now, and awareness.
Behavior Therapy - Answers - A goal of this approach is eliminating maladaptive
behavior patterns through employing techniques of acceptance and commitment to
change.
Adlerian Therapy - Answers - This theory places central importance on encouragement
and community feeling.
Both (Reality therapy) and (Behavior Therapy) - Answers - Insight can be helpful but is
not considered essential for therapeutic change to occur.
Person-Centered Therapy - Answers - The concept of "therapist congruence" is central
in this approach.
Reality Therapy - Answers - This approach is not considered an experiential therapy.
Alfred Adler - Answers - Which theorist stressed the view that universal feelings of
inferiority and striving for power are basic components of personality development?
Critical tasks associated with each stage of development. - Answers - Erik Erikson
based his theory on:
A comprehensive and detailed system of personality. - Answers - A contribution of
psychoanalytic approach is:
Few techniques are generated from this approach. - Answers - A limitation of the
existential approach is:
There has been little empirical research to support the interventions used. - Answers - A
limitation of the postmodern approaches is that:
, The ID - Answers - Which is the following structures of personality houses our childish
impulses?
Donald Meichenbaum - Answers - Stress-inoculation training is associated with:
Our choices are at the root of our psychological distress. - Answers - Currently reality
therapy is based on the notion that:
Michael White - Answers - All the following are associated with solution-focused therapy
except:
Explore problems transmitted from generation to generation. - Answers - In working with
a client, a solution-focused therapist would be least likely to use which of the following
techniques?
Family Sculpting - Answers - One of Satir's techniques is:
Client may become too dependent - Answers - Many counselors use Rogerian-type
encouraging responses with their clients. What might be a concern for their overuse?
Interpretation - Answers - "Could it be that your current behavior is related to unresolved
family of origin issues?" is an example of a(n):
Honestly giving client feedback after considering possible effects. - Answers - Being
"genuine" with a client means:
Reflection of the content - Answers - "When she left you alone, you started to cry" is an
example of a(n):
All of the above: bring closure to a session; refocus a client who seems to be
wandering; clarify important client statements - Answers - Summarization can be used
to:
Dream work - Answers - What is not part of a Reality Therapy group process?
Rudolf Dreikurs - Answers - Who developed most Adlerian Therapy group methods?
Faciliating - Answers - Opening-up clear and direct communication among members;
helping members assume increasing responsibility for the group's direction is called:
Increase the free activity or public self area - Answers - The common group process
goal illustrated the Johari Window is to:
Developing Trust - Answers - Most counselors agree that the fundamental task of the
initial stage of group process is:
