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All of the following are characteristics of the behavioral approaches except: a. behavior therapy specifies treatment goals in concrete and objective terms. b. behavior therapy focuses on the client's current problems and the factors influencing them. c. behavior therapy employs the same procedures to every client with a particular dysfunctional behavior. d. behavior therapy relies on the principles and procedures of the scientific method.
All are true of solution-focused brief therapists except that they: a. have little interest in a client exploring past problems. b. believe that the cause of a problem is not necessarily related to its solution. c. expect that two clients may have different solutions to the same problem. d. focus on the client's early childhood experiences.
The cognitive distortion that involves portraying one's identity on the basis of imperfections and mistakes made in the past and allowing them to define one's true identity is: a. arbitrary inferences. b. personalization. c. labeling and mislabeling. d. overgeneralization.
A reality therapist will primarily focus on: a. feelings. b. present behavior. c. thoughts. d. past behavior.
Behavior therapy assumes that: a. behavior is the result of free choices. b. behavior is the result of unconscious forces. c. behavior is determined by psychic energy. d. behavior is learned.
According to Glasser, many of the problems of clients are caused by: a. unfinished business with parents. b. sibling rivalry. c. early childhood trauma. d. their inability to connect or to have a satisfying relationship with at least one of the significant people in their lives.
A limit of the feminist approach from a diversity perspective is: a. the broad focus on respect and equality. b. if therapists do not fully understand and respect the cultural values of clients from diverse groups, they run the risk of imposing their own values. c. the lack of sensitivity to individual differences in clients. d. the emphasis on the use of standardized therapeutic techniques.
In vivo flooding consists of: a. exposure to actual anxiety-evoking events rather than simply imagining these situations. b. imagined exposure to fearful experiences paired with muscle relaxation. c. brief and graduated series of exposures to feared events. d. guided use of mindfulness techniques.
A main task of the narrative therapist is to help clients construct a: a. new façade. b. negative story line. c. preferred story line. d. second personality.
According to Ellis, emotional disturbances often result from: a. refusing to deal with unfinished business. b. living by the values our parents gave us. c. having learned maladaptive behaviors. d. taking oneself too seriously.
All of the following are true as they apply to self-instructional training, except that: a. it is a form of cognitive restructuring. b. it is also known as cognitive behavior modification. c. it is an outgrowth of an approach used widely by crisis intervention workers called self-induced change therapy. d. it was developed by Meichenbaum.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) integrates techniques from: a. mindfulness-based stress reduction and cognitive behavior therapy. b. yoga, systematic desensitization, and mindfulness. c. multimodal therapy and mindfulness. d. motivational interviewing and mindfulness.
Strengths-based CBT practitioners ask clients for __________ to describe their experiences, both positive and negative. a. dreams and metaphors b. imagery and dreams c. imagery and metaphors d. metaphors and insight
According to REBT, what is the core of most emotional disturbance? a. Unfinished business b. Blame c. Rage d. Resentment
Behavior therapy is based on: a. a well-developed theory of personality. b. a systematic set of concepts. c. an experimental analysis of behavior in the client's own social environment. d. the principle of self-actualization.
In the strengths-based CBT four step model to build resilience, a key to the fourth stage of therapy is that the client: a. sets a goal to "be resilient in the face of challenges." b. will undergo hypnosis. c. learns that a lapse in willpower will have catastrophic results. d. avoids exploring possible high-risk stressful situations.
Which of the following is not a component of total behavior? a. Doing b. Thinking c. Wanting d. Feeling
Compared to emotion-focused couples therapy, cognitive-behavioral couples therapy _____.
A friend is shadowing a psychologist who leads a group, and they observe that the group leader often teaches coping skills, asks the group members to practice the skills outside of session, and plays a more didactic role. What type of group is your friend observing?
If using a group therapy approach where the early lessons are expected to build a foundation for later lessons, it is likely preferable to have a(n) _____ group.