PSYC 3083 Exam 2

shame & blame

All but which of the following mechanisms, identified by Ellis, cause us to cognitively distort events which we use to indoctrinate ourselves into thinking irrationally?

rational-emotive imagery

Asking the client to close their eyes and focus intensely on the situation that is causing them extreme emotional upset and then working on changing a self-defeating emotion to an appropriate emotion is called:

sexual revolutionary

Early in his career, Ellis gained notoriety from this expertise and saw himself as a _

"A" stands for Activating Event, "B" stands for Irrational Belief, and "C" stands for Consequences

In demonstrating the ABCs of feeling and behaving, which is true:

shame-attacking exercise

Performing a _, which involved the purposeful acting out of a situation that might normally cause embarrassment, is a behavioral technique that reinforces the facts that approval from others is not necessary for self-acceptance.

Psych-educational

REBT can be described by which of the following words?

It promotes a certain set of values which could turn many people off

OR

Because you are telling a client how to live his or her life, it probably won't work with many minorities

**Relative to cross-cultural counseling, which is not true of REBT?

dispute the irrational beliefs

The acronym "DIBS" stands for:

tell the client which new behaviors to adopt

The five steps of rational emotive behavior therapy includes all but which of the following?

to begin the process of replacing unhealthy cogitations, behaviors, and emotions with health ones

The purpose of disputation is:

"If something is or may be dangerous or fearsome we should be terribly upset and endlessly obsess about it"

Which is not one of Ellis' three "core," "masturbatory" or "grandiose" irrational beliefs?

encouraging clients to take on the REBT philosophy

Which of the following is critical to the therapeutic process in REBT?

Beck focuses more on storytelling and metaphors, Ellis on how people think

Aaron Beck's approach to cognitive therapy differs from Ellis' in all of the following ways except:

sexual thoughts

According to Beck, a vicious cycle develops between all but which of the following?

complainant

A client seeks SFBT whom is able to identify his or her problem but is having a difficult time coming up with the solution. This client would be termed a:

modernism and structuralism

All but which of the following influenced de Shazer's development of SFBT?

preferred goals questions

Asking, "How will you know that coming here has been worthwhile for you?" is what kind of question?

reframing

Calling a person's way of acting a "personality style" instead of labeling a person as having a "personality disorder" is an example of:

being tentative

DeJong and Berg (2002) identify holding a "not knowing posture" as:

coping questions

In response to some questions, a client states that she was able to deal with her problems in the past and gives specific ways that she accomplished this. What kind of questions was the therapist likely asking?

Reframe client problems

In the first stages of counselling, which is the solution-focused therapist not likely to do?"

non-theory based

Solution-focused brief therapy has been identified as:

help elicit information from the client and strengthen the therapeutic alliance

The major purpose of showing curiosity, respect, and acceptance is to:

"scaling"

To assess client progress, I ask a client to rate herself between a 0 and 10 on an imaginary scale.

Be humble and curious

Which of the following is the solution-focused therapist likely to do?

"How will you know that coming here today has been helpful?"

Which of the following would be helpful to ask a client when using SFBT?

unfinished business about past material

Which one is not one of the modes of the four group training skills?

irreverent communication

A counselor says to a client, "You know. you said you would abide by the contract and when you got stressed, you didn't call and instead went on to your destructive behaviors. What was that about?" This is a type of:

Life threatening behaviors

According to the four stages of individual therapy, what behavior would be addressed first, regardless of the stage of treatment?

complex interaction between behavior, biology, and context

DBT is considered to be third wave of cognitive behaviorist therapy. Third-wave approaches view personally formation as

Communicative change

Dialectical communication skills may include all but which of the following?

Change: Emotional dysregulation

Group skills training includes acceptance skills and change skills. Pick the acceptance or change skill that is not matched correctly.

Create paradoxical emotional management

Growing up with invalidation from caregivers can cause individuals to do all but which of the following?

Participating fully by being self-conscious of what one is doing

Linehan described the "What" and "How" skills of mindfulness. These skills involve all but which of the following?

Pretreatment, individual therapy, group skills training, consultation team meeting, and between session coaching

What are the correct 5 components that make up DBT therapy?

Radical acceptance and commitment to change

What are the two dialectical, fundamental aspects of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) according to Linehan?

It often includes the client, therapist, group skills trainer, and psychiatrist

What is not true of consultation team meetings?

DBT's treatment team approach may not be readily achievable in areas with unlimited access to heath-care providers

Which of the following is true for cultural implications of DBT?

Stage 3: A focus on deeper feelings that cause problems in everyday living so that clients can live a life of relative contentment, with its ups and downs

Which stage of individual therapy in DBT is described incorrectly?

It is shown to be most efficacious when conducted over a number of years

All but which of the following are true regarding cognitive therapy?

the individual

Because cognitive therapy focuses almost exclusively on _ those clients who view themselves from the lens of their family or from a broader community context may be less amenable to this approach

Both are the product of core beliefs

From a cognitive therapy perspective, which is true of automatic thoughts and automatic images?

Core beliefs, intermediate beliefs, automatic thoughts, reaction

Pick the correct order the relationship among the following:

It is an empirical approach that believes people can manage and change their ways of living in the world

Relative to Beck's form of cognitive therapy, which is true of its view of human nature?

Find acceptable ways to challenge core cultural beliefs

Relative to working with diverse clients, when using CBT which of the following should NOT be done?

Allow ample time for exploration of emotional blocks

Some of the items J. Beck suggest for the first session include all but which of the following?

Socratic

The use of _ questioning challenges the client to think rationally about his or her situation in order to illuminate alternative ways of understanding predicaments.

the master plan of the mine; lend direction to how we ultimately think

Whereas schemas are described as _; core beliefs tend to _

unconditional acceptance

REBT therapists believe that rational thinking leads to healthy ways of living, and results in people who show _ of self, of others, and of the way things are.

Social constructionism

Which of the following philosophy suggests that language used and the discourses we have with others are key in the development of reality?