Theories Of Personality Quiz 3
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- 1.The basic goal of existential therapy is:
- A.
- 2.Which is not a key concept of existential therapy?
- A.
It is based on a personal relationsihp between client and therapist
- B.
It stresses personal freedom in deciding one's fate
- C.
It places primary value on self-awareness
- D.
It is based on a well-defined set of techniques and procedures
- E.
All of the above
- 3.The function of the existentially oriented counselor is:
- A.
Develop a specific treatment plan that can be objectively appraised
- B.
Challenge the client's irrational beleifs
- C.
Understand the client's subjective world
- D.
Explore the client's past history in detail
- E.
Assist the client in working through transference
- 4.According to the existential view, anxiety is seen as a:
- A.
Result of repressed sexuality
- B.
Part of the human condition
- C.
Neurotic symptom that needs to be cured
- D.
Result of faulty learning
- 5.Existential therapy is best considered as:
- A.
An approach to understanding humans
- B.
A school of therapy
- C.
A system of techniques designed to create authentic humans
- D.
A strategy for uncovering dysfunctional behavior
- 6.Which might be considered the most crucial quality of a therapist in building an effective therapeutic relationship with a client?
- A.
Teh therapist's knowledge of theory
- B.
The therapist's skill in using techniques
- C.
The therapist's ability to diagnose effectively
- D.
The therapsist's authenticity
- 7.Philosophically, the existentialist would agree that:
- A.
The final decisions and choices rest wtih teh client
- B.
People redefine themselves by their choicse
- C.
A person can go beyond early conditioning
- D.
Making choices can create anxiety
- E.
All of the above
- 8.The central issues in therapy is:
- A.
Freedom and responsibility
- B.
Resistance
- C.
Transference
- D.
Examining irrational beliefs
- 9.According to the existential viewpoint, death:
- A.
Makes life absurd
- B.
Makes life meaningless and hopeless
- C.
Gives significance to living
- D.
Should not be discussed or explored in therapy
- 10.Expanding awareness
- A.
A basic goal of existential therapy
- B.
Possible only with a few clients
- C.
Not given emphasis in existential therpay
- D.
Not possible beacasue of our unconscious resistance
- 11.The philosophical assumptions underlying the existentail aproach include the notion(s) that:
- A.
People are thrust into a meaningless and absurd world and that they are basically alone
- B.
People must create their own meangings through their choices
- C.
Freedom is merely an illusion
- D.
Human destiny is mainly determined by external forces and social coniditioning
- E.
Both (a) and (b)
- 12.The notion of authorship states that we are authors of our life in the sense that we create our
- A.
Destiny
- B.
Life situation
- C.
Problems
- D.
All of the above
- E.
All but (b)
- 13.Existentialists contend that the experience of relatedness to other human beings:
- A.
Is jus ta neurotically dependent attachment
- B.
Shoudl be based on our needs and theirs
- C.
Can be therapeutic
- D.
Is not necessary, since we are basically alone
- E.
All but (c)
- 14.According to existentialists, all fo the following issues are involved in our search for meaning except:
- A.
Discarding old values
- B.
Meaninglessness
- C.
Creating our own value system
- D.
Exploring unfinished business
- E.
The struggle for significance in life
- 15.According to Yalom, the concern that make up the core of existentail pscyhodynamics is/are:
- A.
Death
- B.
Freedom
- C.
Isolation
- D.
Meaninglessness
- E.
All of the above
- 16.A statement that best illustrates "bad faith" is:
- A.
Naturally I am this way, because I grew up in an alcoholic family
- B.
I will not consider others in the choices that I make
- C.
I mus tlive by commitments I make
- D.
I am responsible for the choices that I make
- E.
None of the above
- 17.Living authentically implies
- A.
Following the norms of our social group
- B.
Being true to our own evaluation of what constitutes a meaningful existence
- C.
Accepting responsibility for the fact that we create our lives by the choices that we make
- D.
Both (b) and (c)
- 18.Existential therapy is unlike many other therapies in that:
- A.
It does nto have a well-defined set of techniques
- B.
It stresses the I/Thou encounter in the therapy process
- C.
It focuses on the use of the therapist's self as the core of therapy
- D.
It allows for incorporation of techniques from mnay other approaches
- E.
All of the above
- 19.The concept of "bad faith" refers to
- A.
Not keeping up to date with paying ones therapist
- B.
Leading in inauthentic existence
- C.
The failure to cooperate with the therapeutic venture
- D.
The experience of aloneness
- E.
The unwillingness to search for meaning in life
- 20.Existential therapy can best be described as a system of highly developed techniques designed to foster authenticity.
- A.
True
- B.
Faulse
- 21.Existential therapy is rooted in the premise that humans can not escape from freedom and responsibility
- A.
- 22.According to existential thinking, effective therapy does not stop with awareness, for clients are challenged to take action based on their insights
- A.
True
- B.
False
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