Psychotherapy Midterm Test Bank Questions b b b b
1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text: b b b b b b
a. can easily be accomplished after taking an introductory course.
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b. is usually mastered by the end of the first year of one's graduate program.
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c. often requires many years of study, training, and practical counseling e
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xperience.
d. rarely, if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal.: c. often requires m
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any years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
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2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relation-
b b b b b b b b b b b
ship-oriented therapy?
b b
a. Gestalt therapy b
b. family systems therapy
b b
c. existential approach b
d. person-centered approach: b. family systems therapy b b b b b
3. Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitive-
b b b b b b b b b b
behavioral action-oriented therapies? b b
a. existential therapy b
b. cognitive therapy b
c. reality therapy b
d. behavior therapy b
e. rational emotive behavior therapy: a. existential therapy
b b b b b b
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the thera-
b b b b b b b b b
pist as the core of the therapeutic process?
b b b b b b b b
a. psychoanalytic therapy b
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, Psychotherapy Midterm Test Bank Questions b b b b
b. Adlerian therapy b
c. person-centered therapy b
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy b
e. family therapy: c. person-centered therapy
b b b b
5. Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe b b b b b b b
a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
b b b b b b b
b. is likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are re
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visited.
c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse ra
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nge of future clients.
b b b
d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
country.: c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diver
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se range of future clients.
b b b b
6. The author makes a case for:
b b b b b
a. initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then d
b b b b b b b b b b b
elving more deeply into each approach.
b b b b b
b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at
b b b b b b b b b b b b
other theoretical models.
b b b
c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in
b b b b b b b b b b b b
order to make the theories more relevant.
b b b b b b b
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.: a. initially g
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etting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving more dee
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ply into each approach.
b b b
7. Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/ p
b b b b b b b b b b b
sychotherapy is true? b b
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychother-
b b b b b b b b b
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, Psychotherapy Midterm Test Bank Questions b b b b
apy are "wrong."
b b
b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
b b b b b b b b b b
c. Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other m
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odels.
d. Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional o
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rganizations.: b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
b b b b b b b b b b b b
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
b b b b b b b b b
a. social
b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these: e. all of these
b b b b b b
9. Which of these statements about interventions is true?
b b b b b b b
a. It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
b b b b b b b b b b b
b. During the course of an individual's therapy, different interventions may b
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e needed at different times.
b b b b
c. It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and th
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e interventions that you are skilled at using.
b b b b b b b
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or li
b b b b b b b b b b b
censed.: b. During the course of an individual's therapy, different interventions ma
b b b b b b b b b b b
y be needed at different times.
b b b b b
10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reac-
b b b b b b b b b b
tion against psychoanalysis?
b b b
a. person-centered therapy b
3b/b70
, Psychotherapy Midterm Test Bank Questions b b b b
b. family systems therapy b b
c. Adlerian therapy b
d. reality therapy b
e. cognitive therapy: a. person-centered therapy b b b b
11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework as-
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signments to her clients. What might her rationale be for doing this?
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a. Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into action w
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hat they are learning in therapy.
b b b b b
b. By assigning homework to her clients, she establishes her clear authority o
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ver them (as if she is their teacher).
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c. She is probably a novice therapist who is insecure about her skills; thus, b
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y assigning homework, she may feel like she is being more productive.
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d. In order to be reimbursed by insurance companies, Francesca is required t
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o give her clients homework assignments.: a. Homework can be a vehicle for as
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sisting her clients in putting into action what they are learning in therapy.
b b b b b b b b b b b b
12. A comprehensive approach to counseling:
b b b b
a. goes beyond focusing on our internal dynamics and addresses those e
b b b b b b b b b b
nvironmental and systemic realities that influence us. b b b b b b
b. focuses almost exclusively on the client's internal dynamics.
b b b b b b b
c. focuses primarily on the therapist's internal reactions to the client's be-
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havior.
b
d. focuses only on systemic factors.: b. focuses almost exclusively on the client's in
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ternal dynamics. b
13. Which of the following statements best describes the author's view of the m
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edical model? b
a. Corey appreciates the focus on psychopathology and believes it gives
b b b b b b b b b
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1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text: b b b b b b
a. can easily be accomplished after taking an introductory course.
b b b b b b b b
b. is usually mastered by the end of the first year of one's graduate program.
b b b b b b b b b b b b b
c. often requires many years of study, training, and practical counseling e
b b b b b b b b b b
xperience.
d. rarely, if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal.: c. often requires m
b b b b b b b b b b b b b
any years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
b b b b b b b b
2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relation-
b b b b b b b b b b b
ship-oriented therapy?
b b
a. Gestalt therapy b
b. family systems therapy
b b
c. existential approach b
d. person-centered approach: b. family systems therapy b b b b b
3. Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitive-
b b b b b b b b b b
behavioral action-oriented therapies? b b
a. existential therapy b
b. cognitive therapy b
c. reality therapy b
d. behavior therapy b
e. rational emotive behavior therapy: a. existential therapy
b b b b b b
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the thera-
b b b b b b b b b
pist as the core of the therapeutic process?
b b b b b b b b
a. psychoanalytic therapy b
1b/b70
, Psychotherapy Midterm Test Bank Questions b b b b
b. Adlerian therapy b
c. person-centered therapy b
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy b
e. family therapy: c. person-centered therapy
b b b b
5. Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe b b b b b b b
a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
b b b b b b b
b. is likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are re
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
visited.
c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse ra
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
nge of future clients.
b b b
d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
country.: c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diver
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
se range of future clients.
b b b b
6. The author makes a case for:
b b b b b
a. initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then d
b b b b b b b b b b b
elving more deeply into each approach.
b b b b b
b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at
b b b b b b b b b b b b
other theoretical models.
b b b
c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in
b b b b b b b b b b b b
order to make the theories more relevant.
b b b b b b b
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.: a. initially g
b b b b b b b b b b b b
etting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving more dee
b b b b b b b b b b b b
ply into each approach.
b b b
7. Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/ p
b b b b b b b b b b b
sychotherapy is true? b b
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychother-
b b b b b b b b b
2b/b70
, Psychotherapy Midterm Test Bank Questions b b b b
apy are "wrong."
b b
b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
b b b b b b b b b b
c. Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other m
b b b b b b b b b b b b
odels.
d. Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional o
b b b b b b b b b b
rganizations.: b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
b b b b b b b b b b b b
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
b b b b b b b b b
a. social
b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these: e. all of these
b b b b b b
9. Which of these statements about interventions is true?
b b b b b b b
a. It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
b b b b b b b b b b b
b. During the course of an individual's therapy, different interventions may b
b b b b b b b b b b
e needed at different times.
b b b b
c. It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and th
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
e interventions that you are skilled at using.
b b b b b b b
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or li
b b b b b b b b b b b
censed.: b. During the course of an individual's therapy, different interventions ma
b b b b b b b b b b b
y be needed at different times.
b b b b b
10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reac-
b b b b b b b b b b
tion against psychoanalysis?
b b b
a. person-centered therapy b
3b/b70
, Psychotherapy Midterm Test Bank Questions b b b b
b. family systems therapy b b
c. Adlerian therapy b
d. reality therapy b
e. cognitive therapy: a. person-centered therapy b b b b
11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework as-
b b b b b b b b b
signments to her clients. What might her rationale be for doing this?
b b b b b b b b b b b b
a. Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into action w
b b b b b b b b b b b b b
hat they are learning in therapy.
b b b b b
b. By assigning homework to her clients, she establishes her clear authority o
b b b b b b b b b b b
ver them (as if she is their teacher).
b b b b b b b
c. She is probably a novice therapist who is insecure about her skills; thus, b
b b b b b b b b b b b b b
y assigning homework, she may feel like she is being more productive.
b b b b b b b b b b b
d. In order to be reimbursed by insurance companies, Francesca is required t
b b b b b b b b b b b
o give her clients homework assignments.: a. Homework can be a vehicle for as
b b b b b b b b b b b b b
sisting her clients in putting into action what they are learning in therapy.
b b b b b b b b b b b b
12. A comprehensive approach to counseling:
b b b b
a. goes beyond focusing on our internal dynamics and addresses those e
b b b b b b b b b b
nvironmental and systemic realities that influence us. b b b b b b
b. focuses almost exclusively on the client's internal dynamics.
b b b b b b b
c. focuses primarily on the therapist's internal reactions to the client's be-
b b b b b b b b b b
havior.
b
d. focuses only on systemic factors.: b. focuses almost exclusively on the client's in
b b b b b b b b b b b b
ternal dynamics. b
13. Which of the following statements best describes the author's view of the m
b b b b b b b b b b b b
edical model? b
a. Corey appreciates the focus on psychopathology and believes it gives
b b b b b b b b b
4b/b70
