Deck 11: Reality Therapy and Choice Theory

Question 1

The text authors indicated that William Glasser's mother was

A) nurturing.
B) controlling.
C) overprotective.
D) indulgent.
E) enabling.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

William Glasser developed reality therapy during a time

A) when individuals were placing more emphasis upon free will.
B) when people were focusing more upon objective evidence as truth.
C) when determinism was being questioned.
D) all of the above
E) A and C only

Answer 2

E

Question 3

According to the text, Glasser's training included

A) working with juvenile delinquents.
B) working with veterans.
C) working with educators.
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Answer 3

D

Question 4

As a child, Glasser saw choice theory exemplified in his

A) mother.
B) father.
C) grandmother.
D) grandfather.
E) teacher.

Question 5

Which of the following statements would you least likely hear a reality therapist say?

A) "You are angry with yourself right now because you want to do better."
B) "What you want in life is to succeed and provide for your family."
C) "How was money dealt with in your family when you were a child?"
D) "What would be a different, more helpful way of thinking?"
E) All of the above are statements that reality therapists would be likely to say.

Question 6

Glasser used the metaphor of a car to demonstrate need fulfillment. In this metaphor, the car is steered by

A) the brain.
B) an individual's innate needs.
C) unique wants.
D) external stimuli.
E) total behavior.

Question 7

When working with a client reporting symptoms of depression, a reality therapist

A) would place full responsibility for the depression on the client.
B) would forcefully confront the client.
C) would not accept excuses.
D) A and C only
E) all of the above

Question 8

According to choice theorists, total behavior includes

A) involuntary thoughts.
B) voluntary thoughts.
C) involuntary biological processes.
D) all of the above
E) B and C only

Question 9

The key to satisfying needs, according to Glasser (2000), is

A) full awareness of the needs.
B) full awareness of one's options to meet one's needs.
C) first satisfying the need for love and belonging.
D) choosing responsible total behavior.
E) none of the above

Question 10

In Glasser's metaphorical structure of an automobile, those aspects of the need fulfillment process not under direct human control are:

A) basic needs, feeling, and physiology.
B) unique wants, feeling, and physiology.
C) basic needs, behavior, and physiology.
D) unique wants, behavior, and physiology.
E) none of the above

Question 11

According to Glasser,

A) only clients with severe mental illness should be medicated.
B) clients are choosing their maladjustment symptoms.
C) maladjusted individuals are choosing the best alternatives they know of.
D) all of the above
E) B and C only

Question 12

In reality therapy, a client must be willing to

A) take full responsibility for one's behaviors.
B) learn.
C) endure possible offense by the counselor.
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Question 13

The ABCDEFG approach stands for

A) always be courageous, determined, enthusiastic, firm, and genuine.
B) always be courteous, determined, enthusiastic, firm, and genuine.
C) always be calm, determined, empathetic, firm, and genuine.
D) always be courteous, determined, empathetic, firm, and genuine.
E) always be courageous, decisive, enthusiastic, firm, and genuine.

Question 14

The reality therapist

A) inquires about the reasons behind a client's emotions.
B) is willing to argue with a client why one choice is more responsible than another.
C) is patient and understanding.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 15

According to Glasser's choice theory, humans are born with the following five basic needs:

A) power, survival, relationship, fun, and competency.
B) survival, recognition, belonging, power, and relaxation.
C) freedom, fun, relationship, power, and safety.
D) power, fun, love and belonging, freedom, and survival.
E) none of the above

Question 16

The new client to reality therapy should

A) expect her counselor's approach to be essentially comforting during the first few sessions.
B) expect therapy to focus on her responsibility for her symptoms.
C) expect treatment to focus on her awareness of emotion or affect attached to relationships and/or experiences.
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Question 17

Regarding the subject of eclecticism,

A) reality therapists embrace techniques that move clients in the direction of increasing insight into what motivates their total behavior.
B) reality therapy discourages both theoretical and technical eclecticism.
C) reality therapy is flexible enough to incorporate assorted techniques from other theories, provided those techniques help clients behave more effectively in the "here and now."
D) A and C only
E) none of the above

Question 18

According to the authors, Glasser has asserted which of the following about pharmacotherapy?

A) The use of medication is ineffective and disempowers the client.
B) The use of medication may save lives and should be considered for short-term use with suicidal clients.
C) The use of medication is driven by greed within the psychiatric and pharmaceutical communities.
D) A and C only
E) B and C only

Question 19

Reality therapists are at odds with managed care and brief therapy in that

A) they prefer an open-ended, rather than time-limited, approach to therapy.
B) they view diagnostic labeling as inappropriate and unnecessary.
C) their emphasis on choosing new total behavior does not fit within the cognitive-behavioral realm of approaches that insurance companies prefer.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 20

According to the authors, survival needs

A) represent a biological necessity, thereby eliminating responsibility for how one's actions affect others.
B) encompass the whole of human sexual experience because of the biological imperative for procreation.
C) almost always conflict with one or more of the other four psychological needs.
D) none of the above
E) B and C only

Question 21

Which of the following descriptions does not agree with the text authors' statements about meeting the need for fun?

A) Fun is to be considered a reward for learning.
B) Fun is actually a form of learning.
C) Fun results in a feeling of deep intimacy.
D) Fun loses some of its intensity and importance after adults form an intimate couple connection.
E) All of the above statements do agree with the authors' commentary on meeting the need for fun.

Question 22

According to Glasser, the biologically based need for freedom

A) is foundational to all other basic needs.
B) accounts for a significant percentage of the divorce rate in the United States.
C) often requires creativity to resolve conflict responsibly.
D) all of the above
E) A and C only