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CounselingCEUsOnline #06 - Counselor Approaches To Love & Relationship Issues

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Directions: PRINT THIS EXAM ON YOUR PRINTER.  Read each question carefully and choose the BEST answer for each item based upon your reading.  Circle the letter of the answer you choose in each item.  When you finish the exam you can have it scored by:

A.     Mailing the completed exam to: Dr. Budd A. Moore, Exam Scoring At CounselingCEUsOnline, 8864 Lorford Drive, Chambersburg, PA  17201-9335

B.     Enclosing a check or money order for  $50.00 made payable to: Dr. Budd A. Moore

C.     Completing the Honor Pledge at the end of the exam.

NOTE: No Contact Hours are awarded unless A through C are completed and received at CounselingCEUsOnline, 8864 Lorford Drive, Chambersburg, PA  17201-9335.

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Question # 1 (Multiple Choice) "I can't stand itis" is the same as

A) demanding perfection.
B) awfulizing.
C) tunnel vision.
D) low frustration tolerance.
E) activating emotions.

Question # 2 (True/False) Couples should always avoid conflict at all costs in their relationship.

A) True
B) False

Question # 3 (True/False) Activating events are those things that people feel as a result of their beliefs.

A) True
B) False

Question # 4 (True/False) Not being able to look at all the possibilities in the problems in a relationship is an example of tunnel vision.

A) True
B) False

Question # 5 (True/False) The happiest relationships are those which cultivate common aims for the relationship.

A) True
B) False

Question # 6 (Multiple Choice) What principles are sometimes employed to end discord in a marriage or a relationship?

A) minimizing
B) dredging up the past
C) conflict resolution
D) threats
E) A & C are correct

Question # 7 (Multiple Choice) "I don't always have to have my way in my marriage" is a(n)

A) cognitive distortion.
B) irrational belief.
C) catastrophic dilemma.
D) rational coping statement.
E) activating event.

Question # 8 (Multiple Choice) "this house has to be clean at all times!" This is an example of

A) dredging up the past
B) demandingness
C) low frustration tolerance
D) catastrophizing
E) awfulizing

Question # 9 (Multiple Choice) The ABC's of emotional disturbance were first suggested by

A) David Beck.
B) Carl Rogers.
C) Nando Palosi.
D) Albert Ellis.
E) Fritz Perls.

Question # 10 (True/False) We, as human beings, never really need what we want.

A) True
B) False

Question # 11 (Multiple Choice) Always completly having your way in a marriage is to demandingness as something more than 100% bad in a marriage is to

A) low frustration tolerance
B) awfulizing
C) catastrophizing
D) emotional dissonance
E) blaming the victim

Question # 12 (Multiple Choice) Emotions are to "C" as precipitating events are to ________ in the ABC's of emotional disturbance.

A) "C"
B) "A"
C) "B"
D) "E"
E) "D"

Question # 13 (Multiple Choice) In the ABC's of emotional disturbance, the "B" stands for:

A) borderline behaviors
B) blaming
C) behavior
D) beliefs
E) none of these

Question # 14 (Multiple Choice) Which of the following would be an example of the emotional consequences of a troubled marriage.

A) financial worries.
B) no communication.
C) tunnel vision.
D) depression.
E) catastrophizing.

Question # 15 (Multiple Choice) "All men are alike" is an example of

A) a rational belief.
B) a cognitive distortion.
C) an irrational belief.
D) a self-rating statement.
E) thought transference.

Question # 16 (Multiple Choice) Catastrophizing in a relationship is the same as

A) awfulizing.
B) demandingness.
C) believing.
D) destroying.
E) obliterating.

Question # 17 (Multiple Choice) The "E" in REBT stands for

A) evaluative
B) evocative
C) equicommunicative
D) emulating
E) emotive

Question # 18 (Multiple Choice) An arguement between a husband and wife might be characterized as a(n)

A) personal belief.
B) awfulizer.
C) example of demandingness.
D) catastrophic event.
E) activating event.

Question # 19 (True/False) Possessiveness has the paradoxical effect of driving the partner away in a relationship.

A) True
B) False

Question # 20 (Multiple Choice) "It is impossible for us to overcome the past in our marriage and move on to other things." This is

A) tunnel vision.
B) blinder views.
C) personal attacks.
D) cognitive personification.
E) always / never thinking.

Question # 21 (True/False) Humor plays almost no part in relationship problems between partners.

A) True
B) False

Question # 22 (True/False) Personal attacks of one spouse against another usually has little to do with the marriage.

A) True
B) False

Question # 23 (True/False) The level of demandingness in a relationship helps discern the difference between want and need in that relationship.

A) True
B) False

Question # 24 (True/False) Mind-reading is always a useful tool in helping to build a relationship.

A) True
B) False

Question # 25 (Multiple Choice) In a relationship or a marriage, laying the complete burden of responsibility on one partner is called _____________

A) irresponsibility
B) blaming
C) discounting
D) differentiation
E) paradoxical intention