Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Question 1

REBT makes use of both cognitive and behavioural techniques but it does not use emotive techniques: true or false

Answer 1

F

Question 2

REBT stresses the importance of the therapist demonstrating unconditional positive regard for the client: T or F

Answer 2

T

Question 3

Cognitive therapy for depression was developed by Meichenbaum: True or False

Answer 3

F

Question 4

True or false: a major contribution made by Ellis, Beck, and Meichenbaum is the demystification of the therapy process

Answer 4

T

Question 5

Ellis shares Rogers’ S view of the client-therapist relationship as a condition for change to occur within clients: true or false

Answer 5

F

Question 6

Beck developed a procedure known as stress-inoculation training: true or false

Answer 6

F

Question 7

True or false: to feel worthwhile, human beings need love and acceptance from significant others

Answer 7

F

Question 8

True or false: to feel worthwhile, human beings need love and acceptance from significant others

Answer 8

T

Question 9

True or false: a difference between Beck’s cognitive therapy and Ellis’s REBT is that Beck places more emphasis on helping clients discover their misconceptions for themselves than does Ellis

Answer 9

T

Question 10

True or false according to Beck, people become disturbed when they label and evaluate themselves by a set of rules that are unrealistic

Answer 10

T

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a part of stress inoculation training?
A. Socratic discovery-orientated inquiry
B. Relaxation training
C. Behavioural rehearsals
D. Self reinforcement
E. Exception questions

Answer 11

B

Question 12

REBT is based on a philosophical assumption that human beings are:
A. Innately striving for self-actualisation
B. Determined by strong unconscious sexual and aggressive forces
C. Potentially able to think rationally but have a tendency towards irrational thinking
D. Trying to develop a lifestyle to overcome feelings of basic inferiority
E. Determined strictly by environmental conditioning

Answer 12

C

Question 13

REBT stresses that human beings:
A. Think, emote, and behave simultaneously
B. Think without emoting
C.Emote without thinking
D. Behave without emoting or thinking

Answer 13

A

Question 14

REBT views neurosis as a result of
A. Inadequate mothering during infancy
B. Failure to fulfil our existential needs
C. Excessive feelings
D. Irrational thinking and behaving

Answer 14

D

Question 15

In cognitive behavioural group therapy:
A. There is some research that shows that this approach is effective for treating a wide range of emotional and behavioural problems
B. The group leader assumes a blank screen demeanour so as to enhance transference feelings of the members
C. The assumption is that the therapeutic atmosphere is both necessary and sufficient for change to occur
D. The group leader believes that using techniques interferes with the group process
E. The emphasis is on having members identify and express feelings

Answer 15

A

Question 16

REBT contends that people
A. Have a need to be loved and accepted by everyone
B. Need to be accepted by most people
C. Will become emotionally sick if they are rejected
D. Do not need to be accepted and loved
E. Need to be accepted and will become sick if they are rejected

Answer 16

D

Question 17

According to REBT we develop emotional disturbances because of
A. A traumatic event
B. Our beliefs about certain events
C. Abandonment by those who we depend on for support
D. Withdrawal of love and acceptance

Answer 17

B

Question 18

Meichenbaum's \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ focuses on helping clients become aware of their self talk and the stories they tell about themselves:
A. Self-instructional training
B. Narrative therapy
C. Self-awareness conditioning
D. Self-talk analysis
E. Cognitive behavioural training

Answer 18

A

Question 19

In cognitive therapy the assumption is that psychological problems stem from processes such as
a faulty thinking
B. Making incorrect inferences on the basis of inadequate or incorrect information
C. Failing to distinguish between fantasy and reality
D. Negative thoughts
E. All of the above

Answer 19

E

Question 20

Cognitive therapy is based on the assumption that:
a. Our feelings determine our thoughts
B. The feelings determine our actions
C. Cognitions are the major determinants of how we feel and act
D. The best way to change thinking is to re-experience past emotional traumas in the here and now
E. Insight is essential for any type of change to occur

Answer 20

C

Question 21

In cognitive therapy techniques are designed to
A. Assist clients in substituting irrational beliefs for irrational beliefs
B. Help clients experience their feelings more intensely
C. Identify and test clients’ misconceptions and faulty assumptions
D. Enable clients to deal with their existential loneliness
E. Teach clients to think only positive thoughts

Answer 21

C

Question 22

The type of cognitive error that involves thinking and interpreting in all-or-nothing terms or categorising experiences in either-or extremes is known as
A. Magnification and exaggeration
B. Polarise thinking
C. Arbitrary inferences
D. Overgeneralisation
E. None of the above

Answer 22

B

Question 23

Beck’s cognitive therapy differs from Ellis’s REBT in that Beck emphasises
A. Socratic dialogue
B. Helping clients discover their misconceptions by themselves
C. Working with a client in collaborative ways
D. More structure and the therapeutic process
E. All of the above

Answer 23

E

Question 24

Beck's cognitive therapy has been most widely applied to the treatment of
A. Stress symptoms
B. Psychosomatic reactions
C. Phobias
D. Depression
E. Cardiovascular disorders

Answer 24

D

Question 25

In self-instructional training, which of the following is given primary importance?
A. Detecting and debating irrational thoughts
B. The role of in a speech
C. Learning the ABC model of emotional disturbances
D. Identifying cognitive errors
E. Exploring feelings that are attached to early decisions

Answer 25

B