CHAPTER 5

ADLERIAN THERAPY

1. Paying attention to the individual way in which people perceive their world, it includes the
individual’s perceptions, thoughts, feelings, values, beliefs, convictions, and conclusions.
a. Holistic Concept
b. Subjective Reality
c. Lifestyle
d. Fictional Finalism

2. This implies that we cannot be understood in parts; rather, all aspects of ourselves must be
understood in relationship.
a. Holistic Concept
b. Subjective Reality
c. Lifestyle
d. Fictional Finalism

3. To refer to an imagined life goal that guides a person’s behavior.

a. Holistic Concept
b. Subjective Reality
c. Lifestyle
d. Fictional Finalism

4. ________ includes the connecting themes and rules of interaction that give meaning to our
actions. Is often described as our perceptions regarding self, others, and the world.
a. Holistic Concept
b. Subjective Reality
c. Lifestyle
d. Fictional Finalism

5. Rather than being considered a sign of weakness or abnormality, it can be the wellspring of
creativity. They motivate us to strive for mastery, success, and completion.
a. Pessimistic Feelings
b. Optimistic Feelings
c. Superiority Feelings
d. Inferiority Feelings
6. The counselor helps the client to tell his or her life story as completely as possible. This
process is facilitated by a generous use of empathic listening and responding.
a. Subjective Interview
b. Objective Interview
c. Subjective Reality
d. Objective Reality

7. Embodies the feeling of being connected to all of humanity—past, present, and future—and
to being involved in making the world a better place.
a. Social Interest
b. Community Feeling
c. Lifestyle
d. Subjective Reality

8. Is the action line of one’s community feeling, and it involves being as concerned about others
as one is about onself. It requires that we have enough contact with the present to make a move
toward a meaningful future, that we are willing to give and to take, and that we develop our
capacity for contributing to the welfare of others and striving for the betterment of humanity.
a. Social Interest
b. Community Feeling
c. Lifestyle
d. Subjective Reality

9. Generally receives a good deal of attention, and during the time she is the only child, she is
typically somewhat spoiled as the center of attention. She tends to be dependable and hard
working and strives to keep ahead.
a. Oldest Child
b. Second Child
c. Middle Child
d. Youngest Child

10. Often feels squeezed out. This child may become convinced of the unfairness of life and feel
cheated. This person may assume a “poor me” attitude and can become a problem child.
However, especially in families characterized by conflict, the _______ child may become the
switchboard and the peacemaker, the person who holds things together.
a. Oldest Child
b. Second Child
c. Middle Child
d. Youngest Child
11. From the time she is born, she shares the attention with another child. The typical ________
child behaves as if she were in a race and is generally under full steam at all times.
a. Oldest Child
b. Second Child
c. Middle Child
d. Youngest Child

12. Is pampered by her parents and may become dependently tied to one or both of them. She
may want to have center stage all of the time, and if her position is challenged, she will feel it is
unfair.
a. Second Child
b. Middle Child
c. Youngest Child
d. Only Child

13. Is always the baby of the family and tends to be the most pampered one. Because of being
pampered or spoiled, he may develop helplessness into an art form and become expert at
putting others in his service.
a. Oldest Child
b. Second Child
c. Middle Child
d. Youngest Child

14. The process of gathering early memories is part of what is called a ___________, which
involves learning to understand the goals and motivations of the client.
a. Family Constellation
b. Private Logic
c. Lifestyle Assessment
d. Early Recollections

15. The concepts about self, others, and life that constitute the philosophy on which an
individual’s lifestyle is based. It involves our convictions and beliefs that get in the wayof social
interest and that do not facilitate useful, constructive belonging.
a. Family Constellation
b. Private Logic
c. Lifestyle Assessment
d. Early Recollections
16. During this phase, the focus is on the individual’s social and cultural context. Rather than
attempting to fit clients into a preconceived model, Adlerian practitioners allow salient cultural
identity concepts to emerge in the therapy process, and these issues are then addressed
a. Phase 1
b. Phase 2
c. Phase 3
d. Phase 4

17. This phase focuses on helping clients discover a new and more functional perspective.
Clients are both encouraged and challenged to develop the courage to take risks and make
changes in their life.
a. Phase 1
b. Phase 2
c. Phase 3
d. Phase 4

18. Adler suggested that it was through the ___________ that each person forms his or her
unique view of self, others, and life. Factors such as cultural and familial values, gender-role
expectations, and the nature of interpersonal relationships are all influenced by a child’s
observation of the interactional patterns within the family.
a. Family Constellation
b. Birth Order
c. Lifestyle Assessment
d. Early Recollections

19. Are “stories of events that a person says occurred [one time] before he or she was 10 years
of age”. A series of small mysteries that can be woven together into a tapestry that leads to an
understanding of how we view ourselves, how we see the world, what our life goals are, what
motivates us, what we value and believe in, and what we anticipate for our future.
a. Family Constellation
b. Birth Order
c. Lifestyle Assessment
d. Early Recollections

20. Deals with clients’ underlying motives for behaving the way they do in the here and now. Are
concerned with creating awareness of one’s direction in life, one’s goals and purposes, one’s
private logic and how it works, and one’s current behavior.
a. Insight
b. Reorientation
c. Interpretation
d. Encouragement