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THEORYANDPRACTICEOFCOUNSELINGAND PSYCHOTHERAPY
11THEDITION
GeraldCorey
,Chapters 01 Introduction and Overview
MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST ITEMS
Note: Below are test items forAchapter 1 of Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy.
1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text:
a. can easily beAaccomplished afterAtaking an introductory course.
b. is usually mastered byAthe end of the first year of one’s graduate program.
c. often requires many years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
d. rarely, if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal.
ANS: C PG: 5
2. Which one of theAfollowingAis not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented therapy? a.
Gestalt therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. existential approach
d. person-
centered approachANS: B PG: 10
3. Which oneAof the following is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action-oriented therapies?
a. existential therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. reality therapy
d. behavior therapy
e. rational emotive behaviorAtherap
yANS: A PG: 10
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the core of thethera
peuticAprocess? a. psychoanalyticAtherapy
b. Adlerian therapy
c. person-centered therapy
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy
e. family therapy
ANS: C PG: 12
5. PresentingAone model to which all trainees subscribe
a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
b. is likelyAto be a reality by the yearA2020Awhen the CACREP standards are revisited.
c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future clients.
d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country.
ANS: C PG: 5
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6. The author makes a case for:
a. initially gettingAan overviewAof theAmajorAtheoretical orientations, and then delving more deeplyAint
oeach approach.
b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at other theoretica
lmodels.
c. learning the theories of counseling onlyA after starting to work with clients in order to make th
etheories more relevant.
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.
ANS: A PG: 5
7. Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/ psychotherapy is true?
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychotherapy are ―wrong.‖
b. There is a clear place forAtheoretical pluralism in our society.
c. Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other models.
d. Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on byAseveral major professional organizations.
ANS: B PG: 5
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice? a
.social
b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these
ANS: E PG: 6
9. Which of these statements about interventions is true?
a. It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
b. During the course of an individual’s therapy, different interventions may be needed at different times.
c. It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and the interventions that you ar
eAskilled at using.
d. You should onlyAuse counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
ANS: B PG: 8
10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against psychoanalysis?
a. person-centered therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. Adlerian therapy
d. reality therapy
e. cognitive therapy A
NS: A PG: 10
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, 11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients. Wha
tmight her rationale be for doing this?
a. Homework can beAa vehicle forAassisting herAclients in putting into action what they areAlearning inth
erapy.
THEORYANDPRACTICEOFCOUNSELINGAND PSYCHOTHERAPY
11THEDITION
GeraldCorey
,Chapters 01 Introduction and Overview
MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST ITEMS
Note: Below are test items forAchapter 1 of Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy.
1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text:
a. can easily beAaccomplished afterAtaking an introductory course.
b. is usually mastered byAthe end of the first year of one’s graduate program.
c. often requires many years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
d. rarely, if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal.
ANS: C PG: 5
2. Which one of theAfollowingAis not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented therapy? a.
Gestalt therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. existential approach
d. person-
centered approachANS: B PG: 10
3. Which oneAof the following is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action-oriented therapies?
a. existential therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. reality therapy
d. behavior therapy
e. rational emotive behaviorAtherap
yANS: A PG: 10
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the core of thethera
peuticAprocess? a. psychoanalyticAtherapy
b. Adlerian therapy
c. person-centered therapy
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy
e. family therapy
ANS: C PG: 12
5. PresentingAone model to which all trainees subscribe
a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
b. is likelyAto be a reality by the yearA2020Awhen the CACREP standards are revisited.
c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future clients.
d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country.
ANS: C PG: 5
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178
6. The author makes a case for:
a. initially gettingAan overviewAof theAmajorAtheoretical orientations, and then delving more deeplyAint
oeach approach.
b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at other theoretica
lmodels.
c. learning the theories of counseling onlyA after starting to work with clients in order to make th
etheories more relevant.
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.
ANS: A PG: 5
7. Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/ psychotherapy is true?
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychotherapy are ―wrong.‖
b. There is a clear place forAtheoretical pluralism in our society.
c. Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other models.
d. Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on byAseveral major professional organizations.
ANS: B PG: 5
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice? a
.social
b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these
ANS: E PG: 6
9. Which of these statements about interventions is true?
a. It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
b. During the course of an individual’s therapy, different interventions may be needed at different times.
c. It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and the interventions that you ar
eAskilled at using.
d. You should onlyAuse counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
ANS: B PG: 8
10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against psychoanalysis?
a. person-centered therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. Adlerian therapy
d. reality therapy
e. cognitive therapy A
NS: A PG: 10
179
, 11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients. Wha
tmight her rationale be for doing this?
a. Homework can beAa vehicle forAassisting herAclients in putting into action what they areAlearning inth
erapy.
