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Chapter 9
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Behavior therapy assumes that:
a. behavior is learned.
b. behavior is the result of unconscious forces.
c. behavior is the result of free choices.
d. behavior is determined by psychic energy.
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2. Michael believes that he will be able to improve his public speaking skills after completing a speech course at
school. Based on social-cognitive theory, one might observe that Michael is not lacking in:
a. self-efficacy.
c. arrogance and grandiosity.
b. intelligence.
d. cognitive functioning.
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3. What is the function of the behavior therapist?
a. to provide modeling for the client
b. to provide a collaborative therapeutic environment
c. to assess specific behavior problems
d. to provide reinforcement for clients
e. all of these.
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4. Which of the following is not true regarding behavior therapy?
a. Both therapist and client need to work together for common goals.
b. The client must be an active participant.
c. Therapy cannot be imposed on unwilling clients.
d. The client is merely passive while the therapist uses techniques.
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5. Which anxiety reduction technique involves creating a hierarchy of the client’s fearful experiences?
a. social reinforcement
b. stress inoculation
c. operant conditioning
d. assertive training
e. systematic desensitization
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6. Behavior therapists look to the current environmental events that maintain problem behaviors and help clients
produce behavior change by changing environmental events, through a process called:
a. functional assessment.
b. reorientation.
c. mindfulness-based stress reduction.
d. biofeedback.
e. motivational interviewing.
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7. Who has done most of the work in the area of modeling?
a. Joseph Wolpe
b. E. Jacobson
c. Arnold Lazarus
d. Hans Eysenck
e. Albert Bandura
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8. B. F. Skinner is associated with which of the following trends in the behavioral approach?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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classical conditioning
operant conditioning
relaxation training
dialectical behavior therapy
multimodal therapy
9. What is not a part of the steps in a self-directed change program?
a. working out a plan for change
b. selection of specific goals
c. self-reinforcement procedures
d. exploration of one’s family constellation
e. self-monitoring
____ 10. Which of the following is not one of the seven major areas of personality functioning described by the
acronym “BASIC ID”?
a. sensation
b. behavior
c. aspirations
d. interpersonal relationships
e. cognition
____ 11. In terms of ethical accountability, behavior therapy:
a. makes use of techniques that have questionable validity.
b. is the only ethical form of therapy today.
c. provides a basis for responsible practice.
d. offers a greater chance of abusing interventions than do other approaches.
e. does not address this issue.
____ 12. Multimodal therapy is a therapeutic approach that is grounded on:
a. dialectical behavior therapy
b. cognitive behavior therapy.
c. social learning theory.
d. operant conditioning.
e. applied behavior analysis.
____ 13. Haley has difficulty turning down dates and consistently allows men to take advantage of her. A behavioral
intervention that may help Haley establish appropriate boundaries with others and speak up for herself is:
a. stress inoculation training.
b. EMDR.
c. In vivo flooding.
d. assertion training.
e. anger management.
____ 14. Which of the following clinical strategies is not necessarily employed during assertion training?
a. modeling
b. relaxation
c. feedback
d. social reinforcement
e. homework assignments
____ 15. When practicing mindfulness:
a. clients learn to focus on one thing at a time and to bring their attention back to the present
moment when distractions arise.
b. clients learn how to be aware of themselves without being judgmental.
c. clients train themselves to intentionally focus on their present experience while at the same
time achieving a distance from it.
d. clients develop an attitude of curiosity and compassion to present experience.
e. all of these.
____ 16. Wolpe’s systematic desensitization is based on the principles of:
a. classical conditioning.
b. operant conditioning.
c. motivational interviewing.
d. cognitive therapy.
e. modeling.
____ 17. In conducting a behavioral assessment, the client’s functioning is taken into account in which area(s)?
a. cognitive dimensions
b. behavioral dimensions
c. interpersonal dimensions
d. emotional dimensions
e. all of these
____ 18. What would be the most accurate way of describing mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) to a friend or
colleague?
a. The approach adopted in the MBSR program is to develop the capacity for sustained
directed attention through formal meditation practice.
b. MBSR consists of the notion that much of our distress and suffering results from
continually wanting things to be different from how they actually are.
c. MBSR does not actively teach cognitive modification techniques, nor does it label certain
cognitions as “dysfunctional,” because this is not consistent with the nonjudgmental
attitude one strives to cultivate in mindfulness practice.
d. MBSR aims to assist people in learning how to live more fully in the present rather than
ruminating about the past or being overly concerned about the future.
e. All of these.
____ 19. All of the following are steps in the use of systematic desensitization except for:
a. psychoeducation.
b. the development of an anxiety hierarchy.
c. hypnosis.
d. relaxation training.
____ 20. Techniques used in mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy include all but:
a. yoga.
c. a present-focused orientation.
b. flooding.
d. body scan meditation.
____ 21. If your client wanted to change a behavior, for instance, learning to control smoking, drinking, or eating,
which behavioral technique would be most appropriate to employ?
a. assertion training
c. systematic desensitization
b. punishment
d. self-management
____ 22. In group settings, behavior therapists provide all of the following except:
a. modeling.
c. little direct feedback.
b. teaching of new skills.
d. directive support of clients.
____ 23. In vivo flooding consists of:
a.
b.
c.
d.
guided use of mindfulness techniques.
brief and graduated series of exposures to feared events.
imagined exposure to fearful experiences paired with muscle relaxation.
intense and prolonged exposure to the actual anxiety-producing stimuli.
____ 24. Third-generation behavior therapies have been developed that center around five interrelated core themes.
Which of these is not one of the core themes?
a. a more precise focus on psychopathology
b. acceptance
c. a broad view of acceptable outcomes in therapy
d. creating a life worth living
e. an expanded view of psychological health
____ 25. Which is not true of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)?
a. DBT emphasizes the importance of the client/therapist relationship.
b. The approach was formulated for treating borderline personality disorders.
c. DBT relies on empirical data to support its effectiveness.
d. DBT is a blend of Adlerian concepts and behavioral techniques.
e. DBT incorporates mindfulness training and Zen practices.
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