CBT TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Schemas ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Highly idiosyncratic blends of assumptions or models about self,
others, and the world; goals and expectations; memories and fantasies; and all previous learning.
What all cognitions are rooted in.
Cognitive therapy is ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Insight-focused therapy (reflection and better
understanding self) with an emphasis on changing negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs.
Goal of Cognitive Therapy ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-To change the way clients think by using their
automatic thoughts to reach the core schemata (beliefs) and begin to introduce the idea of schema
restructuring
Theoretical assumptions of Cognitive therapy ✅✅CORRECT ANSW--People's internal
communication (inner dialog, meta cognition) is accessible to introspection, we can think about
thinking.
-Clients' beliefs have highly personal meanings
-These meanings can be discovered by the client rather than being taught or interpreted by the
therapist
Arbitrary inferences ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Drawing a specific conclusion without supporting
evidence, or even in the face of contradictory evidence.
3 Type of Cognitions (Beck) ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Voluntary thoughts, Automatic thought, Core
beliefs
Voluntary Thoughts ✅✅CORRECT ANSW--less stable, less influential, and most assessable
-Thoughts that a person is aware of and has control over
Automatic Thoughts ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Thoughts that arise spontaneously in response to
specific stimuli or situations. They reflect the individual's appraisal of a situation rather than the
situation itself. (Judgmental)
, Core Beliefs ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Super stable, Incredible Influential, and not always assessable.
Our deepest most fundamental beliefs about ourselves, others, the world, and the future.
Selective abstraction ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Focusing solely on a detail that is taken out of context,
at the expense of other information.
Overgeneralization ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Abstracting a general rule from one or a few isolated
incidences, and then broadly applying the rule to other situations.
Magnification and minimization ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Seeing something as far more significant or
less significant than it really is. (not always bad thing, could just be hurdle)
Catastrophic thinking ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Seeing an unfortunate event as a calamitous event
Personalization ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Attributing external events to oneself without evidence of a
causal connection
Labeling and mislabeling ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Portraying one's identity on the basis of
imperfections and mistakes made in the past and allowing these labels to define one's true identity
in the present.
Polarized/Dichotomous thinking ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Categorizing experiences into one of two
extremes such as complete success or total failure, either/or thinking
Emotional reasoning ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-believing that because one feels a negative emotion,
there must be a corresponding negative external situation. Sometimes emotions are separate from
events.
Beck's Cognitive Triad ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Holds a negative view of self, Selective abstraction to
have a negative view of world, and negative view of future. What BDI was based on.
Cognitive Therapeutic relationship ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-- Beck follows roger's core conditions, but
does not think they are sufficient
- Therapist supports and challenges the client
- Therapist both follows and leads
ANSWERS
Schemas ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Highly idiosyncratic blends of assumptions or models about self,
others, and the world; goals and expectations; memories and fantasies; and all previous learning.
What all cognitions are rooted in.
Cognitive therapy is ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Insight-focused therapy (reflection and better
understanding self) with an emphasis on changing negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs.
Goal of Cognitive Therapy ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-To change the way clients think by using their
automatic thoughts to reach the core schemata (beliefs) and begin to introduce the idea of schema
restructuring
Theoretical assumptions of Cognitive therapy ✅✅CORRECT ANSW--People's internal
communication (inner dialog, meta cognition) is accessible to introspection, we can think about
thinking.
-Clients' beliefs have highly personal meanings
-These meanings can be discovered by the client rather than being taught or interpreted by the
therapist
Arbitrary inferences ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Drawing a specific conclusion without supporting
evidence, or even in the face of contradictory evidence.
3 Type of Cognitions (Beck) ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Voluntary thoughts, Automatic thought, Core
beliefs
Voluntary Thoughts ✅✅CORRECT ANSW--less stable, less influential, and most assessable
-Thoughts that a person is aware of and has control over
Automatic Thoughts ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Thoughts that arise spontaneously in response to
specific stimuli or situations. They reflect the individual's appraisal of a situation rather than the
situation itself. (Judgmental)
, Core Beliefs ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Super stable, Incredible Influential, and not always assessable.
Our deepest most fundamental beliefs about ourselves, others, the world, and the future.
Selective abstraction ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Focusing solely on a detail that is taken out of context,
at the expense of other information.
Overgeneralization ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Abstracting a general rule from one or a few isolated
incidences, and then broadly applying the rule to other situations.
Magnification and minimization ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Seeing something as far more significant or
less significant than it really is. (not always bad thing, could just be hurdle)
Catastrophic thinking ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Seeing an unfortunate event as a calamitous event
Personalization ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Attributing external events to oneself without evidence of a
causal connection
Labeling and mislabeling ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Portraying one's identity on the basis of
imperfections and mistakes made in the past and allowing these labels to define one's true identity
in the present.
Polarized/Dichotomous thinking ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Categorizing experiences into one of two
extremes such as complete success or total failure, either/or thinking
Emotional reasoning ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-believing that because one feels a negative emotion,
there must be a corresponding negative external situation. Sometimes emotions are separate from
events.
Beck's Cognitive Triad ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-Holds a negative view of self, Selective abstraction to
have a negative view of world, and negative view of future. What BDI was based on.
Cognitive Therapeutic relationship ✅✅CORRECT ANSW-- Beck follows roger's core conditions, but
does not think they are sufficient
- Therapist supports and challenges the client
- Therapist both follows and leads
