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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: ag ag ag ag ag ag
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 ag PG: 5 ag
2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented therapy? a.
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b. family systems therapy ag ag
c. existential approach ag
d. person-
centered approach ANS: 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 ag
b. cognitive therapy ag
c. reality therapy ag
d. behavior therapy ag
e. rational emotive behavior therapy ag ag ag ag
ANS: A PG: 10ag ag ag
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the core of
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the therapeutic process? a. psychoanalytic therapy b. Adlerian therapy
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c. person-centered therapy ag
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy ag
e. family therapy ag
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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 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 ag PG: 5 ag
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6. The author makes a case for:
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b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at other theoretical
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models.
c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in order to mak
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e 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 ag PG: 5 ag
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 ag PG: 5 ag
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice? a. social
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b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these
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ANS: E ag PG: 6 ag
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 are
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skilled at using. ag ag
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
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ANS: B ag PG: 8 ag
,10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against psychoanalysis?
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a. person-centered therapy ag
b. family systems therapy
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c. Adlerian therapy ag
d. reality therapy ag
e. cognitive therapy ag
ANS: A ag PG: 10 ag
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11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients. What
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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 lea
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rning in therapy.
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST ITEMS ag ag
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: ag ag ag ag ag ag
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 ag PG: 5 ag
2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented therapy? a.
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Gestalt therapy ag
b. family systems therapy ag ag
c. existential approach ag
d. person-
centered approach ANS: 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 ag
b. cognitive therapy ag
c. reality therapy ag
d. behavior therapy ag
e. rational emotive behavior therapy ag ag ag ag
ANS: A PG: 10ag ag ag
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the core of
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the therapeutic process? a. psychoanalytic therapy b. Adlerian therapy
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c. person-centered therapy ag
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy ag
e. family therapy ag
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5. Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe ag ag ag ag ag ag ag
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 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 ag PG: 5 ag
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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 into
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each approach. ag
b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at other theoretical
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models.
c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in order to mak
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e 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 ag PG: 5 ag
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 ag PG: 5 ag
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice? a. social
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b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these
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ANS: E ag PG: 6 ag
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 are
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skilled at using. ag ag
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
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ANS: B ag PG: 8 ag
,10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against psychoanalysis?
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a. person-centered therapy ag
b. family systems therapy
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c. Adlerian therapy ag
d. reality therapy ag
e. cognitive therapy ag
ANS: A ag PG: 10 ag
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11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients. What
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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 lea
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rning in therapy.
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