Quiz - Cognitive Therapy

The internal mental filters or biases that increase one’s misery and fuel one’s anxiety is known as...

• Cognitive impairments

• Cognitive disruptions

• Cognitive distortions

• Cognitive irrationality

The cognitive distortion where a person draws conclusions without supporting evidence is known as...

• Selective abstraction

• Arbitrary inferences

• Dichotomous thinking

• Overgeneralization

The cognitive distortion where a person holds extreme beliefs on the basis of a single incident is known as...

• Overgeneralization

• Personalization

• Magnification

• Arbitrary inferences

When Lisa made a minor mistake and began to worry that her tutor will deduct her marks due to her mistake, she is having the cognitive distortion of...

• Selective abstraction

• Dichotomous thinking

• Minimization

• Magnification

When Jason disregards all his achievements and chose to only look at his flaws by letting them define his self-worth, he is having the cognitive distortion of...

• Magnification

• Selective abstraction

• Personalization

• Dichotomous thinking

When Oscar overslept and missed his mid-term test, he thought to himself that it is no big deal as he can pass the subject with only his assignment. Oscar is having the cognitive distortion of...

• Minimization

• Personalization

• Magnification

• Arbitrary inferences

Ah Beng loves buying apam balik from his favorite seller, Pak Ali. Once, Ah Beng forgot his wallet and phone at home, but Pak Ali let him take the food and pay later. The next week, Ah Beng found Pak Ali's stall closed and irrationally blamed himself for Pak Ali's business failing because he did not pay him last time. Ah Beng's cognitive distortion is known as...

• Selective abstraction

• Dichotomous thinking

• Personalization

• Overgeneralization

The following are the therapeutic goals of Cognitive Therapy EXCEPT...

• To examine client's family background for better understanding of their cognition.

• To provide symptom relief.

• To help change beliefs and behaviours that maintain their problems.

• To teach skills to be used as relapse prevention strategies.

The following are the roles played by a cognitive therapist EXCEPT...

• Helps clients understand how their beliefs and attitudes influence the way they feel and act.

• Help clients to emphasize their role in self-discovery.

• Help clients examine their past childhood experiences via free association.

• Help clients identify specific, measurable goals and move directly into areas causing the most difficulty for clients.

The following are the strengths of Cognitive Therapy (CT) EXCEPT...

• CT is effective in treating various mental disorders.

• CT focuses on developmental consideration.

• CT is an evidence-based approach.

• CT is a brief therapy that can be completed in a relatively short period of time.