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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:gg gg gg gg gg gg
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 gg PG: 5 gg
2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented therapy?
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a. Gestalt therapy gg
b. family systems therapy gg gg
c. existential approach gg
d. person-centered approach gg
gg ANS: g g B PG: 10
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3. Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action-oriented therapies?
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a. existential therapy gg
b. cognitive therapy gg
c. reality therapy gg
d. behavior therapy gg
e. rational emotive behavior gg gg
therapy ANS:
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4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as
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the core of the therapeutic process?
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a. psychoanalytic therapy gg
b. Adlerian therapy gg
c. person-centered therapy gg
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy gg
e. family
therapy ANS:
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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. gg
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 gg PG: 5 gg
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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 deeply
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into each approach.
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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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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 gg PG: 5 gg
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 gg PG: 5 gg
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
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a. social
b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these
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ANS: E gg PG: 6 g g
9. Which of these statements about interventions is true?
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a. It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
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b. During the course of an individual’s therapy, different interventions may be needed at different times.
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c. It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and the interventions that you
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are skilled at using.
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d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
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ANS: B gg PG: 8 gg
10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against psychoanalysis?
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a. person-centered therapy gg
b. family systems therapy gg gg
c. Adlerian therapy gg
d. reality therapy gg
e. cognitive therapy gg
gg ANS: A gg PG:
10
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11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients.
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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 what they are
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learning in therapy.
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b. By assigning homework to her clients, she establishes her clear authority over them (as if she is
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their teacher).
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c. She is probably a novice therapist who is insecure about her skills; thus, by assigning
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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 to give her clients
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homework assignments.
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ANS: A gg PG: 6 gg
12. Which of the following statements best describes the author’s view of the medical model?
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a. Corey appreciates the focus on psychopathology and believes it gives clinicians the tools to assess
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what’s wrong with clients.
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b. A focus on the medical model restricts therapeutic practice because it stresses deficits rather
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than strengths.
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c. The medical model emphasizes strengths and competencies rather than psychopathology.
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d. The medical model is especially relevant for culturally diverse client populations.
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ANS: B gg PG: 7 gg
13. A comprehensive approach to counseling:
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a. goes beyond focusing on our internal dynamics and addresses those environmental and systemic
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realities that influence us.
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b. focuses almost exclusively on the client’s internal dynamics.
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c. focuses primarily on the therapist’s internal reactions to the client’s behavior.
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d. focuses only on systemic factors. gg gg gg gg
ANS: A gg PG: 7 gg
14. Effective psychotherapy is a practice in which: gg gg gg gg gg gg
a. the therapist solves problems for clients.
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b. the therapist is merely a skilled technician.
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c. the client and therapist collaborate in co-constructing solutions to problems.
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d. the client is in complete control of the direction of the therapy.
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ANS: C gg PG: 7 gg
15. Which of the following is not an issue that Stan struggles with?
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a. fear of being alone gg gg gg
b. fear of intimate relationships with women
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c. substance use gg
d. lacking a sense of direction and meaning in his life
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e. aggressive outbursts gg
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TRUE-FALSE TEST ITEMS gg gg
1. An undisciplined mixture of approaches can be an excuse for failing to develop a sound
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rationale for systematically adhering to certain concepts and to the techniques that are
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extensions of them. gg gg gg
ANS: T gg PG: 5 gg
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Introduction and Overview gg gg
MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST ITEMS gg gg
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:gg gg gg gg gg gg
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 gg PG: 5 gg
2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented therapy?
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a. Gestalt therapy gg
b. family systems therapy gg gg
c. existential approach gg
d. person-centered approach gg
gg ANS: g g B PG: 10
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3. Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action-oriented therapies?
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
a. existential therapy gg
b. cognitive therapy gg
c. reality therapy gg
d. behavior therapy gg
e. rational emotive behavior gg gg
therapy ANS:
gg gg g g APG: 10 gg
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
the core of the therapeutic process?
gg gg gg gg gg gg
a. psychoanalytic therapy gg
b. Adlerian therapy gg
c. person-centered therapy gg
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy gg
e. family
therapy ANS:
gg gg
g g CPG: 12 gg
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.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
clients. gg
d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
ANS: C gg PG: 5 gg
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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 deeply
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
into each approach.
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b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at other
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
theoretical models.
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c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in order to
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
make the theories more relevant.
gg gg gg gg gg
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
ANS: A gg PG: 5 gg
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.‖
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
c. Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other models.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
d. Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional organizations.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
ANS: B gg PG: 5 gg
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
a. social
b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these
gg gg
ANS: E gg PG: 6 g g
9. Which of these statements about interventions is true?
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a. It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
b. During the course of an individual’s therapy, different interventions may be needed at different times.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
c. It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and the interventions that you
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
are skilled at using.
gg gg gg gg
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
ANS: B gg PG: 8 gg
10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against psychoanalysis?
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
a. person-centered therapy gg
b. family systems therapy gg gg
c. Adlerian therapy gg
d. reality therapy gg
e. cognitive therapy gg
gg ANS: A gg PG:
10
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11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients.
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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 what they are
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
learning in therapy.
gg gg gg
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b. By assigning homework to her clients, she establishes her clear authority over them (as if she is
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
their teacher).
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c. She is probably a novice therapist who is insecure about her skills; thus, by assigning
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
homework, she may feel like she is being more productive.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
d. In order to be reimbursed by insurance companies, Francesca is required to give her clients
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
homework assignments.
gg gg
ANS: A gg PG: 6 gg
12. Which of the following statements best describes the author’s view of the medical model?
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a. Corey appreciates the focus on psychopathology and believes it gives clinicians the tools to assess
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
what’s wrong with clients.
gg gg gg gg
b. A focus on the medical model restricts therapeutic practice because it stresses deficits rather
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
than strengths.
gg gg
c. The medical model emphasizes strengths and competencies rather than psychopathology.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
d. The medical model is especially relevant for culturally diverse client populations.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
ANS: B gg PG: 7 gg
13. A comprehensive approach to counseling:
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a. goes beyond focusing on our internal dynamics and addresses those environmental and systemic
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
realities that influence us.
gg gg gg gg
b. focuses almost exclusively on the client’s internal dynamics.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
c. focuses primarily on the therapist’s internal reactions to the client’s behavior.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
d. focuses only on systemic factors. gg gg gg gg
ANS: A gg PG: 7 gg
14. Effective psychotherapy is a practice in which: gg gg gg gg gg gg
a. the therapist solves problems for clients.
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b. the therapist is merely a skilled technician.
gg gg gg gg gg gg
c. the client and therapist collaborate in co-constructing solutions to problems.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
d. the client is in complete control of the direction of the therapy.
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
ANS: C gg PG: 7 gg
15. Which of the following is not an issue that Stan struggles with?
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a. fear of being alone gg gg gg
b. fear of intimate relationships with women
gg gg gg gg gg
c. substance use gg
d. lacking a sense of direction and meaning in his life
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e. aggressive outbursts gg
gg ANS: g g E PG: 14 gg
TRUE-FALSE TEST ITEMS gg gg
1. An undisciplined mixture of approaches can be an excuse for failing to develop a sound
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rationale for systematically adhering to certain concepts and to the techniques that are
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extensions of them. gg gg gg
ANS: T gg PG: 5 gg
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