Question 1

Sarcasm is an acceptable, ironic way of challenging a client's entrenched positions.

Accepted Answer

Sarcasm is not an appropriate way to challenge a client's beliefs or positions as it can come across as disrespectful and unprofessional. Instead, it is important to use empathy and understanding to engage in productive dialogue with the client.

Question 2

Prediction refers to a therapist's efforts to ___________________ based on knowledge of a client's schema dynamics, emotional system, current situation, and feelings of ambivalence.

Accepted Answer

Prediction is about "prophesying" or guessing what events will happen under certain conditions. It involves using a therapist's knowledge of a client's schema dynamics, emotional system, current situation, and feelings of ambivalence to make educated guesses about what might happen in the future.

Question 3

Prescription refers to a therapist ______________________ the direction and cooperation of the therapist.

Accepted Answer

C

Question 4

Proportionality consists of __________________.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Clients in need of paradoxical interventions that are provocative and unsettling to the status quo cannot bring things back into proper proportion, and instead _________________.

Accepted Answer

Paradoxical interventions often lead clients to adopt "warped" solutions as they challenge conventional thinking and disrupt the status quo, making it difficult to restore balance.

Question 6

Which of the following is not a type of paradoxical interventions that are provocative and unsettling to the status quo?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

A clinician must be able to recognize faulty conclusions derived from _____________, and counter it with ____________.

Accepted Answer

Deductive reasoning is a logical process that draws conclusions from general premises. Inductive reasoning is a logical process that draws conclusions from specific observations. Socratic questioning is a method of questioning that is used to elicit critical thinking. Early childhood influences are the experiences that a child has during the early years of life.The correct answer is A because a clinician must be able to recognize faulty conclusions derived from deductive reasoning and counter it with inductive reasoning.

Question 8

In therapy, clients that may benefit from the paradoxical interventions that are provocative and unsettling to the status quo may complain that they are ______________.

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

What term describes the paradoxical interventions that are provocative and unsettling to the status quo?

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

The "irritation" of provocation and other challenging interventions service to help clients to re-engage themselves with their symptoms in order to counter maladaptive behavioral, social, attitudinal, or relational "solutions" previously used.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

Confronting is a process of directing someone's attention to something that he/she potentially avoids looking at.

Accepted Answer

Confronting involves bringing someone's attention to something that they may be avoiding or denying. It is a process of prompting them to face reality and deal with the situation rather than ignoring it.

Question 12

Positive provocation involves the combination of which two factors in order to be an effective paradoxical intervention?

Accepted Answer

Positive provocation involves using respectful confrontation as well as a paradoxical twist. This means that the therapist challenges the client's problematic behavior or thought pattern in a respectful and non-threatening way, but does so with a twist that challenges the client's assumptions and opens up new possibilities. Using sarcasm or humor may not always be appropriate or effective in positive provocation, and cautiousness alone may not be enough to create the necessary paradoxical twist.

Quiz 5: The Domain of Assessment: the Theme Behind a Clients Narrative, Therapeutic Goals, and Client Input About Goal Achievement