Question 1

Which of the following opening questions is most consistent with person-centered theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  "What specific problem is it that brings you in today?" 
B)  "I would like to get to know you better. Would you please tell me about your family history, starting with your grandparents?" 
C)  "Would you please tell me anything you're willing or want to tell me about yourself?" 
D)  "Okay, last week we discussed some strategies for controlling your anger. Did you have a chance to practice any of them this week?" 
E)  "If this session is to be successful, what will have to happen?" 
A)  "What specific problem is it that brings you in today?" 
B)  "I would like to get to know you better. Would you please tell me about your family history, starting with your grandparents?" 
C)  "Would you please tell me anything you're willing or want to tell me about yourself?" 
D)  "Okay, last week we discussed some strategies for controlling your anger. Did you have a chance to practice any of them this week?" 
E)  "If this session is to be successful, what will have to happen?"

Question 2

Your client is crying about having recently broken up from a romantic relationship. Which response is the most consistent with the person-centered approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Please take a tissue and have a good cry." 
B)  "It really hurts when you think about your relationship ending." 
C)  "What thoughts are coming into your mind right now?" 
D)  "It might help right now if you could think about the negative experiences you had in your relationship." 
E)  "When you've been sad and down before, what has helped you feel better?" 
A)  "Please take a tissue and have a good cry." 
B)  "It really hurts when you think about your relationship ending." 
C)  "What thoughts are coming into your mind right now?" 
D)  "It might help right now if you could think about the negative experiences you had in your relationship." 
E)  "When you've been sad and down before, what has helped you feel better?"

Question 3

If a child consistently experiences disapproval from his or her caretaker, he or she may:

Accepted Answer

A)  Develop negative self-regard. 
B)  End up believing his or her caretaker regards him or her negatively. 
C)  Deny the desirable organismic experience that the caretaker has consistently disapproved. 
D)  All of the above can result. 
E)  None of the above will result. 
A)  Develop negative self-regard. 
B)  End up believing his or her caretaker regards him or her negatively. 
C)  Deny the desirable organismic experience that the caretaker has consistently disapproved. 
D)  All of the above can result. 
E)  None of the above will result.

Question 4

Motivational interviewing:

Accepted Answer

A)  Is used with resistant clients. 
B)  Is a form of nondirective play therapy. 
C)  Enhances client self-efficacy. 
D)  Uses reflective listening skills. 
E)  Only a, c, and d are true. 
A)  Is used with resistant clients. 
B)  Is a form of nondirective play therapy. 
C)  Enhances client self-efficacy. 
D)  Uses reflective listening skills. 
E)  Only a, c, and d are true.

Question 5

Using theoretically informed observational data and reputable sources in the service of understanding a client is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  Imaginative empathy. 
B)  Intellectual empathy. 
C)  Emotional empathy. 
D)  Unconditional positive regard. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  Imaginative empathy. 
B)  Intellectual empathy. 
C)  Emotional empathy. 
D)  Unconditional positive regard. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 6

Which statement would be true regarding what Natalie Rogers expressed in her phone conversation with John Sommers-Flanagan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Brief psychotherapy was something she is interested in and views as having great potential. 
B)  Therapists in the United States tend to have an attitude of "I know more" than the client and therefore take on a role of authority. 
C)  Most U.S. practitioners understand how to conduct person-centered therapy fairly well. 
D)  To practice something on somebody else that you haven't practice in depth is inexcusable. 
E)  Both b and d are true. 
A)  Brief psychotherapy was something she is interested in and views as having great potential. 
B)  Therapists in the United States tend to have an attitude of "I know more" than the client and therefore take on a role of authority. 
C)  Most U.S. practitioners understand how to conduct person-centered therapy fairly well. 
D)  To practice something on somebody else that you haven't practice in depth is inexcusable. 
E)  Both b and d are true.

Question 7

According to the motivational interviewing approach, directly confronting substance-abusing clients generally produces which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Motivation. 
B)  Insight. 
C)  Resistance. 
D)  Empathy. 
E)  Countertransference. 
A)  Motivation. 
B)  Insight. 
C)  Resistance. 
D)  Empathy. 
E)  Countertransference.

Question 8

Which would be an example of an amplified reflection in response to a client stating, "My drinking isn't that bad"?

Accepted Answer

A)  "You feel that your drinking isn't that big a problem." 
B)  "You can drink with minimal consequences." 
C)  "Really? From what I've heard, it seems it is." 
D)  "You haven't received any consequences whatsoever from your drinking." 
E)  "Denial is much more than a river in Egypt." 
A)  "You feel that your drinking isn't that big a problem." 
B)  "You can drink with minimal consequences." 
C)  "Really? From what I've heard, it seems it is." 
D)  "You haven't received any consequences whatsoever from your drinking." 
E)  "Denial is much more than a river in Egypt."

Question 9

In the 1940s, one of the most distinct components of Carl Rogers's therapy was that:

Accepted Answer

A)  He actually listened to his clients. 
B)  He used movement therapy and sometimes danced with his clients. 
C)  He used subception to sense what clients were feeling without them talking. 
D)  He meditated with his clients. 
E)  None of the above is true. 
A)  He actually listened to his clients. 
B)  He used movement therapy and sometimes danced with his clients. 
C)  He used subception to sense what clients were feeling without them talking. 
D)  He meditated with his clients. 
E)  None of the above is true.

Question 10

Which is the correct order of evolutionary steps of person-centered theory and therapy (PCT)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nondirective counseling, client-centered therapy, becoming a person, worldwide issues. 
B)  Becoming a person, becoming a therapist, nondirective counseling, client-centered therapy. 
C)  Client-centered therapy, nondirective counseling, becoming a person, worldwide issues. 
D)  There was no specific order of evolution. 
E)  Rogers never changed in his approach or titling of his brand of therapy. 
A)  Nondirective counseling, client-centered therapy, becoming a person, worldwide issues. 
B)  Becoming a person, becoming a therapist, nondirective counseling, client-centered therapy. 
C)  Client-centered therapy, nondirective counseling, becoming a person, worldwide issues. 
D)  There was no specific order of evolution. 
E)  Rogers never changed in his approach or titling of his brand of therapy.

Question 11

Many researchers and practitioners make the mistake of evaluating Rogers's therapeutic conditions as "therapist skills" rather than as:

Accepted Answer

A)  A way of life. 
B)  Therapist talent. 
C)  Therapist beliefs. 
D)  Therapist attitudes. 
E)  Therapist behaviors. 
A)  A way of life. 
B)  Therapist talent. 
C)  Therapist beliefs. 
D)  Therapist attitudes. 
E)  Therapist behaviors.

Question 12

Natalie Rogers believes which of the following about empathy?

Accepted Answer

A)  It's not as important as her father insisted it was. 
B)  It's impossible to be genuinely empathic. 
C)  It's perhaps the most underestimated condition leading to positive change. 
D)  Clients take empathy for granted and therefore it is counterproductive. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  It's not as important as her father insisted it was. 
B)  It's impossible to be genuinely empathic. 
C)  It's perhaps the most underestimated condition leading to positive change. 
D)  Clients take empathy for granted and therefore it is counterproductive. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 13

According to Carl Rogers, assessment and diagnostic procedures are seen as potentially contributing to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Successfully shortening the length of therapy. 
B)  Client psychopathology. 
C)  Schizophrenia. 
D)  The healing process. 
E)  Client success in therapy. 
A)  Successfully shortening the length of therapy. 
B)  Client psychopathology. 
C)  Schizophrenia. 
D)  The healing process. 
E)  Client success in therapy.

Question 14

Congruence, one of the core conditions of person-centered therapy, is also referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Transparency. 
B)  Empathy. 
C)  Acceptance. 
D)  Genuineness. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  Transparency. 
B)  Empathy. 
C)  Acceptance. 
D)  Genuineness. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 15

Regarding cultural considerations and values, the person-centered approach:

Accepted Answer

A)  Is a universal therapy and therefore fits well with all cultures. 
B)  May be too emotionally direct for some cultures. 
C)  May be too indirect for some cultures. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  Only b and c. 
A)  Is a universal therapy and therefore fits well with all cultures. 
B)  May be too emotionally direct for some cultures. 
C)  May be too indirect for some cultures. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  Only b and c.

Question 16

Recent research on person-centered therapy suggests which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is often somewhat less effective than cognitive and behavioral treatment. 
B)  It is marginally more effective than placebo treatment. 
C)  It is consistently more effective than no treatment. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  It is often somewhat less effective than cognitive and behavioral treatment. 
B)  It is marginally more effective than placebo treatment. 
C)  It is consistently more effective than no treatment. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 17

Which of the following terms refers to a person's unconscious perception of a threatening object or situation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Subception. 
B)  Repression. 
C)  Regression. 
D)  Deception. 
E)  Retroflection. 
A)  Subception. 
B)  Repression. 
C)  Regression. 
D)  Deception. 
E)  Retroflection.

Question 18

Which description of Carl Rogers's family background is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  He came from a very liberal, atheist family. 
B)  He came from a very liberal, Christian family. 
C)  He came from a moderately conservative family. 
D)  He came from a fundamentalist Christian family. 
E)  He was adopted and came to the United States on a slow boat from China. 
A)  He came from a very liberal, atheist family. 
B)  He came from a very liberal, Christian family. 
C)  He came from a moderately conservative family. 
D)  He came from a fundamentalist Christian family. 
E)  He was adopted and came to the United States on a slow boat from China.

Question 19

Subjective empathy might involve asking yourself which of the following questions?

Accepted Answer

A)  "What does my intuition tell me about my client right now?" 
B)  "When will he or she start talking about emotionally meaningful material?" 
C)  "How can I be more empathic with my client?" 
D)  "How was that other client I worked with feeling about this?" 
E)  "What does the research say about what people tend to feel in similar situations?" 
A)  "What does my intuition tell me about my client right now?" 
B)  "When will he or she start talking about emotionally meaningful material?" 
C)  "How can I be more empathic with my client?" 
D)  "How was that other client I worked with feeling about this?" 
E)  "What does the research say about what people tend to feel in similar situations?"

Question 20

The developmental goal in Rogers's self theory is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Confronting maladaptive beliefs. 
B)  Identifying underlying cognitive schemas. 
C)  For the self to become more fully aware and more able to learn from experience. 
D)  To diminish the self because of its false egotistical nature. 
E)  To adapt to external life demands by putting aside the self. 
A)  Confronting maladaptive beliefs. 
B)  Identifying underlying cognitive schemas. 
C)  For the self to become more fully aware and more able to learn from experience. 
D)  To diminish the self because of its false egotistical nature. 
E)  To adapt to external life demands by putting aside the self.

Which of the following opening questions is most consistent with person-centered theory?

Your client is crying about having recently broken up from a romantic relationship. Which response is the most consistent with the person-centered approach?

If a child consistently experiences disapproval from his or her caretaker, he or she may:

Motivational interviewing:

Using theoretically informed observational data and reputable sources in the service of understanding a client is called:

Which statement would be true regarding what Natalie Rogers expressed in her phone conversation with John Sommers-Flanagan?

According to the motivational interviewing approach, directly confronting substance-abusing clients generally produces which of the following?

Which would be an example of an amplified reflection in response to a client stating, "My drinking isn't that bad"?

In the 1940s, one of the most distinct components of Carl Rogers's therapy was that:

Which is the correct order of evolutionary steps of person-centered theory and therapy (PCT)?

Many researchers and practitioners make the mistake of evaluating Rogers's therapeutic conditions as "therapist skills" rather than as:

Natalie Rogers believes which of the following about empathy?

According to Carl Rogers, assessment and diagnostic procedures are seen as potentially contributing to:

Congruence, one of the core conditions of person-centered therapy, is also referred to as:

Regarding cultural considerations and values, the person-centered approach:

Recent research on person-centered therapy suggests which of the following?

Which of the following terms refers to a person's unconscious perception of a threatening object or situation?

Which description of Carl Rogers's family background is most accurate?

Subjective empathy might involve asking yourself which of the following questions?

The developmental goal in Rogers's self theory is:

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Exam 5: Person-Centered Theory and Therapy

Which of the following opening questions is most consistent with person-centered theory?

Your client is crying about having recently broken up from a romantic relationship. Which response is the most consistent with the person-centered approach?

If a child consistently experiences disapproval from his or her caretaker, he or she may:

Motivational interviewing:

Using theoretically informed observational data and reputable sources in the service of understanding a client is called:

Which statement would be true regarding what Natalie Rogers expressed in her phone conversation with John Sommers-Flanagan?

According to the motivational interviewing approach, directly confronting substance-abusing clients generally produces which of the following?

Which would be an example of an amplified reflection in response to a client stating, "My drinking isn't that bad"?

In the 1940s, one of the most distinct components of Carl Rogers's therapy was that:

Which is the correct order of evolutionary steps of person-centered theory and therapy (PCT)?

Many researchers and practitioners make the mistake of evaluating Rogers's therapeutic conditions as "therapist skills" rather than as:

Natalie Rogers believes which of the following about empathy?

According to Carl Rogers, assessment and diagnostic procedures are seen as potentially contributing to:

Congruence, one of the core conditions of person-centered therapy, is also referred to as:

Regarding cultural considerations and values, the person-centered approach:

Recent research on person-centered therapy suggests which of the following?

Which of the following terms refers to a person's unconscious perception of a threatening object or situation?

Which description of Carl Rogers's family background is most accurate?

Subjective empathy might involve asking yourself which of the following questions?

The developmental goal in Rogers's self theory is:

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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