CBT Exam
Which is NOT a core ingredient of behavioral and cognitive behavioral approaches? - Answer-A reliance
on guiding therapy by intuition
According to REBT, what is the core of most emotional disturbance? - Answer-Blame
A noteworthy strength of the cognitive behavioral approaches is: - Answer-They have strong empirical
support-- many studies support their efficacy
Beck never pays attention to childhood experiences. - Answer-False
The cognitive-behavioral approach to therapy stresses: - Answer-Thinking, judging, analyzing and actual
doing
According to Beck, which is the most stable type of cognition, the type most resistant to change? -
Answer-Core Beliefs
Which of the following is not a historical precursor to CB therapy? - Answer-Attachment Theory and
Bowlby
Which of the following is true about the relationship between a client and an REBT therapist? - Answer-
It is characterized by the therapist's full acceptance and tolerance of the client as a fellow fallible human
being
, Which REBT technique involves having the client do the very thing they avoid because of fear of
embarrassment and "what people might think"? - Answer-Shame-attacking exercises
To a large degree cognitive therapy is: - Answer-a psychoeducational model
In cognitive therapy techniques are designed to: - Answer-assist clients in substituting rational beliefs for
irrational beliefs
Which is not a technique used by Beck?
a. Socratic Questioning
b. Homework
c. Behavioral Experiments
d. Phenomenological Reverse Analysis - Answer-Phenomenological reverse analysis
The concept of automatic thoughts plays a central role in whose theory? - Answer-Beck
What is Ellis's ultimate goal for therapy? - Answer-To help clients internalize a new and better
philosophy of life
The type of cognitive error that involves thinking and interpreting in all-or-nothing terms, or in
categorizing experiences in either/or extremes, is known as: - Answer-dichotomous or polarized thinking
When Beck says, "What could you do, possibly, this week to test this belief that no one would ever want
to eat lunch with you?" he is using the technique of - Answer-Collaborative empiricism via behavioral
experiments
Which is NOT a core ingredient of behavioral and cognitive behavioral approaches? - Answer-A reliance
on guiding therapy by intuition
According to REBT, what is the core of most emotional disturbance? - Answer-Blame
A noteworthy strength of the cognitive behavioral approaches is: - Answer-They have strong empirical
support-- many studies support their efficacy
Beck never pays attention to childhood experiences. - Answer-False
The cognitive-behavioral approach to therapy stresses: - Answer-Thinking, judging, analyzing and actual
doing
According to Beck, which is the most stable type of cognition, the type most resistant to change? -
Answer-Core Beliefs
Which of the following is not a historical precursor to CB therapy? - Answer-Attachment Theory and
Bowlby
Which of the following is true about the relationship between a client and an REBT therapist? - Answer-
It is characterized by the therapist's full acceptance and tolerance of the client as a fellow fallible human
being
, Which REBT technique involves having the client do the very thing they avoid because of fear of
embarrassment and "what people might think"? - Answer-Shame-attacking exercises
To a large degree cognitive therapy is: - Answer-a psychoeducational model
In cognitive therapy techniques are designed to: - Answer-assist clients in substituting rational beliefs for
irrational beliefs
Which is not a technique used by Beck?
a. Socratic Questioning
b. Homework
c. Behavioral Experiments
d. Phenomenological Reverse Analysis - Answer-Phenomenological reverse analysis
The concept of automatic thoughts plays a central role in whose theory? - Answer-Beck
What is Ellis's ultimate goal for therapy? - Answer-To help clients internalize a new and better
philosophy of life
The type of cognitive error that involves thinking and interpreting in all-or-nothing terms, or in
categorizing experiences in either/or extremes, is known as: - Answer-dichotomous or polarized thinking
When Beck says, "What could you do, possibly, this week to test this belief that no one would ever want
to eat lunch with you?" he is using the technique of - Answer-Collaborative empiricism via behavioral
experiments
