Deck 1: Introduction

Question 1

The authors cite the following counselor characteristic(s) as contributing to one's counseling theory:

A) one's belief about what causes people to be as they are.
B) one's ability to conceptualize people.
C) one's view of what people need in order to continue developing.
D) all of the above
E) A and C only

Answer 1

E

Question 2

According to the authors, the best guide for identifying one's "personal" counseling theory includes

A) reviewing the research literature.
B) subscribing to the most popular theoretical approach.
C) investigating one's beliefs.
D) evaluating theories for variety and complexity of techniques.
E) none of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

According to the text, counseling theory is to a counselor as a

A) map is to a tourist.
B) syllabus is to a student.
C) guidebook is to a tour guide.
D) sign is to a traveler.
E) none of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A theory provides what to a client's story?

A) creativity and substance
B) order and meaning
C) sensitivity and understanding
D) depth and knowledge
E) none of the above

Question 5

The authors of the text use two analogies to explain why there are so many

A) the story of the blind men and the elephant
B) a hologram
C) the story of the eagle and the mouse
D) A and B only
E) A and C only

Question 6

Of the following descriptions, what does a counseling theory not do for a counselor?

A) It helps a counselor organize and understand client data.
B) It provides a counselor with a rationale for action.
C) It explains how a client developed.
D) It provides a counselor with a story of each human being's life.
E) It answers any questions a counselor might have about a client.

Question 7

Counseling theories are similar in that they share some basic beliefs, including that

A) people are born with innate tendencies and psychological functions.
B) people develop as a result of innate tendencies, environment and others factors
C) people stop developing once they reach a certain age.
D) A and C only
E) A and B only

Question 8

Counseling theorists differ in their

A) A and B only
B) beliefs about how people are innately endowed.
C) views on how people develop.
D) beliefs concerning what constitutes healthy functioning.
E) all of the above

Question 9

Which do the text authors not mention as a potential disadvantage of using a theory?

A) missing important information
B) dismissing important information
C) misinterpreting important information
D) denying important information
E) inventing important information

Question 10

With each communication a client shares in the counseling session, your response as a counselor

A) will influence the direction of the session.
B) will influence the client's experience in the session.
C) will depend on your guiding theory.
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Question 11

Which of the following is not an example of an extratherapeutic factor?

A) the client's superego strength
B) the quality of the client's social support
C) the client's motivation to change
D) the severity of the client's problem
E) the client's ability to identify a focal problem

Question 12

Counseling theories address which of the following aspects of people and counseling?

A) human nature, personality development, personality change
B) innate structure and function of psyche, model of functionality
C) role of counselor, role of client, physical development
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Question 13

Most people prefer a counselor using

A) a spontaneous approach to counseling.
B) a current approach to counseling.
C) a complex approach to counseling.
D) a general approach to counseling.
E) all of the above

Question 14

The order of Watts's four stage model for describing the process of personal theory development is

A) exploration, examination, integration, and personalization.
B) exploration, examination, introspection, and personalization.
C) examination, exploration, integration, and personalization.
D) examination, exploration, personalization, and integration.
E) exploration, examination, personalization, and integration.

Question 15

The purpose of this book is to assist the reader in what stage of Watts's model?

A) Integration
B) Examination
C) Interpretation
D) Catalyst
E) Exploration

Question 16

Technical eclecticism was a term first coined by

A) Aaron Beck.
B) Arnold Lazarus
C) Alfred Adler
D) Eric Schmidt
E) Phil McGraw

Question 17

Technical eclecticism includes the element(s) of

A) flexibility.
B) self-awareness.
C) internal consistency.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 18

The text authors cite research that shows psychoactive medication to be

A) as effective as psychotherapy.
B) more effective than psychotherapy.
C) less effective than psychotherapy.
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Question 19

Most of the positive outcome in psychotherapy can be attributed to

A) extratherapeutic factors.
B) client expectations for improvement.
C) the therapeutic relationship.
D) therapist techniques.
E) the counseling theory used.

Question 20

Research over the past two decades reveals that most mental health practitioners identify their guiding theories as

A) cognitive-behavioral, existential, and psychodynamic.
B) Adlerian, psychoanalytic, and behavioral.
C) psychodynamic, person-centered, and systems
D) about evenly divided among all the theories.
E) none of the above