In client- centered therapy the therapist’s key task is:

Related Mcqs:

1. Which TWO of 1: Automatic thoughts are spontaneously generated thoughts associated with specific moods.
   2: Automatic thoughts are spontaneously generated thoughts associated with specific situations.
   3: In collaborative empiricism, the therapist formulates a hypothesis and then tests its validity himself.
   4: In collaborative empiricism, the client is asked to formulate a hypothesis and than helps the therapist to
   test its validity.the following definitions key features of Aaron Beck’s cognitive therapy are accurate?

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 3 & 4
   D. 2 & 4

2. In client-centered therapy, the importance of affirming the worth of the client is achieved by the exercise of which THREE therapeutic attitudes?
   1: Unconditional positive regard.
   2: Empathy.
   3: Genuineness.
   4: Confrontation.

   A. 1,2 & 3
   B. 2,3 & 4
   C. 1,3 & 4
   D. None of These

3. Which one of the following statements are true of the Wason selection, or four-card problem (Wason,1966)?
   1. The Wason Selection Task is a good task because it produces identical results in concrete and abstract forms
   2. In general, concrete versions of the task are more difficult to think about than uncluttered abstract versions.
   3. Although the task is one of pure reasoning some concrete versions are easier because of how we think in certain social situations.
   4. People typically pick one card correctly, but pick an inappropriate one as the second choice in the original version of the task.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 3 & 4
   C. 1 & 4
   D. 2 & 3

4. You make an appointment to see a therapist and, as you are waiting, you notice that a large number of books on the therapist’s shelves deal with the work of Aaron Beck. You might expect that this therapist will

   A. use counterconditioning to reverse maladaptive behaviors
   B. help you discover the underlying cause of your aggressive behavior
   C. help you recognize and change negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs
   D. provide a supportive emotional environment while allowing you to determine the pace and direction of your therapy

5. Rogers named his technique “client – centered therapy” to emphasize his belief that:

   A. a client should play a major role in determining the place and direction of their therapy
   B. the client is in position of natural status and authority over the therapist
   C. therapist should never give their diagnosis directly to the client
   D. client should always be the center of attention

6. Client-centered therapy is most consistent with the ___________?

   A. Behavioral approach
   B. Cognitive approach
   C. Psychodynamic approach
   D. Humanistic approach

7. The essential feature of client-centered therapy is ___________?

   A. The giving of reassurance to the client
   B. The facilitating the client to arrive at his own insight about his problem
   C. Its directive character
   D. It’s emphasis upon searching for deep unconscious aspects of the problem

8. During a marriage counselling session, the therapist suggests to Mr. and Mrs. Gallo that they each restate their spouse’s comments before making their own. The therapist was applying a technique most closely associated with:

   A. client – centered therapy
   B. psychoanalysis
   C. systematic desensitization
   D. cognitive – behavior therapy.

9. Kammy vividly imagines being abused by her own mother while her therapist triggers eye movements by waving a finger in front of Kammy’s eyes. The therapist is apparently using a technique known as:

   A. EMDR
   B. virtual reality exposure therapy
   C. meta – analysis
   D. transference

10. In order to help MR. Eberstadt overcome his addiction to alcohol, his therapist first attempted to discover whether the substance dependency was somehow a reaction on his wife’s behavior. The therapist’s concern is most likely to be characteristic of a:

    A. biomedical therapist
    B. psychoanalyst
    C. family therapist
    D. cognitive therapist