THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY 11TH EDITION BY GERALD COREY COREY
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THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY 11TH EDITION BY GERALD COREY
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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.
ANS >> C PG: 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 ANS >> B PG: 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 ANS >> A PG: 10
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the core of
thetherapeutic process? a. psychoanalytic therapy
b. Adlerian therapy
c. person-centered therapy
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy
e. family
therapy ANS >> C
PG: 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
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clients.
d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country.
ANS >> C PG: 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 intoeach approach.
b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at other
theoreticalmodels.
c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in order to
make thetheories more relevant.
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.
ANS >> A PG: 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.
ANS >> B PG: 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 PG: 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 areskilled at using.
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d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
ANS >> B PG: 8
10. Which approach 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 PG: 10
11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her
clients. Whatmight her rationale be for doing this?
a. Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into action what they are
learning intherapy.
b. By assigning homework to her clients, she establishes her clear authority over them (as if
she is theirteacher).
c. She is probably a novice therapist who is insecure about her skills; thus, by assigning homework,
she mayfeel like she is being more productive.
d. In order to be reimbursed by insurance companies, Francesca is required to give her clients
homeworkassignments.
ANS >> A PG: 6
12. Which of the following statements best describes the author’s view of the medical model?
a. Corey appreciates the focus on psychopathology and believes it gives clinicians the tools to
assess what’swrong with clients.
b. A focus on the medical model restricts therapeutic practice because it stresses deficits
rather thanstrengths.
c. The medical model emphasizes strengths and competencies rather than psychopathology.
d. The medical model is especially relevant for culturally diverse client populations.
ANS >> B PG: 7
13. A comprehensive approach to counseling:
a. goes beyond focusing on our internal dynamics and addresses those environmental and
systemic realitiesthat influence us.
b. focuses almost exclusively on the client’s internal dynamics.
c. focuses primarily on the therapist’s internal reactions to the client’s behavior.
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