Cognitive theory asserts individuals with personality disorders are largely operating from:

Cognitive theory asserts individuals with personality disorders are largely operating from:
 
  a. selfless motivations.
  b. meta thought.
  c. primal modes.
  d. deliberate thinking.

Q. 2

Which of the following is a phase of the diagnosis stage?
 
  a. Setting goals
  b. Formulating a plan
  c. Contracting
  d. None of the above

Q. 3

When an individual is predisposed under stress to misinterpret information in a biased fashion, cognitive theory would state that the individual is exhibiting a:
 
  a. cognitive vulnerability.
  b. primal mode.
  c. cognitive profile.
  d. sociotropic personality.

Q. 4

The term diagnosis is used instead of problem definition because:
 
  a. diagnosis implies an ongoing process.
  b. the medical model predominates the current thinking on consultation and collaboration.
  c. there is bias in the helping professions against the term problem definition.
  d. all of the above.

Q. 5

Because family counseling sessions can become emotionally charged, the effective family counselor tends to be:
 
  A. more focused on the individual, supporting their growth.
  B. concerned primarily with linear causality and substituting symptoms.
  C. more active and directive, yet flexible in structuring treatment plans.
  D. more rigid and less flexible in approach, guarding the familys homeostasis.

Q. 6

Structures that contain an individual's core beliefs and assumptions are labeled:
 
  a. automatic thoughts.
  b. cognitive distortions.
  c. cognitive schemas.
  d. voluntary thoughts.