Test Bank for Theory and Practice of Counseling and
Psychotherapy 10th Edition by Gerald Corey
,Chapters 01
Introduction and Overview
MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST ITEMS
Note: Below are test items for chapter 1 of Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy.
1. Synthesizing the perspectives covered in the text:
a. can easily be accomplished after taking an introductory course.
b. is usually mastered by the end of the first year of one’s graduate program.
c. often requires many years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
d. rarely, if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal.
✔ANS✔✔ C PAGE: 5
2. Which one of these is not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented therapy?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. existential perspective
d. person-centered
perspective ✔ANS✔✔ B PAGE:
10
3. Which one of these is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action-oriented therapies?
a. existential therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. reality therapy
d. behavior therapy
e. rational emotive behavior therapy
✔ANS✔✔ A PAGE: 10
4. Which humanistic perspective insists on the basic attitudes of the therapist as the
core of the therapeutic process?
a. psychoanalytic therapy
b. Adlerian therapy
c. person-centered therapy
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy
e. family therapy
✔ANS✔✔ C PAGE:
12
5. Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe
a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
b. is likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are revisited.
c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future clients.
d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country.
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,✔ANS✔✔ C PAGE: 5
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6. The author makes a case for:
a. initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving more deeply into
each perspective.
b. delving deeply into one perspective initially and then taking a superficial look at 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 perspective to which s/he subscribes.
✔ANS✔✔ A PAGE: 5
7. Which of these statements about theories or models of counseling/ psychotherapy is true?
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychotherapy 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 models.
d. Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional organizations.
✔ANS✔✔ B PAGE: 5
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
a. social
b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these
✔ANS✔✔ E PAGE: 6
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 be needed at different times.
c. It is best to require clients to adapt to your perspective to counseling and the interventions that you
are skilled at using.
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
✔ANS✔✔ B PAGE: 8
10. Which perspective was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against psychoanalysis?
a. person-centered therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. Adlerian therapy
d. reality therapy
e. cognitive therapy
✔ANS✔✔ A
PAGE: 10
11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients. What
might her rationale be for doing this?
a. Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into action what they are learning in
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Psychotherapy 10th Edition by Gerald Corey
,Chapters 01
Introduction and Overview
MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST ITEMS
Note: Below are test items for chapter 1 of Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy.
1. Synthesizing the perspectives covered in the text:
a. can easily be accomplished after taking an introductory course.
b. is usually mastered by the end of the first year of one’s graduate program.
c. often requires many years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
d. rarely, if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal.
✔ANS✔✔ C PAGE: 5
2. Which one of these is not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented therapy?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. existential perspective
d. person-centered
perspective ✔ANS✔✔ B PAGE:
10
3. Which one of these is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action-oriented therapies?
a. existential therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. reality therapy
d. behavior therapy
e. rational emotive behavior therapy
✔ANS✔✔ A PAGE: 10
4. Which humanistic perspective insists on the basic attitudes of the therapist as the
core of the therapeutic process?
a. psychoanalytic therapy
b. Adlerian therapy
c. person-centered therapy
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy
e. family therapy
✔ANS✔✔ C PAGE:
12
5. Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe
a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
b. is likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are revisited.
c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future clients.
d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country.
178
,✔ANS✔✔ C PAGE: 5
178
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6. The author makes a case for:
a. initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving more deeply into
each perspective.
b. delving deeply into one perspective initially and then taking a superficial look at 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 perspective to which s/he subscribes.
✔ANS✔✔ A PAGE: 5
7. Which of these statements about theories or models of counseling/ psychotherapy is true?
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychotherapy 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 models.
d. Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional organizations.
✔ANS✔✔ B PAGE: 5
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
a. social
b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these
✔ANS✔✔ E PAGE: 6
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 be needed at different times.
c. It is best to require clients to adapt to your perspective to counseling and the interventions that you
are skilled at using.
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
✔ANS✔✔ B PAGE: 8
10. Which perspective was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against psychoanalysis?
a. person-centered therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. Adlerian therapy
d. reality therapy
e. cognitive therapy
✔ANS✔✔ A
PAGE: 10
11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients. What
might her rationale be for doing this?
a. Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into action what they are learning in
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