Test Bank for Theory and Practice
of Counseling and Psychotherapy
11th Edition by Gerald Corey (10th
Edition) Chapter 1 to Chapter 11
Abundant research indicates the centrality of the person of the therapist as
a primary factor in successful therapy.
a. True b. False
True
Clients place more value on the specific techniques used rather than on the
personality of the therapist.
a. True b. False
False
Meta-analyses of studies on therapeutic effectiveness have shown that
techniques have relatively little effect on therapeutic outcome.
a. True b. False
True
As a therapist, it is your function to persuade clients to accept or adopt your
value system since it has been perfected through years of training.
a. True b. False
,False
It is impossible for human beings to maintain a sense of objectivity; thus,
therapists who attempt to maintain objectivity are fooling themselves.
a. True b. False
False
If clients express a desire for you to give them answers, you should do so.
a. True b. False
False
It is a professional obligation, not an ethical obligation, for counselors to
develop sensitivity to their clients' cultural differences.
a. True b. False
False
Most beginning counselors have ambivalent feelings when meeting their
first clients.
a. True b. False
True
,Judging the appropriate amount of self-disclosure is a problem only for new
counselors.
a. True b. False
False
Counselors who leave their reactions and selves out of their clinical work
a. is definitely practicing in an unethical manner and might be violating laws
depending on the state in which they are practicing.
b. are most likely psychodynamic practitioners who are creating the analytic
framework.
c. is likely to be ineffective counselors and merely technical experts.
d. has mastered setting good boundaries in therapy
c. is likely to be ineffective counselors and merely technical experts
Which of the following statements about effective counselors is not true?
a. Effective therapists make mistakes and are willing to admit them.
b. Effective therapists are certain that their knowledge about human nature
is correct.
c. Effective therapists are committed to living fully rather than settling for
mere existence.
d. Effective therapists appreciate the influence of culture.
b. Effective therapists are certain that their knowledge about human
nature is correct.
, _____________ factors include the alliance, the relationship, the personal
and interpersonal skills of the therapist, client agency, and extra-
therapeutic factors.
a. Subjective
b. Technical
c. Contextual
d. Phenomenological
c. Contextual
Considerable evidence indicates that the _______________ of the
psychotherapist is inextricably intertwined with the outcome of
psychotherapy.
a. person
b. socioeconomic status
c. décor of the office
d. genetic makeup
a. person
Linda, a licensed therapist with strong negative opinions about
homosexuality and gay marriage, believes that her clients Joe and Robert
should dissolve their gay relationship and give heterosexuality a chance.
Linda is
a. being true to her own values; thus, her advice to Joe and Robert is
ethical.
of Counseling and Psychotherapy
11th Edition by Gerald Corey (10th
Edition) Chapter 1 to Chapter 11
Abundant research indicates the centrality of the person of the therapist as
a primary factor in successful therapy.
a. True b. False
True
Clients place more value on the specific techniques used rather than on the
personality of the therapist.
a. True b. False
False
Meta-analyses of studies on therapeutic effectiveness have shown that
techniques have relatively little effect on therapeutic outcome.
a. True b. False
True
As a therapist, it is your function to persuade clients to accept or adopt your
value system since it has been perfected through years of training.
a. True b. False
,False
It is impossible for human beings to maintain a sense of objectivity; thus,
therapists who attempt to maintain objectivity are fooling themselves.
a. True b. False
False
If clients express a desire for you to give them answers, you should do so.
a. True b. False
False
It is a professional obligation, not an ethical obligation, for counselors to
develop sensitivity to their clients' cultural differences.
a. True b. False
False
Most beginning counselors have ambivalent feelings when meeting their
first clients.
a. True b. False
True
,Judging the appropriate amount of self-disclosure is a problem only for new
counselors.
a. True b. False
False
Counselors who leave their reactions and selves out of their clinical work
a. is definitely practicing in an unethical manner and might be violating laws
depending on the state in which they are practicing.
b. are most likely psychodynamic practitioners who are creating the analytic
framework.
c. is likely to be ineffective counselors and merely technical experts.
d. has mastered setting good boundaries in therapy
c. is likely to be ineffective counselors and merely technical experts
Which of the following statements about effective counselors is not true?
a. Effective therapists make mistakes and are willing to admit them.
b. Effective therapists are certain that their knowledge about human nature
is correct.
c. Effective therapists are committed to living fully rather than settling for
mere existence.
d. Effective therapists appreciate the influence of culture.
b. Effective therapists are certain that their knowledge about human
nature is correct.
, _____________ factors include the alliance, the relationship, the personal
and interpersonal skills of the therapist, client agency, and extra-
therapeutic factors.
a. Subjective
b. Technical
c. Contextual
d. Phenomenological
c. Contextual
Considerable evidence indicates that the _______________ of the
psychotherapist is inextricably intertwined with the outcome of
psychotherapy.
a. person
b. socioeconomic status
c. décor of the office
d. genetic makeup
a. person
Linda, a licensed therapist with strong negative opinions about
homosexuality and gay marriage, believes that her clients Joe and Robert
should dissolve their gay relationship and give heterosexuality a chance.
Linda is
a. being true to her own values; thus, her advice to Joe and Robert is
ethical.
