Question 1

Which of the following is Beck's cognitive model of psychopathology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cognitive distortions are triggered by external or internal events and produce automatic thoughts. These automatic thoughts are maladaptive and linked to core beliefs or core schema. 
B)  Activating events trigger maladaptive behaviors, which, in turn, trigger maladaptive cognitions, which trigger future activating events. 
C)  Negative self-talk generates anxiety, which is subsequently directed inward toward the self. This results in further negative self-talk that degrades into a negative spiral. 
D)  Negative irrational beliefs are natural, but can get out of control and spiral into deeper and deeper irrational beliefs until it's virtually impossible to change those beliefs without intensive psychotherapy. 
E)  Both a and c are consistent with Beck's cognitive therapy model. 
A)  Cognitive distortions are triggered by external or internal events and produce automatic thoughts. These automatic thoughts are maladaptive and linked to core beliefs or core schema. 
B)  Activating events trigger maladaptive behaviors, which, in turn, trigger maladaptive cognitions, which trigger future activating events. 
C)  Negative self-talk generates anxiety, which is subsequently directed inward toward the self. This results in further negative self-talk that degrades into a negative spiral. 
D)  Negative irrational beliefs are natural, but can get out of control and spiral into deeper and deeper irrational beliefs until it's virtually impossible to change those beliefs without intensive psychotherapy. 
E)  Both a and c are consistent with Beck's cognitive therapy model. A

Question 2

What's helpful about the CBT process of generating a problem list?

Accepted Answer

A)  It gives therapists a chance to show interest in and compassion for client problems. 
B)  As clients describe their problems, cognitive and behavioral antecedents and consequences are identified and initial hypotheses are generated. 
C)  As therapists utilize Socratic questioning to explore problems, clients become oriented to the CBT process. 
D)  All of the above are true. 
E)  Only a and c are true. 
A)  It gives therapists a chance to show interest in and compassion for client problems. 
B)  As clients describe their problems, cognitive and behavioral antecedents and consequences are identified and initial hypotheses are generated. 
C)  As therapists utilize Socratic questioning to explore problems, clients become oriented to the CBT process. 
D)  All of the above are true. 
E)  Only a and c are true. D

Question 3

Which technique might be most useful with clients who hold on to maladaptive thoughts despite the fact that other, more reasonable interpretations exist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Generating alternative interpretations. 
B)  False interpretations technique. 
C)  Stress inoculation training. 
D)  Collaborative interviewing. 
E)  Guessing the thought. 
A)  Generating alternative interpretations. 
B)  False interpretations technique. 
C)  Stress inoculation training. 
D)  Collaborative interviewing. 
E)  Guessing the thought. A

Question 4

The purpose of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is to help substitute a(n) ______________________, which will result in more positive and more comfortable consequent feelings.

Accepted Answer

A)  Rational belief (r
B)  for a current irrational belief (i
B) . 
B)  Irrational belief (i
B)  for a rational belief (r
B) . 
C)  Maladaptive thought for a irrational belief (i
B) . 
D)  Rational belief (r
B)  for a maladaptive thought. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  Rational belief (r
B)  for a current irrational belief (i
B) . 
B)  Irrational belief (i
B)  for a rational belief (r
B) . 
C)  Maladaptive thought for a irrational belief (i
B) . 
D)  Rational belief (r
B)  for a maladaptive thought. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 5

Chelsea comes to therapy to stop her compulsive hair-pulling. However, she has very little confidence in her ability to do so. Which statement is true about Chelsea?

Accepted Answer

A)  She is highly likely to be successful in her effort to stop her hair-pulling behavior. 
B)  She suffers from low self-esteem. 
C)  She has low self-instructional focus. 
D)  She has low self-efficacy in terms of her ability to stop pulling her hair. 
E)  She is unlikely to work well with a therapist who uses collaborative empiricism. 
A)  She is highly likely to be successful in her effort to stop her hair-pulling behavior. 
B)  She suffers from low self-esteem. 
C)  She has low self-instructional focus. 
D)  She has low self-efficacy in terms of her ability to stop pulling her hair. 
E)  She is unlikely to work well with a therapist who uses collaborative empiricism.

Question 6

Suppose a client has this automatic thought about his therapist: "This is the best therapist I've ever known. He's incredible. He's so insightful." What type of cognitive distortion would Beck most likely consider this to be?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mind reading. 
B)  Overgeneralization. 
C)  Personalization. 
D)  Dichotomous or polarized thinking. 
E)  Labeling and mislabeling. 
A)  Mind reading. 
B)  Overgeneralization. 
C)  Personalization. 
D)  Dichotomous or polarized thinking. 
E)  Labeling and mislabeling.

Question 7

Ellis identified five bedrock components of this theory. Which of the following is NOT one of these five bedrock components?

Accepted Answer

A)  Therapists should follow their clients' lead in identifying irrational thoughts. 
B)  People dogmatically adhere to irrational thoughts and ideas. 
C)  Irrational ideas cause people distress and misery. 
D)  These ideas can be boiled down to a few basic categories. 
E)  Therapists can teach clients how to give up their misery-causing irrational beliefs. 
A)  Therapists should follow their clients' lead in identifying irrational thoughts. 
B)  People dogmatically adhere to irrational thoughts and ideas. 
C)  Irrational ideas cause people distress and misery. 
D)  These ideas can be boiled down to a few basic categories. 
E)  Therapists can teach clients how to give up their misery-causing irrational beliefs.

Question 8

Which of the following is the best description of the technique of thinking in shades of gray?

Accepted Answer

A)  An art therapy technique emphasizing the transfer of emotional material to calmer, shades of gray. 
B)  A self-instructional technique designed to help clients cope by encouraging them to think about what is happening, rather than responding emotionally. 
C)  Taking a client's automatic thoughts, assumptions, or conclusions about a specific performance and placing them on a concrete, measurable scale. 
D)  Countering the client's selective abstraction with concrete abstraction. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  An art therapy technique emphasizing the transfer of emotional material to calmer, shades of gray. 
B)  A self-instructional technique designed to help clients cope by encouraging them to think about what is happening, rather than responding emotionally. 
C)  Taking a client's automatic thoughts, assumptions, or conclusions about a specific performance and placing them on a concrete, measurable scale. 
D)  Countering the client's selective abstraction with concrete abstraction. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 9

Rosen and Davison (2003) published an article advocating a shift away from:

Accepted Answer

A)  CBT. 
B)  Gestalt therapy. 
C)  Randomized controlled trials as the gold standard of treatment outcomes. 
D)  Pharmacological interventions for psychiatric disorders. 
E)  Empirically supported treatment lists, and instead work toward treatment principles. 
A)  CBT. 
B)  Gestalt therapy. 
C)  Randomized controlled trials as the gold standard of treatment outcomes. 
D)  Pharmacological interventions for psychiatric disorders. 
E)  Empirically supported treatment lists, and instead work toward treatment principles.

Question 10

Beck's cognitive triad includes which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Negative evaluation of self. 
B)  Negative evaluation of the world or specific events. 
C)  Negative evaluation of the future. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  Only a and c. 
A)  Negative evaluation of self. 
B)  Negative evaluation of the world or specific events. 
C)  Negative evaluation of the future. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  Only a and c.

Question 11

After the first session, Margarita's therapist suggests that she write down whatever thoughts come into her mind when she is feeling a strong emotion. This is an example of which technique?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thinking in shades of gray. 
B)  Cognitive self-monitoring using a thought record. 
C)  Emotional resistance. 
D)  It could be any of the above. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  Thinking in shades of gray. 
B)  Cognitive self-monitoring using a thought record. 
C)  Emotional resistance. 
D)  It could be any of the above. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 12

Social learning theory emphasizes two main cognitive processes:

Accepted Answer

A)  Human learning is observational in nature, and reciprocal interactions can occur between the individual's behavior and environment. 
B)  Punishment and extinction. 
C)  Life and death. 
D)  The belief or interpretation of a stimulus, and the potential modification of such beliefs. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  Human learning is observational in nature, and reciprocal interactions can occur between the individual's behavior and environment. 
B)  Punishment and extinction. 
C)  Life and death. 
D)  The belief or interpretation of a stimulus, and the potential modification of such beliefs. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 13

In Socratic questioning, the therapist asks questions that help clients focus on:

Accepted Answer

A)  Rational thoughts. 
B)  Idiosyncratic and maladaptive thoughts. 
C)  Maladaptive behaviors. 
D)  Psychopathology. 
E)  Both b and c. 
A)  Rational thoughts. 
B)  Idiosyncratic and maladaptive thoughts. 
C)  Maladaptive behaviors. 
D)  Psychopathology. 
E)  Both b and c.

Question 14

Albert Ellis thinks that the therapeutic relationship is:

Accepted Answer

A)  The responsibility of the client. 
B)  The responsibility of B. F. Skinner. 
C)  Minimally important to therapeutic success. 
D)  Moderately important to therapeutic success. 
E)  Extremely important to therapeutic success. 
A)  The responsibility of the client. 
B)  The responsibility of B. F. Skinner. 
C)  Minimally important to therapeutic success. 
D)  Moderately important to therapeutic success. 
E)  Extremely important to therapeutic success.

Question 15

What was the original name of Donald Meichenbaum's therapeutic approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rational psychotherapy. 
B)  Self-instructional therapy. 
C)  Cognitive therapy. 
D)  Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. 
E)  Rational Emotive Therapy. 
A)  Rational psychotherapy. 
B)  Self-instructional therapy. 
C)  Cognitive therapy. 
D)  Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. 
E)  Rational Emotive Therapy.

Question 16

Factor(s) that can improve self-efficacy is/are:

Accepted Answer

A)  Incentives. 
B)  Positive feedback. 
C)  Knowledge and skills. 
D)  Successful performance accomplishment. 
E)  All of the above. 
A)  Incentives. 
B)  Positive feedback. 
C)  Knowledge and skills. 
D)  Successful performance accomplishment. 
E)  All of the above.

Question 17

Which phrase best describes Aaron Beck's cognitive therapy approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  Collaborative empirical analysis of ongoing cognitions. 
B)  Rational argument to overcome irrational thought. 
C)  Self-talk to guide adaptive behaviors. 
D)  Reciprocal feedback from the environment, analyzed cognitively. 
E)  None of these is a good description. 
A)  Collaborative empirical analysis of ongoing cognitions. 
B)  Rational argument to overcome irrational thought. 
C)  Self-talk to guide adaptive behaviors. 
D)  Reciprocal feedback from the environment, analyzed cognitively. 
E)  None of these is a good description.

Question 18

At its core, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) involves:

Accepted Answer

A)  Mostly listening and reflection. 
B)  Analysis of rational emotions versus irrational emotions. 
C)  Identifying irrational ideas and disputing them. 
D)  Dream analysis. 
E)  Self-talk designed to facilitate a positive coping response. 
A)  Mostly listening and reflection. 
B)  Analysis of rational emotions versus irrational emotions. 
C)  Identifying irrational ideas and disputing them. 
D)  Dream analysis. 
E)  Self-talk designed to facilitate a positive coping response.

Question 19

The purpose of vertical descent (used in CBT) is to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hypnotize the client. 
B)  Develop trust in the therapeutic relationship. 
C)  Uncover underlying core beliefs. 
D)  Develop a problem list. 
E)  Both b and d. 
A)  Hypnotize the client. 
B)  Develop trust in the therapeutic relationship. 
C)  Uncover underlying core beliefs. 
D)  Develop a problem list. 
E)  Both b and d.

Question 20

Key similarity(ies) between Beck's cognitive therapy and Ellis's REBT is/are:

Accepted Answer

A)  Cognition is at the core of human suffering, and the therapist's job is to help clients modify distress-producing thoughts. 
B)  Cognition is at the core of human suffering, and therapists must coach clients in changing their behaviors. 
C)  Maladaptive behavior is at the core of human suffering, and therapists must help clients modify distress-producing behaviors. 
D)  Maladaptive behavior is always a function of early childhood trauma. 
E)  Deep cognitive schemas are a product of early childhood experiences. 
A)  Cognition is at the core of human suffering, and the therapist's job is to help clients modify distress-producing thoughts. 
B)  Cognition is at the core of human suffering, and therapists must coach clients in changing their behaviors. 
C)  Maladaptive behavior is at the core of human suffering, and therapists must help clients modify distress-producing behaviors. 
D)  Maladaptive behavior is always a function of early childhood trauma. 
E)  Deep cognitive schemas are a product of early childhood experiences.

Which of the following is Beck's cognitive model of psychopathology?

What's helpful about the CBT process of generating a problem list?

Which technique might be most useful with clients who hold on to maladaptive thoughts despite the fact that other, more reasonable interpretations exist?

The purpose of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is to help substitute a(n) ______________________, which will result in more positive and more comfortable consequent feelings.

Chelsea comes to therapy to stop her compulsive hair-pulling. However, she has very little confidence in her ability to do so. Which statement is true about Chelsea?

Suppose a client has this automatic thought about his therapist: "This is the best therapist I've ever known. He's incredible. He's so insightful." What type of cognitive distortion would Beck most likely consider this to be?

Ellis identified five bedrock components of this theory. Which of the following is NOT one of these five bedrock components?

Which of the following is the best description of the technique of thinking in shades of gray?

Rosen and Davison (2003) published an article advocating a shift away from:

Beck's cognitive triad includes which of the following?

After the first session, Margarita's therapist suggests that she write down whatever thoughts come into her mind when she is feeling a strong emotion. This is an example of which technique?

Social learning theory emphasizes two main cognitive processes:

In Socratic questioning, the therapist asks questions that help clients focus on:

Albert Ellis thinks that the therapeutic relationship is:

What was the original name of Donald Meichenbaum's therapeutic approach?

Factor(s) that can improve self-efficacy is/are:

Which phrase best describes Aaron Beck's cognitive therapy approach?

At its core, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) involves:

The purpose of vertical descent (used in CBT) is to:

Key similarity(ies) between Beck's cognitive therapy and Ellis's REBT is/are:

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Exam 8: Cognitive-Behavioral Theory and Therapy

Which of the following is Beck's cognitive model of psychopathology?

What's helpful about the CBT process of generating a problem list?

Which technique might be most useful with clients who hold on to maladaptive thoughts despite the fact that other, more reasonable interpretations exist?

The purpose of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is to help substitute a(n) ______________________, which will result in more positive and more comfortable consequent feelings.

Chelsea comes to therapy to stop her compulsive hair-pulling. However, she has very little confidence in her ability to do so. Which statement is true about Chelsea?

Suppose a client has this automatic thought about his therapist: "This is the best therapist I've ever known. He's incredible. He's so insightful." What type of cognitive distortion would Beck most likely consider this to be?

Ellis identified five bedrock components of this theory. Which of the following is NOT one of these five bedrock components?

Which of the following is the best description of the technique of thinking in shades of gray?

Rosen and Davison (2003) published an article advocating a shift away from:

Beck's cognitive triad includes which of the following?

After the first session, Margarita's therapist suggests that she write down whatever thoughts come into her mind when she is feeling a strong emotion. This is an example of which technique?

Social learning theory emphasizes two main cognitive processes:

In Socratic questioning, the therapist asks questions that help clients focus on:

Albert Ellis thinks that the therapeutic relationship is:

What was the original name of Donald Meichenbaum's therapeutic approach?

Factor(s) that can improve self-efficacy is/are:

Which phrase best describes Aaron Beck's cognitive therapy approach?

At its core, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) involves:

The purpose of vertical descent (used in CBT) is to:

Key similarity(ies) between Beck's cognitive therapy and Ellis's REBT is/are:

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

Choice Theory and Reality 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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