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Ch.5 Verified Test Bank Strengths-Based Responsive Therapy

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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Chapter 5 Strengths-Based Responsive Therapy
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