Question 1

According to Rogers, all thoughts and feelings are okay and should be accepted:

Accepted Answer

A)  Except if they are socially inappropriate. 
B)  But not all behavior is acceptable. 
C)  But clients should refrain from expressing all their thoughts and feelings in therapy. 
D)  And you should express them freely and openly with everyone. 
E)  Only a and c are true. 
A)  Except if they are socially inappropriate. 
B)  But not all behavior is acceptable. 
C)  But clients should refrain from expressing all their thoughts and feelings in therapy. 
D)  And you should express them freely and openly with everyone. 
E)  Only a and c are true. B

Question 2

Miller and Rollnick (2002), the developers of motivational interviewing, view ambivalence as:

Accepted Answer

A)  A sign that the therapeutic relationship is heading in the right direction. 
B)  Normal. 
C)  Pathological. 
D)  Necessary to any therapeutic relationship. 
E)  Something that should be directly confronted in therapy. 
A)  A sign that the therapeutic relationship is heading in the right direction. 
B)  Normal. 
C)  Pathological. 
D)  Necessary to any therapeutic relationship. 
E)  Something that should be directly confronted in therapy. B

Question 3

Which statement is accurate regarding Rogers's study of hospitalized schizophrenics in Wisconsin?

Accepted Answer

A)  Therapists had very accurate perceptions of the therapeutic relationship. 
B)  The patients turned out to have more useful or accurate perceptions of the therapy relationship. 
C)  Both therapists and patients had similar perceptions of the therapy relationship. 
D)  The patients all made excellent progress in this study. 
E)  Several patients completely recovered from schizophrenia. 
A)  Therapists had very accurate perceptions of the therapeutic relationship. 
B)  The patients turned out to have more useful or accurate perceptions of the therapy relationship. 
C)  Both therapists and patients had similar perceptions of the therapy relationship. 
D)  The patients all made excellent progress in this study. 
E)  Several patients completely recovered from schizophrenia. B

Question 4

When Ralph asked his child about her therapy experience, she stated that she played a lot and got to do what she liked. Her therapist was most likely:

Accepted Answer

A)  A person-centered therapist. 
B)  A therapist practicing individual psychology. 
C)  A behavioral therapist. 
D)  A Jungian analyst. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  A person-centered therapist. 
B)  A therapist practicing individual psychology. 
C)  A behavioral therapist. 
D)  A Jungian analyst. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 5

One way to experience (unconditional) positive regard in difficult situations (for example with parent who is abusive toward his or her child) is to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Smile warmly at your client and let the subception process take over. 
B)  Tell your client that what he or she is saying makes you uncomfortable and then continue on. 
C)  Find within yourself the positive regard for the suffering human being in the room with you. 
D)  Ask your client to limit his or her sharing of details to behavior only and to censor the emotions surrounding the behavior. 
E)  Both a and b would work well together. 
A)  Smile warmly at your client and let the subception process take over. 
B)  Tell your client that what he or she is saying makes you uncomfortable and then continue on. 
C)  Find within yourself the positive regard for the suffering human being in the room with you. 
D)  Ask your client to limit his or her sharing of details to behavior only and to censor the emotions surrounding the behavior. 
E)  Both a and b would work well together.

Question 6

"Walking within" occurs when:

Accepted Answer

A)  The client explores his or her unconscious through dream work. 
B)  The client uses the downward arrow technique to access a condition of worth. 
C)  The therapist looks at his or her own countertransference. 
D)  The therapist reflects the client's feeling or experience using first person pronouns. 
E)  The therapist leads the client into the therapy office. 
A)  The client explores his or her unconscious through dream work. 
B)  The client uses the downward arrow technique to access a condition of worth. 
C)  The therapist looks at his or her own countertransference. 
D)  The therapist reflects the client's feeling or experience using first person pronouns. 
E)  The therapist leads the client into the therapy office.

Question 7

According to Rogers, when the self's and organism's experiences and perceptions are consistent, there is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Balance. 
B)  Psychosis. 
C)  Enlightenment. 
D)  Joyousness. 
E)  Congruence. 
A)  Balance. 
B)  Psychosis. 
C)  Enlightenment. 
D)  Joyousness. 
E)  Congruence.

Question 8

Somewhat similar to existential therapy, person-centered therapy is designed to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Help clients find the meaning in life. 
B)  Help clients become more open to their vast array of personal experiences. 
C)  Help clients identify with their inner child. 
D)  Help clients confront their false selves. 
E)  Help client face and embrace the reality of death. 
A)  Help clients find the meaning in life. 
B)  Help clients become more open to their vast array of personal experiences. 
C)  Help clients identify with their inner child. 
D)  Help clients confront their false selves. 
E)  Help client face and embrace the reality of death.

Question 9

Empirical research suggests that the core conditions as articulated by Rogers are:

Accepted Answer

A)  Necessary and sufficient for positive therapy outcomes. 
B)  Facilitative of positive therapy outcomes. 
C)  Unrelated to positive therapy outcomes. 
D)  A product of an outdated method. 
E)  Not measurable and therefore of little importance. 
A)  Necessary and sufficient for positive therapy outcomes. 
B)  Facilitative of positive therapy outcomes. 
C)  Unrelated to positive therapy outcomes. 
D)  A product of an outdated method. 
E)  Not measurable and therefore of little importance.

Question 10

The best way to express positive regard is to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Tell your clients that you care about them. 
B)  Express positive regard in your informed consent. 
C)  Consistently listen sensitively and compassionately. 
D)  Directly educate your clients about the PCT approach. 
E)  Use self-disclosure. 
A)  Tell your clients that you care about them. 
B)  Express positive regard in your informed consent. 
C)  Consistently listen sensitively and compassionately. 
D)  Directly educate your clients about the PCT approach. 
E)  Use self-disclosure.

Question 11

Paraphrasing Rogers, Hall and Lindzey (1970) suggested that if more and more true values of a person are replaced by values taken over or borrowed from others:

Accepted Answer

A)  Schizophrenia is likely to develop. 
B)  Somewhat paradoxically, such a person will develop congruence. 
C)  The self will become a house divided against itself. 
D)  Such a person will develop skills for feeling feel confident in what he or she wants. 
E)  Only a and c are true. 
A)  Schizophrenia is likely to develop. 
B)  Somewhat paradoxically, such a person will develop congruence. 
C)  The self will become a house divided against itself. 
D)  Such a person will develop skills for feeling feel confident in what he or she wants. 
E)  Only a and c are true.

Question 12

Which of the following is the most central and deepest core theoretical principle of person-centered therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unconditional positive regard. 
B)  Congruence. 
C)  Empathy. 
D)  Trust in the client. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  Unconditional positive regard. 
B)  Congruence. 
C)  Empathy. 
D)  Trust in the client. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 13

Learning person-centered therapy is an excellent foundational training for becoming any type of therapist because:

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a requirement for state licensure. 
B)  It is proven to be empirically better than any other approach. 
C)  The principles are integrated into virtually every other contemporary therapeutic approach. 
D)  Multicultural clients tend to prefer less directive therapies. 
E)  Clients always know and can articulate their problems. 
A)  It is a requirement for state licensure. 
B)  It is proven to be empirically better than any other approach. 
C)  The principles are integrated into virtually every other contemporary therapeutic approach. 
D)  Multicultural clients tend to prefer less directive therapies. 
E)  Clients always know and can articulate their problems.

Question 14

Rogers used the term ____________ to refer to the locus of all psychological experience.

Accepted Answer

A)  Development. 
B)  Cell. 
C)  Organism. 
D)  Life span. 
E)  Realm of the psyche. 
A)  Development. 
B)  Cell. 
C)  Organism. 
D)  Life span. 
E)  Realm of the psyche.

Question 15

According to person-centered theory, what is the best description of psychopathology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Maladaptive thoughts. 
B)  Perception without awareness. 
C)  Subception. 
D)  Failure to learn from experience. 
E)  Unfinished business. 
A)  Maladaptive thoughts. 
B)  Perception without awareness. 
C)  Subception. 
D)  Failure to learn from experience. 
E)  Unfinished business.

Question 16

According to Rogers, what should a therapist do when he or she is experiencing negative feelings in the context of the therapeutic relationship?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pause, take a deep breath, and express a positive feeling anyway. 
B)  Acknowledge it to himself or herself, but avoid displaying or showing the negative feelings. 
C)  Go to therapy because any negative feelings toward a client are a sign of countertransference that needs to be resolved. 
D)  Always be real and direct, expressing negative feelings full force. 
E)  None of the above is an ideal way for dealing with negative reactions to clients. 
A)  Pause, take a deep breath, and express a positive feeling anyway. 
B)  Acknowledge it to himself or herself, but avoid displaying or showing the negative feelings. 
C)  Go to therapy because any negative feelings toward a client are a sign of countertransference that needs to be resolved. 
D)  Always be real and direct, expressing negative feelings full force. 
E)  None of the above is an ideal way for dealing with negative reactions to clients.

Question 17

Miller and Rollnick (1998), the developers of motivational interviewing, described Rogers as collaborative, caring, and supportive and also emphasized that he was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Not nondirective. 
B)  Completely nondirective. 
C)  A spiritual giant. 
D)  The most influential man in the world. 
E)  Not necessarily effective in his work. 
A)  Not nondirective. 
B)  Completely nondirective. 
C)  A spiritual giant. 
D)  The most influential man in the world. 
E)  Not necessarily effective in his work.

Question 18

Person-centered therapy has been shown to have the following limitations in regard to culturally diverse clients:

Accepted Answer

A)  Collectivist cultures are attracted to nondirective approaches. 
B)  Certain cultures prefer active, advice-oriented counselors. 
C)  Collectivist cultures may feel uncomfortable with this intense focus on the individual. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  Only b and c. 
A)  Collectivist cultures are attracted to nondirective approaches. 
B)  Certain cultures prefer active, advice-oriented counselors. 
C)  Collectivist cultures may feel uncomfortable with this intense focus on the individual. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  Only b and c.

Question 19

Rogers believed that repression and conditions of worth can be prevented by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Maintaining full organismic awareness during traumatic events. 
B)  Avoiding all situations that are threatening or potentially harmful. 
C)  Having parents who provide unconditional positive regard. 
D)  Resiliency. 
E)  Development of protective factors. 
A)  Maintaining full organismic awareness during traumatic events. 
B)  Avoiding all situations that are threatening or potentially harmful. 
C)  Having parents who provide unconditional positive regard. 
D)  Resiliency. 
E)  Development of protective factors.

Question 20

Element(s) of Rankian practice that Rogers wove into his approach is/are:

Accepted Answer

A)  Therapists should seek to educate clients. 
B)  Therapists should not seek to educate clients. 
C)  Therapists should foster dependency with clients. 
D)  Therapists should help clients accept their uniqueness. 
E)  Both b and d. 
A)  Therapists should seek to educate clients. 
B)  Therapists should not seek to educate clients. 
C)  Therapists should foster dependency with clients. 
D)  Therapists should help clients accept their uniqueness. 
E)  Both b and d.

According to Rogers, all thoughts and feelings are okay and should be accepted:

Miller and Rollnick (2002), the developers of motivational interviewing, view ambivalence as:

Which statement is accurate regarding Rogers's study of hospitalized schizophrenics in Wisconsin?

When Ralph asked his child about her therapy experience, she stated that she played a lot and got to do what she liked. Her therapist was most likely:

One way to experience (unconditional) positive regard in difficult situations (for example with parent who is abusive toward his or her child) is to:

"Walking within" occurs when:

According to Rogers, when the self's and organism's experiences and perceptions are consistent, there is:

Somewhat similar to existential therapy, person-centered therapy is designed to:

Empirical research suggests that the core conditions as articulated by Rogers are:

The best way to express positive regard is to:

Paraphrasing Rogers, Hall and Lindzey (1970) suggested that if more and more true values of a person are replaced by values taken over or borrowed from others:

Which of the following is the most central and deepest core theoretical principle of person-centered therapy?

Learning person-centered therapy is an excellent foundational training for becoming any type of therapist because:

Rogers used the term ____________ to refer to the locus of all psychological experience.

According to person-centered theory, what is the best description of psychopathology?

According to Rogers, what should a therapist do when he or she is experiencing negative feelings in the context of the therapeutic relationship?

Miller and Rollnick (1998), the developers of motivational interviewing, described Rogers as collaborative, caring, and supportive and also emphasized that he was:

Person-centered therapy has been shown to have the following limitations in regard to culturally diverse clients:

Rogers believed that repression and conditions of worth can be prevented by:

Element(s) of Rankian practice that Rogers wove into his approach is/are:

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Exam 5: Person-Centered Theory and Therapy

According to Rogers, all thoughts and feelings are okay and should be accepted:

Miller and Rollnick (2002), the developers of motivational interviewing, view ambivalence as:

Which statement is accurate regarding Rogers's study of hospitalized schizophrenics in Wisconsin?

When Ralph asked his child about her therapy experience, she stated that she played a lot and got to do what she liked. Her therapist was most likely:

One way to experience (unconditional) positive regard in difficult situations (for example with parent who is abusive toward his or her child) is to:

"Walking within" occurs when:

According to Rogers, when the self's and organism's experiences and perceptions are consistent, there is:

Somewhat similar to existential therapy, person-centered therapy is designed to:

Empirical research suggests that the core conditions as articulated by Rogers are:

The best way to express positive regard is to:

Paraphrasing Rogers, Hall and Lindzey (1970) suggested that if more and more true values of a person are replaced by values taken over or borrowed from others:

Which of the following is the most central and deepest core theoretical principle of person-centered therapy?

Learning person-centered therapy is an excellent foundational training for becoming any type of therapist because:

Rogers used the term ____________ to refer to the locus of all psychological experience.

According to person-centered theory, what is the best description of psychopathology?

According to Rogers, what should a therapist do when he or she is experiencing negative feelings in the context of the therapeutic relationship?

Miller and Rollnick (1998), the developers of motivational interviewing, described Rogers as collaborative, caring, and supportive and also emphasized that he was:

Person-centered therapy has been shown to have the following limitations in regard to culturally diverse clients:

Rogers believed that repression and conditions of worth can be prevented by:

Element(s) of Rankian practice that Rogers wove into his approach is/are:

Psychotherapy and Counseling Essentials: An Introduction

Psychoanalytic Approaches

Individual Psychology and Adlerian Therapy

Existential 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

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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