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  1. Which philosopher's concept of the 'Socratic method' most directly influenced CBT's use of guided discovery?

    Answer: Socrates

    Socrates' method of questioning to expose faulty assumptions directly inspired CBT's guided discovery and Socratic questioning techniques.

  2. In CBT's cognitive model, 'automatic thoughts' are best described as:

    Answer: Rapid, spontaneous thoughts that occur in response to situations

    Automatic thoughts are rapid, reflexive cognitions that arise spontaneously in response to triggering situations without deliberate reasoning.

  3. The concept of 'collaborative empiricism' in CBT refers to:

    Answer: A joint therapist-client approach to testing beliefs as hypotheses

    Collaborative empiricism means therapist and client work together as co-investigators, treating client beliefs as hypotheses to be tested against evidence.

  4. Albert Ellis's Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) contributed to CBT primarily through its emphasis on:

    Answer: The role of irrational beliefs in causing emotional disturbance

    Ellis's REBT highlighted how irrational, absolutistic beliefs (e.g., 'musts' and 'shoulds') are the core drivers of psychological distress.

  5. Which of the following best describes the 'downward arrow technique' in CBT?

    Answer: A technique to uncover underlying core beliefs by repeatedly asking 'what would that mean?'

    The downward arrow technique successively asks what a thought means to the client, drilling down through layers of cognition to reveal core beliefs.

  6. George Kelly's Personal Construct Theory contributed to CBT by proposing that:

    Answer: People create their own templates to interpret and predict the world

    Kelly proposed that individuals develop personal constructs — bipolar mental templates — that they use to anticipate and make sense of their experience.

  7. In the CBT model, 'intermediate beliefs' typically include all of the following EXCEPT:

    Answer: Core schemas

    Intermediate beliefs consist of attitudes, rules, and assumptions; core schemas are a deeper level of belief distinct from intermediate beliefs.

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