In Beck’s list of faults in information processing, what is meant by the term overgeneralization?
a. Drawing a specific conclusion in the absence of supporting evidence or in the presence of contrary evidence.
b. Focusing on a detail taken out of context, ignoring other meaningful features of the situation, and labeling the whole experience on the basis of a fragment.
c. Drawing a general conclusion on the basis of one or more isolated incidents and applying the concept across the board to related and unrelated situations.
d. Errors in evaluating the significance or magnitude of an event.
e. A tendency to relate external events to yourself when there is no basis for making such a connection.
Answer: c
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a. multisystemic therapy. c. family-focused therapy. b. structural family therapy. d. family psychoeducation.
The best way for counselors to communicate new ideas to their clients is:
a. With tentative language b. With complete authority c. With diagrams d. Counselors do not communicate new ideas to clients; clients must discover it for themselves
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a. Avoid compromise b. Construct their lives c. Integrate family and paid work d. Find work that fits their personality
Group leaders:
a. have a dual responsibility. b. must act to protect any one potentially traumatized group member. c. should refer individuals who are not best served by a group to other, more appropriate treatment. d. all of the above. e. a and c, but not b.