Test Bank For Theory and Practiceof Counseling and Psychotherapy
11thEdition by Corey Complete Guide| Revised Edition 2024-2025
,Test Bank For Theory and Practiceof Counseling and Psychotherapy
11thEdition by Corey Complete Guide| Revised Edition 2024-2025
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 approaches 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.
CORRECT: C PAGE: 5
2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship-
oriented therapy?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. existential approach
d. person-centered
approach CORRECT: B
PAGE: 10
3. Which one of the following 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 CORRECT: APAGE: 10
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes 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
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therapy
CORRECT:
CPAGE: 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.
CORRECT: 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 approach.
b. delving deeply into one approach 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 approach to which s/he subscribes.
CORRECT: A PAGE: 5
7. Which of the following 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.
CORRECT: 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
CORRECT: 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 approach to counseling and the
interventions that you are skilled at using.
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
CORRECT: B PAGE: 8
10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction
against psychoanalysis?
a. person-centered therapy
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11thEdition by Corey Complete Guide| Revised Edition 2024-2025
,Test Bank For Theory and Practiceof Counseling and Psychotherapy
11thEdition by Corey Complete Guide| Revised Edition 2024-2025
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 approaches 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.
CORRECT: C PAGE: 5
2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship-
oriented therapy?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. existential approach
d. person-centered
approach CORRECT: B
PAGE: 10
3. Which one of the following 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 CORRECT: APAGE: 10
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes 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
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,Test Bank For Theory and Practiceof Counseling and Psychotherapy
11thEdition by Corey Complete Guide| Revised Edition 2024-2025
therapy
CORRECT:
CPAGE: 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.
CORRECT: 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 approach.
b. delving deeply into one approach 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 approach to which s/he subscribes.
CORRECT: A PAGE: 5
7. Which of the following 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.
CORRECT: 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
CORRECT: 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 approach to counseling and the
interventions that you are skilled at using.
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
CORRECT: B PAGE: 8
10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction
against psychoanalysis?
a. person-centered therapy
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