Question 1

From the perspective of feminist therapy, the socialization of women inevitably affects their:

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a. identity development.  b. self-concept. c. goals and aspirations.  d. emotional well-being. e. all of these

Question 2

What do the four feminist philosophies (liberal, cultural, radical, and socialist feminism) have in common?

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the same goal of activism

Question 3

Feminist therapists, regardless of their philosophical orientation, believe all of the following except that:

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human development and interaction are similar across races, cultures, and nations.

Question 4

Stephanie, who believes strongly in feminist principles, is working in an agency that requires therapists to diagnose their clients using the DSM. Stephanie is likely to consider which of the following questions?

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Who benefits from using this label? How might this label contribute to disempowering the person to whom it is assigned?

Question 5

Which of the feminist principles views the therapist as simply another source of information, rather than as the expert in the therapy process?

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The counseling relationship is egalitarian.

Question 6

Which of the following feminist principles recognizes the importance of working against oppression and discrimination on the basis of race, class, culture, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, and disability?

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All types of oppression are recognized.

Question 7

Which of the following feminist principles implies that what has been typically viewed as individual clients\' personal problems are really socially and politically caused?

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The person is political.

Question 8

All of the following are goals of feminist therapy except for:

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resolving intrapsychic conflicts from early childhood.  Goals of Feminist Therapy: striving for gender equality confronting forms of institutional oppression. helping clients embrace their personal power. freeing clients of gender role socialization.

Question 9

Although feminist therapy shares many of the premises of person-centered therapy, feminist therapy does not agree with the notion that:

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the therapeutic relationship is, in and of itself, sufficient to produce change.

Question 10

Which of the following themes would clients in feminist therapy be least likely to explore?

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transference reactions toward their therapist

Question 11

After having a bad therapeutic experience with a mental health professional who pathologized her anxiety over financial issues, Lillian decided to consult with a feminist therapist. How is her new therapist likely to view her anxiety symptoms?

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as a sign of distress rather than psychopathology

Question 12

Of the following, which intervention would a feminist therapist probably consider most essential?

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social action

Question 13

All of the following are reasons many feminist therapists do not use diagnostic labels, or use them reluctantly, except that:

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diagnostic labels focus on the social factors that cause dysfunctional behavior.

Question 14

The preferred alternative to traditional diagnosis and assessment of feminist therapists is:

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gender role analysis.

Question 15

Which of the following interventions involves a shift from \"blaming the victim\" to consideration of social factors in the environment that contribute to a client\'s problem?

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reframing

Question 16

All of the following strategies are unique to feminist therapy except for:

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cognitive restructuring.

Question 17

Of the following, which is not an assumption shared by the cognitive behavioral and feminist therapy approaches?

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assuming that the therapeutic relationship alone is necessary and sufficient to bring about change

Question 18

Who is most noted for her contributions to the development of feminist therapy?

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Laura Brown

Question 19

A feminist therapist is likely to become an advocate for change in the social structure by arguing for:

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a. the right to self-determination. b. the freedom to pursue a career outside the home. c. the right to an education. d. equality in power in relationships. e. all of these

Question 20

Of the following, which is one of the major contributions that feminists have made to the field of counseling?

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paving the way for gender-sensitive practice

Question 21

Which of these statements is not true about lesbian feminism?

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Queer theory and lesbian theory are identical

Question 22

The constructs of feminist theory, in contrast to traditional theories, include all of the following except for which characteristic?

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intrapsychic orientation

Question 23

The relational-cultural theory emphasizes the vital role:

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that relationships and connectedness with others play in the lives of women.

Question 24

The feminist perspectives on the development of personality:

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a. encompass the diversity and complexity of women\'s lives.  b. attend to the ways in which diversity influences self-structures.  c. recognize the inextricable connection between internal and external worlds.  d. acknowledge the political and social oppression of women.  e. all of these

Question 25

Which of the following principles of feminist psychology is most aimed at advancing a transformation in society?

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Commitment to social change.

Question 26

The feminist approach to group counseling involves all of the following except:

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an opportunity to experience and analyze multiple transferences.

Question 27

During the past 20 years ____________ have found classic feminist theories wanting and have offered new theoretical perspectives focused on issues of diversity, the complexity of sexism, and the centrality of social context in understanding gender issues.

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postmodern feminists

Question 28

A limit of the feminist approach from a diversity perspective is:

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the tendency to impose upon a client personal values that may not be consistent with the client\'s cultural framework.

Question 29

Which of the following is not considered one of the six core principles of feminist therapy?

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an intrapsychic orientation

Question 30

Feminist therapists reject:

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the androcentric view.

Question 31

A solution-oriented therapist might ask her client, a compulsive shopper, which of the following questions?

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If a miracle happened and your shopping compulsion was solved overnight, how would you know it was solved, and what would be different?

Question 32

The postmodern view incorporates all of the following concepts except for the notion that:

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reality is objectively defined.

Question 33

Donna feels certain that no one will ever want to hire her because she has a timid personality. Her solution-oriented therapist would be most inclined to:

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ask Donna to examine another side of the story she is presenting about herself and think of times when she was accepted by others.

Question 34

In the view of the postmodern therapist, the most essential element of therapy is:

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the collaborative therapeutic relationship.

Question 35

All of the following are techniques used in solution-focused therapy except for:

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using the reflecting team

Question 36

All of the following are characteristics shared by the postmodern and person-centered approaches except:

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the importance of using specific techniques in therapy.

Question 37

All are true of solution-focused brief therapists except that they:

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focus on the client\'s early childhood experiences.

Question 38

In the solution-oriented approach, which is not considered one of the three basic parts to the structure of summary feedback?

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expressing concern

Question 39

The therapeutic process in solution-focused brief therapy involves:

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a. the premise that to some degree clients already know the solutions to their problems.  b. asking clients about those times when their problems were not present or when the problems were less severe.  c. believing that clients are the experts on their own lives.  d. trusting that solutions evolve out of therapeutic conversations and dialogues.  e. all of these

Question 40

Which of the following is false as it applies to the practice of solution-focused brief therapy?

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Using techniques in therapy is a way of discounting a client\'s capacity to find his or her own way.

Question 41

Narrative therapy has been found to be particularly effective with diverse client populations for all of the following reasons except:

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it teaches diverse clients to replace their own narratives with ones that conform more closely to the ideals and values of mainstream culture.

Question 42

The role of the leader in solution-focused therapy groups is not:

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to provide clients with simple solutions to their problems.

Question 43

Which of these solution-focused therapy techniques involves asking clients to describe times in their lives when they were able to solve their problem or when their problem was less severe?

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exception questions

Question 44

Solution-focused brief therapy has parallels with______________, which concentrates on what is right and what is working for people rather than dwelling on deficits, weaknesses, and problems.

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positive psychology

Question 45

Which of the following statements about creating alternative stories is not true?

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The narrative therapist analyzes and interprets the meaning of a client\'s story.

Question 46

From a social constructionist perspective, change begins with:

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deconstructing the power of cultural narratives.

Question 47

Of the following, what is an interest that social constructionists tend to share?

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generating new meaning in the lives of individuals

Question 48

The techniques of externalization and developing unique events are associated primarily with:

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the narrative approach.

Question 49

Narrative therapists attempt to do all of the following except:

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encourage free association.

Question 50

Narrative therapists pay attention to \"sparkling events.\" These are:

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events that contradict problem-saturated narratives.

Question 51

The creation of the self, which dominated the modernist search for human essence and truth:

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is being replaced by postmodernists with the concept of socially storied lives.

Question 52

A limitation of the postmodern approaches is:

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inexperienced therapists may over rely on techniques and appear mechanistic.

Question 53

Which is not a major contribution of the postmodern approaches?

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research on these approaches is considered empirically generalizable.

Question 54

The founder(s) of solution-focused brief therapy is (are):

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Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer.

Question 55

The founder(s) of narrative therapy is (are):

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Michael White and David Epston.

Question 56

Who was the first person of the modern era to do family therapy?

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Adler

Question 57

Which family therapist made use of innovative interventions such as metaphor, reframing, rules for interaction, parts party, family reconstructions, family sculpting, and family maps?

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Satir

Question 58

Which of the following statements about strategic family therapy is not true?

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Presenting problems are viewed as being symptomatic of a dysfunction within the system.

Question 59

Alfred Adler was the first to notice that the development of children within family constellations was heavily influenced by:

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birth order.

Question 60

Postmodern thought has contributed to family therapy by:

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promoting the therapist\'s view of clients as the experts on their own lives.

Question 61

Who was the person who refined Adler\'s concepts into a typology of mistaken goals and an organized approach to family therapy?

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Rudolf Dreikurs

Question 62

The concept of triangulation is most associated with:

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Murray Bowen.

Question 63

From the family systems perspective, symptoms are often viewed as:

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an expression of a set of habits and patterns within a family

Question 64

What is the technique in family therapy that casts a new light on a problem and provides a different interpretation for a problematic situation?

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reframing

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