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Behavior therapy is associated with all but one of the following:
a. empirically supported treatments.
b. functional
analysis of behavior.
c. a philosophical view of human
behavior.
d. a comprehensive assessment process.
c
Behavior therapy assumes that:
a. behavior is the result of unconscious forces.
b.
behavior is the result of free choices.
c. behavior is
determined by psychic energy.
d. behavior is learned.
d
Behavior therapy is characterized by all of the following, except:
a. a focus on overt specific behavior.
b. a formulation of
precise treatment goals.
c. the subjective diagnosis of the
therapist.
d. the design of an appropriate treatment plan.
c
Behavior therapy is based on:
a. an experimental analysis of behavior in the client's own
social environment.
b. a systematic set of concepts.
c.
a well-developed theory of personality.
d. the principle of self-actualization.
a
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Michael believes that he will be able to improve his public speaking skills after completing a speech course at school. Based on social-cognitive theory, one might observe that Michael is not lacking in:
a. arrogance and grandiosity.
b. intelligence.
c.
selfefficacy.
d. cognitive functioning.
c
The general goals of behavior therapy are:
a. fostering self-actualization.
b. expanding
self-understanding and insight.
c. assisting clients in making
value judgments concerning their behavior.
d. to increase
personal choice and to create new conditions for learning.
d
Which is not true of the relationship between therapist and client in behavior therapy?
a. The therapist is solely responsible for setting treatment
goals.
b. The relationship is considered collaborative.
c.
Therapist and client work together in a warm and flexible
manner.
d. The therapeutic relationship is an important factor
in treatment outcomes.
a
All of the following are functions of the behavior therapist, except:
a. to provide modeling for the client.
b. to provide a
direct and therapist run therapeutic environment.
c. to assess
specific behavior problems.
d. to provide reinforcement for clients.
b
Which of the following interventions is not associated with the third wave of behavior therapy?
a. Dialectical behavior therapy
b. Relaxation
training
c. Acceptance and commitment therapy
d.
Mindfulness based cognitive therapy
b
Which of the following is not true regarding behavior therapy?
a. The client must be an active participant.
b. The client
is merely passive while the therapist uses techniques.
c. If
clients are not involved or motivated, the chances are slim that
therapy will be successful.
d. Both therapist and client need
to work together for common goals.
b
All of the following are true about social skills training except:
a. it is a psychoeducational approach to interpersonal
growth.
b. it involves modeling and direct instruction and
coaching.
c. it uses role playing exercises to simulate social
situations.
d. it requires clients to engage in catharsis.
d
Which anxiety reduction technique involves creating a hierarchy of the client's fearful experiences?
a. Assertive training
b. Operant conditioning
c.
Systematic desensitization
d. Social reinforcement
c
Behavior therapists look to the current environmental events that maintain problem behaviors and help clients produce behavior change by changing environmental events, through a process called:
a. functional assessment.
b. motivational
interviewing.
c. mindfulness-based stress reduction.
d. reorientation.
a
In the ABC model, the A stands for:
a. arbitrary behaviors.
b. antecedents.
c.
actions.
d. assessment.
b
Which statement is not true?
a. Because cognitive factors have a place in the practice of
behavior therapy, techniques from this approach can be used to attain
humanistic ends.
b. Contemporary behavior therapy is grounded
on a scientific view of human behavior.
c. Behavioral methods
can be applied to a diverse client population.
d. Contemporary
behavior therapy is increasingly concerned with therapists' behavioral control.
d
Which of the following is not a basic characteristic of behavior therapy?
a. Treatment goals are specific and concrete.
b. It is
grounded in learning theory.
c. Many specific techniques are
supported by research.
d. The therapist is manipulative and controlling.
d
Who has done most of the work in the area of modeling?
a. Joseph Wolpe
b. Hans Eysenck
c. E. Jacobson
d.
Albert Bandura
d
B. F. Skinner is associated with which of the following trends in the behavioral approach?
a. Classical conditioning
b. Operant conditioning
c.
Multimodal therapy
d. Dialectical behavior therapy
b
Which of the following is not true about how behavior therapists function in the therapeutic setting?
a. They use techniques such as summarizing, reflection,
clarification, and open-ended questioning.
b. They focus on
using a variety of techniques in narrowly treating specific behavioral
problems.
c. They complete a formal assessment prior to
treatment to determine behaviors that are targets for change.
d.
They serve as a model for the client and do not require behavioral
change in the client.
d
Phil has been in behavior therapy to address his fear of heights. The treatment will not be considered complete until:
a. Phil transfers what he learns in therapy to his everyday life
and takes actual steps to confront his fear.
b. Phil agrees to
take up sky diving as a hobby.
c. Phil has absolutely no fear
of heights, which may be measured by his willingness to move to one of
the top floors of a skyscraper.
d. Phil acknowledges his fear.
a
What is not a part of the steps in a self-directed change program?
a. Exploration of one's family constellation
b. Selecting
goals
c. Selfmonitoring
d. A self-reinforcement system
a
__________ is a comprehensive, systematic, holistic approach to behavior therapy developed by the late Arnold Lazarus.
a. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
b. Social
skills training
c. Self-management
d. Multimodal therapy
d
Which of the following is true about 'technical eclecticism' in multimodal therapy?
a. Therapists borrow techniques exclusively from the social
learning model.
b. Therapists use techniques from a variety of
theories to a wide range of problems.
c. The client is fit into
a predetermined treatment.
d. It is considered confusing to the client.
b
In terms of ethical accountability, behavior therapy:
a. does not address this issue.
b. is ethically neutral in
that it does not dictate whose behavior or what behavior should be
changed.
c. offers a greater chance of abusing interventions
than do other approaches.
d. makes use of techniques that have
questionable validity.
b
Which of the following behavior therapists is credited with developing the social cognitive learning model, doing much work on observational learning and modeling, and writing about self-efficacy?
a. Bandura
b. Linehan
c. Wolpe
d. Jacobson
a
Which of the following distinguishes the cognitive trend in behavior therapy from the trends of classical and operant conditioning?
a. A focus on experimental analysis
b. A focus on
evaluating therapeutic procedures
c. Developing procedures that
give control to clients and thus increase their range of
freedom
d. The integration of mindfulness approaches as a basic
part of any treatment procedure
c
Multimodal therapy is a therapeutic approach that is grounded on:
a. cognitive behavior therapy.
b. social cognitive
learning theory.
c. applied behavior analysis.
d.
operant conditioning.
b
Behavior therapy has been criticized for a variety of reasons. Which of the following is one listed in the book?
a. Behavior therapy has an overemphasis on feeling and the
neglect of cognition.
b. Behavior therapy has an overemphasis
upon insight.
c. Behavior therapy may change behaviors, but it
does not change feelings.
d. Behavior therapy has a need for
long-term treatment to effect change.
c
During the 1980s, behavior therapy:
a. continued without growing.
b. was characterized by a
search for new horizons in concepts and methods that went beyond
traditional learning theory.
c. adopted a stronger medical
perspective.
d. realized applying behavior therapy principles
to prevention of disease and illness would not be beneficial.
b
Mindfulness is:
a. the awareness that emerges through having attention on
purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally, to the unfolding
or experience moment by moment.
b. the assessment process in
multimodal therapy.
c. under the idea that change can be
brought about by teaching people to use coping skills in problematic
situations.
d. not beneficial for clients with behavioral problems.
a
Wolpe's systematic desensitization is based on the principles of:
a. classical conditioning.
b. operant
conditioning.
c. modeling.
d. motivational interviewing.
a
The situation in which behaviors are influenced mainly by the consequences that follow them is:
a. classical conditioning.
b. operant conditioning.
c.
modeling.
d. flooding.
b
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_____________ involves the escape from or the avoidance of unpleasant stimuli.
a. Negative reinforcement
b. Positive reinforcement
c.
Punishment
d. Systematic desensitization
a
In dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), skills are taught in four modules. Which among the following is not one of the modules listed in the text?
a. Mindfulness
b. Interpersonal effectiveness
c.
Emotional regulation
d. Relapse prevention
d
_________ is a key pioneer of clinical behavior therapy because of his broadening of its conceptual bases and development of multimodal therapy.
a. Albert Bandura
b. Joseph Wolpe
c. B.F.
Skinner
d. Arnold Lazarus
d
All of the following are characteristics of the behavioral approaches except:
a. behavior therapy relies on the principles and procedures of
the scientific method.
b. behavior therapy specifies treatment
goals in concrete and objective terms.
c. behavior therapy
focuses on the client's current problems and the factors influencing
them.
d. behavior therapy employs the same procedures to every
client with a particular dysfunctional behavior.
d
All of the following are steps in the use of systematic desensitization except for:
a. hypnosis.
b. relaxation training.
c. the
development of an anxiety hierarchy.
d. psychoeducation.
a
Techniques used in mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy include all but:
a. yoga.
b. flooding.
c. body scan
meditation.
d. formal and informal meditation.
b
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) integrates techniques from:
a. multimodal therapy and mindfulness.
b. mindfulness-based
stress reduction and cognitive behavior therapy.
c.
motivational interviewing and mindfulness.
d. yoga, systematic
desensitization, and mindfulness.
b
In vivo flooding consists of:
a. brief and graduated series of exposures to feared
events.
b. exposure to actual anxiety-evoking events rather
than simply imagining these situations.
c. imagined exposure to
fearful experiences paired with muscle relaxation.
d. guided
use of mindfulness techniques.
b
true or false
Albert Bandura is credited with originally developing the progressive relaxation procedure.
false
true or false
Systematic desensitization typically includes the use of relaxation procedures.
true
true or false
A criticism of behavior therapy is that it treats symptoms rather than causes problems.
true
true or false
Modeling is a form of systematic desensitization.
false
true or false
The third generation (or 'third wave') of behavior therapy emphasizes considerations that were considered off limits for behavior therapists until recently.
true
true or false
Modeling methods have been used in treating people with anger management issues and in teaching new behaviors to children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
true
true or false
A trend in contemporary behavior therapy is the increased emphasis on the role of thinking in behavior.
true
true or false
In regards to third-generation behavior therapies, one of the core themes is creating a life worth living.
true
true or false
A behavior therapist makes use of the technique of open-ended questioning for the purpose of obtaining important information related to the client’s problem.
true
true or false
Albert Bandura is directly responsible for promoting the “third wave” of behavior therapy.
false
true or false
Mindfulness involves judgment and careful evaluation of one’s thoughts.
false
true or false
Third-generation behavior therapies center around five interrelated core themes.
true
true or false
Behavior therapy has been shown to be effective in the treatment of chronic pain.
true
true or false
There is no place for the role of thinking process and attitudes in contemporary behavior therapy.
false
true or false
Behavior therapy has undergone important changes and has expanded considerably.
true
true or false
Dialectical behavior therapy integrates behavioral techniques with psychoanalytic concepts and mindfulness training of Eastern psychological and spiritual practices.
true
true or false
Behavior therapists believe that insight is not a necessary condition for behavior change to occur.
true
true or false
In mindfulness practice, clients train themselves to intentionally focus on their “past experience with acceptance.”
false
true or false
Through mindfulness exercises, veterans may be better able to observe repetitive negative thinking and prevent extensive engagement with maladaptive ruminative processes.
true
true or false
Evidence-based therapies are a hallmark of both behavior therapy and cognitive behavior therapy.
true
true or false
Dialectical behavior therapy requires both individual and group treatment.
true
true or false
Behavior therapy groups employ a long-term treatment model.
false
true or false
Acceptance and commitment therapy is an example of a mindfulness based approach.
true
true or false
Mindfulness shows promise across a broad range of clinical problems, including the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, relationship problems, substance abuse, and psychophysiological disorders.
true
true or false
There is little empirical support for acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).
false
true or false
Behavior therapy practitioners focus on directly observable behavior, current determinants of behavior, learning experiences that promote change, tailoring treatment strategies to individual clients, and rigorous assessment and evaluation.
true
true or false
Acceptance is one of the third‐generation behavior therapies’ five interrelated core themes.
false
true or false
In acceptance and commitment therapy, values are a basic part; however, the work does not depend on what an individual wants and values.
false
true or false
Progressive muscle relaxation has become increasingly popular as a method of teaching people to cope with stresses produced by daily living.
true
true or false
Many therapeutic approaches are incorporating mindfulness and meditation, as well as other contemplative practices, in the counseling process.
true