This is a copy of the actual test you will take to receive Continuing Education credit for this course. To obtain credit please return to the web site and purchase the test. Commonwealth Educational Seminars Certification Exam Select one response for each question below. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy By David Burns, MD 1. The first principle of cognitive therapy is that all of your moods are created by your cognitions. a. True b. False 2. Personalization does not cause you to feel crippling guilt. a. True b. False 3. The ten forms of cognitive distortions do not cause any of your depressed states. a. True b. False 4. One of the cardinal features of cognitive therapy is that it stubbornly refuses to buy into your sense of worthlessness. a. True b. False 5. The evidence you present in defense of your worthlessness will usually seem to make complete sense. a. True b. False 6. The more depressed and miserable you feel, the more twisted your thinking becomes. a. True b. False 7. Writing down your negative thoughts and rational responses is simplistic and ineffective. a. True b. False 8. Because of one's lack of confidence, success may seem even more risky than failure because one is certain it is based on chance. a. True b. False 9. The Daily Activity Schedule is simple. However it is ineffective. a. True b. False 10. To reverse a destructive tendency, a good first step would be to pinpoint the self-downing thoughts that cause you to feel this way. a. True b. False 11. A possible source of procrastination is an inappropriate system for self-motivation. a. True b. False 12. Freud believed that depression is "anger turned inward." a. True b. False 13. As a general rule, when someone insults you, you will go immediately down one of three pathways: the sad route, the mad route or the denial route. a. True b. False 14. Traditionally, psychotherapists have conceptualized two primary ways to deal with anger: a. Anger turned inward b. Anger denied. a. True b. False 15. The third form of distortion that leads to anger is magnification. a. True b. False 16. Anger is the least difficult emotion to modify. a. True b. False 17. Human relationships, including marriages, are rarely spontaneously reciprocal. a. True b. False 18. To master "should" thoughts, make a list of all the reasons you believe that someone "shouldn't" have acted as they did. a. True b. False 19. Fighting is a form of intimacy. a. True b. False 20. Empathy is not the ultimate anger antidote. a. True b. False 21. Empathy does not mean the capacity to feel the same way someone else feels. a. True b. False 22. The empathy technique is not useful when the other person's actions appear more obviously and intentionally hurtful. a. True b. False 23. Unlike depression, anger is more episodic. a. True b. False 24. Thoughts that contain anger more often than not will contain distortions. a. True b. False 25. At times, guilt convinces you of your "badness" and leads to further guilt. a. True b. False 26. Self-punishing behavior may actually help relieve the guilt cycle. a. True b. False 27. An ineffective way to rid yourself of "should" statements, involves substituting other words for should, such as, "I wish I could." a. True b. False 28. Another anti "should" method involves showing yourself that a "should" statement does not fit reality. a. True b. False 29. One of the big disadvantages of being guilt- prone is that others can and will use this guilt to manipulate you. a. True b. False 30. When you agree with pessimistic whining, it serves to make the whiner whine more. a. True b. False 31. There is no such thing as a realistic depression. a. True b. False 32. A frequent problem that plagues the family and friends of an individual who commits suicide is the sense of guilt. a. True b. False 33. There are no differences between "feeling" better and "getting" better. a. True b. False 34. A silent assumption is an equation with which you define your personal worth. a. True b. False 35. Another person's approval has no ability to affect your mood unless you believe what she or he says is valid. a. True b. False 36. Disapproval rarely reflects other peoples' irrational beliefs. a. True b. False 37. The most common type of rejection is called "adolescent rejection." a. True b. False 38. "Manipulative rejection" paradoxically, does not refer to another person using the threat of withdrawal or rejection to manipulate you in some way. a. True b. False 39. The key to emotional enlightenment is the knowledge that only your thoughts can affect your moods. a. True b. False 40. The demand or need for love before you can feel happy is called "dependency." a. True b. False 41. Love and companionship are necessary for happiness and self-esteem. a. True b. False 42. Suicidal thoughts are common even in individuals who are not depressed. a. True b. False 43. The author believes that any antidepressant medication should have a profound and dramatic effect in order to justify its continued use. a. True b. False 44. The author tapers patients off antidepressants after they have been feeling really good for several months. a. True b. False 45. Although initially reported as a rare side effect it is now clear that delayed time to orgasm is quite common to men and women taking SSRIs. a. True b. False