Deck 10: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

Question 1

What makes REBT most different from other counseling theories is

A) questioning clients.
B) forcefully challenging clients.
C) focusing on all three client aspects of thoughts, feelings, and actions.
D) seeing clients as fundamentally irrational.
E) none of the above

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Ellis's ABC model includes

A) A - (initial) Automatic Thought
B) B - Behavioral response
C) C - Consequence
D) all of the above.
E) none of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

According to REBT philosophy, healthy functioning

A) is directly related to one's beliefs.
B) manifests as a continual striving for perfection.
C) includes acceptance of one's fallibility.
D) A and B only
E) A and C only

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Regarding a client's unhealthy functioning, REBT proponents focus primarily on

A) how the client's culture collectively defines "badness."
B) how the client came to develop specific irrational beliefs.
C) how the client maintains psychological disturbance.
D) how one's self concept is distorted by environmental factors.
E) how diminished awareness has impacted the primary modes.

Question 5

According to REBT, which of the following is not an outgrowth of absolutistic thinking?

A) It yields a philosophy about how self, others, and the world "must" be
B) It results in patterns of awfulizing, damning, and I-Can't-Stand-It-izing.
C) It promotes extreme feelings like anger, resentment, and jealousy.
D) It promotes behaviors such as passive-aggression and violence.
E) All of the above are outgrowths of absolutistic thinking.

Question 6

A client declaring, "I'm such a complete loser. No wonder nobody wants to go out with me. I'm worthless," is an example of what pattern of thinking?

A) "awfulizing," 100% bad
B) "damnation," intense criticism
C) "I-can't-stand-it-itis," low tolerance for frustration
D) "always-and-never," sweeping conclusions
E) None of the above; the statement reflects a dysfunctional belief.

Question 7

The REBT counselor

A) actively disputes and rejects the client's behavior while accepting the client as a striving, yet fallible human being.
B) is active and directive, a problem-solver.
C) works to develop warmth, understanding, and empathic resonance as a necessary foundation to irrational belief disputation.
D) all of the above.
E) A and B only

Question 8

REBT authors have outlined the stages of the therapeutic process as follows:

A) beginning, middle, and ending.
B) REBT practitioners reject the notion of a stage progression in therapy.
C) relationship, identification, disputation, resolution.
D) discovery, disputation, integration.
E) early, middle, termination.

Question 9

Which of the following beliefs is irrational?

A) I want everyone to like me.
B) Everyone should like me.
C) I can find at least a few people who like me.
D) Some people won't like me.
E) All of the above beliefs are rational.

Question 10

According to Ellis, humans have an innate tendency

A) to place survival ahead of all other needs.
B) to think rationally and live a self-actualizing life.
C) to self-evaluate and self-criticize.
D) all of the above.
E) B and C only

Question 11

The REBT approach to pleasure includes the belief that everyone would do well

A) to seek pleasure in their lives.
B) to practice a responsible form of hedonism.
C) in making decisions, to consider how best to maximize pleasure.
D) all of the above.
E) B and C only

Question 12

A famous example of Albert Ellis using REBT principles in his own life occurred with

A) how he dealt with his family issues as a child.
B) how he got his bachelor's degree from City College of New York.
C) how he confronted his reluctance to approach girls for dating.
D) how he earned his PhD from Teachers' College, Columbia University.
E) how he dealt with the failure of his first book.

Question 13

Essential to REBT is/are

A) logical thinking.
B) relativistic thinking.
C) flexible thinking.
D) all of the above.
E) A and B only

Question 14

Which example accurately portrays the sequence of the ABC model in REBT?

A) C is a reaction to A, which will gauge B.
B) A will influence C, but that influence depends largely on B.
C) A is variable to every B and C.
D) A determines C, and B influences A.
E) none of the above

Question 15

Which of the following is not an innate human desire according to REBT theory?

A) self-actualization
B) the experience of pleasure
C) belonging/intimacy
D) survival
E) All of the above are innate desires according to REBT.

Question 16

Which of the following is not an assertion Ellis made in his 1965 book on homosexuality?

A) Homosexuality is not inherently problematic or abnormal.
B) Humans are born with the ability to enjoy sexual relations with either men or women.
C) Homosexuality can be viewed as irrational.
D) The idea that one must be limited to sex with only men or only women is irrational.
E) All of the above were among Ellis's assertions.

Question 17

Changing the statement "I am a terrible person" to "I am a person who has done some terrible things" is an example of

A) using semantic precision.
B) disputing an irrational belief.
C) cognitive restructuring.
D) irrationality precision.
E) disputional focus.

Question 18

Engaging in rational "hedonic calculus," a client may choose to maximize one's future pleasure potential by sacrificing

A) long-term goals for short-term pleasures.
B) short-term pleasure for long-term goals.
C) short-term pleasure and long-term goals for immediate gratification.
D) long term goals and short-term pleasure for delayed gratification.
E) none of the above

Question 19

REBT's philosophical underpinnings include

A) logic and reasoning.
B) subjective perception.
C) relativism.
D) creative potential.
E) all of the above

Question 20

The REBT client

A) should plan to explore past experiences during the early stages of therapy.
B) should plan to experience much empathy and validation of one's most powerful feelings.
C) requires some measure of cognitive sophistication.
D) all of the above.
E) A and B only