Chapter 11
We store information inside our minds and build a file of wants, called our quality world.
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Reality therapy is based on choice theory.
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A good way to change behavior is for us to be self-critical.
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It is important to explore the past as a way to change current behavior.
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One of the therapist’s functions is to make judgments about clients’ present behavior.
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The focus of reality therapy is on attitudes and feelings.
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A key strength of reality therapy is that it provides clients with tools to make the changes they desire.
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Reality therapy is grounded on some existential concepts.
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The basic human needs serve to focus treatment planning and setting both short- and long-term goals.
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Appropriate punishment is an effective way to change behavior.
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When working with clients from certain ethnic groups reality therapy exposes shortcomings. Which of the following is not a shortcoming?
It may not take fully into account some very real environmental forces that operate against them in their everyday lives.
Some reality therapists may make the mistake of too quickly or too forcefully stressing the ability of their clients to take charge of their lives
Some clients are very reluctant to directly verbally express what they need.
It provides clients with tools to make the changes they desire
According to this approach, insight
Is not sufficient for producing behavior change on its own
Can be given to the client by the teachings of the therapist
Will come only with changed attitudes.
Is necessary before behavior change can occur
Choice theory explains the view of human nature as we are born with five genetically encoded needs that drive us all our lives. Which of the following is not one
Love and belonging
Power, or inner control
Discipline
Survival, or self-preservation, and fun
Which is not a key concept of reality therapy?
Reject transference
Keep the therapy the present
Avoid focusing on symptoms
Unconscious motivation
Which of the following is not true of reality therapy?
Clients must make commitments
It is based on the premise that acting and thinking are chosen behaviors
Working through the transference relationship is essential for therapy to occur
Therapists do not accept excuses or blaming
Regarding the goals of reality therapy,
It is the therapist’s responsibility to decide specific goals for clients
It is to help clients learn better ways of fulfilling all of their needs
The goals of therapy should be universal to all clients
Society must determine the proper goals for all clients
In reality therapy, our quality world is likened to
An expensive sports car
A celebrity’s life
A reality TV show
A picture album
Which statement is not true of reality therapy?
Planning is essential
The focus is on the client’s strengths
It focuses on attitude change as a prerequisite for behavior change
It is based on a personal relationship
Reality therapy was designed originally for working with
Alcoholics
Outh offenders in detention facilities
Drug addicts
Elementary school children
Which of the following is a technique used by a reality therapist?
The analysis of dreams
The search for causes of current problems
Hypnosis
the WDEP System
Which of the following statements is true as it applies to choice theory?
We are controlled by the events that occur in our lives
Behavior is the result of external forces
We are motivated completely by internal forces, and our behavior is our best attempt to get what we want
We can control the behavior of others by learning to actively listen to them
According to Glasser, all of the following are basic psychological needs except for
Freedom
Power
Belonging
Competition
An axiom of choice theory is that
Mental illness is the cause of bad choices people make
All serious problems are rooted in unconscious drives that dictate behavior
The past is the problem
Although the past may have contributed to a current problem the past is never the problem
Sometimes it seems as though people actually choose to be miserable (depressed). From Glasser’s perspective, which of the following does not imply passivity and lack of personal responsibility
Being understood
Being angry
Being depressed
Having a headache
All of the following are procedures in reality therapy that are said to lead to change except for
Focusing on current behavior
The client’s evaluationg of his or her own behavior
Exploring wants, needs, and perceptions
The therapist’s evaluating of the client’s behavior
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