Question 1

Which of the following approaches would contend that normal personality development depends on the successful resolution of specific stages of development?

Accepted Answer

A)  narrative therapy
B)  family systems therapy
C)  psychoanalytic therapy
D)  solution-focused therapy

Question 2

Which of the following approaches most emphasizes principles of learning?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gestalt therapy
B)  behavior therapy
C)  narrative therapy
D)  family systems therapy
E)  solution-focused brief therapy

Question 3

Which is not a key concept of feminist therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  the personal is political
B)  the counseling relationship is egalitarian
C)  commitment to confronting oppression
D)  women's problems are viewed from an intrapsychic perspective
E)  the personal and social and interrelated

Question 4

A key technique of Adlerian therapy is:

Accepted Answer

A)  free association
B)  dialogue with polarities.
C)  family sculpting.
D)  changing one's language.
E)  the assessment of one's family constellation.

Question 5

Adlerian therapy emphasizes the individual's:

Accepted Answer

A)  positive capacities to live in society cooperatively.
B)  quality world.
C)  irrational,crooked thinking.
D)  polarities.

Question 6

In psychoanalytic therapy,a technique of great importance is:

Accepted Answer

A)  "The Question."
B)  re-authoring one's life story.
C)  value judgments.
D)  interpretation.
E)  solution talk as opposed to problem talk.

Question 7

The negative impact of discrimination and oppression for both men and women has surfaced as a result of:

Accepted Answer

A)  rational emotive behavior therapy.
B)  person-centered therapy.
C)  family systems therapy.
D)  feminist therapy.

Question 8

Empowerment and egalitarianism are the basis of the ________ therapeutic relationship.

Accepted Answer

A)  existential
B)  feminist
C)  Gestalt
D)  psychoanalytic

Question 9

One of the goals of rational emotive behavior therapy is to:

Accepted Answer

A)  assist clients in acquiring a more tolerant and rational view of life.
B)  make the unconscious conscious.
C)  provide opportunities for reliving early traumas.
D)  assist clients in gaining awareness of moment-to-moment experiencing.
E)  help clients become aware of their family constellation.

Question 10

In feminist therapy,the following technique(s) is/are used to help clients recognize the impact of gender-role socialization:

Accepted Answer

A)  free association
B)  unbalancing
C)  scaling questions
D)  consciousness-raising
E)  the miracle question

Question 11

What is the current thinking in the field regarding the role of spirituality in counseling?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is growing evidence that spiritual practice promotes psychological well-being.
B)  Counselors are encouraged to be cautious and engage in peripheral discussions about spirituality only.
C)  There is little interest in integrating spiritual issues in counseling.
D)  Counselors should take a directive approach in helping clients meet their spiritual needs.
E)  Spirituality and counseling should be kept separate.

Question 12

Which of the following is not true about technical eclecticism ?

Accepted Answer

A)  It enables counselors to be creative with their treatments.
B)  It is aimed at finding the best intervention for a specific client's problem.
C)  It enables counselors to use a variety of techniques without the dangers of combining contradictory theoretical models.
D)  It is inappropriate for diverse client populations.

Question 13

In which of the following approaches does the therapist show concern for the client by a process of involvement throughout the course of therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  reality therapy
B)  Gestalt therapy
C)  family systems therapy
D)  psychoanalytic therapy
E)  solution-focused therapy

Question 14

Historically,counselors have been:

Accepted Answer

A)  resistant to developing an integrated model of psychotherapy.
B)  at war regarding the issues of the "best" methods of treatment.
C)  quick to discount contributions of a competing theoretical model.
D)  all of these

Question 15

Existential therapy can be especially helpful for:

Accepted Answer

A)  individuals with phobic disorders.
B)  children with behavior disorders.
C)  patients in a mental hospital.
D)  couples needing sex therapy.
E)  individuals facing a transition in life.

Question 16

Which of the following approaches encourages therapists to accurately grasp the client's "being in the world"?

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalytic therapy
B)  Adlerian therapy
C)  behavior therapy
D)  rational emotive behavior therapy
E)  existential therapy

Question 17

Regarding psychotherapy outcome,research shows:

Accepted Answer

A)  the behavioral approaches are more effective than the humanistic approaches.
B)  there are clear factors that predict which models of therapy work best for particular types of clients.
C)  the therapeutic relationship is not a major contributor to therapeutic change.
D)  no model of therapy has been proven more effective than another.

Question 18

A limitation of person-centered therapy is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the possible danger of the therapist remaining passive and inactive.
B)  the emphasis on complex ideas and concepts.
C)  the lack of research to support the theory.
D)  neglect of the value of the therapeutic relationship.
E)  the overemphasis on unconscious factors.

Question 19

Which of the following approaches challenges social and cultural injustices that lead to oppression of certain groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  family systems therapy
B)  psychoanalytic therapy
C)  person-centered therapy
D)  narrative therapy
E)  reality therapy

Question 20

A limitation of reality therapy is that it:

Accepted Answer

A)  consists of simple concepts that are easily grasped.
B)  discounts the therapeutic value of dreams.
C)  does not appeal to resistant clients.
D)  has limited applicability.
E)  goes along with the medical model of therapy.

Exam 15: An Integrative Perspective

What is the current thinking in the field regarding the role of spirituality in counseling?

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A limitation of reality therapy is that it:

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Regarding psychotherapy outcome,research shows:

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Which of the following approaches encourages therapists to accurately grasp the client's "being in the world"?

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In feminist therapy,the following technique(s) is/are used to help clients recognize the impact of gender-role socialization:

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Which of the following is not true about technical eclecticism ?

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Which of the following approaches would contend that normal personality development depends on the successful resolution of specific stages of development?

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In psychoanalytic therapy,a technique of great importance is:

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A key technique of Adlerian therapy is:

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Existential therapy can be especially helpful for:

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Adlerian therapy emphasizes the individual's:

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The negative impact of discrimination and oppression for both men and women has surfaced as a result of:

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Which of the following approaches challenges social and cultural injustices that lead to oppression of certain groups?

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Which of the following approaches most emphasizes principles of learning?

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One of the goals of rational emotive behavior therapy is to:

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Which is not a key concept of feminist therapy?

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A limitation of person-centered therapy is:

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In which of the following approaches does the therapist show concern for the client by a process of involvement throughout the course of therapy?

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Empowerment and egalitarianism are the basis of the ________ therapeutic relationship.

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Historically,counselors have been:

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