Question 1

Gottman therapy is primarily an affective therapy which includes behavioral, existential, cognitive, narrative, systemic and psychodynamic components.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Emotion focused therapy is fundamentally incompatible with the Gottman Method

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

The three main components of Gottman Method Therapy address friendship , conflict regulation, and shared meaning systems

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Gender differences are one of the major causes of relationship dissolution

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

With the majority of relational problems, problem solving is not as crucial as dialogue with perpetual problems.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Negative sentiment override is related to the development of negative attributions about one another and the relationship

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Over two thirds of couple\'s problems are fundamentally unsolvable

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

The goal in working with a gridlocked perpetual problem is to solve the issue.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Saying \"good point\" is an example os accepting influence

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

\"Turning toward\" is part of the basis for achieving positive affect during conflict.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Problem solving is not as crucial as dialogue with perpetual problems

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Even healthy couples sometimes resort to contempt in their conflict discussions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Gottman Method therapy is based on a strictly behavioral model

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

It is not usually possible to directly alter negative sentiment override with cognitive restructuring.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Masters of relationships tend to take a strong, direct, confrontational and fair-fighting approach to issues.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Bids are competitive attempts at manipulation and control

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Turning toward is related to how conflict is handled and also to romance in the relationship

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Dan Wile\'s approach to conflict is to use soft, nerf-type bats so that couples can get their aggression out in a safe manner

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Diffuse physiological arousal is important in part, because people cannot process information very well when their heart rates exceed about 100 beats a minute

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Gottman Method Couples therapy focuses on the emotions the couple brings into a session, on dysfunctional negative interaction patterns and replacing the Four Horsemen with their antidotes in order to make conflict discussions more functionalm constructive and regulated

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

It is a myth that when quid pro quo reciprocity breaks down, it is a sign that the relationship is ailing and trust is eroded.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

A study done by the California Mediation Project discovered that the major cause of divorce (80% of the time) is severe and intense fighting.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Most couples remain perpetual problems that couples either continue to cope with through dialogue or become gridlocked about

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

During conflict discussions, the ration of positive to negative interactions in stable relationships is 7:1, not 0.8:1 as it is in couples headed for divorce.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

A neutral or a positive message is interpreted as negative when a couple is in negative sentiment override

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

There are three types of functional relationships: Avoiders, Asserters and Active Listeners.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

Assessment is aimed at determining whether partners are compatible

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

Couples therapy is contra-indicated when there is ongoing alcohol or drug addiction.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

Marital therapy is always contra-indicated whenever there has been any violence in the relationship

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Situational violence is typically extreme and is used by the perpetrator to control and intimidate the victim

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

The Oral History Interview reveals important information about the strength of a couple\'s friendship

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

Gottman therapists encourage partners to reveal secrets, which will not be shared with their partner, in the Individual Relational Interview

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

Video tapes of therapy sessions are sent home with clients for them to watch between sessions to gain more from their therapy experience.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

Gottman Method Therapy should be completed in 14 sessions or less

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

Marital Assessment should always be the first step of Gottman Method Therapy

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

Throughout the Oral History Assessment, we look for evidence of emotional deadness and disengagement.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

The therapist must ask all the interview questions on the list of Oral History Questions.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

The \"Dreams Within Conflict\" intervention is intended to help couples talk more openly about their dreams for their future together.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

Therapy should be primarily dyadic with the focus on the interaction between partners

Accepted Answer

True

Question 40

The most common perpetual issues is a meta emotion mismatch between partners

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

In the Rapport intervention, one partner must summarize to the other partner\'s satisfaction their understanding of the speaker\'s position before responding.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

The Stress Reducing conversation is designed to help partners better solve their problems

Accepted Answer

False

Question 43

Because the Dreams Within Conflict intervention involves intense emotions, the partners speak mainly to the therapist in order to better hear what is said.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 44

Gentle Start Up is the antidote to criticism

Accepted Answer

True

Question 45

The antidote to Contempt is to use a softened start up

Accepted Answer

False

Question 46

In order to be effective, compromise involved each partner yielding on at least one of their core beliefs

Accepted Answer

False

Question 47

There are always two different subjective realities in every argument or fight.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 48

Research shows that \"massing\" therapy sessions at the beginning of treatment is more effective than evenly spacing out sessions over time.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 49

The presence of the \"Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse\" is an indication that the relationship is beyond repair and that therapy will not be helpful

Accepted Answer

False

Question 50

The \"Dreams Within Conflict\" intervention is a method of nighttime dream interpretation that brings unconscious conflicts out in the open

Accepted Answer

False

Question 51

The \"Anatomy of Bids and Turning\" is an intervention designed to help each person see the pathology in their past history that needs to be worked out in individual therapy

Accepted Answer

False

Question 52

Helping couples with \"Love Maps\" involved couples drawing a map of their partner\'s most romantic places

Accepted Answer

False

Question 53

\"Softened Start-up\" doesn\'t help with perpetual problem discussions

Accepted Answer

False

Question 54

\"Creating Shared Meaning\" can include or exclude religious values

Accepted Answer

True

Question 55

In processing most arguments, it is possible to discover a conversation that the couple should have had instead of the fight

Accepted Answer

True

Question 56

Therapy to help with the \"Fondness and Admiration System\" mostly involves sex therapy.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 57

The antidote for Defensiveness is accepting responsibility for even a part of the problem.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 58

The antidote for Criticism is to minimize the issue

Accepted Answer

False

Question 59

The antidote for Contempt is to create a culture of appreciation

Accepted Answer

True

Question 60

Emotional learning is likely to be somewhat state dependent

Accepted Answer

True

Question 61

It is important to empathize with the emotions to behind contempt and ignore the actual contempt message itself

Accepted Answer

True

Question 62

When couples are in an attack-defend mode, videotape play-back will usually move them to an admitting mode

Accepted Answer

True

Question 63

The \"aftermath of a Fight Questionnaire\" is useful for moving couples from an adversarial to a collaborative mode.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 64

Failed bids for connection may be the basis of a great deal of relation conflict

Accepted Answer

True

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