Deck 2: The Meaning of Play

Question 1

The natural medium of communication for children is

A) concrete symbolism.
B) goal oriented behavior.
C) play and activity.
D) responsive interaction.
E) verbalization.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Frank (1982) suggested play

A) depends on the external world.
B) is a means to provide solutions for children.
C) is based on situational happenings.
D) is future oriented.
E) is the way children learn what no one can teach them.

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Play therapy does not provide for a child's need to

A) achieve difficult goals.
B) be physically active.
C) discharge energy.
D) prepare for life's duties.
E) verbalize their experiences.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

During the process of play therapy, girls tended to express more _____ than boys.

A) anger
B) anxiety
C) aggression
D) assimilation
E) sound effects

Question 5

According to Moustakas' observations of disturbed children in play therapy, which of the following expressions usually occur in the second identifiable stage of the therapeutic process?

A) Ambivalent feelings that are generally anxious or hostile (pp. 20-21)
B) Ambivalent positive and negative feelings and attitudes toward parents, siblings, and other persons in the child's life
C) Clear, distinct, separate, usually realistic positive and negative attitudes, with positive attitudes predominating in the child's play
D) Diffuse negative feelings
E) Focused direct negative feelings toward parents, siblings, and other persons in the child's life

Question 6

Child's play is child's work, in that play is goal focused and directed toward accomplishment or completion of a task by accommodating the demands of the immediate environment.

Question 7

No extrinsic goals exist in play therapy.

Question 8

Play is to the child what verbalization is to the adult.

Question 9

Saying "Tell me about it," is an appropriate intervention for a play therapist to use.

Question 10

The United Nations has declared play as a universal and inalienable right of childhood.

Question 11

Match the theorist with the belief.
-Axline

A) Play bridges the gap between concrete experience and abstract thought, and it is the symbolic function of play that is so important
B) Play is the way children learn what no one can teach them.
C) The child plays out feelings, thus bringing them to the surface, getting them out in the open, and facing them
D) The essential element in person-centered therapy is the relationship.
E) The "talking cure" was effective only insofar as it represented an adequate substitute for an "acting cure".

Question 12

Match the theorist with the belief.
-Frank

A) Play bridges the gap between concrete experience and abstract thought, and it is the symbolic function of play that is so important
B) Play is the way children learn what no one can teach them.
C) The child plays out feelings, thus bringing them to the surface, getting them out in the open, and facing them
D) The essential element in person-centered therapy is the relationship.
E) The "talking cure" was effective only insofar as it represented an adequate substitute for an "acting cure".

Question 13

Match the theorist with the belief.
-Piaget

A) Play bridges the gap between concrete experience and abstract thought, and it is the symbolic function of play that is so important
B) Play is the way children learn what no one can teach them.
C) The child plays out feelings, thus bringing them to the surface, getting them out in the open, and facing them
D) The essential element in person-centered therapy is the relationship.
E) The "talking cure" was effective only insofar as it represented an adequate substitute for an "acting cure".

Question 14

Match the theorist with the belief.
-Smolen

A) Play bridges the gap between concrete experience and abstract thought, and it is the symbolic function of play that is so important
B) Play is the way children learn what no one can teach them.
C) The child plays out feelings, thus bringing them to the surface, getting them out in the open, and facing them
D) The essential element in person-centered therapy is the relationship.
E) The "talking cure" was effective only insofar as it represented an adequate substitute for an "acting cure".

Question 15

Match the theorist with the belief.
-Rogers

A) Play bridges the gap between concrete experience and abstract thought, and it is the symbolic function of play that is so important
B) Play is the way children learn what no one can teach them.
C) The child plays out feelings, thus bringing them to the surface, getting them out in the open, and facing them
D) The essential element in person-centered therapy is the relationship.
E) The "talking cure" was effective only insofar as it represented an adequate substitute for an "acting cure".

Question 16

Match the expressions to the 5 stages of the therapeutic process that Moustakas identified
-Stage 1

A) Ambivalent feelings of positive and negative feelings and attitudes expressed toward parents, siblings, and other persons in the child's life
B) Ambivalent feelings that are generally anxious or hostile
C) Clear, distinct, separate, usually realistic positive and negative attitudes, with positive attitudes predominating in the child's play
D) Diffuse negative feelings
E) Focused direct negative feelings expressed toward parents, siblings, and other persons in the child's life

Question 17

Match the expressions to the 5 stages of the therapeutic process that Moustakas identified
-Stage 2

A) Ambivalent feelings of positive and negative feelings and attitudes expressed toward parents, siblings, and other persons in the child's life
B) Ambivalent feelings that are generally anxious or hostile
C) Clear, distinct, separate, usually realistic positive and negative attitudes, with positive attitudes predominating in the child's play
D) Diffuse negative feelings
E) Focused direct negative feelings expressed toward parents, siblings, and other persons in the child's life

Question 18

Match the expressions to the 5 stages of the therapeutic process that Moustakas identified
-Stage 3

A) Ambivalent feelings of positive and negative feelings and attitudes expressed toward parents, siblings, and other persons in the child's life
B) Ambivalent feelings that are generally anxious or hostile
C) Clear, distinct, separate, usually realistic positive and negative attitudes, with positive attitudes predominating in the child's play
D) Diffuse negative feelings
E) Focused direct negative feelings expressed toward parents, siblings, and other persons in the child's life

Question 19

Match the expressions to the 5 stages of the therapeutic process that Moustakas identified
-Stage 4

A) Ambivalent feelings of positive and negative feelings and attitudes expressed toward parents, siblings, and other persons in the child's life
B) Ambivalent feelings that are generally anxious or hostile
C) Clear, distinct, separate, usually realistic positive and negative attitudes, with positive attitudes predominating in the child's play
D) Diffuse negative feelings
E) Focused direct negative feelings expressed toward parents, siblings, and other persons in the child's life

Question 20

Match the expressions to the 5 stages of the therapeutic process that Moustakas identified
-Stage 5

A) Ambivalent feelings of positive and negative feelings and attitudes expressed toward parents, siblings, and other persons in the child's life
B) Ambivalent feelings that are generally anxious or hostile
C) Clear, distinct, separate, usually realistic positive and negative attitudes, with positive attitudes predominating in the child's play
D) Diffuse negative feelings
E) Focused direct negative feelings expressed toward parents, siblings, and other persons in the child's life