Question 1

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) CBT is generally effective for the treatment of chronic pain in adults and children. 
B) Both medication and CBT are effective for body dysmorphic disorder,but CBT is more effective. 
C) CBT is highly effective tfor depression and anxiety disorders. 
D) CBT is not effective in the treatment of psychotic disorders. 
A) CBT is generally effective for the treatment of chronic pain in adults and children. 
B) Both medication and CBT are effective for body dysmorphic disorder,but CBT is more effective. 
C) CBT is highly effective tfor depression and anxiety disorders. 
D) CBT is not effective in the treatment of psychotic disorders.

Question 2

A 29-year-old female in a distressed and emotionally distant marriage presents for therapy complaining of chronic depression.In recounting aspects of her early history,it is obvious that she has felt emotionally empty for a long time and struggles with longstanding unmet needs due to parental disconnection and rejection.A schema focused therapist would most likely first attempt to:

Accepted Answer

A) arouse original maladaptive emotional schemas. 
B) activate adaptive emotion schemes. 
C) dispute original maladaptive emotional schemas. 
D) maintain low levels of experiencing. 
A) arouse original maladaptive emotional schemas. 
B) activate adaptive emotion schemes. 
C) dispute original maladaptive emotional schemas. 
D) maintain low levels of experiencing.

Question 3

Jake is feeling so upset that he is having trouble sleeping. He believes that he is stupid as a result of having done poorly on his recent statistics exam and that he should drop out of school because he will never be able to be a social worker.
-In order to achieve this first goal of cognitive therapy with Jake,the therapist would most likely use:

Accepted Answer

A) contingency management. 
B) counterconditioning. 
C) distancing. 
D) feedback. 
A) contingency management. 
B) counterconditioning. 
C) distancing. 
D) feedback.

Question 4

Regarding intimacy and sexuality,which of the following therapies would most likely ask where is the evidence that love and sex must go together?

Accepted Answer

A) Behavior therapies 
B) Cognitive therapies 
C) Culture-sensitive therapies 
D) Systemic therapies 
A) Behavior therapies 
B) Cognitive therapies 
C) Culture-sensitive therapies 
D) Systemic therapies

Question 5

The REBT therapeutic process is most focused on:

Accepted Answer

A) understanding how activating events achieved the impact that they have. 
B) appreciating that distressing consequences are the natural and direct result of experiences. 
C) identifying and disputing irrational beliefs and replacing them with more rational beliefs. 
D) emotional catharsis related to activating events and unpleasant consequences. 
A) understanding how activating events achieved the impact that they have. 
B) appreciating that distressing consequences are the natural and direct result of experiences. 
C) identifying and disputing irrational beliefs and replacing them with more rational beliefs. 
D) emotional catharsis related to activating events and unpleasant consequences.

Question 6

The research on the efficacy of cognitive therapies suggests all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) that it is clearly superior to waiting lists. 
B) that it is clearly superior to placebo. 
C) that it shows good maintenance over time. 
D) that they are superior to other forms of therapy. 
A) that it is clearly superior to waiting lists. 
B) that it is clearly superior to placebo. 
C) that it shows good maintenance over time. 
D) that they are superior to other forms of therapy.

Question 7

A particular therapist often directly challenges client statements such as "I must complete my assignment perfectly in order to feel worthwhile," and "Everyone must love and approve of me." This therapist's approach is most consistent with the principles of which of the following systems of psychotherapy?

Accepted Answer

A) Rational-emotive behavior therapy 
B) Gestalt therapy 
C) Person-centered therapy 
D) Adlerian therapy 
A) Rational-emotive behavior therapy 
B) Gestalt therapy 
C) Person-centered therapy 
D) Adlerian therapy

Question 8

The statement "All I can think about is my breakup with girlfriend.What else is there to my life?" is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) dichotomous thinking. 
B) selective abstraction. 
C) overgeneralizing. 
D) self-referencing. 
A) dichotomous thinking. 
B) selective abstraction. 
C) overgeneralizing. 
D) self-referencing.

Question 9

Applications of CBT to obsessive-compulsive disorder have tended to show that cognitive restructuring and exposure alone produce:

Accepted Answer

A) different outcomes. 
B) equivalent efficacy. 
C) smaller effect sizes than medication. 
D) comparable outcomes to medication. 
A) different outcomes. 
B) equivalent efficacy. 
C) smaller effect sizes than medication. 
D) comparable outcomes to medication.

Question 10

A REBT view of the therapeutic relationship would include all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) being empathic. 
B) being genuine and open . 
C) demonstrating warmth to the patient. 
D) showing unconditional acceptance. 
A) being empathic. 
B) being genuine and open . 
C) demonstrating warmth to the patient. 
D) showing unconditional acceptance.

Question 11

From a behavioral perspective,Beck's cognitive therapy would most likely be criticized for:

Accepted Answer

A) being too concerned about developing a therapeutic alliance. 
B) overemphasizing the impact of the current environment on a person's thinking. 
C) emphasizing a person's beliefs about antecedent events as the cause of distress. 
D) failing to produce well-controlled empirical studies to test the effectiveness of CT. 
A) being too concerned about developing a therapeutic alliance. 
B) overemphasizing the impact of the current environment on a person's thinking. 
C) emphasizing a person's beliefs about antecedent events as the cause of distress. 
D) failing to produce well-controlled empirical studies to test the effectiveness of CT.

Question 12

Ellis eventually elaborated his REBT model to add the letters D and E to ABC,wherein D stands for __________ and E refers to____________.

Accepted Answer

A) Dysfunctional attitudes; Excessive emotional reaction 
B) Disputing irrational beliefs; Effective new philosophy 
C) Distressing consequences; Existential perspective 
D) Distinguishing rational from irrational beliefs; Emotion regulation 
A) Dysfunctional attitudes; Excessive emotional reaction 
B) Disputing irrational beliefs; Effective new philosophy 
C) Distressing consequences; Existential perspective 
D) Distinguishing rational from irrational beliefs; Emotion regulation

Question 13

Meta-analytic studies of REBT have consistently documented that:

Accepted Answer

A) REBT produces superior results when compared to other behavioral and cognitive therapies. 
B) REBT shows strong results when compared to control groups,but less favorable results when compared to other forms of behavioral or cognitive therapy. 
C) REBT is superior to control and no treatment,but equally effective to other behavioral and cognitive therapies. 
D) REBT is very effective with adults,but not effective with children and adolescents because of their immature cognitive abilities. 
A) REBT produces superior results when compared to other behavioral and cognitive therapies. 
B) REBT shows strong results when compared to control groups,but less favorable results when compared to other forms of behavioral or cognitive therapy. 
C) REBT is superior to control and no treatment,but equally effective to other behavioral and cognitive therapies. 
D) REBT is very effective with adults,but not effective with children and adolescents because of their immature cognitive abilities.

Question 14

Which of the following is probably FALSE regarding the future direction of cognitive therapies?

Accepted Answer

A) Cognitive therapy's commitment to psychotherapy integration will lessen. 
B) Cognitive therapies have achieved most of their success with neurotic disorders. 
C) Cognitive therapies will remain committed to empirical evaluation. 
D) Cognitive therapies will push into mass media and self-help formats. 
A) Cognitive therapy's commitment to psychotherapy integration will lessen. 
B) Cognitive therapies have achieved most of their success with neurotic disorders. 
C) Cognitive therapies will remain committed to empirical evaluation. 
D) Cognitive therapies will push into mass media and self-help formats.

Question 15

The therapeutic technique of disattribution involves:

Accepted Answer

A) helping clients to think of themselves in preferred,as-if ways. 
B) experimenting with dichotomous thinking. 
C) accepting automatic thoughts as part of who we are instead of fighting with them. 
D) gently challenging clients not to automatically connect negative events with who they are as people. 
A) helping clients to think of themselves in preferred,as-if ways. 
B) experimenting with dichotomous thinking. 
C) accepting automatic thoughts as part of who we are instead of fighting with them. 
D) gently challenging clients not to automatically connect negative events with who they are as people.

Question 16

The statement "Now everyone knows that I'm a total screw-up; my teachers,my parents,my friends,and they're probably saying,'I knew she'd never make anything of herself'" is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) overgeneralizing. 
B) selective abstraction. 
C) self-references. 
D) dichotomous thinking. 
A) overgeneralizing. 
B) selective abstraction. 
C) self-references. 
D) dichotomous thinking.

Question 17

Beck's cognitive restructuring intended to modify the thinking process emerges out of each of the following kinds of questions EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) How did you learn to think like that? 
B) What's the evidence? 
C) What's another way of looking at it? 
D) So what if it happens? 
A) How did you learn to think like that? 
B) What's the evidence? 
C) What's another way of looking at it? 
D) So what if it happens?

Question 18

What data supports the central assumption that behavior disorders are primarily a function of a person's beliefs about antecedent events rather than a function of the events themselves? This criticism of cognitive therapies would be leveled by:

Accepted Answer

A) behavioral therapies. 
B) contextual therapies. 
C) integrative therapies. 
D) psychoanalysis. 
A) behavioral therapies. 
B) contextual therapies. 
C) integrative therapies. 
D) psychoanalysis.

Question 19

When Jim was a child his parents regularly told him he was stupid and problematic. Earlier this year Jim broke up with his fiancé and felt as though he would never be loved again. When Thomas was a child he was occasionally told he was loved. Thomas applied to and was rejected from a number of graduate school programs. Thomas felt it was quite unfortunate that he did not get into graduate school, and he was quite displeased. He did, however, recognize that he could apply again next year.
-According to Ellis,the reason(s)that Thomas displayed an emotionally healthy outlook was because:

Accepted Answer

A) he experienced benign activating events as a child. 
B) he experienced benign consequences as a child. 
C) he approached his rejection logically. 
D) both B and C. 
A) he experienced benign activating events as a child. 
B) he experienced benign consequences as a child. 
C) he approached his rejection logically. 
D) both B and C.

Question 20

Quantitative reviews of cognitive therapy for generalized anxiety disorder and social phobia have shown:

Accepted Answer

A) treatment effects are rarely maintained beyond one month post-treatment. 
B) treatment effects are maintained at one-month but not six-month follow-up. 
C) treatment effects are maintained or increase at both one- and six-month follow-ups. 
D) treatment effects of cognitive therapy is consistently greater than for behavioral treatments. 
A) treatment effects are rarely maintained beyond one month post-treatment. 
B) treatment effects are maintained at one-month but not six-month follow-up. 
C) treatment effects are maintained or increase at both one- and six-month follow-ups. 
D) treatment effects of cognitive therapy is consistently greater than for behavioral treatments.

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Regarding intimacy and sexuality,which of the following therapies would most likely ask where is the evidence that love and sex must go together?

The REBT therapeutic process is most focused on:

The research on the efficacy of cognitive therapies suggests all of the following EXCEPT:

The statement "All I can think about is my breakup with girlfriend.What else is there to my life?" is an example of:

Applications of CBT to obsessive-compulsive disorder have tended to show that cognitive restructuring and exposure alone produce:

A REBT view of the therapeutic relationship would include all of the following EXCEPT:

From a behavioral perspective,Beck's cognitive therapy would most likely be criticized for:

Ellis eventually elaborated his REBT model to add the letters D and E to ABC,wherein D stands for and E refers to__.

Meta-analytic studies of REBT have consistently documented that:

Which of the following is probably FALSE regarding the future direction of cognitive therapies?

The therapeutic technique of disattribution involves:

The statement "Now everyone knows that I'm a total screw-up; my teachers,my parents,my friends,and they're probably saying,'I knew she'd never make anything of herself'" is an example of:

Beck's cognitive restructuring intended to modify the thinking process emerges out of each of the following kinds of questions EXCEPT:

What data supports the central assumption that behavior disorders are primarily a function of a person's beliefs about antecedent events rather than a function of the events themselves? This criticism of cognitive therapies would be leveled by:

Quantitative reviews of cognitive therapy for generalized anxiety disorder and social phobia have shown:

Defining and Comparing the Psychotherapies

Psychoanalytic Therapies

Psychodynamic Therapies

Existential Therapies

Person-Centered Therapies

Experiential Therapies

Interpersonal Therapies

Exposure Therapies

Behavior Therapies

Third-Ave Therapies

Systemic Therapies

Gender-Sensitive Therapies

Multicultural Therapies

Constructivist Therapies

Integrative Therapies

Comparative Conclusions: Toward a Transtheoretical Therapy

Future of Psychotherapy

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Exam 10: Cognitive Therapies

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Regarding intimacy and sexuality,which of the following therapies would most likely ask where is the evidence that love and sex must go together?

The REBT therapeutic process is most focused on:

The research on the efficacy of cognitive therapies suggests all of the following EXCEPT:

The statement "All I can think about is my breakup with girlfriend.What else is there to my life?" is an example of:

Applications of CBT to obsessive-compulsive disorder have tended to show that cognitive restructuring and exposure alone produce:

A REBT view of the therapeutic relationship would include all of the following EXCEPT:

From a behavioral perspective,Beck's cognitive therapy would most likely be criticized for:

Ellis eventually elaborated his REBT model to add the letters D and E to ABC,wherein D stands for __________ and E refers to____________.

Meta-analytic studies of REBT have consistently documented that:

Which of the following is probably FALSE regarding the future direction of cognitive therapies?

The therapeutic technique of disattribution involves:

The statement "Now everyone knows that I'm a total screw-up; my teachers,my parents,my friends,and they're probably saying,'I knew she'd never make anything of herself'" is an example of:

Beck's cognitive restructuring intended to modify the thinking process emerges out of each of the following kinds of questions EXCEPT:

What data supports the central assumption that behavior disorders are primarily a function of a person's beliefs about antecedent events rather than a function of the events themselves? This criticism of cognitive therapies would be leveled by:

Quantitative reviews of cognitive therapy for generalized anxiety disorder and social phobia have shown:

Defining and Comparing the Psychotherapies

Psychoanalytic Therapies

Psychodynamic Therapies

Existential Therapies

Person-Centered Therapies

Experiential Therapies

Interpersonal Therapies

Exposure Therapies

Behavior Therapies

Third-Ave Therapies

Systemic Therapies

Gender-Sensitive Therapies

Multicultural Therapies

Constructivist Therapies

Integrative Therapies

Comparative Conclusions: Toward a Transtheoretical Therapy

Future of Psychotherapy

Filters

Ellis eventually elaborated his REBT model to add the letters D and E to ABC,wherein D stands for and E refers to__.