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Adlerian Therapy Flashcards

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true or false:Adlerian therapy is well suited to a brief or time-limited approach

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true

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Adler chose the name individual psychology for his theoretical approach because he wanted to avoid reductionism

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true

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true or false: striving for superiority is seen as a neurotic manifestation

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false

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Adler maintains that our style of life is not set until middle age

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false

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Adlerian therapy is flexible and it can be tailored to work with culturally diverse clients

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true

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Adlerian councillors do not make interpretations: true or false

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false

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true or false: Adlerians place relatively little importance on the quality of the client-therapist relationship

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false

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true or false: assessment is a basic part of the counselling process

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true

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true or false: insight is best defined as understanding translated into action

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true

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Adlerians believe childhood experiences in themselves are the decisive factor in shaping personality

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false

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According to Adler, childhood experiences:
A. Are not relevant to the practice of counselling
B. Determine adult personality
C. Passively change us
D. In themselves are not as crucial as attitudes towards these experiences
E. Our only necessary to discuss in the initial session

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D.

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The Adlerian point of view toward the role of insights in therapy is best stated in this way:
A. Inside is a pre-requisite to any personality change
B. To be of value, insight must be translated into a constructive action program
C. People will not make changes until they know the precise causes of their personality problems
D. Emotional insight must precede intellectual insight

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B.

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Which of the following statements is Not True as it is applied to Adlerian therapy?
A. Consciousness not the unconscious is the centre of personality
B. The approach is grounded on the medical model
C. It is a phenomenological and humanistic orientation
D. Feelings of inferiority can predispose creativity
E. Early influences can predispose the child to a faulty lifestyle

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B.

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Adler linked the recognition of inferiority feelings with strivings for perfection or mastery. This notion is best captured by the saying:
A. A goal without a plan is just a wish
B. Goals are dreams with deadlines
C. Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans
D inferiority and the quest for mastery are two sides of the same coin
E. Success is not permanent. The same is also true of failure

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D.

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The lifestyle assessment includes information based on:
A. The family constellation
B. Early recollections
C. Dreams
D. Mistaken, self-defeating perceptions
E. All of the above
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E.

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Which is the correct sequence of human experiencing from an Adlerian perspective:
A. Firstly feel, then we think, then we act
B. First we act, then we feel, then we think.
C. First we think, then we feel, then we act.
D. First we feel, then we act, then we think

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C

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Adlerians could best be described as using which techniques?
A. They use is strictly cognitive techniques
B. They use emotive and behavioural techniques to get people to think.
C. They are bound by clear set of therapeutic techniques
D. They fit a variety of techniques to the needs of each client
E. They have an aversion to using techniques because they see the therapeutic relationship alone as the healing factor

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D

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How would the Adlerians therapist view the personal problems of clients?
A as a result of cultural conditioning
B. As the end result of a process of discouragement
C. As living with problem-saturated stories
D. As the product of our innate tendencies towards self-destruction

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B

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four phases of the Adlerians therapeutic process
A. Establishing the proper therapeutic relationship
B. Teaching the client the process of free Association
C. Conducting a comprehensive psychological assessment
D. Encouraging the development of self-understanding
E. Reorientation and re-education

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B

20
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Which term does NOT fit Adlerian therapy
a. Holistic
B. Social
C. Teleological
D. Deterministic
E. Phenomenological
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D

21
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which of the following does Adler NOT stress?
A. The unity of personality
B. Biological and instinctual drives
C. Direction in which people are headed
D. Unique style of life that is an expression of life goals
E. Feelings of inferiority

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B

22
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the phenomenological orientation pays attention to the:
A. Events that occur at various stages of life
B. Manner in which biological and environmental forces limit us
C. Way in which people interact with each other
D. Internal dynamics that driver person
E. Way in which individuals perceive their world

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E

23
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the concept of fictional finalism refers to:
A. An imagined goal that guides a person’s behaviour
B. The hopeless stands that leads to personal defeat
C. The manner in which people express their need to belong
D. The process of assessing one’s style of life
E. The interpretation that individuals give to life events

A

A

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Adlerians consider which factor (S) to be influential in an individual's life?
A. Psychological position in the family
B. Birth order
C. Interactions among siblings
D. Parent-child relationships
E. All of the above
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E

25
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Adlerians value early recollections as an important clue to the understanding of:
A. One’s sexual and aggressive instincts
B. The bonding process between mother and child
C. The individuals lifestyle
D. The unconscious dynamics that motivate behaviour
E. The origin of psychological trauma in early childhood

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C

26
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according to Adler, what are human is prime motivations

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social relatedness rather than sexual urges
behaviour is purposeful and goal directed
behaviour is conscious more than unconscious

27
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what are four things that Adler stressed

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  1. Choice and responsibility
  2. Meaning in life
  3. The striving for success
  4. Completion and perfection
28
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what does Adler see as the source of human striving

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inferiority feelings

29
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what what is a phenomenological orientation

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a client’s subjective frame of reference

30
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how does Adler see human behaviour

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purposeful and goal directed

31
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how did Adler modify the term fictional finalism

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guiding self-ideal or goal of perfection

32
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how does Adler define lifestyle

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the core beliefs and assumptions that guide each person’s movement through life and organise his or her reality

33
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what is social interest

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being concerned about others as one is about oneself

34
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Define community feeling

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The feeling of being connected to all of humanity - past, present, and future

35
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According to Adler, what are the three universal life tasks that all must master

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  1. Building friendships (social task)
  2. Establishing intimacy (Love-marriage task)
  3. Contributing to society (occupational task)
36
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What are the stages in Adlerians therapy?

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  1. Form a relationship based on mutual respect
  2. Lifestyle assessment
  3. Disclosing mistaken goals and faulty assumptions
  4. Re-education or reorientation
37
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Which model relates to Adlerian therapy?
A. The medical model
B. The growth model

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B

38
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What is a family constellation?

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It includes parents, siblings, others living in the home, life tasks, and early recollections

39
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In Adlerian therapy, what is private logic?

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Concepts about self, others and life that constitute the philosophy on which an individual’s life-style is based.

40
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According to Adlerian therapy, what causes clients problems to arise?

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Conclusions based on private logic do not conform to the requirements of social living.

41
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In phase 1 of the therapeutic process what is most important in establishing a relationship with the client?

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Adlerians pay more attention to the subjective experiences of the client than they do to specific techniques.

42
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In phase 2 of Adlerian therapy, exploring the individuals psychological dynamics, name two techniques that are used.

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  1. The family constellation

2. Early recollections

43
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In phase 3: encouraging self-understanding and insight what is the role of the therapist?

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  1. Promoting self-understanding and insight

2. Interpreting the client’s underlying motives for the way they behave in the here and now

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In phase four of Adlerian therapy, (reorientation and re-education) what is explored?

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Encouragement, change and the search of new possibilities, making a difference

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