Deck 10: Cognitive Therapy

Question 1

Dichotomous constructs, such as "sad-happy," are associated with the work of

A)Aaron Beck.
B)Albert Ellis.
C)George Kelly.
D)Jean Piaget.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Aaron Beck describes a technique called "listing advantages and disadvantages." This is similar to a method which Albert Ellis refers to as

A)coping self-statements.
B)cost-benefit analysis.
C)disputation.
D)imagery.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Hilda thinks that other people think that she is fat and boring.Hilda is using this cognitive distortion.

A)catastrophizing.
B)labeling.
C)mindreading.
D)personalization.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In cognitive therapy, early maladaptive schemas are schemas that

A)reflect shaping and extinction.
B)are examples of virtual reality.
C)individuals assume to be about themselves and their world.
D)are irrational beliefs.

Question 5

To remove biases in thinking is the goal of

A)cognitive therapy.
B)existential therapy.
C)behavior therapy.
D)reality therapy.

Question 6

Harriet is worried about this exam.She says, "If I don't do well, I'll die." This is an example of one of these cognitive distortions.

A)catastrophizing.
B)labeling
C)overgeneralization.
D)personalization.

Question 7

In cognitive therapy, ignoring positive information that is relevant to oneself in favor of negative information is known as a

A)cognitive shift.
B)cognitive spiral.
C)personal construct.

Question 8

The Dysfunctional Thought Record is an assessment method used in

A)Adlerian therapy.
B)cognitive therapy.
C)REBT.
D)reality therapy.

Question 9

Guided discovery is a technique that is most likely to be used in

A)Adlerian therapy.
B)behavior therapy.
C)cognitive therapy.
D)reality therapy.

Question 10

Whenever Joshua thinks about getting a job, he thinks that "other people are better than me".This is an example of Beck's concept of

A)automatic thoughts.
B)cognitive schemas.
C)shaping.
D)irrational beliefs.

Question 11

Asking a client to randomly record thoughts is an assessment approach used in

A)Adlerian therapy.
B)cognitive therapy.
C)REBT.
D)reality therapy.

Question 12

According to cognitive therapy, maladaptive schemas are developed

A)in adulthood.
B)in early childhood.
C)when people confront a traumatic event.
D)when people are depressed.

Question 13

Which of these theorists did NOT emphasize the importance of beliefs

A)Aaron Beck.
B)Albert Ellis.
C)Alfred Adler.
D)Joseph Wolpe.

Question 14

In the development of cognitive therapy, Beck was influenced most by

A)Piaget's study of children's intellectual development .
B)Erikson's stages of social development.
C)Freud's stages of psychosexual development.
D)Rogers's stages of psychological development.

Question 15

In cognitive therapy, to ask a client to record negative thoughts is to ask her to be more specific about

A)automatic thoughts.
B)homework.
C)cognitive schemas.
D)irrational beliefs.

Question 16

Beck's early psychotherapeutic emphasis was on

A)borderline disorder
B)depression
C)anxiety
D)eating disorders

Question 17

Cognitive schemas arise from

A)early childhood experiences.
B)interpersonal interactions.
C)irrational thoughts.
D)the cognitive spiral.

Question 18

According to cognitive therapy.to say to oneself, "I'm a nerd." after having an argument with a friend, is this type of distortion.

A)catastrophizing
B)mind reading
C)mislabeling
D)overgeneralization

Question 19

Having a structured approach to a therapy session is most likely to be a part of

A)Adlerian therapy.
B)Jungian therapy.
C)cognitive therapy.
D)solution-focused therapy.

Question 20

Client: If I had behaved better as a child, my mother wouldn't have become an alcoholic. Therapist: Your mother was responsible for her drinking, not you.
The therapist is using a cognitive technique called

A)decatastrophizing.
B)labeling of distortions.
C)reattribution.
D)Socratic dialogue.

Question 21

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy uses cognitive techniques and

A)paradoxical techniques.
B)archetypal techniques..
C)free association.
D)meditative techniques

Question 22

Findings from the of Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study suggested that

A)cognitive therapy for adolescents with depression was more effective than psychopharmacotherapy.
B)psychopharmacotherapy was more effective than cognitive therapy.
C)that psychopharmacotherapy combined with cognitive therapy was most effective.
D)no treatment was effective.

Question 23

A cognitive schema that cognitive therapists believe is important in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder is

A)devout religious beliefs.
B)hypervigilance.
C)rapid heart beat.
D)self-criticism.

Question 24

Testing beliefs in group therapy is associated with

A)psychoanalytic group therapy.
B)cognitive therapy.
C)gestalt group therapy.
D)narrative group therapy.

Question 25

Schema-focused cognitive therapy differs from Beck's cognitive therapy because schema focused therapy emphasizes

A)the use of mindfulness meditative techniques.
B)the use of automatic thoughts.
C)its use with individuals with personality disorders.
D)its use with individuals with depression.

Question 26

The cognitive schema of hypervigilance is most frequently associated with this disorder.

A)borderline disorder
B)depression
C)generalized anxiety disorder
D)substance abuse

Question 27

Which of the following questions is NOT one of the three questions used in the cognitive therapy three question technique?

A)What is the evidence for the belief?
B)Why did you act this way?
C)How else can you interpret the situation?
D)If it is true, what are the implications?

Question 28

Exploring clients' negative belief system would be a method most likely used by

A)Adlerian group therapists.
B)cognitive group therapists.
C)gestalt group therapists.
D)reality group therapists.

Question 29

"Cognitive triad" refers to the ______________ view that individuals have about themselves, their world, and their future.

A)negative
B)negative and positive
C)positive

Question 30

Which of these techniques has recently been integrated into cognitive therapy?

A)countertransference
B)catching oneself
C)mindfulness-based stress reduction
D)transference

Question 31

The psychoanalytic term "splitting" is most similar to the cognitive term-

A)all-or-nothing thinking.
B)catastrophizing.
C)overgeneralization
D)selective abstraction

Question 32

Anticipatory, relief-oriented, and permissive are beliefs that cognitive therapists associate with

A)borderline disorder.
B)depression.
C)generalized anxiety disorder.
D)substance abuse.