Question 1

According to Wubbolding, there is no exact Japanese translation for the word plan. Therefore:

Accepted Answer

A)  Reality therapists must teach Japanese clients the true meaning of plan. 
B)  Reality therapists must modify their language to help Japanese clients understand and use choice theory. 
C)  Reality therapy shouldn't be used with Japanese clients. 
D)  None of the above is true. 
E)  Only a and b are true. 
A)  Reality therapists must teach Japanese clients the true meaning of plan. 
B)  Reality therapists must modify their language to help Japanese clients understand and use choice theory. 
C)  Reality therapy shouldn't be used with Japanese clients. 
D)  None of the above is true. 
E)  Only a and b are true. B

Question 2

Which of the following is the best description of William Glasser's views on mental illness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mental illnesses are biogenetic disorders and therefore generally should be treated with medications. 
B)  Mental illness does not exist. 
C)  Combining medical (medication) and psychological (counseling) approaches is what gives clients the best chance for a positive treatment outcome. 
D)  Milder forms of mental illness (e.g., depression or anxiety) should be treated without medications, whereas more severe forms of mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia) should be treated with counseling and medications. 
E)  Both c and d are consistent with Glasser's views. 
A)  Mental illnesses are biogenetic disorders and therefore generally should be treated with medications. 
B)  Mental illness does not exist. 
C)  Combining medical (medication) and psychological (counseling) approaches is what gives clients the best chance for a positive treatment outcome. 
D)  Milder forms of mental illness (e.g., depression or anxiety) should be treated without medications, whereas more severe forms of mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia) should be treated with counseling and medications. 
E)  Both c and d are consistent with Glasser's views. B

Question 3

Stan's counselor is practicing reality therapy. One thing Stan has noticed is that his therapist is not inclined to discuss past events . . . with one exception. What type of past event do you think Stan's reality therapist is interested in talking about?

Accepted Answer

A)  Traumas. 
B)  Successes. 
C)  Parent-child relationships. 
D)  Failures. 
E)  Specific childhood memories related to Stan's self-schema. 
A)  Traumas. 
B)  Successes. 
C)  Parent-child relationships. 
D)  Failures. 
E)  Specific childhood memories related to Stan's self-schema. B

Question 4

According to Glasser, the purpose of pathological behavior is to accomplish which three goals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Forgetting memories, changing others, establishing identity. 
B)  Restraining anger, getting help, avoiding things. 
C)  Getting help, getting attention, avoiding decisions. 
D)  Making connections, feeling attractive, seeking wholeness. 
E)  Getting attention, power, and revenge. 
A)  Forgetting memories, changing others, establishing identity. 
B)  Restraining anger, getting help, avoiding things. 
C)  Getting help, getting attention, avoiding decisions. 
D)  Making connections, feeling attractive, seeking wholeness. 
E)  Getting attention, power, and revenge.

Question 5

What does Glasser consider the main reason why clients come for therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clinical depression. 
B)  Demoralization. 
C)  Unhappiness in the work or vocational setting. 
D)  A sense of apathy-which is relatively common in the twenty-first century. 
E)  Unhappiness in an important relationship. 
A)  Clinical depression. 
B)  Demoralization. 
C)  Unhappiness in the work or vocational setting. 
D)  A sense of apathy-which is relatively common in the twenty-first century. 
E)  Unhappiness in an important relationship.

Question 6

Which categories are included in your quality world?

Accepted Answer

A)  The self, the spirit, and the interaction. 
B)  People, things and experiences, ideas or systems of belief. 
C)  Rivers of emotion, lakes of selfishness, and islands of conscience. 
D)  Views of the self, others, and the future. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  The self, the spirit, and the interaction. 
B)  People, things and experiences, ideas or systems of belief. 
C)  Rivers of emotion, lakes of selfishness, and islands of conscience. 
D)  Views of the self, others, and the future. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 7

Reality therapy (RT) is often incorrectly categorized as a form of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Cognitive or behavioral therapy. 
B)  Person-centered therapy. 
C)  Jungian therapy. 
D)  Psychoanalysis. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  Cognitive or behavioral therapy. 
B)  Person-centered therapy. 
C)  Jungian therapy. 
D)  Psychoanalysis. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 8

According to Glasser and choice theory, the five basic human needs are:

Accepted Answer

A)  Learned early in life. 
B)  A function of one's quality world. 
C)  Derived from the id, ego, and superego. 
D)  Genetically encoded. 
E)  Culturally distinct. 
A)  Learned early in life. 
B)  A function of one's quality world. 
C)  Derived from the id, ego, and superego. 
D)  Genetically encoded. 
E)  Culturally distinct.

Question 9

Choice theory holds that humans are:

Accepted Answer

A)  Internally motivated. 
B)  Externally motivated. 
C)  Motivated by a combination of internal and external factors. 
D)  Deeply and positively influenced by behavioral psychology. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  Internally motivated. 
B)  Externally motivated. 
C)  Motivated by a combination of internal and external factors. 
D)  Deeply and positively influenced by behavioral psychology. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 10

Glasser's concept of total behavior includes which four distinct but inseparable components that are always occurring simultaneously?

Accepted Answer

A)  Smelling, tasting, feeling, thinking. 
B)  Being, seeing, acting, hearing. 
C)  Acting, thinking, feeling, physiology. 
D)  Believing, wishing, thinking, and imagery. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  Smelling, tasting, feeling, thinking. 
B)  Being, seeing, acting, hearing. 
C)  Acting, thinking, feeling, physiology. 
D)  Believing, wishing, thinking, and imagery. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 11

When practicing reality therapy, what do you need to do with respect to a client's quality world?

Accepted Answer

A)  Understand what is in your client's quality world. 
B)  Get into your client's quality world. 
C)  Include the client in your quality world. 
D)  Only a and b. 
E)  Only b and c. 
A)  Understand what is in your client's quality world. 
B)  Get into your client's quality world. 
C)  Include the client in your quality world. 
D)  Only a and b. 
E)  Only b and c.

Question 12

The human need for power can also be described as the human need for:

Accepted Answer

A)  Personal significance. 
B)  Achievement. 
C)  Control. 
D)  Dominance. 
E)  Revenge. 
A)  Personal significance. 
B)  Achievement. 
C)  Control. 
D)  Dominance. 
E)  Revenge.

Question 13

Glasser described three purposes or goals of client psychopathology. Which of the following theoretical perspectives is this way of conceptualizing psychopathology consistent with?

Accepted Answer

A)  Psychoanalytic theory. 
B)  Person-centered theory. 
C)  Existential theory. 
D)  Gestalt theory. 
E)  Individual psychology. 
A)  Psychoanalytic theory. 
B)  Person-centered theory. 
C)  Existential theory. 
D)  Gestalt theory. 
E)  Individual psychology.

Question 14

Robert Wubbolding developed the four big questions of choice theory. Which of the following is not an example of one of the four questions?

Accepted Answer

A)  "What do you want?" 
B)  "What are you doing?" 
C)  "Should you make a new plan?" 
D)  "Is it working?" 
E)  "If you were well, how would your life look?" 
A)  "What do you want?" 
B)  "What are you doing?" 
C)  "Should you make a new plan?" 
D)  "Is it working?" 
E)  "If you were well, how would your life look?"

Question 15

Which of the following words is/are not used by Wubbolding to describe the essential ingredients of an effective plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Quantitative. 
B)  Qualitative. 
C)  Attainable. 
D)  Both a and b are not used. 
E)  Both a and c are not used. 
A)  Quantitative. 
B)  Qualitative. 
C)  Attainable. 
D)  Both a and b are not used. 
E)  Both a and c are not used.

Question 16

Which of the following is most useful in reality therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Constructive criticism. 
B)  Positive punishment. 
C)  Gentle confrontation. 
D)  Guttural chanting. 
E)  Positive reinforcement for reasonable and adaptive behaviors. 
A)  Constructive criticism. 
B)  Positive punishment. 
C)  Gentle confrontation. 
D)  Guttural chanting. 
E)  Positive reinforcement for reasonable and adaptive behaviors.

Question 17

In the reality therapy car metaphor, the rear wheels are _________ and ________ and are indirectly controlled through front wheel _________ and _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Acting, thinking; feelings, physiology. 
B)  Feelings, actions; physiology, thinking. 
C)  Feelings, physiology; acting, thinking. 
D)  Acting, physiology; feelings, thinking. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  Acting, thinking; feelings, physiology. 
B)  Feelings, actions; physiology, thinking. 
C)  Feelings, physiology; acting, thinking. 
D)  Acting, physiology; feelings, thinking. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 18

William Glasser is a strong believer in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Analyzing client transference. 
B)  Analyzing client dreams. 
C)  Working in the here and now. 
D)  Teaching the ABCs of behavioral psychology. 
E)  Criticizing or disputing client cognitions 
A)  Analyzing client transference. 
B)  Analyzing client dreams. 
C)  Working in the here and now. 
D)  Teaching the ABCs of behavioral psychology. 
E)  Criticizing or disputing client cognitions

Question 19

How does Glasser view early childhood as it pertains to choice theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is the time when humans experience powerlessness and therefore the time when maladaptive patterns are formed. 
B)  It is the time when our sense of humor and play is established and with it our ability to meet the basic human need for fun. 
C)  He examines client body movement and posture and determines at what stage during our infant development we were oppressed or neglected. 
D)  It is the time when our human need for power, and gratification associated with power, become recognized. 
E)  It is the time when repeated success or failure experiences accumulate in a manner that establishes whether an individual is optimistic or pessimistic. 
A)  It is the time when humans experience powerlessness and therefore the time when maladaptive patterns are formed. 
B)  It is the time when our sense of humor and play is established and with it our ability to meet the basic human need for fun. 
C)  He examines client body movement and posture and determines at what stage during our infant development we were oppressed or neglected. 
D)  It is the time when our human need for power, and gratification associated with power, become recognized. 
E)  It is the time when repeated success or failure experiences accumulate in a manner that establishes whether an individual is optimistic or pessimistic.

Question 20

By definition, a front-wheel homework assignment for a client would involve which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thoughts and feelings. 
B)  Thoughts and physiology. 
C)  Feelings and physiology. 
D)  Behaviors and feelings. 
E)  Thoughts and actions. 
A)  Thoughts and feelings. 
B)  Thoughts and physiology. 
C)  Feelings and physiology. 
D)  Behaviors and feelings. 
E)  Thoughts and actions.

According to Wubbolding, there is no exact Japanese translation for the word plan. Therefore:

Which of the following is the best description of William Glasser's views on mental illness?

Stan's counselor is practicing reality therapy. One thing Stan has noticed is that his therapist is not inclined to discuss past events . . . with one exception. What type of past event do you think Stan's reality therapist is interested in talking about?

According to Glasser, the purpose of pathological behavior is to accomplish which three goals?

What does Glasser consider the main reason why clients come for therapy?

Which categories are included in your quality world?

Reality therapy (RT) is often incorrectly categorized as a form of:

According to Glasser and choice theory, the five basic human needs are:

Choice theory holds that humans are:

Glasser's concept of total behavior includes which four distinct but inseparable components that are always occurring simultaneously?

When practicing reality therapy, what do you need to do with respect to a client's quality world?

The human need for power can also be described as the human need for:

Glasser described three purposes or goals of client psychopathology. Which of the following theoretical perspectives is this way of conceptualizing psychopathology consistent with?

Robert Wubbolding developed the four big questions of choice theory. Which of the following is not an example of one of the four questions?

Which of the following words is/are not used by Wubbolding to describe the essential ingredients of an effective plan?

Which of the following is most useful in reality therapy?

In the reality therapy car metaphor, the rear wheels are _____ and and are indirectly controlled through front wheel _ and _____.

William Glasser is a strong believer in:

How does Glasser view early childhood as it pertains to choice theory?

By definition, a front-wheel homework assignment for a client would involve which of the following?

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

Feminist Theory and Therapy

Constructive 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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Exam 9: Choice Theory and Reality Therapy

According to Wubbolding, there is no exact Japanese translation for the word plan. Therefore:

Which of the following is the best description of William Glasser's views on mental illness?

Stan's counselor is practicing reality therapy. One thing Stan has noticed is that his therapist is not inclined to discuss past events . . . with one exception. What type of past event do you think Stan's reality therapist is interested in talking about?

According to Glasser, the purpose of pathological behavior is to accomplish which three goals?

What does Glasser consider the main reason why clients come for therapy?

Which categories are included in your quality world?

Reality therapy (RT) is often incorrectly categorized as a form of:

According to Glasser and choice theory, the five basic human needs are:

Choice theory holds that humans are:

Glasser's concept of total behavior includes which four distinct but inseparable components that are always occurring simultaneously?

When practicing reality therapy, what do you need to do with respect to a client's quality world?

The human need for power can also be described as the human need for:

Glasser described three purposes or goals of client psychopathology. Which of the following theoretical perspectives is this way of conceptualizing psychopathology consistent with?

Robert Wubbolding developed the four big questions of choice theory. Which of the following is not an example of one of the four questions?

Which of the following words is/are not used by Wubbolding to describe the essential ingredients of an effective plan?

Which of the following is most useful in reality therapy?

In the reality therapy car metaphor, the rear wheels are _________ and ________ and are indirectly controlled through front wheel _________ and _________.

William Glasser is a strong believer in:

How does Glasser view early childhood as it pertains to choice theory?

By definition, a front-wheel homework assignment for a client would involve which of the following?

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

Feminist Theory and Therapy

Constructive Theory and Therapy

Family Systems Theory and Therapy

Developing Your Multicultural Orientation and Skills

Integrative and Evidence-Based New Generation Therapies

Filters

In the reality therapy car metaphor, the rear wheels are _____ and and are indirectly controlled through front wheel _ and _____.