Deck 6: Realitychoice Therapy

Question 1

Glasser's dissertation was rejected by his committee so he never finished his Ph.
D)

A) True
B) False

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which is NOT considered a quality of a good change plan?

A) It is written down to help the client commit to it.
B) It is flexible and open to modification
C) Should be completed with the help of the therapist and significant others
D) Something that can be performed daily.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

According to Glasser, what is the most common way that people ask for help without begging?

A) Depressing
B) Refusing to take responsibility
C) Angering
D) By going to see a therapist

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which is NOT true about our perceived worlds?

A) They are often inaccurate
B) They are subjective
C) They are unchanging without therapy
D) They are unique for each person

Question 5

According to Glasser the need for survival is the primary need.

Question 6

In order for therapy to be successful, a therapist must be able to become a part of her client's quality world.

Question 7

Which is NOT true of reality/choice therapy?

A) Transference is encouraged
B) The focus is on the present and not the past
C) The therapist works to help clients meet their needs
D) A therapy goal is to help clients connect with people in their quality world.

Question 8

Which is a goal of the client in reality/choice therapy?

A) They must focus on talking about their feelings.
B) They must work to understand how the past has created their present.
C) They must commit to doing things different.
D) They must try to gain control over everything in their quality world.

Question 9

Glasser believed that behavior that was not designed to fulfill one of our basic needs caused mental illness.

Question 10

Which is NOT one of our five basic needs according to Glasser?

A) Fun
B) Survival
C) Hope
D) Freedom

Question 11

Glasser believed that if you want to change how you feel then you should first change what you are thinking or doing.

Question 12

Reality/choice therapists would take which of the following actions if their client is experiencing distress in life?

A) They would assess whether the client is meeting their basic psychological needs.
B) They would determine family history of mental illness.
C) They would observe their behavior to determine the source of the problem.
D) They would determine which thoughts were leading to this feeling of distress.

Question 13

Which is a goal of reality/choice therapists as they assess a client's total behavior?

A) To understand how the past influences their current behavior.
B) To criticize the clients for their behavior
C) To facilitate arguments with clients so that they have to defend their behavior
D) To ignore excuses clients make for their behavior.

Question 14

Which is a major tenet of Glasser's "Mental Health or Mental Illness?"

A) That the best treatment for mental illness was medication.
B) That clients should only receive diagnoses for insurance purposes.
C) That psychiatrists were actually making patients worse.
D) That according to society expectations, everyone has mental illness.

Question 15

Which is true about control in reality/choice theory?

A) People cannot control themselves
B) Trying to control others will lead to frustration
C) Believing that others can control you leads to psychotic disorders
D) Everything in our world is within our control.

Question 16

What goal are reality/choice therapists trying to help clients meet when developing a friendly and warm relationship with them?

A) Fun
B) Power
C) Belonging
D) Freedom

Question 17

A therapist asks his client "What do you want? What are you doing to get what you want? Is it working?" This therapist is most likely following which therapy model?

A) Reality/choice therapy
B) Psychodynamic therapy
C) Adlerian therapy
D) REBT

Question 18

Which is NOT one of our five basic needs according to Glasser?

A) Fun
B) Power
C) Belonging
D) Accomplishment

Question 19

The internal record of what feels good to us as individuals is called our____________.

A) Basic needs list
B) Valuing filter
C) Comparing place
D) Quality world

Question 20

According to Glasser, what is the best way to eliminate the seven deadly habits?

A) Realized that you are using the seven deadly habits
B) Replace them with the seven caring habits.
C) Focus on trying to change significant others in your life
D) Remove yourself from social interaction until the habits go away.

Question 21

What are the limitations of choice therapy?

Question 22

Discuss the evidence based research for Reality/Choice theory.

Question 23

One goal of reality/choice therapy is to adjust one's basic needs so that they are easier to fulfill.

Question 24

Name five of the seven caring habits.

Question 25

List one of three things that takes place when information passes through our total knowledge filter.

Question 26

Discuss the effectiveness of reality therapy when used with individuals from different ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds.

Question 27

List some of the contributions of reality choice therapy.

Question 28

What contributions has reality/choice theory made to multicultural counseling?

Question 29

What does our quality world contain?

Question 30

What is the client's role in choice theory?

Question 31

Name four of the 10 axioms of choice theory.

Question 32

Name five of the seven deadly habits.

Question 33

Glasser believed that some addictions are positive.

Question 34

The WDEP model was originally designed for use with juvenile offenders.

Question 35

How does the comparing place work in terms of us deciding whether or not we are happy? What happens if we are not happy?

Question 36

Give an example of how our basic needs may interfere with each other. Make sure that it is clear which basic needs you are addressing.

Question 37

What are the main goals of reality therapy?

Question 38

What are the four components of our total behavior?

Question 39

Some Western cultures emphasize the group over Eastern cultures' emphasis primarily on individuals' attempt to fulfill their wants and needs.

Question 40

Reality/choice theory has made several contributions to multicultural counseling.