How do feminist theorists view the value of social action?
a. Feminist theorists focus on in-session therapy before putting energy into social action.
b. Focusing on social action is unethical because it is tantamount to treating the symptom and ignoring the disease.
c. Feminist theorists dont address the issue of social activism, one way or the other.
d. Feminist theorists are famous for becoming involved in social causes, themselves, but they dont encourage their clients to become active until they have years of therapy.
e. For the client, social action is a move toward psychological health because it accomplishes two things: empowering the client and changing the system.
Q. 2How are consciousness-raising groups different from therapy groups?
a. They can be led by a professional or a designated group member, or thrive without a leader.
b. They focus on a primary problem such as dealing with alcoholism, racism, or gender discrimination.
c. They are highly structured.
d. A highly trained leader teaches the group members about power-sharing and helps the members share their varied experiences with each other.
e. They are formed spontaneously when several people with common issues decide to get together to talk.
Q. 3What is the origin of consciousness-raising groups?
a. Freud held the first of such groups for hysterical women, and they were later adopted by practitioners of feminist theory.
b. Albert Ellis created them as structured vehicles for people to learn about each other.
c. The founders of Alcoholics Anonymous invented them.
d. They were popularized by the womens movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
e. Carl Rogers held the first consciousness-raising groups in California after World War II.
Q. 4How do feminist therapists approach the issue of self-disclosure?
a. They conform to the strict rules against self-disclosure that are shared by all theories.
b. The approach of a feminist therapist regarding self-disclosure is determined by the therapists primary theoretical orientation.
c. Because they value mutuality, these therapists will usually share information about themselves.
d. The approach of a feminist therapist regarding self-disclosure is determined by the DSM-IV diagnosis of the client.
e. Feminist therapists are more like friends than therapists so they talk freely about their own experiences.
Q. 5What is meant by shared power in the context of feminist therapy?
a. Shared power is a misconception because the therapist will always be the expert and the client the one who has the problem.
b. Shared power is not a concept that is addressed by feminist theory.
c. The approach of a feminist therapist regarding power is determined by the therapists primary theoretical orientation.
d. To the extent possible, feminist therapists emphasize two-directional flow of information and mutual responsibility.
e. Part of the therapy process in feminist therapy is to help the client understand how they share power with other people in their lives.
Q. 6Which of the following most completely describes how individual choice figures in the feminist theory discussed in the text?
a. Once a client views her or his problems in a larger context of social demands and political power, he or she can decide how to react on a continuum from becoming an activist, to relocating, to learning to cope.
b. Once a client understands the power of social pressure to conform, the client is encouraged to find ways to conform in order to get what he or she wants out of life.
c. By characterizing the problems as situational (racism, ageism, etc.) the counselor is then able to help the clients cope by choosing their situations and optimizing them.
d. Once a client views her or his problems in a larger context of social demands and political power, he or she is encouraged to become a change agent in society.
e. Once a client views her or his problems in a larger context of social demands and political power, he or she is encouraged to move to a place that offers more opportunities to succeed.
Q. 7How is normalization a part of consciousness raising?
a. Learning to act the same way that other people act is essential for being comfortable in society.
b. The idea that you are not alone in your difficulty is powerful.
c. Understanding what is normal gives the client the opportunity to choose to conform or not to conform.
d. Understanding your motivations gives you the opportunity to find more acceptable means to achieve them.
e. Understanding your values makes it much easier to accommodate them in everyday life.
Q. 8What is meant by the term consciousness raising?
a. A process whereby a client examines his or her life to understand how family, religion and other groups influence the clients way of thinking.
b. A process of becoming aware of other peoples ways of seeing things in group therapy.
c. The practice of examining ones personal experience in the light of broader social phenomena.
d. A cognitive-behavioral term for the process of examining your motivations for what you do.
e. The existential term for the process of identifying your unique personal values.
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