In a psychodrama, participants are asked to enact their conflicts or crisis situations as if they are occuring in the present moment.

T

Catharsis and insight are not considered important in psychodrama.

F

Psychodrama has many major limitations in working with people who are emotionally inhibited.

F

Psychodrama is considered to be an experiential and action-oriented method.

T

T

Past events or traumatic childhood experiences are not generally explored in psychodrama because nothing can be done to change these events in the present

F

The concepts of encounter and tele are polar opposites.

F

Psychodrama places importance on the past, present, and future.

T

During the sharing phase, members are encouraged to offer interpretations and clinical hunches about the meaning of the protagonist's behavior.

F

Dreams are generally not explored in a psychodrama format.

F

Psychodrama emphasizes

a) spotaneity and creativity

b) an intellectual understanding of the causes of conflicts

c) a way of challenging irrational beliefs

d) understanding of life scripts

e) working therapeutically with early recollections

A

Psychodrama was developed by

a) alfred adler

b) rudolf dreikurs

c) rollo may

d) j l moreno

e) fritz folk

D

The technique whereby a protagonist speaks directly to the audience by expressing some uncensored feeling or thought is

a) the mirror technique

b) soliloquy

c) projection

d) role-reversal

e) self-presentation

B

Through which technique can participants rehearse in fresh way an approach to someone with whom they would like to interact?

a) the mirror technique

b) the magic shop

c) future projection

d) the double technique

e) the soliloquy

C

Which of the following techniques is the most useful for helping members clarify and prioritize their values?

a) the mirror technique

b) the magic shop

c) future projection

d) the double technique

e) the soliloquy

B

According to psychodrama

a) unless a problem is solved, the enactment is a failure

b) members of the group can profit only if they are direclty involved in reenacting an event

c) members of the group can benefit in vicarious ways by observing the work of others

d) members will change their behavior only if they develop a contract that specifies homework assignments

e) unless members resolve their transference relationship with the group leader, they will be fixated at an immature level of development

C

Which of the following is NOT a key concept of psychodrama

a) encounter and tele

b) catharsis

c) dealing with the present

d) exploring unexpressed emotions

e) free associations with the dreams of other members

E

In psychodrama, the past is dealt with

a) by bringing it into the present

b) by reenacting the event and reexperiencing earlier feelings

c) by dwelling on causaul factors of current probs

d) by talking about possible reasons for hurts in the past

e) both (a) and (b)

E

The third phase of a psychodrama consists of

a) some type of nonverbal exercise

b) encouraging a protagonist to act out a conflict

c) sharing by members of their personal reactions to what they observed during the action phase

d) an assessment by the members of their personal reactions to what they observed during the action phase

e) the leader's giving an interpretation of the protagonist's behavioral dynamics and assigning homework to be carried out before the next meeting

C

The ventilation of stored-up feelings is known as

a) breaking out

b) breaking down

c) workign through

d) acting out

e) catharsis

E