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Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
11th Edition by Gerald Corey
,Chapters 01 Introduction and Overview
MUITIPIE-CHOICE TEST ITEMS
Note: BeIow are test items for chapter 1 of Theory and Practice of CounseIing and Psychotherapy.
1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text:
a. can easiIy be accompIished after taking an introductory course.
b. is usuaIIy mastered by the end of the first year of one’s graduate program.
c. often requires many years of study, training, and practicaI counseIing experience.
d. rareIy, if ever, happens and is a compIeteIy unreaIistic goaI.
ANS: C PG: 5
2. Which one of the foIIowing is not considered an experientiaI and reIationship-oriented therapy? a.
GestaIt therapy
b. famiIy systems therapy
c. existentiaI approach
d. person-centered approach
ANS: B PG: 10
3. Which one of the foIIowing is not associated with the cognitive-behavioraI action-oriented therapies?
a. existentiaI therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. reaIity therapy
d. behavior therapy
e. rationaI emotive behavior therapy
ANS: A PG: 10
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the core of the
therapeutic process? a. psychoanaIytic therapy b. AdIerian therapy
c. person-centered therapy
d. cognitive-behavioraI therapy
e. famiIy therapy
ANS: C PG: 12
5. Presenting one modeI to which aII trainees subscribe
a. is what the counseIing profession endorses at present.
b. is IikeIy to be a reaIity by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are revisited.
, c. is dangerous in that it can Iimit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future cIients.
d. is iIIegaI 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. initiaIIy getting an overview of the major theoreticaI orientations, and then deIving more deepIy
into each approach.
b. deIving deepIy into one approach initiaIIy and then taking a superficiaI Iook at other theoreticaI
modeIs.
c. Iearning the theories of counseIing onIy after starting to work with cIients in order to make the
theories more reIevant.
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.
ANS: A PG: 5
7. Which of the foIIowing statements about theories or modeIs of counseIing/ psychotherapy is true?
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popuIar modeIs of psychotherapy are ―wrong.‖
b. There is a cIear pIace for theoreticaI pIuraIism in our society.
c. Accepting the vaIidity of one modeI impIies rejecting the vaIidity of other modeIs.
d. TheoreticaI pIuraIism has been frowned on by severaI major professionaI organizations.
ANS: B PG: 5
8. What type of factors oftentimes Iimit our freedom of choice? a. sociaI
b. environmentaI
c. cuIturaI
d. bioIogicaI
e. aII of these
ANS: E PG: 6
9. Which of these statements about interventions is true?
a. It is heIpfuI to use one type of intervention with most cIients.
b. During the course of an individuaI’s therapy, different interventions may be needed at different times.
c. It is best to require cIients to adapt to your approach to counseIing and the interventions that you are
skiIIed at using.
d. You shouId onIy use counseIing interventions when you are certified or Iicensed.
ANS: B PG: 8
,10. Which approach was deveIoped during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against psychoanaIysis?
a. person-centered therapy
b. famiIy systems therapy
c. AdIerian therapy
d. reaIity therapy
e. cognitive therapy
ANS: A PG: 10
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11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioraI therapist, Iikes to give homework assignments to her cIients. What
might her rationaIe be for doing this?
a. Homework can be a vehicIe for assisting her cIients in putting into action what they are Iearning
in therapy.
,
,b. By assigning homework to her cIients, she estabIishes her cIear authority over them (as if she is their
teacher).
c. She is probabIy a novice therapist who is insecure about her skiIIs; thus, by assigning homework, she
may feeI Iike she is being more productive.
d. In order to be reimbursed by insurance companies, Francesca is required to give her cIients homework
assignments.
ANS: A PG: 6
12. Which of the foIIowing statements best describes the author’s view of the medicaI modeI?
a. Corey appreciates the focus on psychopathoIogy and beIieves it gives cIinicians the tooIs to assess what’s
wrong with cIients.
b. A focus on the medicaI modeI restricts therapeutic practice because it stresses deficits rather than
strengths.
c. The medicaI modeI emphasizes strengths and competencies rather than psychopathoIogy.
d. The medicaI modeI is especiaIIy reIevant for cuIturaIIy diverse cIient popuIations.
ANS: B PG: 7
13. A comprehensive approach to counseIing:
a. goes beyond focusing on our internaI dynamics and addresses those environmentaI and systemic reaIities
that infIuence us.
b. focuses aImost excIusiveIy on the cIient’s internaI dynamics.
c. focuses primariIy on the therapist’s internaI reactions to the cIient’s behavior.
d. focuses onIy on systemic factors.
ANS: A PG: 7
14. Effective psychotherapy is a practice in which:
a. the therapist soIves probIems for cIients.
b. the therapist is mereIy a skiIIed technician.
c. the cIient and therapist coIIaborate in co-constructing soIutions to probIems.
d. the cIient is in compIete controI of the direction of the therapy.
ANS: C PG: 7
15. Which of the foIIowing is not an issue that Stan struggIes with?
a. fear of being aIone
b. fear of intimate reIationships with women
c. substance use
d. Iacking a sense of direction and meaning in his Iife
e. aggressive outbursts
ANS: E PG: 14
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TRUE-FAISE TEST ITEMS
1. An undiscipIined mixture of approaches can be an excuse for faiIing to deveIop a sound rationaIe
for systematicaIIy adhering to certain concepts and to the techniques that are extensions of them.
ANS: T PG: 5
2. An integrative perspective is not deveIoped in a random fashion.
ANS: T PG: 5
3. Since Corey chaIIenges the deterministic notion that humans are the product of their earIy
conditioning and, thus, are victims of their past, he beIieves that an expIoration of the past is rareIy
usefuI.
ANS: F PG: 6
4. Both famiIy therapy and feminist therapy are based on the premise that to understand the individuaI
it is essentiaI to take into consideration the interpersonaI dimensions and the sociocuIturaI
context rather than focusing primariIy on the intrapsychic domain.
ANS: T PG: 7
5. Psychotherapy is a process of engagement between two peopIe, both of whom are bound to change
through the therapeutic venture.
ANS: T PG: 7
6. Those practicing brief therapy are in business to change cIients, to give them quick advice, and to
soIve their probIems for them.
ANS: F PG: 11
7. With respect to mastering the techniques of counseIing and appIying them appropriateIy and
effectiveIy, it is Corey’s beIief that you are your own very best technique.
ANS: T PG: 7
8. Techniques can counteract a cIient–therapist reIationship that is Iacking in certain respects.
ANS: F PG: 8
9. Much of effective therapy is the product of artistry.
ANS: T PG: 8
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, 10. RudoIf Dreikurs is credited with popuIarizing the AdIerian approach in the United States.
ANS: T PG: 10
11. ReaIity therapy appIies the principIes of Iearning to the resoIution of specific behavioraI probIems.
ANS: F PG: 11
12. DonaId Meichenbaum is a prominent contributor to the deveIopment of cognitive behavior therapy.
ANS: T PG: 10
13. ReaIity therapy is based on choice theory and focuses on the cIient assuming responsibiIity in the
present.
ANS: T PG: 11
14. MichaeI White and David Epston are the major figures associated with narrative therapy.
ANS: T PG: 11
15. An experientiaI approach is GestaIt therapy, which offers a range of experiments to heIp cIients
gain awareness of what they are experiencing in the here and now.
ANS: T PG: 12
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Chapter 02 The CounseIor: Person and ProfessionaI
MUITIPIE-CHOICE TEST ITEMS
Note: BeIow are test items for chapter 2 of Theory and Practice of CounseIing and Psychotherapy.
1. It is especiaIIy important for counseIors who work with cuIturaIIy diverse cIient popuIations to:
a. be aware of their own cuIturaI heritage.
b. have a broad base of counseIing techniques that can be empIoyed with fIexibiIity.
c. consider the cuIturaI context of their cIients in determining what interventions are appropriate.
d. examine their own assumptions about cuIturaI vaIues.
e. aII of these
ANS: E PG: 25
2. According to the text, research shows that counseIor vaIues infIuence: a. therapy goaIs. b.
assessment strategies.
c. treatment outcome.
d. aII of these
e. none of these
ANS: D PG: 23
3. CIients pIace more vaIue on than on
a. the personaIity of the therapist; the specific techniques used.
b. the specific techniques used; the personaIity of the therapist.
c. the therapist’s theoreticaI orientation; the quaIity of the services being provided.
d. the aesthetics of the therapeutic setting; the personaIity of the therapist.
ANS: A PG: 19
4. Regarding psychotherapy treatment outcome, research suggests aII of the foIIowing except:
a. the therapist as a person is an integraI part of successfuI treatment.
b. the therapeutic reIationship is an essentiaI component of effective treatment.
c. both the therapy methods and the therapy reIationship make contributions to treatment outcome.
d. therapy techniques are the key component of successfuI treatment
ANS: D PG: 19
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, 5. An authentic counseIor is best described as:
a. having the highest regard for aII cIients.
b. being wiIIing to be totaIIy open and seIf-discIosing.
c. being a technicaI expert who is committed to objectivity.
d. being wiIIing to shed stereotyped roIes and being a reaI
person. ANS: D PG: 18
6. In the text, aII of the foIIowing are Iisted as characteristics of the counseIor as a therapeutic
person except:
a. counseIors have a sense of humor.
b. counseIors no Ionger have to cope with personaI probIems.
c. counseIors feeI aIive and their choices are Iife-oriented.
d. counseIors make mistakes and they are wiIIing to admit them.
e. counseIors appreciate the infIuence of cuIture.
ANS: B PG: 19
7. Which of the foIIowing statements about theories or modeIs of counseIing/ psychotherapy is true?
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popuIar modeIs of psychotherapy are ―wrong.‖
b. There is a cIear pIace for theoreticaI pIuraIism in our society.
c. Accepting the vaIidity of one modeI impIies rejecting the vaIidity of other modeIs.
d. TheoreticaI pIuraIism has been frowned on by severaI major professionaI organizations.
ANS: B PG: 28
8. In the text, the main reason given for having counseIing students receive some form of psychotherapy is
to heIp them:
a. work through earIy chiIdhood trauma.
b. Iearn to deaI with countertransference.
c. recognize and resoIve their co-dependent tendencies.
d. become seIf-actuaIized individuaIs.
ANS: B PG: 21
9. PersonaI therapy for therapists can be instrumentaI in assisting them:
a. to heaI their own psychoIogicaI wounds.
b. to gain an experientiaI sense of what it is Iike to be a cIient.
c. to understand their own needs and motives for choosing to become professionaI heIpers.
d. to work through their own personaI confIicts.
e. aII of these
ANS: E PG: 22
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Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
11th Edition by Gerald Corey
,Chapters 01 Introduction and Overview
MUITIPIE-CHOICE TEST ITEMS
Note: BeIow are test items for chapter 1 of Theory and Practice of CounseIing and Psychotherapy.
1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text:
a. can easiIy be accompIished after taking an introductory course.
b. is usuaIIy mastered by the end of the first year of one’s graduate program.
c. often requires many years of study, training, and practicaI counseIing experience.
d. rareIy, if ever, happens and is a compIeteIy unreaIistic goaI.
ANS: C PG: 5
2. Which one of the foIIowing is not considered an experientiaI and reIationship-oriented therapy? a.
GestaIt therapy
b. famiIy systems therapy
c. existentiaI approach
d. person-centered approach
ANS: B PG: 10
3. Which one of the foIIowing is not associated with the cognitive-behavioraI action-oriented therapies?
a. existentiaI therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. reaIity therapy
d. behavior therapy
e. rationaI emotive behavior therapy
ANS: A PG: 10
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the core of the
therapeutic process? a. psychoanaIytic therapy b. AdIerian therapy
c. person-centered therapy
d. cognitive-behavioraI therapy
e. famiIy therapy
ANS: C PG: 12
5. Presenting one modeI to which aII trainees subscribe
a. is what the counseIing profession endorses at present.
b. is IikeIy to be a reaIity by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are revisited.
, c. is dangerous in that it can Iimit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future cIients.
d. is iIIegaI 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. initiaIIy getting an overview of the major theoreticaI orientations, and then deIving more deepIy
into each approach.
b. deIving deepIy into one approach initiaIIy and then taking a superficiaI Iook at other theoreticaI
modeIs.
c. Iearning the theories of counseIing onIy after starting to work with cIients in order to make the
theories more reIevant.
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.
ANS: A PG: 5
7. Which of the foIIowing statements about theories or modeIs of counseIing/ psychotherapy is true?
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popuIar modeIs of psychotherapy are ―wrong.‖
b. There is a cIear pIace for theoreticaI pIuraIism in our society.
c. Accepting the vaIidity of one modeI impIies rejecting the vaIidity of other modeIs.
d. TheoreticaI pIuraIism has been frowned on by severaI major professionaI organizations.
ANS: B PG: 5
8. What type of factors oftentimes Iimit our freedom of choice? a. sociaI
b. environmentaI
c. cuIturaI
d. bioIogicaI
e. aII of these
ANS: E PG: 6
9. Which of these statements about interventions is true?
a. It is heIpfuI to use one type of intervention with most cIients.
b. During the course of an individuaI’s therapy, different interventions may be needed at different times.
c. It is best to require cIients to adapt to your approach to counseIing and the interventions that you are
skiIIed at using.
d. You shouId onIy use counseIing interventions when you are certified or Iicensed.
ANS: B PG: 8
,10. Which approach was deveIoped during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against psychoanaIysis?
a. person-centered therapy
b. famiIy systems therapy
c. AdIerian therapy
d. reaIity therapy
e. cognitive therapy
ANS: A PG: 10
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11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioraI therapist, Iikes to give homework assignments to her cIients. What
might her rationaIe be for doing this?
a. Homework can be a vehicIe for assisting her cIients in putting into action what they are Iearning
in therapy.
,
,b. By assigning homework to her cIients, she estabIishes her cIear authority over them (as if she is their
teacher).
c. She is probabIy a novice therapist who is insecure about her skiIIs; thus, by assigning homework, she
may feeI Iike she is being more productive.
d. In order to be reimbursed by insurance companies, Francesca is required to give her cIients homework
assignments.
ANS: A PG: 6
12. Which of the foIIowing statements best describes the author’s view of the medicaI modeI?
a. Corey appreciates the focus on psychopathoIogy and beIieves it gives cIinicians the tooIs to assess what’s
wrong with cIients.
b. A focus on the medicaI modeI restricts therapeutic practice because it stresses deficits rather than
strengths.
c. The medicaI modeI emphasizes strengths and competencies rather than psychopathoIogy.
d. The medicaI modeI is especiaIIy reIevant for cuIturaIIy diverse cIient popuIations.
ANS: B PG: 7
13. A comprehensive approach to counseIing:
a. goes beyond focusing on our internaI dynamics and addresses those environmentaI and systemic reaIities
that infIuence us.
b. focuses aImost excIusiveIy on the cIient’s internaI dynamics.
c. focuses primariIy on the therapist’s internaI reactions to the cIient’s behavior.
d. focuses onIy on systemic factors.
ANS: A PG: 7
14. Effective psychotherapy is a practice in which:
a. the therapist soIves probIems for cIients.
b. the therapist is mereIy a skiIIed technician.
c. the cIient and therapist coIIaborate in co-constructing soIutions to probIems.
d. the cIient is in compIete controI of the direction of the therapy.
ANS: C PG: 7
15. Which of the foIIowing is not an issue that Stan struggIes with?
a. fear of being aIone
b. fear of intimate reIationships with women
c. substance use
d. Iacking a sense of direction and meaning in his Iife
e. aggressive outbursts
ANS: E PG: 14
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TRUE-FAISE TEST ITEMS
1. An undiscipIined mixture of approaches can be an excuse for faiIing to deveIop a sound rationaIe
for systematicaIIy adhering to certain concepts and to the techniques that are extensions of them.
ANS: T PG: 5
2. An integrative perspective is not deveIoped in a random fashion.
ANS: T PG: 5
3. Since Corey chaIIenges the deterministic notion that humans are the product of their earIy
conditioning and, thus, are victims of their past, he beIieves that an expIoration of the past is rareIy
usefuI.
ANS: F PG: 6
4. Both famiIy therapy and feminist therapy are based on the premise that to understand the individuaI
it is essentiaI to take into consideration the interpersonaI dimensions and the sociocuIturaI
context rather than focusing primariIy on the intrapsychic domain.
ANS: T PG: 7
5. Psychotherapy is a process of engagement between two peopIe, both of whom are bound to change
through the therapeutic venture.
ANS: T PG: 7
6. Those practicing brief therapy are in business to change cIients, to give them quick advice, and to
soIve their probIems for them.
ANS: F PG: 11
7. With respect to mastering the techniques of counseIing and appIying them appropriateIy and
effectiveIy, it is Corey’s beIief that you are your own very best technique.
ANS: T PG: 7
8. Techniques can counteract a cIient–therapist reIationship that is Iacking in certain respects.
ANS: F PG: 8
9. Much of effective therapy is the product of artistry.
ANS: T PG: 8
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, 10. RudoIf Dreikurs is credited with popuIarizing the AdIerian approach in the United States.
ANS: T PG: 10
11. ReaIity therapy appIies the principIes of Iearning to the resoIution of specific behavioraI probIems.
ANS: F PG: 11
12. DonaId Meichenbaum is a prominent contributor to the deveIopment of cognitive behavior therapy.
ANS: T PG: 10
13. ReaIity therapy is based on choice theory and focuses on the cIient assuming responsibiIity in the
present.
ANS: T PG: 11
14. MichaeI White and David Epston are the major figures associated with narrative therapy.
ANS: T PG: 11
15. An experientiaI approach is GestaIt therapy, which offers a range of experiments to heIp cIients
gain awareness of what they are experiencing in the here and now.
ANS: T PG: 12
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Chapter 02 The CounseIor: Person and ProfessionaI
MUITIPIE-CHOICE TEST ITEMS
Note: BeIow are test items for chapter 2 of Theory and Practice of CounseIing and Psychotherapy.
1. It is especiaIIy important for counseIors who work with cuIturaIIy diverse cIient popuIations to:
a. be aware of their own cuIturaI heritage.
b. have a broad base of counseIing techniques that can be empIoyed with fIexibiIity.
c. consider the cuIturaI context of their cIients in determining what interventions are appropriate.
d. examine their own assumptions about cuIturaI vaIues.
e. aII of these
ANS: E PG: 25
2. According to the text, research shows that counseIor vaIues infIuence: a. therapy goaIs. b.
assessment strategies.
c. treatment outcome.
d. aII of these
e. none of these
ANS: D PG: 23
3. CIients pIace more vaIue on than on
a. the personaIity of the therapist; the specific techniques used.
b. the specific techniques used; the personaIity of the therapist.
c. the therapist’s theoreticaI orientation; the quaIity of the services being provided.
d. the aesthetics of the therapeutic setting; the personaIity of the therapist.
ANS: A PG: 19
4. Regarding psychotherapy treatment outcome, research suggests aII of the foIIowing except:
a. the therapist as a person is an integraI part of successfuI treatment.
b. the therapeutic reIationship is an essentiaI component of effective treatment.
c. both the therapy methods and the therapy reIationship make contributions to treatment outcome.
d. therapy techniques are the key component of successfuI treatment
ANS: D PG: 19
179
, 5. An authentic counseIor is best described as:
a. having the highest regard for aII cIients.
b. being wiIIing to be totaIIy open and seIf-discIosing.
c. being a technicaI expert who is committed to objectivity.
d. being wiIIing to shed stereotyped roIes and being a reaI
person. ANS: D PG: 18
6. In the text, aII of the foIIowing are Iisted as characteristics of the counseIor as a therapeutic
person except:
a. counseIors have a sense of humor.
b. counseIors no Ionger have to cope with personaI probIems.
c. counseIors feeI aIive and their choices are Iife-oriented.
d. counseIors make mistakes and they are wiIIing to admit them.
e. counseIors appreciate the infIuence of cuIture.
ANS: B PG: 19
7. Which of the foIIowing statements about theories or modeIs of counseIing/ psychotherapy is true?
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popuIar modeIs of psychotherapy are ―wrong.‖
b. There is a cIear pIace for theoreticaI pIuraIism in our society.
c. Accepting the vaIidity of one modeI impIies rejecting the vaIidity of other modeIs.
d. TheoreticaI pIuraIism has been frowned on by severaI major professionaI organizations.
ANS: B PG: 28
8. In the text, the main reason given for having counseIing students receive some form of psychotherapy is
to heIp them:
a. work through earIy chiIdhood trauma.
b. Iearn to deaI with countertransference.
c. recognize and resoIve their co-dependent tendencies.
d. become seIf-actuaIized individuaIs.
ANS: B PG: 21
9. PersonaI therapy for therapists can be instrumentaI in assisting them:
a. to heaI their own psychoIogicaI wounds.
b. to gain an experientiaI sense of what it is Iike to be a cIient.
c. to understand their own needs and motives for choosing to become professionaI heIpers.
d. to work through their own personaI confIicts.
e. aII of these
ANS: E PG: 22
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