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In cognitive-interpersonal therapy, what is meant by an interpersonal handicap?
 
  a. Inescapable problems, such as physical unattractiveness or illness that affect interpersonal relationships.
  b. A clients inability to use personal friendships, kind feelings, and positive first impressions to his or her advantage.
  c. Syncretism.
  d. A clients inability to like other people.
  e. Fear of social settings.

Q. 2

Which of the following was NOT conceptualized as contributing to depression by the first practitioners of interpersonal therapy?
 
  a. grief
  b. interpersonal disputes
  c. role transitions
  d. physiology
  e. interpersonal deficits (loneliness and social isolation)

Q. 3

What was IPT (Interpersonal Therapy) originally designed to treat?
 
  a. OCD
  b. clinical depression
  c. borderline personality disorder
  d. the walking worried
  e. schizophrenia

Q. 4

What is the meaning of experiential disconfirmation?
 
  a. Continuing an expected interactional pattern in order to disconfirm problematic interpersonal schemas.
  b. Discontinuing an expected interactional pattern in order to disconfirm problematic interpersonal schemas.
  c. Reasoning with a client about the dysfunctional nature of problematic interpersonal schemas.
  d. Exploring the clients past experiences in order to disconfirm the clients interpersonal schemas.
  e. Sharing with the client therapist experience that illustrates an alternative to the clients patterns.

Q. 5

What is the main function of the therapists use of discontinuation of complementary responding?
 
  a. It forces the client into something new.
  b. It teaches the client how dysfunctional they have been.
  c. It serves as a role modeling of behavior.
  d. It guides the establishment of counseling goals.
  e. It gives the therapist the necessary respect for true change to occur.

Q. 6

In Learys (1957) conceptualization of the interpersonal circle, what are complementary behaviors?
 
  a. Complementary behaviors are identical; for example, a friendly attitude draws friendly attitudes from others.
  b. Complementary behaviors are those that are socially acceptable.
  c. In response to a behavior, the reaction is predictable and reinforces the behavior.
  d. Complementary behaviors are new behaviors that are taught to clients in cognitive-interpersonal therapy so that the clients will have broader repertoires of possible reactions to situations.
  e. Behaviors that the therapist and the client share within the context of therapy.

Q. 7

In the context of cognitive-interpersonal therapy, what is meant by the term decentering?
 
  a. Communicating with the client about how they communicate.
  b. Engaging in psychoeducation about aspects of communication.
  c. Losing the sense of self because of the impact of another persons actions.
  d. Looking at ones self from the outside.
  e. Looking at ones motivations for patterns of behavior.

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This is very helpful, my teacher this year is not good