Chapter 5 Textbook Questions Flashcards
The philosophical roots of REBT can be most directly traced to _________ philosophers
existentialist
cartesian
stoic
platonic
stoic
One of the techniques REBT uses to minimize client demandingness is to teach clients
poetic language with which to assuage their feeling, especially following disappointment in love
to feel better about themselves and embrace their neuroses
to minimize risks, thus minimizing failures
precision of speech and thought - for example, to distinguish must from should
precision of speech and thought - for example, to distinguish must from should
Which statement accurately reflects a major proposition of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)?
humans sense first, then think, and finally feel in discrete and sequential processes
neurotic problems can rarely be affected by logical, critical, and empirical thinking
people are born with the tendency to be rational rather than irrational
cultures and family groups can greatly aggravate a tendency toward irrational thinking
cultures and family groups can greatly aggravate a tendency toward irrational thinking
In REBT, Sara
learned that she deeply believed that she could not display normal criticism from those close to her
realized she should not have sexual relations with a man before marriage; this led to a steep reduction in her drinking
made significant progress in many ways but was unable to replace her “should” with “it would be better”
learned to follow extremely strict disciplinary rules so she could stop placing demands on others
learned that she deeply believed that she could not display normal criticism from those close to her
REBT therapists would be most likely to treat a client who has
broken with reality
an anxiety disorder
bipolar disorder and is acutely manic
limited cognitive abilities
an anxiety disorder
Ellis believed that clients who would not give up irrational premises refused to do so because they
hated their therapists
were resisting parent images
were willfully self-destructive
naturally tended to “musturbate”
naturally tended to “musturbate”
REBT stresses the _____ aspects of personality
cultural
biological
environmental
familial
biological
Rational emotive behavior therapy
concerns itself with the oedipal complex
supports transference by the patient or client
disputes the holistic view of Jungian theory
overlaps significantly with Adlerian theory
overlaps significantly with Adlerian theory
According to REBT theory, clients become neurotic as a means of satisfying their demands. The most elegant way to resolve demandingness is for the client to
learn to minimize it
engage in magical thinking
tolerate frustration
rationally satisfy it
learn to minimize it
REBT theorizes that people become psychologically disordered because
they hold irrational beliefs about their own self-worth
they cannot tolerate adversity
they are genuinely weak people
the adversity that befalls them is in reality crushing
they hold irrational beliefs about their own self-worth
