Chap. 6 review questions

Question 1

Group therapy is beneficial because it:
A - Increases social skills
B - Is cost effective
C - Enables participants to acquire the curative factors
D - All of the above

Answer 1

D - All of the above.

Question 2

You are using Beck’s CBT and know that this will help the client
A - Recognize and change her automatic thoughts
B - See reality as you see it
C - Change her reality by changing her environment
D - Recognize and accept that automatic thoughts suggest delusional thinking

Answer 2

A - Recognize and change automatic thoughts

CBT is based upon the theory that one’s thoughts can determine one’s feelings and behavior. If we recognize self-defeating thoughts, we can in turn change feelings and behavior.

Question 3

Homeostasis in a family refers to
A - Choices a family makes to keep the peace
B - Balance or stability that the family returns to despite its dysfunction
C - Need for change and balance in a family
D - Calm in a family that returns after a crisis

Answer 3

B - Balance or stability that the family returns to despite its dysfunction

Homeostasis is the tendency of families to resist change in order to maintain a steady state of equilibrium

Question 4

In an attempt to bring the client toward the goal he is working on, you ask the client, "If a miracle were to happen tonight while you slept, and you awoke in the morning and the problem no longer existed, how would you know, and what would be different?"  Which therapy are you using?
A - Behavioral therapy
B - Solution-focused therapy
C - Adlerian therapy
D - Existential therapy

Answer 4

B - Solution-focused therapy