Psychotherapy Test Questions with Answers

Lecture



Tests with answers on the topic of Psychotherapy

SC (single-choice task), MC (multiple-choice task with several correct answers), SA (short-answer task)


1. Which of the following is not a definition of psychotherapy?

A) a specific, effective form of influence on the human psyche aimed at ensuring and preserving a person's health

B) a special type of interpersonal interaction in which patients receive professional help by psychological means in resolving the problems and difficulties of a psychological nature that arise for them

C) the practical provision of effective psychological help by specialists, through advice and recommendations, to people who need such help

D) long-term interpersonal interaction between two or more people, one of whom specializes in correcting human relationships
2. Which of the listed functions is a function of psychotherapy, and which is a function of psychological counseling?


A) the function of treatment and rehabilitation


B) the function of prevention and development



3. The following are not forms of psychological help:


A) psychotherapy


B) psychological correction


C) psychological counseling


D) psycholinguistics



4. Which of the following is not an indication for psychotherapy:

A) the role of a psychological factor in the onset and course of the illness

B) the consequences of the illness

C) the presence of an acute conflict
5. The target strategies of psychotherapy are:

A) reconstruction of the inner world of the patient's personality

B) reconstruction of the patient's ties with his or her immediate environment

C) influence on the symptoms of the illness by means of suggestion and training

D) all of the above
6. The effectiveness of psychotherapy is assessed taking into account the following planes of therapeutic dynamics:


A) social


B) somatic


C) psychological


D) all of the above



7. Into which two large groups can psychotherapy methods be divided according to the form of psychotherapeutic influence?

8. Which psychotherapy methods are based on the therapeutic effect of engaging with art:


A) music therapy


B) nature psychotherapy


C) imago therapy


D) bibliotherapy



9. Scientific psychotherapy is characterized by all of the following except:


A) a link with scientific experiment


B) dependence on methodological norms


C) evaluation by means of everyday knowledge


D) adherence to the logic of experiment



10. The optimal number of psychotherapy sessions:


A) 5-10 sessions


B) 15 – 20 sessions


C) 25 – 30 sessions




11. At which stage of psychotherapy is the patient engaged in cooperation:


A) 1


B) 2


C) 3




12. The final stage of psychotherapy is:

A) resolving problems associated with possible dependence on the psychotherapist

B) consolidation of the results achieved

C) application of specific methods and techniques
13. In which of the listed approaches to psychotherapy is the therapist's main task to develop specific behavioral responses to anxiety-provoking stimuli:


A) dynamic


B) behavioral


C) experiential




14. Which of the listed groups consists entirely of representatives of behavioral psychotherapy?


A) Kelly, Dollard, Bandura, Greenn


B) Reich, Frankl, Green, Beck, Ellis


C) Perls, Wolberg, Bandura, Stompfe




15. In which of the listed approaches does the therapist take a position of empathic objectivity, restraint and neutrality:


A) psychoanalysis


B) behavioral psychotherapy


C) client-centered therapy




16. An approach to a sick person as a whole personality, taking into account its many-sidedness and all individual characteristics, is:


A) the personal approach


B) the individual approach


C) the holistic approach




17. Name the main approaches to psychotherapy.
18. The psychotherapist directively manages the treatment process and achieves the desired goals using certain psychotherapeutic techniques in the course of:


A) behavioral psychotherapy


B) psychoanalysis


C) dynamic psychotherapy



19. The treatment model in the dynamic approach:


A) educational


B) medical


C) existential




20. The concept that reveals the essence of psychotherapy to the least extent is:


A) clinical-psychological intervention


B) psychological correction


C) suggestion


D) psychological



Correct answers


No.

of question


Number of the correct answer


Number of points


No.

of question


Number of the correct answer


Number of points


1


C


1


11


B


1


2


A,B


1


12


A


1


3


D


1


13


B


1


4


C


1


14


A


1


5


D


1


15


A


1


6


D


1


16


A


1


7


Individual and group psychotherapy


1


17


Dynamic, behavioral, experiential approaches


1


8


A,D


1


18


A


1


9


C


1


19


B


1


10


B


1


20


C


1



Grading criteria for the results of testing in the psychotherapy course


Number of points


Performance

(% of correct answers)


Grade


18 to 20


100 to 86%


5


15 to 17


85 to 70%


4


10 to 14


69 to 51%


3


less than 10


less than 50%


2


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updated: 2026-09-29
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