CBT EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Which is NOT a core ingredient of behavioral and cognitive behavioral approaches? -
Answer-A reliance on guiding therapy by intuition
According to REBT, what is the core of most emotional disturbance? - Answer-Blame
A noteworthy strength of the cognitive behavioral approaches is: - Answer-They have
strong empirical support-- many studies support their efficacy.
Beck never pays attention to childhood experiences. - Answer-False
The cognitive-behavioral approach to therapy stresses: - Answer-Thinking, judging,
analysing and actual doing
According to Beck, which is the most stable type of cognition, the type most resistant to
change? - Answer-Core Beliefs
Which of the following is not a historical precursor to CB therapy? - Answer-Attachment
Theory and Bowlby
Which of the following is true about the relationship between a client and an REBT
therapist? - Answer-It is characterized by the therapist's full acceptance and tolerance of
the client as a fellow fallible human being
Which REBT technique involves having the client do the very thing they avoid because
of fear of embarrassment and "what people might think"? - Answer-Shame-attacking
exercises
To a large degree cognitive therapy is: - Answer-a psychoeducational model
In cognitive therapy techniques are designed to: - Answer-assist clients in substituting
rational beliefs for irrational beliefs
Which is not a technique used by Beck?
a. Socratic Questioning
b. Homework
c. Behavioral Experiments
d. Phenomenological Reverse Analysis - Answer-Phenomenological reverse analysis
The concept of automatic thoughts plays a central role in whose theory? - Answer-Beck
, What is Ellis's ultimate goal for therapy? - Answer-To help clients internalize a new and
better philosophy of life
The type of cognitive error that involves thinking and interpreting in all-or-nothing terms,
or in categorizing experiences in either/or extremes, is known as: - Answer-dichotomous
or polarized thinking
When Beck says, "What could you do, possibly, this week to test this belief that no one
would ever want to eat lunch with you?" he is using the technique of - Answer-
Collaborative empiricism via behavioral experiments
When Beck says, "But what evidence do you have for this belief," he is using the
technique of: - Answer-Collaborative empiricism
One of the main ways Beck's cognitive therapy differs from Ellis's REBT, is that in
Beck's approach, more so than in Ellis's approach: - Answer-A warm, personal
therapeutic relationship is considered essential to the therapy process
Which of the following is NOT a core belief about self as identified by Beck? - Answer-A
neurotic core belief
Of the following cognitive techniques, which one would Beck be least likely to employ? -
Answer-vigorously disputing the "musturbatory" thinking of a client
Beck asserts that we respond to important life events through which response system?
a. Cognitive
b. Affective
c. Motivational
d. Behavioral
e. All of the above - Answer-All of the Above
Although Ellis was painfully shy, at the age of 19 he sat in Bronx Botanical Gardens and
challenged himself to: - Answer-Speak to 100 women
In REBT, what method is frequently used to help clients challenge irrational beliefs? -
Answer-disputational method
Roberto, who struggles with feeling inadequate as a provider and husband, has come to
work with a cognitive behavioral therapist. In addition to feeling inadequate, he feels
angry that he has been marginalized by the mainstream culture. As his therapist, you
should do all of the following except: - Answer-Impress Roberto with your use of jargon
to reinforce that you are the expert
In Beck's system, dysfunctional core beliefs can be about
a. The self
b. The other
ANSWERS
Which is NOT a core ingredient of behavioral and cognitive behavioral approaches? -
Answer-A reliance on guiding therapy by intuition
According to REBT, what is the core of most emotional disturbance? - Answer-Blame
A noteworthy strength of the cognitive behavioral approaches is: - Answer-They have
strong empirical support-- many studies support their efficacy.
Beck never pays attention to childhood experiences. - Answer-False
The cognitive-behavioral approach to therapy stresses: - Answer-Thinking, judging,
analysing and actual doing
According to Beck, which is the most stable type of cognition, the type most resistant to
change? - Answer-Core Beliefs
Which of the following is not a historical precursor to CB therapy? - Answer-Attachment
Theory and Bowlby
Which of the following is true about the relationship between a client and an REBT
therapist? - Answer-It is characterized by the therapist's full acceptance and tolerance of
the client as a fellow fallible human being
Which REBT technique involves having the client do the very thing they avoid because
of fear of embarrassment and "what people might think"? - Answer-Shame-attacking
exercises
To a large degree cognitive therapy is: - Answer-a psychoeducational model
In cognitive therapy techniques are designed to: - Answer-assist clients in substituting
rational beliefs for irrational beliefs
Which is not a technique used by Beck?
a. Socratic Questioning
b. Homework
c. Behavioral Experiments
d. Phenomenological Reverse Analysis - Answer-Phenomenological reverse analysis
The concept of automatic thoughts plays a central role in whose theory? - Answer-Beck
, What is Ellis's ultimate goal for therapy? - Answer-To help clients internalize a new and
better philosophy of life
The type of cognitive error that involves thinking and interpreting in all-or-nothing terms,
or in categorizing experiences in either/or extremes, is known as: - Answer-dichotomous
or polarized thinking
When Beck says, "What could you do, possibly, this week to test this belief that no one
would ever want to eat lunch with you?" he is using the technique of - Answer-
Collaborative empiricism via behavioral experiments
When Beck says, "But what evidence do you have for this belief," he is using the
technique of: - Answer-Collaborative empiricism
One of the main ways Beck's cognitive therapy differs from Ellis's REBT, is that in
Beck's approach, more so than in Ellis's approach: - Answer-A warm, personal
therapeutic relationship is considered essential to the therapy process
Which of the following is NOT a core belief about self as identified by Beck? - Answer-A
neurotic core belief
Of the following cognitive techniques, which one would Beck be least likely to employ? -
Answer-vigorously disputing the "musturbatory" thinking of a client
Beck asserts that we respond to important life events through which response system?
a. Cognitive
b. Affective
c. Motivational
d. Behavioral
e. All of the above - Answer-All of the Above
Although Ellis was painfully shy, at the age of 19 he sat in Bronx Botanical Gardens and
challenged himself to: - Answer-Speak to 100 women
In REBT, what method is frequently used to help clients challenge irrational beliefs? -
Answer-disputational method
Roberto, who struggles with feeling inadequate as a provider and husband, has come to
work with a cognitive behavioral therapist. In addition to feeling inadequate, he feels
angry that he has been marginalized by the mainstream culture. As his therapist, you
should do all of the following except: - Answer-Impress Roberto with your use of jargon
to reinforce that you are the expert
In Beck's system, dysfunctional core beliefs can be about
a. The self
b. The other
