TEST BANK
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
Gerald Corey
11th Edition
, Psychotherapy Midterm Test Bank Questions
n n n n
1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text:
a. can easily be accomplished after taking an introductory course.
b. isusuallymastered bythe endof the first year of one's graduate program.
c. often requires many years of study, training, and practical counseling e xperience.
d. rarely,if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal.: c.often requires m any years of
study, training, and practical counseling experience.
2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relation- ship-
oriented therapy?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. existential approach
d. person-centered approach: b. family systems therapy
3. Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitive-
n
behavioral action-oriented therapies?
a. existential therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. reality therapy
d. behavior therapy
e. rational emotive behavior therapy: a. existential therapy
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the thera- pist as the
core of the therapeutic process?
a. psychoanalytic therapy
, Psychotherapy Midterm Test Bank Questions
n n n n
b. Adlerian therapy
c. person-centered therapy
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy
e. family therapy: c. person-centered therapy
5. Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe
a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
n
b. is likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are re visited.
c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness inworking withadiverse ra nge of
n
future clients.
d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country.: c.
is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diver se range of future
clients.
6. The author makes a case for:
a. initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then d elving
more deeply into each approach.
b. delvingdeeplyintooneapproachinitially andthentakingasuperficiallook at
n other
theoretical models.
c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in order to
make the theories more relevant.
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.: a. initially g etting an
overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving more dee ply into each
approach.
7. Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/ p
sychotherapy is true?
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychother-
, Psychotherapy Midterm Test Bank Questions
n n n n
apy are "wrong."
b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
c. Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other m odels.
d. Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional o
rganizations.: b.There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
a. social
b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these: e. all of these
9. Which of these statements about interventions is true?
a. It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
b. During the course of an individual's therapy, different interventions may b e needed
at different times.
c. It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and th e
n
interventions that you are skilled at using.
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or li censed.: b.
During the course of an individual's therapy, different interventions ma y be needed at
different times.
n
10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reac- tion
against psychoanalysis?
n
a. person-centered therapy
3n/ 70
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
Gerald Corey
11th Edition
, Psychotherapy Midterm Test Bank Questions
n n n n
1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text:
a. can easily be accomplished after taking an introductory course.
b. isusuallymastered bythe endof the first year of one's graduate program.
c. often requires many years of study, training, and practical counseling e xperience.
d. rarely,if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal.: c.often requires m any years of
study, training, and practical counseling experience.
2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relation- ship-
oriented therapy?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. existential approach
d. person-centered approach: b. family systems therapy
3. Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitive-
n
behavioral action-oriented therapies?
a. existential therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. reality therapy
d. behavior therapy
e. rational emotive behavior therapy: a. existential therapy
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the thera- pist as the
core of the therapeutic process?
a. psychoanalytic therapy
, Psychotherapy Midterm Test Bank Questions
n n n n
b. Adlerian therapy
c. person-centered therapy
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy
e. family therapy: c. person-centered therapy
5. Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe
a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
n
b. is likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are re visited.
c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness inworking withadiverse ra nge of
n
future clients.
d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country.: c.
is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diver se range of future
clients.
6. The author makes a case for:
a. initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then d elving
more deeply into each approach.
b. delvingdeeplyintooneapproachinitially andthentakingasuperficiallook at
n other
theoretical models.
c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in order to
make the theories more relevant.
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.: a. initially g etting an
overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving more dee ply into each
approach.
7. Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/ p
sychotherapy is true?
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychother-
, Psychotherapy Midterm Test Bank Questions
n n n n
apy are "wrong."
b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
c. Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other m odels.
d. Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional o
rganizations.: b.There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
a. social
b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these: e. all of these
9. Which of these statements about interventions is true?
a. It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
b. During the course of an individual's therapy, different interventions may b e needed
at different times.
c. It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and th e
n
interventions that you are skilled at using.
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or li censed.: b.
During the course of an individual's therapy, different interventions ma y be needed at
different times.
n
10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reac- tion
against psychoanalysis?
n
a. person-centered therapy
3n/ 70
