The REBT notion that there are virtually no legitimate reasons for rational people to make themselves neurotic, hysterical, or emotionally disturbed is very similar to which school of philosophy (that emphasized the control of life through reason)?
a. Existential c. Rationalism
b. Constructivist d. Stoicism
Q. 2According to REBT, the most common defense mechanism is:
a. projection. c. regression.
b. rationalization. d. repression.
Q. 3According to REBT, psychological problems are ________ in their origin
a. interpersonal c. individuo-social
b. intrapersonal d. societal
Q. 4In REBT, one of the safest ways to get clients to become aware of some of their foolishness is to use:
a. confrontations. c. refutations.
b. humor. d. therapist self-disclosure.
Q. 5Which of the following would Ellis LEAST likely employ in helping Jim?
a. Have Jim express how depressed he feels about not being loved again.
b. Have Jim listen to and criticize tapes of their therapy sessions.
c. Have Jim read well-reasoned books.
d. Have Jim take turns in teaching others in rational-emotive behavior groups.
Q. 6According to Ellis, the crucial element(s) in Jim's case would be:
a. Jim being regularly told as a child that he was stupid.
b. Jim breaking with his fianc.
c. Jim's interpretation of his break-up.
d. the emotional consequences of Jim's break-up.
Q. 7According to Ellis, the reason(s) that Thomas displayed an emotionally healthy outlook was because:
a. he experienced benign activating events as a child.
b. he experienced benign consequences as a child.
c. he approached his rejection logically.
d. both B and C.
Q. 8In the preceding paragraph, which of the following would be considered consequences in REBT?
a. Jim breaking up with his fianc
b. Thomas not getting into graduate school
c. Thomas being displeased
d. All of the above
Q. 9A very large meta-analysis (Didden et al., 1997) on the treatment of problem behavior of people with mental retardation found that:
a. conduct of a functional analysis provided did not improve treatment outcome.
b. contingency management procedures were more effective than other procedures.
c. stimulus control was by far the most effective behavior intervention of the 64 studied.
d. use of a formal behavioral analysis made treatments longer and more complicated to implement.
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