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Chapter 5: The Strengths-Based Therapy Model and Culturally Responsive Counseling
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. ______ measures the level in which people consistently behave within a specified cultural framework or model.
A. Cultural dissonance
B. Cultural consonance
C. Cultural disequilibrium
D. Cultural constancy
Learning Objective: 5-1: Identify the significance of Neurocultural Consonance and Dissonance.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Neurocultural Dynamics: Cultural Consonance and Cultural Dissonance
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. ______ are the emotional departures from the major tenants of one’s cultural group.
A. Cultural dissonance
B. Cultural consonance
C. Cultural disequilibrium
D. Cultural constancy
Learning Objective: 5-1: Identify the significance of Neurocultural Consonance and Dissonance.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Neurocultural Dynamics: Cultural Consonance and Cultural Dissonance
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Therapy, and specifically strengths-based therapy, is built on the idea of ______, which means that the brain has the ability to change throughout one’s life.
A. neurons
B. neurochemicals
C. neurotransmitters
D. neuroplasticity
Learning Objective: 5-2: Understand the relationship between culture and neuroplasticity.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Strengths-Based Therapy and the Law of Neuroplasticity
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. What is a belief?
A. a cognition
B. a cognition that becomes reality
C. a religious affiliation
D. an interpretation of what has occurred in one’s life
Learning Objective: 5-4: Describe both the neuroscience and power of belief.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Neuroscience of Belief
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Joseph tells his therapist that he is “pathetic, unlovable, unattractive” and it’s “no wonder his wife had an affair.” According to the textbook, these would be examples of ______.
A. self-limiting beliefs
B. negative cognitions
C. pessimism
D. paranoia
Learning Objective: 5-4: Describe both the neuroscience and power of belief.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Let Go of Self-limiting Beliefs
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. In strengths-based counseling, what is the role of the client?
A. They are the “heroes” of their own lives and will decide if they want to participate in treatment.
B. They may need guidance on how to change.
C. They often need convincing that counseling is the right choice.
D. They need explicit direction on how to improve their lives.
Learning Objective: 5-3: List the seven phases of the strengths-based therapy model.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Role of the Client in Strengths-Based Therapy
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. In their fifth session together, Mary, a middle-aged Caucasian woman tearfully discusses her family history, her wishes that her family had a stronger relationship, and her regrets that she left a particular job 10 years ago. These have been topics of discussion since the first session. What is this an example of, according to strengths-based therapists?
A. regretful mourning
B. rumination
C. rehearsing the pain
D. focusing on the negative
Learning Objective: 5-3: List the seven phases of the strengths-based therapy model.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Acknowledge the Client’s Pain
Difficulty Level: Hard
8. In the CLUES model, which of the following refers to reducing the “noise” from the therapist’s own life?
A. cultivate inner silence
B. listen deeply for the client’s story
C. use positive words
D. express appreciation
Learning Objective: 5-5: Use the model of Compassionate Strengths-Based Communication in Therapy (CLUES).
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Compassionate Strengths-Based Communication in Therapy
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. What is the purpose of a strengths-based intention?
A. to help clients take specific action toward changing their brain
B. to help clients see the future
C. to help clients understand their past
D. to help clients take specific actions toward what they say they desire
Learning Objective: 5-6: Implement strengths-based talk, setting a strengths-based intention and a therapist-based psychotherapy intention.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Setting a Strengths-Based Intention: Contributions From India
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. People who experience cultural consonance are less likely to experience depression.
Learning Objective: 5-1: Identify the significance of Neurocultural Consonance and Dissonance.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Neurocultural Dynamics: Cultural Consonance and Cultural Dissonance
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. In strengths-based therapy, a client’s weaknesses are ignored, while strengths are emphasized.
Learning Objective: 5-3: List the seven phases of the strengths-based therapy model.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Strengths-Based Therapy Model: Overview of Phases
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. While setting strengths-based intentions for clients is helpful, therapists can also set their own intentions for each therapy session.
Learning Objective: 5-6: Implement strengths-based talk, setting a strengths-based intention and a therapist-based psychotherapy intention.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Setting a Strengths-Based Intention: Contributions From India
Difficulty Level: Hard
Short Answer
1. According to Dr. Michael Merzenich, neuroplasticity is facilitated by four conditions. List and briefly describe each one.
Learning Objective: 5-2: Understand the relationship between culture and neuroplasticity.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Strengths-Based Therapy and the Law of Neuroplasticity
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Describe the relationship between the power of beliefs and how therapy affects this.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Describe both the neuroscience and power of belief.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Neuroscience of Belief
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. What are the seven phases of the strengths-based therapy model?
Learning Objective: 5-3: List the seven phases of the strengths-based therapy model.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Strengths-Based Therapy Model: Overview of Phases
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. What is CLUES?
Learning Objective: 5-5: Use the model of Compassionate Strengths-Based Communication in Therapy (CLUES).
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Compassionate Strengths-Based Communication in Therapy
Difficulty Level: Hard
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