CBT Final
_____________ is programmed into BA from the start and is increasingly a central
focus of sessions as the course of treatment comes to a close.
a. practice
b. feedback
c. full emotional processing
d. relapse prevention - correct answer d. relapse prevention
Key strategies of _______________ include:
-Identifying the ingredients of antidepressant behaviors
-Expanding activation to other life contexts
-Identifying and preparing for high-risk situations
-Using booster and maintenance sessions
a. feedback
b. full emotional processing
c. activity scheduling
d. relapse prevention - correct answer d. relapse prevention
When a skill trained in one context is generalized, that means it transfers to other
contexts.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
Behaviorists often differentiate between two types of generalization, stimulus and
response generalization.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
_________________ occurs when the same response occurs in the presence of
different contextual factors.
a. Stimulus generalization
b. Response generalization - correct answer a. Stimulus generalization
_________________ refers to instances when responses themselves change in nature
over time and in varying contexts.
a. Stimulus generalization
b. Response generalization - correct answer b. Response generalization
As clients' ability to generalize adaptive behavior increases, the likelihood of relapse
decreases.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
,Generalization is most likely to occur when clients' new antidepressant behaviors (e.g.
going out with friends or accomplishing tasks at home) are reinforced by significant
others and depressed behaviors (e.g., staying in bed) are extinguished.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
Which of the following are core ingredients of BA?
a. teaching clients to activate in the face of depression
b. teaching clients to recognize and modify avoidance behaviors
c. teaching clients to maintain healthy routines
d. all of the above - correct answer d. all of the above
In preparation for ending BA, it is critical to identify potential high-risk situations for
clients that may increase their vulnerability to relapse in the future. Returning to the
case formulation can be of enormous assistance in the process of identifying high-risk
situations.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
It often is helpful for clients to know that they can return for brief periods, or "booster
sessions," in the future if they have slipped back into old patterns or are experiencing a
period of depressive relapse.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
How would Martell et al. answer the question "What is the one thing that you hope
clinicians will remember about BA?"
a. practice empathy
b. activate
c. model emotion
d. restructure thoughts - correct answer b. activate
Assessment addresses the frequency and range of client activities as well as the
function.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
Monitoring helps to inform action plans; without activity monitoring, it is difficult (if not
impossible!) to identify effective targets for activation.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
In BA, validation is the process of communicating that it makes perfect sense that the
client sitting across the room feels and acts as they do in the moment AND that efforts
to change are critical if one is to feel better.
a. True
,b. False - correct answer a. True
Behavioral Activation conceptualizes thinking as _______________________.
a. private behavior
b. full emotional processing
c. feedback
d. activity scheduling - correct answer a. private behavior
The process of ruminating keeps clients stuck in negative states and almost invariably
results in disengagement from the environment.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
Which of the following is an intervention for ruminative thinking?
a. Highlighting the consequences of ruminating
b. Problem solving
c. Attending closely to sensory experience
d. Refocusing on the task at hand
e. Distracting oneself from the ruminative thoughts
f. All of the above - correct answer f. All of the above
Because avoidance is rewarded with emotional relief, the avoidant behavior is more
likely to occur again when the person is faced with the same or similar circumstances.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
When obsessional thoughts occur in persons with OCD, compulsive rituals are often
used to stop the thoughts. When the obsession is counteracted (and thus avoided) with
the compulsive behavior, anxiety is reduced. Therefore, the compulsive act is reinforced
as a coping strategy because it dampens or turns off the aversive obsessional thought.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
________________________ is a process of reducing emotional arousal by helping the
client experience a positive or healthy emotion that counteracts a dysphoric response.
a. exposure
b. reciprocal inhibition
c. response prevention
d. positive thinking - correct answer b. reciprocal inhibition
Part of why ___________________ works, is fear is generally time limited because
physiological arousal cannot be maintained at a heightened state indefinitely. Fatigue
occurs, and in the absence of new sources of arousal, the person will begin to adapt to
the situation.
a. exposure
b. reciprocal inhibition
, c. activity scheduling
d. feedback - correct answer a. exposure
Decatastrophizing is an example of a ________________ method that can help in the
unpairing of anxiety responses from their stimuli.
a. full emotional processing
b. activity scheduling
c. cognitive restructuring
d. feedback - correct answer c. cognitive restructuring
Patients with anxiety disorders frequently engage in ______________, actions that may
fall short of outright avoidance but still perpetuate the anxiety reaction.
a. activity scheduling
b. structuring methods
c. full emotional processing
d. safety behaviors - correct answer d. safety behaviors
__________________ is a general term for methods used to help patients stop
behaviors that are perpetuating their disorder.
a. response prevention
b. exposure
c. full emotional processing
d. cognitive restructuring - correct answer a. response prevention
Mood shifts are especially useful in uncovering automatic thoughts because they
typically generate cognitions that are emotionally charged, immediate, and of high
personal relevance.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
Writing automatic thoughts down on paper (or using a computer or smartphone) is one
of the most helpful and frequently used CBT techniques.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
________________ involves helping patients relive important events in their
imagination to get in touch with the thoughts and feelings they had when the events
occurred.
a. role-play
b. imagery
c. cognitive restructuring
d. guided discovery - correct answer b. imagery
Socratic questioning is the backbone of cognitive interventions to change dysfunctional
thinking.
a. True
_____________ is programmed into BA from the start and is increasingly a central
focus of sessions as the course of treatment comes to a close.
a. practice
b. feedback
c. full emotional processing
d. relapse prevention - correct answer d. relapse prevention
Key strategies of _______________ include:
-Identifying the ingredients of antidepressant behaviors
-Expanding activation to other life contexts
-Identifying and preparing for high-risk situations
-Using booster and maintenance sessions
a. feedback
b. full emotional processing
c. activity scheduling
d. relapse prevention - correct answer d. relapse prevention
When a skill trained in one context is generalized, that means it transfers to other
contexts.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
Behaviorists often differentiate between two types of generalization, stimulus and
response generalization.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
_________________ occurs when the same response occurs in the presence of
different contextual factors.
a. Stimulus generalization
b. Response generalization - correct answer a. Stimulus generalization
_________________ refers to instances when responses themselves change in nature
over time and in varying contexts.
a. Stimulus generalization
b. Response generalization - correct answer b. Response generalization
As clients' ability to generalize adaptive behavior increases, the likelihood of relapse
decreases.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
,Generalization is most likely to occur when clients' new antidepressant behaviors (e.g.
going out with friends or accomplishing tasks at home) are reinforced by significant
others and depressed behaviors (e.g., staying in bed) are extinguished.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
Which of the following are core ingredients of BA?
a. teaching clients to activate in the face of depression
b. teaching clients to recognize and modify avoidance behaviors
c. teaching clients to maintain healthy routines
d. all of the above - correct answer d. all of the above
In preparation for ending BA, it is critical to identify potential high-risk situations for
clients that may increase their vulnerability to relapse in the future. Returning to the
case formulation can be of enormous assistance in the process of identifying high-risk
situations.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
It often is helpful for clients to know that they can return for brief periods, or "booster
sessions," in the future if they have slipped back into old patterns or are experiencing a
period of depressive relapse.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
How would Martell et al. answer the question "What is the one thing that you hope
clinicians will remember about BA?"
a. practice empathy
b. activate
c. model emotion
d. restructure thoughts - correct answer b. activate
Assessment addresses the frequency and range of client activities as well as the
function.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
Monitoring helps to inform action plans; without activity monitoring, it is difficult (if not
impossible!) to identify effective targets for activation.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
In BA, validation is the process of communicating that it makes perfect sense that the
client sitting across the room feels and acts as they do in the moment AND that efforts
to change are critical if one is to feel better.
a. True
,b. False - correct answer a. True
Behavioral Activation conceptualizes thinking as _______________________.
a. private behavior
b. full emotional processing
c. feedback
d. activity scheduling - correct answer a. private behavior
The process of ruminating keeps clients stuck in negative states and almost invariably
results in disengagement from the environment.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
Which of the following is an intervention for ruminative thinking?
a. Highlighting the consequences of ruminating
b. Problem solving
c. Attending closely to sensory experience
d. Refocusing on the task at hand
e. Distracting oneself from the ruminative thoughts
f. All of the above - correct answer f. All of the above
Because avoidance is rewarded with emotional relief, the avoidant behavior is more
likely to occur again when the person is faced with the same or similar circumstances.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
When obsessional thoughts occur in persons with OCD, compulsive rituals are often
used to stop the thoughts. When the obsession is counteracted (and thus avoided) with
the compulsive behavior, anxiety is reduced. Therefore, the compulsive act is reinforced
as a coping strategy because it dampens or turns off the aversive obsessional thought.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
________________________ is a process of reducing emotional arousal by helping the
client experience a positive or healthy emotion that counteracts a dysphoric response.
a. exposure
b. reciprocal inhibition
c. response prevention
d. positive thinking - correct answer b. reciprocal inhibition
Part of why ___________________ works, is fear is generally time limited because
physiological arousal cannot be maintained at a heightened state indefinitely. Fatigue
occurs, and in the absence of new sources of arousal, the person will begin to adapt to
the situation.
a. exposure
b. reciprocal inhibition
, c. activity scheduling
d. feedback - correct answer a. exposure
Decatastrophizing is an example of a ________________ method that can help in the
unpairing of anxiety responses from their stimuli.
a. full emotional processing
b. activity scheduling
c. cognitive restructuring
d. feedback - correct answer c. cognitive restructuring
Patients with anxiety disorders frequently engage in ______________, actions that may
fall short of outright avoidance but still perpetuate the anxiety reaction.
a. activity scheduling
b. structuring methods
c. full emotional processing
d. safety behaviors - correct answer d. safety behaviors
__________________ is a general term for methods used to help patients stop
behaviors that are perpetuating their disorder.
a. response prevention
b. exposure
c. full emotional processing
d. cognitive restructuring - correct answer a. response prevention
Mood shifts are especially useful in uncovering automatic thoughts because they
typically generate cognitions that are emotionally charged, immediate, and of high
personal relevance.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
Writing automatic thoughts down on paper (or using a computer or smartphone) is one
of the most helpful and frequently used CBT techniques.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
________________ involves helping patients relive important events in their
imagination to get in touch with the thoughts and feelings they had when the events
occurred.
a. role-play
b. imagery
c. cognitive restructuring
d. guided discovery - correct answer b. imagery
Socratic questioning is the backbone of cognitive interventions to change dysfunctional
thinking.
a. True
