Deck 9: Cognitive Interventions

Question 1

Cognitive interventions have been drawn from:

A) R.E.T.
B) Behavior therapy
C) Transactional Analysis
D) Both a and c.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Cognitive injunctions tend not to be related to one's past.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Cognitive disputation is a process of gentle encouragement to examine one's irrational beliefs.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Cognitive processes reflect one's culture more than feelings do.

Question 5

When using cognitive restructuring, the counselor is interested in:

A) Specific client thoughts before the problematic situation.
B) Specific client thoughts during the problematic situation.
C) Specific client thoughts after problematic situation.
D) All of the above.

Question 6

From the R.E.T. perspective, irrational beliefs are at the root of "B" in the A-B-C-D formula.

Question 7

Persons who tend not to be analytical may not be good candidates for cognitive interventions.

Question 8

Cognitive interventions have proven effective will clients of all intellectual levels.

Question 9

Meichenbaum is usually associated with the cognitive restructuring intervention.

Question 10

5) Which of the following would be a coping statement?

A) I am afraid of this airplane.
B) This airplane has flown over 1,000,000,000 miles.
C) This airplane has just been inspected by a specialist. a
D) None of the above.

Question 11

Client reactions to cognitive strategies are either to respond positively or:

A) To find them meaningless.
B) To be insulted
C) To reject the effort
D) All of the above

Question 12

Cognitive restructuring involves:

A) Identifying and altering irrational or negative self-statements.
B) Changing patterns of cognitive linearity c Helping the client develop a dysfunctional pattern
D) None of the above

Question 13

Which of the following is an accurate statement?

A) Our thoughts often tell us how to feel about something.
B) Our feelings often cause us to think a certain way.
C) Cognitive therapists consider feelings as special types of thoughts.
D) All of the above.

Question 14

Clients who are most likely to respond favorably to cognitive interventions are:

A) Persons who are more affective in personal style.
B) Persons who are more behavioral in personal style.
C) Persons who are more cognitive in personal style.
D) Persons who are more interpersonal in personal style.

Question 15

According to the text, culture and cognition are very closely related.

Question 16

Cognitive assessment begins with the assumption that:

A) Not all people think about their problems.
B) People construct their reality according to their beliefs. b
C) All problems are cognitive.
D) All of the above.

Question 17

Discovering the irrational belief is a principal goal when working with cognitive interventions.

Question 18

"I don't have the right to ask for help" is an example of a client injunction.

Question 19

The intervention in which the counselor asks the client to challenge his/her reactions to a situation is known as:

A) Behavioral disputation
B) Cognitive disputation
C) Imaginal disputation
D) All of the above

Question 20

The greatest challenge to changing client thinking is to:

A) Refute the client's impression that situations or people cause their problems.
B) Teaching clients how they are thinking.
C) Helping clients recognize the link between their thoughts and their feelings.
D) None of the above.