Psychotherapy Midterm Test Bank Questions
1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text:
a. can easily be accomplished after taking an introductory course.
b. is usually mastered by the 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.: c. often requires
many years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and
relation- ship-oriented therapy?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. existential approach
d. person-centered approach: b. family systems therapy
3. Which one of 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 behavior therapy: a. existential therapy
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the
thera- pist as the core of the therapeutic process?
a. psychoanalytic therapy
,b. Adlerian therapy
c. person-centered therapy
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy
e. family therapy: c. person-centered therapy
5. Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe
a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
b. is likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when 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.: c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with
a diverse range of future clients.
6. The author makes a case for:
a. initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then
delving more deeply into each approach.
b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look
at other theoretical models.
c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with
clients in order to make the theories more relevant.
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.: a. initially
getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving
more deeply into each approach.
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
psychother-
,apy are "wrong."
b. There is a clear place for theoretical 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 by several major
professional organizations.: b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism
in our society.
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
a. social
b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these: e. all of these
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 are skilled at using.
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or
licensed.: b. During the course of an individual's therapy, different
interventions may be needed at different times.
10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective
reac- tion against psychoanalysis?
a. person-centered therapy
, b. family systems therapy
c. Adlerian therapy
d. reality therapy
e. cognitive therapy: a. person-centered therapy
11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework
as- signments to her clients. What might her rationale be for doing this?
a. Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into
action what they are learning in therapy.
b. By assigning homework to her clients, she establishes her clear
authority over them (as if she is their teacher).
c. She is probably a novice therapist who is insecure about her skills;
thus, by assigning homework, she may feel like she is being more
productive.
d. In order to be reimbursed by insurance companies, Francesca is
required to give her clients homework assignments.: a. Homework can be a
vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into action what they are learning in
therapy.
12. A comprehensive approach to counseling:
a. goes beyond focusing on our internal dynamics and addresses
those environmental and systemic realities that influence us.
b. focuses almost exclusively on the client's internal dynamics.
c. focuses primarily on the therapist's internal reactions to the client's
be- havior.
d. focuses only on systemic factors.: b. focuses almost exclusively on the
client's internal dynamics.
13. Which of the following statements best describes the author's view of the
medical model?
1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text:
a. can easily be accomplished after taking an introductory course.
b. is usually mastered by the 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.: c. often requires
many years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and
relation- ship-oriented therapy?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. existential approach
d. person-centered approach: b. family systems therapy
3. Which one of 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 behavior therapy: a. existential therapy
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the
thera- pist as the core of the therapeutic process?
a. psychoanalytic therapy
,b. Adlerian therapy
c. person-centered therapy
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy
e. family therapy: c. person-centered therapy
5. Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe
a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
b. is likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when 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.: c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with
a diverse range of future clients.
6. The author makes a case for:
a. initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then
delving more deeply into each approach.
b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look
at other theoretical models.
c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with
clients in order to make the theories more relevant.
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.: a. initially
getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving
more deeply into each approach.
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
psychother-
,apy are "wrong."
b. There is a clear place for theoretical 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 by several major
professional organizations.: b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism
in our society.
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
a. social
b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these: e. all of these
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 are skilled at using.
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or
licensed.: b. During the course of an individual's therapy, different
interventions may be needed at different times.
10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective
reac- tion against psychoanalysis?
a. person-centered therapy
, b. family systems therapy
c. Adlerian therapy
d. reality therapy
e. cognitive therapy: a. person-centered therapy
11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework
as- signments to her clients. What might her rationale be for doing this?
a. Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into
action what they are learning in therapy.
b. By assigning homework to her clients, she establishes her clear
authority over them (as if she is their teacher).
c. She is probably a novice therapist who is insecure about her skills;
thus, by assigning homework, she may feel like she is being more
productive.
d. In order to be reimbursed by insurance companies, Francesca is
required to give her clients homework assignments.: a. Homework can be a
vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into action what they are learning in
therapy.
12. A comprehensive approach to counseling:
a. goes beyond focusing on our internal dynamics and addresses
those environmental and systemic realities that influence us.
b. focuses almost exclusively on the client's internal dynamics.
c. focuses primarily on the therapist's internal reactions to the client's
be- havior.
d. focuses only on systemic factors.: b. focuses almost exclusively on the
client's internal dynamics.
13. Which of the following statements best describes the author's view of the
medical model?
