Question 1

What is Erickson's confusion technique designed to accomplish?

Accepted Answer

A)  Help clients identify exceptions to their problem-centered viewpoint. 
B)  Help clients deconstruct and temporarily let go of their old, restrictive beliefs. 
C)  Help clients develop more positive views of the therapist. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  Help clients identify exceptions to their problem-centered viewpoint. 
B)  Help clients deconstruct and temporarily let go of their old, restrictive beliefs. 
C)  Help clients develop more positive views of the therapist. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above. B

Question 2

Which of the following is/are the miracle question?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Suppose you were to go home tonight, and while you were asleep, a miracle happened and this problem was solved. How will you know the miracle happened? What will be different?" 
B)  "When you're fighting against that depression, what tools do you use that help you the most?" 
C)  "Let's say that a few weeks, months, or more time has elapsed and your problem has been resolved. What would you be doing then that would show that things were better?" 
D)  Both a and b. 
E)  Both b and c. 
A)  "Suppose you were to go home tonight, and while you were asleep, a miracle happened and this problem was solved. How will you know the miracle happened? What will be different?" 
B)  "When you're fighting against that depression, what tools do you use that help you the most?" 
C)  "Let's say that a few weeks, months, or more time has elapsed and your problem has been resolved. What would you be doing then that would show that things were better?" 
D)  Both a and b. 
E)  Both b and c. A

Question 3

Why must therapists be careful when instructing clients to try the "do something different" intervention?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clients might disobey the therapist and keep practicing the same behaviors. 
B)  Therapists must be sure to have asked the miracle question before prescribing this intervention. 
C)  If not monitored closely, this intervention could lead to drastic and severe changes in all aspects of the client's life. 
D)  Clients may come up with bad and even abusive ideas for doing something different. 
E)  Clients are their own best experts, so it's not important to be careful about this intervention. 
A)  Clients might disobey the therapist and keep practicing the same behaviors. 
B)  Therapists must be sure to have asked the miracle question before prescribing this intervention. 
C)  If not monitored closely, this intervention could lead to drastic and severe changes in all aspects of the client's life. 
D)  Clients may come up with bad and even abusive ideas for doing something different. 
E)  Clients are their own best experts, so it's not important to be careful about this intervention. D

Question 4

You are a client seeing de Shazer for a common anxiety issue. What might he ask to get you to focus on a positive future and determine what is causing the anxiety?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Where do you see yourself in five years?" 
B)  "What do you think causes your anxiety?" 
C)  "What would be different if suddenly your problem went away?" 
D)  "Suppose your problem were to get worse; what do you think would happen?" 
E)  "If you could stop and test your irrational thoughts, then would you be able to conquer your anxiety?" 
A)  "Where do you see yourself in five years?" 
B)  "What do you think causes your anxiety?" 
C)  "What would be different if suddenly your problem went away?" 
D)  "Suppose your problem were to get worse; what do you think would happen?" 
E)  "If you could stop and test your irrational thoughts, then would you be able to conquer your anxiety?"

Question 5

Narrative therapists use _______________ to help clients avoid self-blaming and see problems from a new perspective.

Accepted Answer

A)  The pretreatment change question. 
B)  Carl Rogers with a twist. 
C)  Externalizing conversations. 
D)  Hypnotherapy. 
E)  The empty-chair technique. 
A)  The pretreatment change question. 
B)  Carl Rogers with a twist. 
C)  Externalizing conversations. 
D)  Hypnotherapy. 
E)  The empty-chair technique.

Question 6

Which philosophical perspective views reality as socially constructed through conversation and dialogue?

Accepted Answer

A)  Constructivist. 
B)  Social constructionist. 
C)  Existentialist. 
D)  Modernist. 
E)  Kantian. 
A)  Constructivist. 
B)  Social constructionist. 
C)  Existentialist. 
D)  Modernist. 
E)  Kantian.

Question 7

What is the Anti-Anorexia/Anti-Bulimia League?

Accepted Answer

A)  An organization that turns so-called eating-disordered clients into empowered community and political activists. 
B)  A women's organization that strives to extinguish eating disorders from the planet. 
C)  A professional basketball league for the chronically overweight. 
D)  None of the above. 
E)  Both a and b. 
A)  An organization that turns so-called eating-disordered clients into empowered community and political activists. 
B)  A women's organization that strives to extinguish eating disorders from the planet. 
C)  A professional basketball league for the chronically overweight. 
D)  None of the above. 
E)  Both a and b.

Question 8

Which of the following is/are example(s) of a unique description or sparkling moment question?

Accepted Answer

A)  How did you beat the fear and go out shopping? 
B)  The miracle question. 
C)  You just stopped drinking last week cold turkey! How did you accomplish that? 
D)  Both a and c. 
E)  Both b and c. 
A)  How did you beat the fear and go out shopping? 
B)  The miracle question. 
C)  You just stopped drinking last week cold turkey! How did you accomplish that? 
D)  Both a and c. 
E)  Both b and c.

Question 9

Which of the following is/are the best description(s) of the active-directive family therapy technique called positive connotation?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is the same thing as the miracle question. 
B)  It is an extreme form of positive reframing in which the therapist identifies positive meaning in something that usually or formerly was viewed negatively. 
C)  It is a formula task in which the counselor always gives positive feedback to the client during the first session. 
D)  All of these are positive connotation. 
E)  None of these is positive connotation. 
A)  It is the same thing as the miracle question. 
B)  It is an extreme form of positive reframing in which the therapist identifies positive meaning in something that usually or formerly was viewed negatively. 
C)  It is a formula task in which the counselor always gives positive feedback to the client during the first session. 
D)  All of these are positive connotation. 
E)  None of these is positive connotation.

Question 10

Which constructive therapy approach explicitly emphasizes that clients don't need to know anything about why or how their problem originated and therapists don't need to know anything about how clients' problems developed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Narrative therapy. 
B)  Solution-oriented therapy. 
C)  Narrative exposure therapy. 
D)  Personal construct therapy. 
E)  Solution-focused brief therapy. 
A)  Narrative therapy. 
B)  Solution-oriented therapy. 
C)  Narrative exposure therapy. 
D)  Personal construct therapy. 
E)  Solution-focused brief therapy.

Question 11

How did Milton Erickson teach "Ma" to write in three weeks?

Accepted Answer

A)  He highlighted and utilized her individual strengths. 
B)  He implemented an extensive and strict behavioral plan. 
C)  He helped "Ma" focus on the nature of her anxiety. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  Only a and b. 
A)  He highlighted and utilized her individual strengths. 
B)  He implemented an extensive and strict behavioral plan. 
C)  He helped "Ma" focus on the nature of her anxiety. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  Only a and b.

Question 12

What did the prominent social psychologist and social constructionist Kenneth Gergen suggest we bring along with us as we live within the traditions of today?

Accepted Answer

A)  A sense of humor. 
B)  Whole-grain goldfish. 
C)  Confidence, conviction, and competence. 
D)  Reflection, curiosity, and doubt. 
E)  All of the above. 
A)  A sense of humor. 
B)  Whole-grain goldfish. 
C)  Confidence, conviction, and competence. 
D)  Reflection, curiosity, and doubt. 
E)  All of the above.

Question 13

What is a sparkling moment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Part of a narrative that doesn't last very long. 
B)  Part of a narrative that is very positive and hopeful. 
C)  A moment during therapy when time seems to stop. 
D)  The amount of time that managed care companies will pay for individual therapy. 
E)  The moment in which you decided to become a counselor or psychotherapist. 
A)  Part of a narrative that doesn't last very long. 
B)  Part of a narrative that is very positive and hopeful. 
C)  A moment during therapy when time seems to stop. 
D)  The amount of time that managed care companies will pay for individual therapy. 
E)  The moment in which you decided to become a counselor or psychotherapist.

Question 14

What do constructivists mean when they say that therapists are not simply "taking history," but are "making history"?

Accepted Answer

A)  They don't know what they mean. 
B)  When therapists take a personal history, often the therapist makes mistakes and then passes them on to other providers. 
C)  When therapists take a personal history, depending on how they interact with the client, they may also influence and possibly change the history. 
D)  Many therapists are manipulating clients in an effort to control them. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  They don't know what they mean. 
B)  When therapists take a personal history, often the therapist makes mistakes and then passes them on to other providers. 
C)  When therapists take a personal history, depending on how they interact with the client, they may also influence and possibly change the history. 
D)  Many therapists are manipulating clients in an effort to control them. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 15

What is the constructive perspective on resistance?

Accepted Answer

A)  Resistance does not exist. 
B)  It is the therapist's responsibility to break through client resistance. 
C)  Resistance is a word that was constructed to describe a situation in which clients are simply educating therapists as to the most productive and fitting method of helping them change. 
D)  Only a and b. 
E)  Only a and c. 
A)  Resistance does not exist. 
B)  It is the therapist's responsibility to break through client resistance. 
C)  Resistance is a word that was constructed to describe a situation in which clients are simply educating therapists as to the most productive and fitting method of helping them change. 
D)  Only a and b. 
E)  Only a and c.

Question 16

Which of the following is an example of a presuppositional question?

Accepted Answer

A)  "How have you managed to find the courage to keep going to work?" 
B)  "When you're fighting against that depression, what tools do you use that help you the most?" 
C)  Let's say that a few weeks, months, or more time has elapsed and your problem has gotten worse. What would you be doing then that would be linked to why things were worse?" 
D)  Both a and b. 
E)  Both b and c. 
A)  "How have you managed to find the courage to keep going to work?" 
B)  "When you're fighting against that depression, what tools do you use that help you the most?" 
C)  Let's say that a few weeks, months, or more time has elapsed and your problem has gotten worse. What would you be doing then that would be linked to why things were worse?" 
D)  Both a and b. 
E)  Both b and c.

Question 17

What technique was Jay Haley using when he told a woman whose husband chased her around the room with an ax that he was just "trying to get closer to her"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Feed-forward. 
B)  The miracle explanation. 
C)  The do-something-different task. 
D)  Positive relabeling. 
E)  Positive unlabeling. 
A)  Feed-forward. 
B)  The miracle explanation. 
C)  The do-something-different task. 
D)  Positive relabeling. 
E)  Positive unlabeling.

Question 18

In response to a client complaint about feeling overwhelmed at work, a constructive therapist might:

Accepted Answer

A)  Provide an insightful interpretation based on attachment theory. 
B)  Ask the client to keep a journal detailing the specific occurrences of the overwhelming feelings. 
C)  Keep listening in hopes that the client will have an experiential insight. 
D)  Mention a past success in a related area of the client's life, and then ask how that success was achieved. 
E)  Help the client examine the thoughts that precede the negative events. 
A)  Provide an insightful interpretation based on attachment theory. 
B)  Ask the client to keep a journal detailing the specific occurrences of the overwhelming feelings. 
C)  Keep listening in hopes that the client will have an experiential insight. 
D)  Mention a past success in a related area of the client's life, and then ask how that success was achieved. 
E)  Help the client examine the thoughts that precede the negative events.

Question 19

Which is/are the way(s) that constructive therapists generally view client "psychopathology"?

Accepted Answer

A)  The client becoming stuck using ineffective solutions. 
B)  Intergenerational family conflicts. 
C)  The client constructing an unhealthy narrative of themselves. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  Only a and c. 
A)  The client becoming stuck using ineffective solutions. 
B)  Intergenerational family conflicts. 
C)  The client constructing an unhealthy narrative of themselves. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  Only a and c.

Question 20

Why do constructive therapists use presupposition questions?

Accepted Answer

A)  To help clients reach self-actualization. 
B)  So clients can envision themselves functioning at a higher level in the future. 
C)  To pinpoint an accurate diagnosis. 
D)  To assess client readiness and motivation for change. 
E)  It's really just a bad habit. 
A)  To help clients reach self-actualization. 
B)  So clients can envision themselves functioning at a higher level in the future. 
C)  To pinpoint an accurate diagnosis. 
D)  To assess client readiness and motivation for change. 
E)  It's really just a bad habit.

What is Erickson's confusion technique designed to accomplish?

Which of the following is/are the miracle question?

Why must therapists be careful when instructing clients to try the "do something different" intervention?

You are a client seeing de Shazer for a common anxiety issue. What might he ask to get you to focus on a positive future and determine what is causing the anxiety?

Narrative therapists use _______________ to help clients avoid self-blaming and see problems from a new perspective.

Which philosophical perspective views reality as socially constructed through conversation and dialogue?

What is the Anti-Anorexia/Anti-Bulimia League?

Which of the following is/are example(s) of a unique description or sparkling moment question?

Which of the following is/are the best description(s) of the active-directive family therapy technique called positive connotation?

Which constructive therapy approach explicitly emphasizes that clients don't need to know anything about why or how their problem originated and therapists don't need to know anything about how clients' problems developed?

How did Milton Erickson teach "Ma" to write in three weeks?

What did the prominent social psychologist and social constructionist Kenneth Gergen suggest we bring along with us as we live within the traditions of today?

What is a sparkling moment?

What do constructivists mean when they say that therapists are not simply "taking history," but are "making history"?

What is the constructive perspective on resistance?

Which of the following is an example of a presuppositional question?

What technique was Jay Haley using when he told a woman whose husband chased her around the room with an ax that he was just "trying to get closer to her"?

In response to a client complaint about feeling overwhelmed at work, a constructive therapist might:

Which is/are the way(s) that constructive therapists generally view client "psychopathology"?

Why do constructive therapists use presupposition questions?

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Exam 11: Constructive Theory and Therapy

What is Erickson's confusion technique designed to accomplish?

Which of the following is/are the miracle question?

Why must therapists be careful when instructing clients to try the "do something different" intervention?

You are a client seeing de Shazer for a common anxiety issue. What might he ask to get you to focus on a positive future and determine what is causing the anxiety?

Narrative therapists use _______________ to help clients avoid self-blaming and see problems from a new perspective.

Which philosophical perspective views reality as socially constructed through conversation and dialogue?

What is the Anti-Anorexia/Anti-Bulimia League?

Which of the following is/are example(s) of a unique description or sparkling moment question?

Which of the following is/are the best description(s) of the active-directive family therapy technique called positive connotation?

Which constructive therapy approach explicitly emphasizes that clients don't need to know anything about why or how their problem originated and therapists don't need to know anything about how clients' problems developed?

How did Milton Erickson teach "Ma" to write in three weeks?

What did the prominent social psychologist and social constructionist Kenneth Gergen suggest we bring along with us as we live within the traditions of today?

What is a sparkling moment?

What do constructivists mean when they say that therapists are not simply "taking history," but are "making history"?

What is the constructive perspective on resistance?

Which of the following is an example of a presuppositional question?

What technique was Jay Haley using when he told a woman whose husband chased her around the room with an ax that he was just "trying to get closer to her"?

In response to a client complaint about feeling overwhelmed at work, a constructive therapist might:

Which is/are the way(s) that constructive therapists generally view client "psychopathology"?

Why do constructive therapists use presupposition questions?

Psychotherapy and Counseling Essentials: An Introduction

Psychoanalytic Approaches

Individual Psychology and Adlerian Therapy

Existential Theory and Therapy

Person-Centered Theory and Therapy

Gestalt Theory and Therapy

Behavioral Theory and Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioral Theory and Therapy

Choice Theory and Reality Therapy

Feminist Theory and Therapy

Family Systems Theory and Therapy

Developing Your Multicultural Orientation and Skills

Integrative and Evidence-Based New Generation Therapies

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