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Introduction and Overview ss ss
MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST ITEMS ss ss
Note: Below are test items for chapter 1 of Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy.
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1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text: ss ss ss ss ss ss
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 experience.
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d. rarely, if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal.
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ANS: C ss PG: 5 ss
2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented therapy?
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a. Gestalt therapy ss
b. family systems therapy ss ss
c. existential approach ss
d. person-centered
approach
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ANS: B PG: 10 s s ss ss
3. Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action-oriented
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therapies?
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a. existential therapy ss
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b. cognitive therapy ss
c. reality therapy ss
d. behavior therapy ss
e. rational emotive behavior ss ss
therapy
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ANS: APG: 10 s s ss
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist
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as the core of the therapeutic process?
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a. psychoanalytic therapy ss
b. Adlerian therapy ss
c. person-centered therapy ss
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy s s
e. family
therapy
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ANS: CPG: 12 s s ss
5. Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe
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a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
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b. is likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are revisited.
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c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future
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clients.
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d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country.
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ANS: C ss PG: 5 ss
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6. The author makes a case for:
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a. initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving more
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ss deeply into each approach. ss ss ss
b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at other
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theoretical models.
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c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in order to
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ss make the theories more relevant.
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d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.
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ANS: A ss PG: 5 ss
7. Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/ psychotherapy is true?
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a. Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychotherapy are ―wrong.‖
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b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
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c. Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other models.
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d. Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional organizations.
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ANS: B ss PG: 5 ss
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
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a. social
b. environmental
c. cultural
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