Choice Theory/Reality Therapy – Flashcards
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__________ is the theoretical basis for reality therapy. ​WDEP theory ​Choice theory ​Behavior therapy ​Cognitive behavioral therapy
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Choice
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Choice theory emphasizes thinking and acting, which makes this a general form of: ​psychoanalytic therapy. ​non directive therapy. ​Gestalt therapy. ​cognitive behavior therapy.
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cognitive behavior therapy
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​ Reality therapy is popular in all of the following areas, except: ​schools. ​medical facilities. ​state mental health hospitals. ​halfway houses.
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medical facilities
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The client's quality world consists of all of the following except: ​ specific activities that fulfill our needs. ​ images of people who enrich our lives. ​ beliefs. ​ insight.
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insight
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​WDEP stands for: ​ wants, decision, self-evaluation, perception. ​ wishes, direction, engagement, purpose. ​ wants, doing, self-evaluation, planning. ​ wants, direction, efficacy, planning.
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wants, doing, self-evaluation, planning
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Which of the following is not a component of total behavior? ​ Wanting ​Doing ​Feeling ​Thinking
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wanting
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​ Wubbolding believes all of the following encourage the client's involvement in therapy except for: ​ appropriate use of humor. ​ attending behavior. ​ facilitative self-disclosure. ​ allowing the client to focus on symptoms.
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allowing the client to focus on symptoms
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In reality therapy, the counseling environment is: ​ the time to explore past trauma. ​ characterized by a therapeutic climate that establishes the foundation for implementing procedures. ​ highly structured with the aim of changing cognitions. ​ conducive to restructuring one's personality.
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characterized by a therapeutic climate that establishes the foundation for implementing procedures
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__________ posits that we are not born blank slates waiting to be externally motivated by forces in the world around us. ​WDEP theory ​Behavior therapy ​Choice theory ​Motivational therapy
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choice
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​ Which of the following procedures would a reality therapist be least likely to employ? ​ Skillful questioning ​ Encouraging clients to look at what they are doing ​ Making action plans ​ Reliving an early childhood event
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reliving an early childhood event
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​ If choice theory is the highway, reality therapy is the: ​ vehicle delivering the product. ​ roadmap. ​ moving truck taking the product with it. ​ exit to leave the highway.
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vehicle delivering the product
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In our quality world we develop an inner: ​total behavior. ​freedom. ​picture album. ​power.
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picture album
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What do reality therapists believe about the use of questions?​ ​ They should rarely be used. ​ Relevant questions help clients gain insights and arrive at plans and solutions. ​ There is no such thing as excessive questioning; the more the better! ​ Closed questions are more helpful than open-ended questions.
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relevant questions help clients gain insights and arrive at plans and solutions
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__________ teaches that all behavior is made up of four inseparable but distinct components - acting, thinking, feeling, and physiology. ​Total behavior ​Quality world ​Picture album ​Birth and death
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total behavior
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​ A reality therapist will primarily focus on: ​past behavior. ​present behavior. ​feelings. ​thoughts.
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present behavior
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When reality therapists explore a client's past, they tend to focus on: ​ relationships within the family. ​ early traumatic events. ​ problems in school performance. ​ past successes.
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past successes
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​ In reality therapy, the purpose of developing an action plan is to: ​ encourage clients to stretch beyond their limits. ​ teach clients to "think big." ​ arrange for successful experience. ​ arrive at the ultimate solution to a client's problem.
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arrange for successful experience
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The role of meaningful relationships in fostering emotional health is receiving increased attention in: ​WDEP. ​ contemporary reality therapy. ​ value judgment. ​ behavioral therapy.
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contemporary reality therapy
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Reality therapy rests on the central idea that: ​ thinking largely determines how we feel and behave. ​ we choose our behavior and are responsible for what we do, think, and feel. ​ environmental factors largely control what we are doing. ​ the way to change dysfunctional behavior is to reexperience a situation in which we originally became psychologically stuck.
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we choose our behavior and are responsible for what we do, think, and feel
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​ Glasser challenges the traditionally accepted views of mental illness and treatment by the use of medication, especially: ​ the widespread use of psychiatric drugs that often results in negative side effects both physically and psychologically. ​ the lack of use of psychiatric drugs. ​ the use of any psychiatric drugs whether or not they result in negative side effects. ​ because medications are never needed.
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the widespread use of psychiatric drugs that often results in negative side effects both physicaly and psychologically
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The core of choice theory/reality therapy consists of: ​ teaching clients how to acquire rational beliefs instead of irrational beliefs. ​ helping clients to understand their unconscious dynamics. ​ giving clients opportunities to express unresolved feelings. ​ the client's self-evaluation, plan of action, and commitment to follow through.
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the clients self-evaluation, plan of action, and commitment to follow through
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​ All of the following are procedures that are commonly used in reality therapy except: ​ exploring wants, needs, and perceptions. ​ exploring early recollections. ​ focusing on the present. ​ planning and commitment.
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exploring early recollections
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Choice theory changes the focus of responsibility to: ​self-help procedures. ​the use of humor. ​homework assignments. ​choice and choosing.
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choice and choosing
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​ In a reality therapy group, the leader: ​ is responsible for evaluating the clients' behaviors. ​ performs an assessment to determine if the client is truly getting what he or she wants in life. ​ withholds feedback when members are designing their plans. ​ may encounter resistance if they make poorly timed suggestions and plans for how the members should best live.
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may encounter resistance if they make poorly timed suggestions and plans for how the members should best live
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All of the following are key characteristics of contemporary reality therapy except for: ​ there is a focus on talking about symptoms that bring a client into therapy. ​ emphasis is on choice and responsibility. ​ there is a rejection of the notion of transference. ​ keep the therapy in the present.
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there is a focus on talking about symptoms that bring a client into therapy
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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? ​ The therapist might be likely to accept "I'll try" as a firm commitment. ​ The therapist would push clients for an explicit pledge to follow through. ​ The therapist would view a noncommittal response as a sign of weakness. ​ The therapist would refer their clients if they refused to commit to a plan.
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the therapist might be likely to accept "I'll try" as a firm commitment
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According to Glasser, many of the problems of clients are caused by: ​ unfinished business with parents. ​ sibling rivalry. ​ early childhood trauma. ​ their inability to connect or to have a satisfying relationship with at least one of the significant people in their lives.
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their inability to connect or to have a satisfying relationship with at least one of the significant people in their lives
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​Glasser contends that __________ is a way that both therapist and client avoid being who they are and owning what they are doing right now. ​responsibility ​questioning ​transference ​choice
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transference
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Focusing on the __________ "protects" clients from facing the reality of unsatisfying present relationships, and focusing on symptoms does the same thing.​ ​past ​present ​future ​therapist
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past
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A primary goal of contemporary reality therapy is to: ​ help clients become more voluntarily acceptable. ​ supply the basic human needs. ​ help clients get connected or reconnected with the people they have chosen to put in their quality world. ​ create goals.
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help clients get connected or reconnected with the people that have chosen to put in their quality world
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The practice of reality therapy can best be conceptualized as the: ​ history of therapy. ​ past processing theory. ​ roadmap to theory. ​ cycle of counseling.
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cycle of counseling
