Deck 13: Cognitive-Behavior Modification

Question 1

When is it most appropriate to use coping-skills therapies?

A) when individuals holds irrational beliefs about a situation
B) when individuals need help lessening the impact of negative environmental events
C) when individuals are unable to generate solutions to problems
D) when individuals are confronted with environmental variables incompatible with  change

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Cognitive therapy relies on an individual's ability to engage in philosophical disputation, logical analysis, and abstract thinking.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

In the cognitive A-B-C model, what factor immediately comes before behavior?

A) antecedents
B) consequences
C) beliefs
D) stimuli

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following approaches is probably one of the earliest applications of "pure" cognitive therapy?

A) cognitive therapy
B) problem solving training
C) rational-emotive therapy
D) stress inoculation training

Question 5

Thought stopping is most appropriate for individuals with intense troubling and uncontrollable thoughts.

Question 6

The turtle technique involves teaching students to generate alternative strategies.

Question 7

Which of the following statements characterizes the student-directed thought stopping: overt interruption stage?

A) student says "STOP" silently to him/herself
B) student says "I'm doing fine, just keep up the good work"
C) student says "STOP" aloud
D) practitioner says "STOP" aloud

Question 8

The use of self-instructions is enhanced when:

A) students have a history of using self-instructions effectively.
B) students are very low functioning.
C) students use nonverbal communication.
D) students talk aloud to friends.

Question 9

Cognitive assessment can range from concurrent evaluations to:

A) environmental evaluations .
B) attribution evaluations.
C) retrospective evaluations.
D) divergent evaluations.

Question 10

Which approach is based on the theory that children's causal explanations for why they perform well or poorly have implications for their behavioral persistence at a task?

A) thought stopping
B) problem solving training
C) turtle technique
D) attribution retraining

Question 11

Ms. Bookbacker is using self-instruction training to teach Nitro to control his temper when he is being teased by other children. Both Ms. Bookbacker and Nitro say the following statement out loud together: "When I'm being teased, I should take a deep breath and walk away." Which step of the self-instruction process is Ms. Bookbacker employing?

A) covert self-guidance
B) overt external guidance
C) overt self-guidance
D) faded self-guidance

Question 12

Which of the following reflects a self-evaluation self-statement?

A) "Am I following my plan...did I look at each one?"
B) "That's ok...even if I make an error, I can back up and go slowly."
C) "What is it I have to do?"
D) "Good-I got it!"

Question 13

Which of the following irrational conclusions focuses on individuals that believe that a situation is more than 100% bad?

A) always-and-never thinking
B) awfulizing
C) I-can't stand-it-it's
D) damnation

Question 14

If a student engages in negative self-talk, then the student's beliefs are dysfunctional.

Question 15

Which of the following components of problem-solving training involves providing a student with a set of beliefs to recognize problems and know how to deal with them in appropriate ways?

A) decision making
B) solution implementation
C) problem definition
D) problem orientation

Question 16

Which of the following interventions epitomized the general orientation of cognitive-behavior modification better than any other intervention in this category?

A) problem-solving training
B) self-instruction training
C) attribution retraining
D) cognitive restructuring

Question 17

Task approach statements refer to global strategies that are relevant across a variety of related tasks as well as the task at hand.

Question 18

Which of the following models of human functioning looks at the interaction between cognitive, environmental, and behavioral factors?

A) functional flexibility
B) reciprocal determinism
C) social reciprocity
D) collateral determinism

Question 19

Which of the following components of problem-solving training involves the ability to evaluate the available solution alternatives and select the best one to use?

A) decision making
B) problem orientation
C) problem definition
D) solution implementation

Question 20

In relation to cognitive assessment, temporality refers to:

A) the location or topography of a behavior in relation to environmental antecedents.
B) multiple behavioral events that result in the development of generalized cognitions.
C) a situation where affect and cognition are viewed as identical processes.
D) when assessment was administered relative to the occurrence of specific thoughts.

Question 21

Explain the process of cognitive restructuring.

Question 22

What are some of the dangers associated with cognitive assessment? What problems should an educator be aware of when going through this process?

Question 23

What are the steps involved in self-instruction training?

Question 24

What is the difference between the behavior and cognitive A-B-C models?

Question 25

Pick three cognitive assessment techniques and describe how they are used in the classroom.