Chapter 1 1 Reality Therapy

Question 1

The view that humans are internally
motivated and behave to control the world
around them according to some purpose within
them. We are basically self-determining and create
our own destiny.

Answer 1

Choice theory

Question 2

The act of sticking to a realistic

plan aimed at change.

Answer 2

Commitment

Question 3

Specific ways of creating a
positive climate in which counseling can occur. The
proper environment is based on personal involvement
and specific procedures aimed at change.

Answer 3

Cycle of counseling

Question 4

Choosing misery by developing
symptoms (such as headaching, depressing,
and anxietying) because these seem like the
best behaviors available at the time.

Answer 4

Paining behaviors

Question 5

The reality that we experience

and interpret subjectively.

Answer 5

Perceived world

Question 6

An image of our specific wants

as well as precise ways to satisfy these wants.

Answer 6

Picture album

Question 7

The needs for belonging,
power, freedom, and fun; these are the forces
that drive humans and explain behavior.

Answer 7

Psychological needs

Question 8

The perceptions and images we
have of how we can fulfill our basic psychological
needs; another phrase for picture album.

Answer 8

Quality world

Question 9

Based on choice theory, this
approach provides a way of implementing therapeutic
procedures for helping individuals take
more effective control of their lives.

Answer 9

Reality therapy

Question 10

Satisfying one’s needs in ways
that do not interfere with others’ fulfilling their
needs.

Answer 10

Responsibility

Question 11

An acronym pertaining to the essence
of a good action plan: simple, attainable, measurable,
immediate, involved, controlled by the
planner, committed to, and continuously done.

Answer 11

SAMIC3

Question 12

Clients’ assessment of current
behavior to decide whether it is working and if
what they are doing is meeting their needs. It is
the cornerstone of reality therapy procedures.

Answer 12

Self-evaluation

Question 13

The integrated components of
doing, thinking, feeling, and physiology. Choice
theory assumes that all elements of behavior are
interrelated.

Answer 13

Total behavior

Question 14

The key procedures applied to
the practice of reality therapy groups. The strategies
help clients identify their wants, determine
the direction their behavior is taking them, make
self-evaluations, and design plans for change.

Answer 14

WDEP system

Question 15

1. What is important is not the way
   the real world exists but the way we
   perceive the world to exist.

Answer 15

t

Question 16

T F 2. Choice theory is the framework for

the practice of reality therapy.

Answer 16

t

Question 17

T F 3. A good way to change behavior is

for us to be self-critical.

Answer 17

f

Question 18

T F 4. It is important to explore the past as

a way to change current behavior.

Answer 18

f

Question 19

5. One of the therapist’s functions is to
   make judgments about clients’ present
   behavior.

Answer 19

f

Question 20

T F 6. The focus of reality therapy is on attitudes

and feelings.

Answer 20

f

Question 21

T F 7. The use of contracts is often part of

reality therapy.

Answer 21

t

Question 22

T F 8. Reality therapy is grounded on

some existential concepts.

Answer 22

t

Question 23

T F 9. It is the client’s responsibility to decide

on the goals of therapy.

Answer 23

t

Question 24

T F 10. Appropriate punishment is an effective

way to change behavior

Answer 24

f

Question 25

11. The founder of reality therapy is
    a. Albert Ellis.
    b. Albert Bandura.
    c. Joseph Wolpe.
    d. Robert Wubbolding.
    e. William Glasser.

Answer 25

e

Question 26

12. According to this approach, insight
    a. is necessary before behavior
    change can occur.
    b. is not necessary for producing
    behavior change.
    c. will come only with changed
    attitudes.
    d. can be given to the client by the
    teachings of the therapist.
    e. will be discovered by the client
    alone.

Answer 26

b

Question 27

13. The view of human nature underlying
reality therapy is
a. that we have a need for identity.
b. that we have the need to feel
loved and to love others.
c. that we need to feel worthwhile
to ourselves and others.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.

Answer 27

d

Question 28

14. Which is not a key concept of
reality therapy?
a. focus on the present
b. unconscious motivation
c. self-evaluations
d. involvement as part of the therapy
process
e. responsibility

Answer 28

b

Question 29

15. Which of the following is not true
of reality therapy?
a. It is based on the premise that
acting and thinking are chosen
behaviors.
b. Clients must make commitments.
c. Therapists do not accept excuses
or blaming.
d. Therapy is a didactic process.
e. Working through the transference
relationship is essential for
therapy to occur.

Answer 29

e

Question 30

16. Regarding the goals of reality therapy,
    a. it is the therapist’s responsibility
    to decide specific goals for clients.
    b. it is the client’s responsibility to
    decide goals.
    c. the goals of therapy should be
    universal to all clients.
    d. society must determine the
    proper goals for all clients.
    e. both (c) and (d) are true.

Answer 30

b

Question 31

17. In reality therapy, our quality world
is likened to
a. a picture album.
b. a reality TV show.
c. an expensive sports car.
d. a celebrity’s life.
e. none of the above.

Answer 31

a

Question 32

18. Which statement is not true of reality
therapy?
a. It is based on a personal relationship.
b. It focuses on attitude change
as a prerequisite for behavior
change.
c. Planning is essential.
d. The focus is on the client’s
strengths.

Answer 32

b

Question 33

19. Reality therapy was designed originally
for working with
a. elementary school children.
b. youthful offenders in detention
facilities.
c. alcoholics.
d. drug addicts.
e. people with marital conflicts.

Answer 33

b

Question 34

20. Which of the following would not
be used by a reality therapist?
a. analysis of the transference relationship
b. hypnosis
c. the analysis of dreams
d. the search for causes of current
problems
e. all of the above

Answer 34

e

Question 35

21. Which of the following statements
is true as it applies to choice theory?
a. Behavior is the result of external
forces.
b. We are controlled by the events
that occur in our lives.
c. We can control the behavior of
others by learning to actively listen
to them.
d. We are motivated completely by
internal forces, and our behavior
is our best attempt to get what
we want.
e. We can control our feelings more
easily than our actions.

Answer 35

d

Question 36

22. According to Glasser, all of the following
are basic psychological needs
except for
a. competition.
b. belonging.
c. power.
d. freedom.
e. fun.

Answer 36

a

Question 37

23. An axiom of choice theory is that
    a. the past is the problem.
    b. although the past may have contributed
    to a current problem the
    past is never the problem.
    c. all serious problems are rooted
    in unconscious drives that dictate
    behavior.
    d. mental illness is the cause of bad
    choices people make.

Answer 37

b

Question 38

24. Sometimes it seems as though people
actually choose to be miserable
(depressed). Glasser explains the
dynamics of depressing as being
based on
a. keeping anger under control.
b. getting others to help us.
c. excusing our unwillingness to do
something more effective.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.

Answer 38

d

Question 39

25. All of the following are procedures
in reality therapy that are said to
lead to change except for
a. exploring wants, needs, and
perceptions.
b. focusing on current behavior.
c. the therapist’s evaluating of the
client’s behavior.
d. the client’s evaluating of his or
her own behavior.
e. the client’s committing to a plan
of action.

Answer 39

c

Question 40

Therapist interest in and caring

for the client.

Answer 40

Involvement