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Quiz: Psychoanalytic, Adlerian, Existential, Person-
Centered, and Gestalt Theories
Due Jun 6, 2021 at 11:59pm Points 100 Questions 25
Time Limit 60 Minutes Allowed Attempts 3
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Submitted Jun 6, 2021 at 6:57pm
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4 / 4 pts
Question 1
The basic aim of psychoanalytic therapy is to:
treat specic learning disorders.
change overt behavior.
correct irrational thinking.
make the unconscious motives conscious.
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4 / 4 pts
Question 2
If a person becomes xated in the oral stage of development, later
personality problems may include all of the following except:
rejecting others’ love.
fear of intimate relationships.
mistrust of others.
high self-esteem.
4 / 4 pts
Question 3
The “fundamental rule” for the client in psychoanalysis is:
forming a contract with the therapist.
willingness to do “homework assignments.”
participating in free association.
writing down dreams.
4 / 4 pts
Question 4
All of the following are true about a therapist’s countertransference
reactions except:
they should be avoided.
they have the potential to interfere with effective treatment.
they can provide rich understanding of the client’s experience.
they should be carefully monitored by the therapist.
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Question 5
Developmentally, Freud’s latency stage corresponds to Erickson’s
stage of:
trust versus mistrust.
intimacy versus isolation.
initiative versus guilt.
industry versus inferiority.
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Question 6
All of the following are characteristics that form the basis for an
integrative framework in brief therapy except:
time limitation.
focus.
the assignment of behavioral tasks.
counselor indirectiveness.
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Question 7
Which of the following is not true about the Adlerian concept of
“private logic”?
It is a result of the feelings and emotions we experience in our
daily lives.
It provides a central psychological unity for us.
It is the philosophy upon which we base our lifestyle.
It often does not conform to the reality of social living.
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Question 8
Adler pioneered the practice of teaching professionals through live
demonstrations with parents and children before large audiences.
This is now called:
“open¬ forum” family counseling.
spectator therapy.
“on stage” family therapy.
“hot seat” family counseling.
4 / 4 pts
Question 9
One contribution of Adlerian therapy is that:
practitioners are given a great deal of freedom in working with
their clients.
it offers a well-dened theory of personality.
many of its concepts have been supported by research.
it is a common-sense psychology.
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Question 10
Adlerian psychology is a __________, holistic, optimistic, and
socially embedded theory based on basic assumptions that have
woven into various theories of counseling.
rational
phenomenological
specic
constructive
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Question 11
The existential approach is particularly well-suited to clients who:
are dealing with grief and loss.
are victims of oppression.
have limited intellectual capacities.
suffer from severe mental illness.
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Question 12
When working with a client living a restricted existence, an
existential therapist would likely:
explore the developmental origins of these feelings.
develop a specic behavioral plan to help the client get “un¬stuck.”
encourage the client to do a shame-attacking exercise.
make the client aware of how his or her current ways of living are
keeping him or her stuck.
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Question 13
In regards to freedom and responsibility, existential therapy
embraces three values. Which of the following is not one of these
values?
The freedom to become within the context of natural and self-
imposed limitations
The capacity to reect on the meaning of our choices
The capacity to act on the choices we make
The freedom to choose our past and the choices of our parents
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Question 14
According to the existential viewpoint, death:
makes life absurd.
makes life meaningless and hopeless.
gives signicance to living.
should not be explored in therapy.
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Question 15
In regards to techniques, existential practitioners believe:
free association is essential to the growth and healing of the
client.
no set of techniques is considered essential.
analysis of dysfunctional family patterns is imperative.
role playing is the most important technique used.
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Question 16
Which statement(s) is (are) true of the person-centered approach?
Therapists should give advice when clients need it.
The techniques a therapist uses are less important than his or her
attitudes.
Therapists should function largely as teachers.
Therapy is primarily the therapist’s responsibility.
4 / 4 pts
Question 17
In the 1960s and 1970s Rogers did a great deal to spearhead the
development of:
organizational management seminars.
private colleges aimed at training person-centered therapists.
student-centered teaching and encounter groups.
the National Training Laboratories and T-groups.
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Question 18
Patrick has been confronted by family members and friends about
his excessive gambling. Despite their attempts to help him, he
insists that they are overreacting and that he has everything under
control. He does not feel the need to alter his behaviors. Patrick is
at which stage of change?
Precontemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
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Question 19
A potential limitation of the person-centered approach is:
their view of assessment and diagnosis.
that some students-in-training and practitioners may have a
tendency to be very supportive of clients without being
challenging.
shortcomings of the studies of the approach.
the continual evolution of the approach leads to unclear
therapeutic principles.
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Question 20
The technique of reection involves the therapist:
restating the client’s words verbatim.
sharing his or her genuine emotional response with the client.
mirroring the client’s emotional experience of a particular
situation.
bringing an actual mirror into the session and having a client look
at himself or herself in the mirror.
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Question 21
When a person experiences an internal conict (namely a conict
between top dog and underdog), which of the following techniques
would be most appropriate?
Making the rounds
The reversal technique
The internal dialogue exercise
The rehearsal exercise
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Question 22
The ve different kinds of contact boundary disturbances include
all of the following, except:
retroection.
projection.
introjection.
introection.
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Question 23
Often Greta, who struggles to feel good about herself, comes to
sessions with slouched posture. In order to help Greta gain a
clearer understanding of the inner meaning of her slouched
posture, a Gestalt therapist might:
ask Greta to exaggerate her poor posture, which is likely to
intensify her feelings attached to it.
have Greta undergo hypnosis.
ask Greta to free associate to the words “slouched posture.”
refer her to an orthopedic surgeon to rule out scoliosis.
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Question 24
__________ grow out of the interaction between client and therapist
and emerge within this dialogic process.
Exercises
Figure ¬formations
Fantasies
Experiments
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Question 25
Empirical support for Gestalt therapy is:
weak.
well ¬developed.
becoming stronger.
unavailable.
Quiz Score: 100 out of 100
