When Might Closed-Ended, Multiple-Choice Questions Be Useful

question 25

Multiple Choice

When might closed-ended, multiple-choice questions be useful?

• A) When clients who are not used to expressing or reporting on their feelings require a larger vocabulary to describe what they are experiencing.
• B) When practitioners want to inhibit the client's exploration.
• C) When clients have a large emotional vocabulary and require an even larger vocabulary to describe what they are experiencing.
• D) When the practitioner wants to develop a rapid-fire questioning style.

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