Deck 11: Reality Therapy

Question 1

According to reality therapy, by choosing to depress, Selma may have

A)less control over other people.
B)more control over other people.
C)more happiness.
D)more weight control.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

According to Glasser, the key to behavior change is to choose to change

A)belonging and power.
B)doing and thinking.
C)freedom and survival.
D)physiology and feeling.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

If Norman has continued to drink alcohol heavily, altering his plans to do other things, the reality therapist is most likely to

A)criticize his reverting to previously undesirable behavior.
B)develop new plans to do other behaviors.
C)terminate counseling because Norman has violated his contract with the therapist.
D)understand how his problems at work effected his drinking

Answer 3

develop new plans to do other behaviors.

Question 4

In reality therapy, the reality therapist helps the client to commit to and make

A)a record of dysfunctional thoughts.
B)no mistakes.
C)plans.
D)improvements in being authentic.

Question 5

According to Glasser, if an individual desires fun in her life, this is an expression of a(an)

A)basic need.
B)cognitive dissonance.
C)irrational behavior.
D)the right to choose.

Question 6

The general goal of reality therapy is to help clients

A)accept reality in their daily lives.
B)live fully and authentically.
C)meet needs for belonging, power, freedom, and fun, as well as physiological needs.
D)explore and evaluate behavioral goals.

Question 7

According to reality therapy, if Bob worries throughout the day about what to do next, he is

A)being thoughtful.
B)catastrophizing.
C)choosing to anxietize.
D)enabling himself.

Question 8

When people choose to depress, they then, according to reality therapy, gain control over

A)no one.
B)others.
C)reality.
D)themselves.

Question 9

In exploring wants, which of these would a reality therapist be LEAST likely to explore?

A)awareness
B)doing
C)feeling
D)thinking

Question 10

In reality therapy, in order to achieve therapeutic goals, it is important for the client to

A)follow plans developed by the therapist.
B)follow plans developed in one of several reality therapy manuals.
C)follow plans that spell out specific behaviors..
D)be spontaneous, rather than planful.

Question 11

According to Glasser, "total behavior" is made up of

A)belonging, doing, thinking, and power.
B)belonging, power, freedom, and fun.
C)doing, thinking, feeling, and physiology.
D)walking, talking, thinking, and eating.

Question 12

Glasser views crazy behavior as

A)an expression of fun.
B)an expression of belongingness.
C)creativity.
D)inauthentic.

Question 13

Which of these is NOT one of Glasser's five basic needs

A)freedom.
B)fun.
C)power.
D)reality.

Question 14

In reality therapy, the therapist must first

A)perform a functional analysis of behavior.
B)asses the client's unconscious motivations for therapy.
C)assess contact boundary disturbances.
D)build a relationship with the client.

Question 15

Which of these is not a reality therapy technique?

A)confrontation
B)humor
C)paradoxical techniques
D)punishment

Question 16

If Jack says "I am so angry, because I saw my girlfriend talking to Sam," a reply most consistent with reality therapy would be

A)"You are choosing to be angry at your girlfriend because you saw her talking to someone else."
B)"You're really angry and maybe jealous because your girlfriend seems to show interest in someone else."
C)"You seem to believe that it would be terrible for your girlfriend to talk to Sam."
D)"Why do you think that you're girlfriend was talking to Sam?"

Question 17

In assessing client behaviors, reality therapists attend to

A)information derived from objective tests.
B)information derived from projective tests.
C)who clients feel they need to control.
D)what clients really want.

Question 18

Feminist therapists have criticized reality therapy because it

A)assigns control to the individual without examining society's role.
B)over simplifies therapy by ignoring the client's past.
C)uses different techniques for women than men.
D)was developed by trying out strategies on male prisoners.

Question 19

For Glasser a person's perceptions are mainly

A)auditory images.
B)personal needs.
C)picture albums that are available to clients.
D)visual images.

Question 20

Which type of therapist would ask this question:"Are you breaking the rules?"

A)Adlerian
B)existential
C)behavior
D)reality

Question 21

In working with female clients, reality therapists can help them

A)choose to depress.
B)choose to anxietize.
C)become more powerful.
D)become more real.

Question 22

James makes a commitment to do math homework by signing a written contact with a therapist.This method fits best with

A)gestalt therapy
B)existential therapy
C)reality therapy
D)psychodynamic or psychoanalytic therapy.