Question 1

The role of the counselor in REBT is

Accepted Answer

In Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), the counselor acts as a teacher, helping clients identify and change irrational beliefs.

Question 2

The best client outcome in REBT involves

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The answer of The best client outcome in REBT involves
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Question 3

In REBT, D stands for

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In Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), D stands for "Disputing" irrational beliefs, not any of the options listed.

Question 4

When the counselor disputes my idea that people will make fun of me if I dance poorly, she is using

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The counselor is using inelegant REBT because she is disputing the client's idea that people will make fun of them if they dance poorly. This is an irrational belief, and the counselor is using REBT to help the client challenge this belief.

Question 5

Elegant REBT has the following outcomes EXCEPT

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Elegant REBT focuses on teaching clients to differentiate between preferences and demands, and to adopt a healthier life philosophy, but it does not emphasize gaining insight into the development of irrational beliefs.

Question 6

In REBT, resistance is seen as originating in

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In REBT, resistance is often attributed to the client's irrational beliefs and sometimes to therapist error in addressing these beliefs effectively.

Question 7

The REBT counselor asks the client, "Does it follow that if you got fired from this job that you will never succeed at keeping one?" The therapist has just used which technique?

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Logical disputation involves challenging the client's irrational beliefs by questioning the logic behind them, as the counselor does by questioning the assumption that being fired once means never succeeding at keeping a job.

Question 8

REBT's emphasis on logical thinking, control of emotion, and counselor as teacher is

Accepted Answer

REBT's emphasis can be contrary to some cultural values that prioritize emotional expression over logical thinking, but it can also be consistent with cultures that value rationality and self-control. Additionally, it aligns with the traditional value of psychotherapy in promoting mental health through cognitive restructuring.

Question 9

Holly is very concerned with her appearance and thinks that if she sets foot out of her house without makeup, people would turn away from her because she is so ugly and that would be awful. Holly's irrational belief is

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Holly's irrational belief is that it would be awful if people turned away from her. This belief is irrational because it exaggerates the negative consequences and assumes that others' reactions would be devastating, which is not necessarily true.

Question 10

Holly's REBT therapist decides that she should paint her face blue and walk around the mall. Robert the REBT counselor has assigned a

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A shame attacking exercise is a technique used in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) to help clients confront and reduce feelings of shame and embarrassment by engaging in activities that might provoke these feelings.

Question 11

Research support for REBT

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Research support for REBT has been critiqued for being unconvincing about its predictions, unclear about the specificity of belief changes, and recent studies are seen as improvements over earlier ones, thus all options are correct.

Quiz 9: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy