Question 1

Regarding group work,members provide one another with feedback regarding their choices and plans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Reality therapists believe in a biological basis for mental illness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Therapeutic contracts are frequently used in reality therapy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What do reality therapists believe about the use of questions?

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A)  They should rarely be used.
B)  Relevant questions help clients gain insights and arrive at plans and solutions.
C)  There is no such thing as excessive questioning; the more the better!
D)  Closed questions are more helpful than open-ended questions.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

Glasser took the position that schools needed to be structured in ways to help students achieve a success identity as opposed to a failure identity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Reality therapy is best described as:

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A)  an intensive and long-term therapy.
B)  a rational therapy.
C)  an insight therapy.
D)  a short-term therapy that stresses doing.
E)  an experiential therapy stressing feelings and attitudes.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 7

All of the following are key characteristics of contemporary reality therapy except for:

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A)  There is a focus on talking about symptoms that bring a client into therapy.
B)  Emphasis is on choice and responsibility.
C)  There is a rejection of the notion of transference.
D)  Therapy is kept in the present.
E)  Clients are helped to get connected or reconnected with the people they have chosen to put in their quality world.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 8

In working with Japanese clients,a reality therapist might do which of the following when asking clients to make plans and commit to them?

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A)  The therapist might be likely to accept "I'll try" as a firm commitment.
B)  The therapist would push clients for an explicit pledge to follow through.
C)  The therapist would view a noncommittal response as a sign of weakness.
D)  The therapist would refer their clients if they refused to commit to a plan.E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Glasser would agree with all of the following conclusions except:

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A)  We are most likely to change if we are threatened by punishment.
B)  We do not have to be the victim of our past.
C)  We have more control over our lives than we believe.
D)  We strive to change the world outside ourselves to match our internal pictures of what we want.
E)  We often seek therapy when we do not have the relationships we want.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

Robert Wubbolding stresses the importance of an engaging therapeutic environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Reality therapy gives only limited attention to helping people address environmental and social problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Reality therapists maintain that clients will not change unless they assume a self-critical attitude.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What is Robert Wubbolding likely to say about people's problems?

Accepted Answer

A)  "People don't have problems,they have solutions that have not worked."
B)  "Most people are emotionally disturbed,but many of them are able to create a believable facade that they are high functioning.Don't be fooled!"
C)  "Most forms of psychopathology should be treated with medication."
D)  "People who have problems should try reality therapy only after uncovering the unconscious determinants of their behavior."E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

A reality therapist will primarily focus on:

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A)  past behavior.
B)  present behavior.
C)  feelings.
D)  thoughts.
E)  the client's personal history.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

Reality therapy rests on the central idea that:

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A)  thinking largely determines how we feel and behave.
B)  we choose our behavior and are responsible for what we do,think,and feel.
C)  environmental factors largely control what we are doing.
D)  the way to change dysfunctional behavior is to reexperience a situation in which we originally became psychologically stuck.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Choice theory is based on the assumption that people are in charge of their own destiny.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Sandra is a reality therapist who is meeting her client Paul,who struggles with career indecision,for the first time.How might she begin her work with Paul?

Accepted Answer

A)  by diagnosing his problem using the DSM
B)  by asking Paul what he wants from therapy
C)  by asking about his earliest recollections
D)  by asking him to take a career inventoryE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

Reality therapy cautions against the therapist mentoring the client.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The function of the reality therapist is:

Accepted Answer

A)  to assist clients in dealing with the present.
B)  to encourage clients to make a value judgment concerning the quality of their behavior.
C)  to confront clients about specific irrational thoughts and ideas and to teach them to think rationally.
D)  to reindoctrinate clients with the acceptable standards for living.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

The first step in the process of reality therapy consists of a comprehensive assessment leading to a specific diagnosis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: Reality Therapy

Reality therapy is best described as:

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What is Robert Wubbolding likely to say about people's problems?

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The first step in the process of reality therapy consists of a comprehensive assessment leading to a specific diagnosis.

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What do reality therapists believe about the use of questions?

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Reality therapy cautions against the therapist mentoring the client.

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The function of the reality therapist is:

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Sandra is a reality therapist who is meeting her client Paul,who struggles with career indecision,for the first time.How might she begin her work with Paul?

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Glasser would agree with all of the following conclusions except:

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Reality therapists believe in a biological basis for mental illness.

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Reality therapists maintain that clients will not change unless they assume a self-critical attitude.

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Robert Wubbolding stresses the importance of an engaging therapeutic environment.

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All of the following are key characteristics of contemporary reality therapy except for:

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Glasser took the position that schools needed to be structured in ways to help students achieve a success identity as opposed to a failure identity.

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Reality therapy gives only limited attention to helping people address environmental and social problems.

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Choice theory is based on the assumption that people are in charge of their own destiny.

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Therapeutic contracts are frequently used in reality therapy.

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Reality therapy rests on the central idea that:

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Regarding group work,members provide one another with feedback regarding their choices and plans.

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In working with Japanese clients,a reality therapist might do which of the following when asking clients to make plans and commit to them?

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A reality therapist will primarily focus on:

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