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35 Cards in this Set
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1. Systems oriented clinicians are most interested in:
a. the process that is taking place within a family b. the content of the family’s problems c. why problematic behavior has arisen d. family history |
a. the process that is taking place within a family
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2. “A bad mother produces sick children.” This statement is an example of:
a. epistemology b. linear causality c. circular causality d. a paradigmatic shift now accepted by most family therapist |
b. linear causality
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3. The development approach to family life focuses upon the family’s:
a. organization and structure b. pathology patterns c. life cycle d. operations as a social system |
c. life cycle
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4. A young adult’s primary developmental task is:
a. separating from one’s parents without cutting off from them b. finding a suitable mate c. realigning relationships with extended family |
a. separating from one’s parents without cutting off from them
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5. One goal of gender-sensitive family therapy is to:
a. enables clients to move beyond prescribed sex roles b. empower women but not men c. realigning relationships with extended families d. becoming a parent |
a. enables clients to move beyond prescribed sex roles
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6. By marital quid pro quo, Jackson is referring to:
a. an exchange of benefits between marital partners b. role overload c. discontinuous changes in the family life cycle d. all of the above |
a. an exchange of benefits between marital partners
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7. Each family system:
a. contains a number of co-existing subsystems b. carries out its functions through subsystems c. may include subsystems formed by sex, by generation, ect. d. all of the above |
d. all of the above
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8. Object Relations Family Therapy emphasize the basic human need for:
a. sexual gratification b. the release of aggression c. experiences d. attachment |
d. attachment
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9. Generally speaking, experiential therapists:
a. attempt to uncover past traumatic events b. offer interpretations c. provide insights into family behavior patterns d. provide a nonrational therapeutic experiences |
c. provide insights into family behavior patterns
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10. Transgenerational approaches are:
a. ahistorical b. cross-sectional c. here and now d. historical |
d. historical
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11. The higher the degree of family fusion, the more likely:
a. that triangulating will occur b. that poorly differentiated members will be drawn into tense situations c. the family insistence on togetherness d. all of the above |
d. all of the above
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12. Emotional cutoff, according to Bowen, is:
a. separation from one’s family b. emancipation from one’s family c. differentiation from one’s family d. a fight from unresolved emotional ties to one’s family |
d. a fight from unresolved emotional ties to one’s family
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13. One goal in Family Systems Therapy is for each family member to:
a. minimize future contact with each other b. maximize attachments to the family c. maximize fusion d. maximize self-differentiation |
d. maximize self-differentiation
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14. A primary therapeutic goal for structuralists is
a. organization change b. insight c. self-differentiation d. none of the above |
a. organization change
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15. In disengaged families, boundaries are:
a. inappropriately rigid b. easily crossed c. poorly differentiated d. clear between people |
a. inappropriately rigid
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16. In an enmeshed family:
a. members separate easily b. members are intertwined in each other’s lives c. clear boundaries exist between persons and between subsystems d. none of the above |
b. members are intertwined in each other’s lives
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17. Labeling an anorexic’s refusal to eat as “stubborn” rather than “sick” is an example of:
a. reframing b. scapegoating c. regression d. shaping |
a. reframing
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18. The person who receives a double-bind message:
a. is in “no win” situation whatever response he or she makes b. may disobey both commands c. may respond positively to both commands d. none of the above |
a. is in “no win” situation whatever response he or she makes
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19. Tom Sawyer’s effort to convience his friends that the drudgery of whitewashing a fence was a privilege is an example of:
a. framework bending b. entropy c. punctuation d. relabeling |
d. relabeling
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20. All but one of the following were introduced by the Milan systematic therapists:
a. positive connotation b. rituals c. fusion d. longer length of time between sessions |
c. fusion
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21. Circular questioning is likely to:
a. probe differences in how family members perceive problems b. helps families “fight fair” c. rely heavily on directives d. rely heavily on prescriptions |
a. probe differences in how family members perceive problems
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22. By neutrality, the Milan therapist attempts to:
a. hide his or her impressions from the family b. be a blank screen c. remain connected to the family while avoiding getting caught in coalitions d. change family interactive patterns |
c. remain connected to the family while avoiding getting caught in coalitions
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23. Cognitive therapists view depressed persons as:
a. psychotic b. immature c. overwrought with feeling d. making errors in thinking |
c. overwrought with feeling
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24. Postmodernists agree that what we call reality:
a. can be measured b. can be objectified c. reflects what is out there d. is subjective |
d. is subjective
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25. According to the text, the postmodern outlook permits:
a. the therapist to be in charge b. the therapist to not be an expert c. the family to be programmed for success d. none of the above |
b. the therapist to not be an expert
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26. The “miracle question” allow clients to:
a. speculate on their future once the problem is gone b. put their faith in the therapeutic process c. seek a religious experiences d. none of the above |
a. speculate on their future once the problem is gone
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27. Exception-finding questions:
a. are efforts to manipulate clients b. are rarely used by solution-focused therapists c. build on past successes in dealing with problem d. are part of reflecting team strategies |
c. build on past successes in dealing with problem
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28. Narrative therapists believe we attempt to make sense of our lives through
a. group membership b. self-narratives c. spirituality d. dormant stories |
b. self-narratives
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29. Psychoeducational programs are intended to help which of the following:
a. troubled marriages b. schizophrenics c. substance abusers d. dormant stories |
d. dormant stories
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30. An example of a psychoeducational effort is:
a. parent skills training b. externalization c. the miracle question d. all of the above |
a. parent skills training
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31. Quantitative research emphasizes:
a. case studies b. audio and video tapes c. large samples d. dormant stories |
a. case studies
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32. Family therapists have sought licensing because:
a. they want legal recognition b. the public equates licensing with professionalism c. reimbursements from health plans require licensing d. all of the above |
d. all of the above
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33. Peer review refers to:
a. class discussion of cases b. review courses for state licensing exams c. independent evaluation by a colleague of one’s procedures d. none of the above |
c. independent evaluation by a colleague of one’s procedures
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34. Clients need to be told of the possible risks before commencing treatment. This is an example of:
a. peer review b. malpractice c. privileged communication d. informed consent |
d. informed consent
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35. Protecting a client from unauthorized disclosures by the therapist without prior consent is called:
a. information disclosure b. right to silence c. right to informed consent d. confidentiality |
d. confidentiality
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