Question 1

Guidelines for using cognitive restructuring in a culturally sensitive manner comprise all EXCEPT which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Offer an educational rather than therapeutic rationale in order to reduce stigma. 
B)  Employ a didactic approach with specific and direct homework assignments. 
C)  Streamline the procedure to one or two steps rather than multistep processes. 
D)  Clearly identify goals of targeting irrational and maladaptive cognitions.

Question 2

Coping thoughts help a person conquer or respond to a situation in an almost flawless manner.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

All of the following were identified as categories of maladaptive themes and schemas EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  impaired autonomy and performance. 
B)  impaired reality testing. 
C)  disconnection and rejection. 
D)  other-directedness.

Question 4

Thoughts that are incompatible with self-defeating thoughts may be considered coping thoughts or coping statements.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

All of the following were identified as guidelines for cognitive therapy and cognitive restructuring EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  be careful about the language you use when describing a client's cognitions. 
B)  provide an educational rationale for cognitive restructuring rather than a therapeutic one. 
C)  the use of the terms irrational, maladaptive, and dysfunctional are encouraged for those marginalized by the mainstream. 
D)  adapt language of cognitive restructuring into the client's primary language.

Question 6

All of the following statements are true about reframing EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  modifies the client's perceptions of a difficult situation or behavior. 
B)  context or meaning may be reframed. 
C)  provides an alternative view by directly confronting the client and his/her behaviors. 
D)  may help one person understand the experiences of another.

Question 7

Cognitive therapy approaches assume that clients' problematic emotions and behaviors stem from:

Accepted Answer

A)  the manner in which clients perceive, experience, and interpret events. 
B)  a client's environmental context. 
C)  socio-political factors such as marginalization and oppression. 
D)  behaviors of persons in the client's social network.

Question 8

__________is a procedure in which practitioners demonstrate to clients what to say to themselves while performing a task.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cognitive modeling 
B)  Reframing 
C)  Cognitive restructuring 
D)  Schema restructuring

Question 9

When a helper engages in perspective-taking in a manner that fosters understanding the client from the "outside in," this is an example of________ empathy.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive 
B)  affective 
C)  cultural 
D)  relational

Question 10

In cognitive therapy, emotions and motivations are not integral factors within the change strategy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: Cognitive Change Strategies: Reframing, Cognitive Modeling, and Cognitive Restructuring

Guidelines for using cognitive restructuring in a culturally sensitive manner comprise all EXCEPT which of the following?

Coping thoughts help a person conquer or respond to a situation in an almost flawless manner.

All of the following were identified as categories of maladaptive themes and schemas EXCEPT:

Thoughts that are incompatible with self-defeating thoughts may be considered coping thoughts or coping statements.

All of the following were identified as guidelines for cognitive therapy and cognitive restructuring EXCEPT:

All of the following statements are true about reframing EXCEPT:

Cognitive therapy approaches assume that clients' problematic emotions and behaviors stem from:

__________is a procedure in which practitioners demonstrate to clients what to say to themselves while performing a task.

When a helper engages in perspective-taking in a manner that fosters understanding the client from the "outside in," this is an example of________ empathy.

In cognitive therapy, emotions and motivations are not integral factors within the change strategy.