Question 1

Adlerian counseling can be well suited for work with diverse populations because it is rooted in all of the following concepts,EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   social interest.
B)   spirituality.
C)   social factors.
D)   individual development. D

Question 2

Regarding Budi,psychoeducation on wellness and positive psychology so that he can identify key components to maintaining well-being would best be _________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   an initial phase task
B)   a working phase task
C)   a closing phase task
D)   avoided due to diversity issues C

Question 3

A promising evidence-based Adlerian approach is Systemic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP),which helps parents develop _____________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   social interest and cooperative behaviors
B)   spirituality and empathic responses
C)   understanding of the child's world through psychoeduction
D)   strict disciplinary principles A

Question 4

Which three general categories do Adlerian's use for psychodynamic formulation during assessment?

Accepted Answer

A)   interpsychic, intrapsychic; extropsychic
B)   social factors; social motivation; social status
C)   neurotic symptoms; psychotic symptoms; personality disorders
D)   ego identity; the Self; persona

Question 5

Regarding the case study of Budi,assessment revealed that his childhood involved significant responsibility and pressure to be a good role model.This is an example of _____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   parenting style
B)   organ inferiority and physical weak points
C)   family constellation and birth order
D)   social interest and inferiority

Question 6

One of the predominant interventions in all phases of Adlerian counseling is ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   dream analysis
B)   symptom diagnosis
C)   interpretation of symptoms
D)   emotional catharsis

Question 7

Adlerian assessment identifies the client's level of social interest in each of the six life tasks,which include all of the following,EXCEPT: ___________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   work
B)   communal life and friendship
C)   love relationships
D)   personal happiness

Question 8

Numerous approaches have been developed from the Adlerian approach,including work with children,work with families,work with couples,and an evidence-based parent education program.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

How should the Adlerian counselor show encouragement?

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

Work with Budi reveals that he has a profession he enjoys and family connections,but that he has little connection in friendships in the community.This information would come through the assessment of ____________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   style of life
B)   basic mistakes
C)   life tasks
D)   treatment tasks

Question 11

Closing phase goals in Adlerian therapy seek to go beyond lack of symptoms and move toward _____________________________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   decreasing feelings of loneliness, parental anger, trauma, and loss
B)   focusing on insecurities which affect the quality of relationships
C)   developing habits of living that promote wellness and social interest
D)   encouraging clients to recognize basic mistakes before they happen in order to prevent further mistakes

Question 12

Basic mistakes result in _________________ and _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)   trauma; loss
B)   personality issues; low self esteem
C)   inferiority; low social interest
D)   loss of security; low personal tolerance

Question 13

Encouragement is a key concept in Adlerian counseling and requires the counselor to believe that clients can change their lives and to inspire them to take real-world action based on insight.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following statements best describes Adler's belief about striving for superiority and betterment of self?

Accepted Answer

A)   In the natural effort to better the self, each person develops a lifestyle, a set of attitudes that becomes a template through which the person makes sense of life.
B)   In the natural effort to fit into the social environment, each person develops a lifestyle, a set of attitudes that becomes a template through which the person makes sense of life.
C)   In the natural effort to attain status or wealth, each person sometimes develops a negative attitude that becomes a template through which they then view life.
D)   In the natural effort to hide deeper parts of the self, each person develops a lifestyle, a set of attitudes that helps to protect the person from embarrassment.

Question 15

The goal: develop more realistic expectations of performance at work is an example of ______________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   an initial phase goal
B)   a working phase goal
C)   a closing phase goal
D)   a non-Adlerian goal

Question 16

Which of the following statements is true about Adlerian counseling and working with sexual diversity?

Accepted Answer

A)   Adler conceptualized same-sex attraction as neurosis, which contemporary practitioners have gone to great lengths to correct and to reconceptualize the theory.
B)   Adler was ahead of his time regarding same-sex attraction, which contemporary practitioners have gone to great lengths to continue and to reconceptualize the theory.
C)   Adler championed disparity issues between genders, and in his work regarding same-sex relationships, has gone to great lengths to correct social injustice.
D)   Adler was not concerned with same-sex attraction, and encouraged future practitioners to go to great lengths to correct and to reconceptualize same-sex issues.

Question 17

Faulty interpretations based on the lifestyle,or attitudes of the person,are referred to as ________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   conscious choice
B)   primary errors
C)   bad attitudes
D)   basic mistakes

Question 18

According to Adlerians,basic mistakes are faulty assumptions such as overgeneralization,false goals of security,misperceptions of life's demands,and minimization of one's self-worth that __________________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   develop in childhood as children make sense of loneliness, parental anger, trauma, and loss
B)   most affect how one defines the self, which affects the quality of relationships
C)   require intensive counseling to resolve
D)   turn into anger and result in polarities that can be useful in identifying core issues

Question 19

The counselor's primary role in this approach is __________________,helping the client to understand mistaken beliefs and improve social relatedness.

Accepted Answer

A)   expert
B)   educator
C)   partner
D)   objective witness.

Question 20

A sense of individual inferiority impairs a person's social interest and can take all of the following forms,EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   biological inferiority.
B)   personal inferiority.
C)   societal inferiority.
D)   cosmic inferiority.

Exam 5: Adlerian Individual Counseling