Discuss the WDEP model including each of the specific means for changing destructive behavior patterns.
What will be an ideal response?
a. Uncover the essential desires, or “wants,” behind a specific set of behaviors.
Find out what it is that the client really is after when he gets involved in difficult situations.
b. Discuss the direction and outcomes of current behavior patterns.
For example, a client can see that staying with his present course of behavior will inevitably lead to his wife’s divorcing him.
c. Consider the effects of current behavior patterns and their relative success in getting what is wanted.
When the client can see that his behavior is not really getting him what he wants, he will be more likely to want to try something different.
d. Plan for action.
Using specific times and circumstances, plan for how a new behavior set can replace an old, unproductive one.
e. For some clients this will be a time-consuming, even tedious process of time and again looking at how particular behaviors cause problems and negative feelings. For others, it will involve little other than pointing out how these repetitive patterns occur. For all of your clients, this provides a mechanism for them to become actors in the events of their lives rather than victims.
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Which one of the following views adheres to the beliefs to William Glasser? a. That people resent the reality of the world around them
b. That adjusted people are those who can fulfill their needs without infringing on the rights of others. c. That people need to be controlled in order to learn to fulfill their needs and to become responsible individuals. d. That people are basically bad and must learn responsible behavior.
It has been recommended as you read this textbook, that you approach each theory with an open mind and receptiveness to learning. All of the following help to explain this approach EXCEPT which one?
a. The theories in this book have become part of the standard cannon of theories because generations of counselors and therapists have found them helpful. b. The more theories a counselor understands, the less able they are to serve their clients because their understanding of the human condition and its problems get lost in the jargon. c. The theory you find most useful to you personally, may not be a good fit for your first client. d. The better you understand one theory, the more likely it is the better you understand them all.
____________________ refers to an individual's ability to utilize the characteristics and formats of a test to receive a high score
a. Test-wiseness b. Giftedness c. Testing ability d. Test preparedness
How did Harry Stack Sullivan add to Freudian theory?
a. Emphasizing the social over the biological roots of personality. b. Highlighting preadolescence and adolescence as a growth period for personality. c. Highlighting adult development. d. Stressing cognitive functions. e. Using brief therapy.