Theories Of Personality Quiz 4
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Theories of Personality Quiz
- 1.The person-centered view of human nauture is
- A.
Contends that people are basically competitive
- B.
Holds that humans are driven by irrational forces
- C.
Is rooted in a faith in the person's capacity to direct his or her own lfie
- D.
Assumes that, while humans have the potential for growth, there is a tendency toward remaining stagnant
- E.
Both (a) and (b)
- 2.Person-centered therapy is best described as:
- A.
A completed and fixed "school" of counseling
- B.
A dogmatic set of therapeutic principles
- C.
A systematic set of behavioral techniques
- D.
A set of tentative principles describing how the therapy process develops
- E.
None of the above
- 3.Person-centered therapy is a form of:
- A.
Psychoanalysis
- B.
Humanisitic therapy
- C.
Behavioral therapy
- D.
Cogngitive-oriented therapy
- E.
Both (c) and (d)
- 4.What is the central variable related to progress in person-centered therapy
- A.
Defining concrete and measurable goals
- B.
The therapist's technical skills
- C.
The relationship between the client adn therapist
- D.
The client's ability to think logically and employ the scientific method to solving problems
- 5."Therapist congruence" is a term that refers to the therapist's:
- A.
Genuiness
- B.
Empathy for clients
- C.
Postiive regard
- D.
Respect for clients
- 6.Which of the following is NOT a key concept of the person-centered approach
- A.
The focus is on experiencing the immediate moment
- B.
The person has the capacity to resolve his or her own problems in a climate of safety
- C.
The client is primarliy responsible for hte direction of therapy
- D.
THe focus is on exploration of a client's past
- 7.The person-centered therapist is best described as
- A.
Facilitator
- B.
Teacher
- C.
Human engineer
- D.
Friend
- 8.THe concept of "unconditional postive regard" implies:
- A.
The therapist's acceptance of the client's right to all his or her feelings
- B.
Acceptance of all behavior on the client's part
- C.
The therapist's acceptance of the client without stipulations
- D.
Both (a) and (c)
- 9."Accurate empathetic understanding" refers to the therapist's ability to
- A.
Accurately diagnose the client's central problem
- B.
Objectively undersatnd the dynamics of a client
- C.
Like and care for the client
- D.
Sense the inner world of the client's subjective experiene
- 10.Which techniques are most often used int he person-centered approach
- A.
Questioning and probing
- B.
Analysis of resistence
- C.
Free association
- D.
Active listening adn reflection
- 11.What is a limitation of person-centered therapy
- A.
The approach does not make use of research to study the process or outcomes of therapy
- B.
The therapist has mroe power to manipulate and control the client than is true of most other therapies
- C.
People in crisis situations often need more direcive intervention strategies
- D.
The client is not given enogh responsibilty to direct the course of his or her own therapy
- E.
It is a long-term approach to therapy.
- 12.One point of disagreemnet between existential and humanistic thought involves
- A.
A respect for the client's subjective experience
- B.
A trust in the capacity of the client to make positive choices
- C.
An emphasis on freedom
- D.
The idea of an innate self-actualizing drive
- E.
Both (a) and (b)
- 13.According to Rogerian therapy, an "internal source of evaluation" is defined as
- A.
Internalizing the validation one receives from others
- B.
Looking more to oneself for the answers to the problems of existence
- C.
Going on one's instincts when judging the behavior of others
- D.
A neurotic tendnecy to be self-critical
- E.
A success identity
- 14.Which of the following personal characterisitcs of the therapist is most important, according to Rogers
- A.
Unconidtional positive regard
- B.
Acceptance
- C.
Genuineness
- D.
Accurate empathetic understanding
- E.
Accurate active listening
- 15.A consistent theme that underlies most of Roger's writings :
- A.
The need to find meaning in life through love, work, or suffering
- B.
The need for a religion to find meaning in life
- C.
The importance of expressing feelings that stem from childhood issues
- D.
A faith in the capacity of individuals to develop in a constructive manner if a climate of trust is established
- E.
The need for clients to relive past traumatic situations in the hear-and-now
- 16.From Roger's persepctive the client/therapist relationship is characterized by
- A.
A sense of equality
- B.
A reliving of the transference relationship
- C.
The therapist functioning as the expert
- D.
A clearly defined contract that specifies what clients will talk about in the sessions
- E.
None of the above
- 17.As a result of experiencing person-centered therapy, it is hypothesized that the client will more toward:
- A.
Self-trust
- B.
An internal source of evaluation
- C.
Being more open to experience
- D.
A willingness to continue growing
- E.
All of the above
- 18.According to Rogers, the three core coniditions that create a growth-promoting climate are
- A.
Congruence, coniditional accpetance, faith in a client
- B.
Congruence, unconditional positive regard, empathetic understanding
- C.
Total love and caring, thearpist transparency, and empathy
- D.
Realness, objecively viewing the client's world, full acceptance
- E.
Commitment, compassion, and confrontation
- 19.Accurate empathy helps clients to
- A.
Pay attention and value thier experience
- B.
See earlier experiences in new ways
- C.
Modify their perceptions of themselves, others and the world
- D.
Increase thier confidence in making choices and in pursuing a course of action
- E.
All of the above
- 20.One of the limitations of the person-centered approach for counseling ethnic-minorities clients is
- A.
Not enough empahsis is given to understnading the world of a client who is different from teh counselor
- B.
The tendency on these clients' part to expect amroe sturctured approach
- C.
The fact that this approach is gorunded on the therapist's expertise
- D.
That it is easy to translate the ore conditions into actual practice in certain cultures
- E.
None of the above
- 21.Roger's approach is based on the assumpion that humans can be trusted, that clients can find thier own way without directive interpretation from therapists, and that clietns have a growth urge.
- A.
True
- B.
Flase
- 22.The person-centered approach is based on a set of therapeutic tehniques designed to promote behavior change.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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