Question 1

Who was the first person of the modern era to do family therapy?

Accepted Answer

a. Adler

Question 2

Which family therapist made use of innovative interventions such as metaphor, reframing, rules for interaction, parts party, family reconstructions, family sculpting, and family maps?

Accepted Answer

c. Satir

Question 3

Which of the following statements about strategic family therapy is not true?

Accepted Answer

e. Presenting problems are viewed as being symptomatic of a dysfunction within the system.

Question 4

Alfred Adler was the first to notice that the development of children within family constellations was heavily influenced by:

Accepted Answer

e. birth order.

Question 5

Postmodern thought has contributed to family therapy by:

Accepted Answer

b. promoting the therapist\'s view of clients as the experts on their own lives.

Question 6

Who was the person who refined Adler\'s concepts into a typology of mistaken goals and an organized approach to family therapy?

Accepted Answer

e. Rudolf Dreikurs

Question 7

The concept of triangulation is most associated with:

Accepted Answer

b. Murray Bowen.

Question 8

From the family systems perspective, symptoms are often viewed as:

Accepted Answer

a. an expression of a set of habits and patterns within a family.

Question 9

What is the technique in family therapy that casts a new light on a problem and provides a different interpretation for a problematic situation?

Accepted Answer

d. reframing

Question 10

A major contribution of Bowen\'s theory is the notion of

Accepted Answer

b. differentiation of the self.

Question 11

The systems perspective implies:

Accepted Answer

c. individuals are best understood through the context of their role in their family.

Question 12

Which is(are) a key role (or roles) of most family therapists?

Accepted Answer

e. all of these

Question 13

Which of the following techniques is a strategic family therapist least likely to use?

Accepted Answer

c. family sculpting

Question 14

A tool for collecting and organizing key relationships in a three-generational extended family is a:

Accepted Answer

c. genogram.

Question 15

Which of the following roles and functions would be least interesting to a structural family therapist?

Accepted Answer

b. giving voice to the therapist\'s own impulses and fantasies

Question 16

Which of the following is least associated with Satir\'s human validation process model?

Accepted Answer

d. storied lives and narratives

Question 17

The one central principle agreed upon by family therapy practitioners, regardless of their particular approach, is that

Accepted Answer

a. the client is connected to living systems.

Question 18

Which approach to family therapy contends that one\'s current family problems will not significantly change until relationship patterns in one\'s family of origin are understood and directly challenged?

Accepted Answer

a. Bowenian family therapy

Question 19

The techniques of joining, accommodating, unbalancing, tracking, and boundary making are most likely to be part of which approach to family therapy?

Accepted Answer

c. structural family therapy

Question 20

A major contribution of Whitaker\'s approach to family therapy is:

Accepted Answer

d. spontaneity, creativity, and play as therapeutic factors in family therapy.

Question 21

Roger and his wife are experiencing tension in their relationship because he believes she is far too lenient with their children when they misbehave. This forces him to play the role of \"bad cop\" as a parent, which makes him angry. A family therapist working with Roger and his family might:

Accepted Answer

a. help to modify the family\'s transactional rules and develop more appropriate boundaries.

Question 22

____________________ views the counselor and therapist as an observer who is outside of the system, can assess what is going on, and can promote changeâall without ever becoming part of the system

Accepted Answer

a. First-order cybernetics

Question 23

Chun Hei is a Korean immigrant who has been separated from her family and friends for over a year since she came to the U.S. with her husband. She spends her days taking care of their two young children while he goes to work, and feels increasingly depressed without her support system. It is likely that a family therapist who meets Chun Hei:

Accepted Answer

b. would be very interested in how her depression affects others in the family and how it influences family process.

Question 24

Which approach assumes that a family can best be understood when it is analyzed from at least a three-generational perspective?

Accepted Answer

a. Bowenian family therapy

Question 25

Which approach asserts that emotional fusion to one\'s family must be addressed if one hopes to achieve a mature and unique personality?

Accepted Answer

a. Bowenian family therapy

Question 26

A couple directs the focus of their energy toward a problematic son as a way to avoid facing or dealing with their own conflicts. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

d. triangulation.

Question 27

In working with a triangulated relationship, Bowen would be inclined to place primary emphasis on:

Accepted Answer

c. maintaining a stance of neutrality.

Question 28

Structural family therapy includes all of the following goals except for bringing about structural change by:

Accepted Answer

e. the therapist taking a not-knowing stance with a family.

Question 29

The opposite of a differentiated self is experienced as:

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a. emotional reactivity.

Question 30

To prevent his parents from leaving the house, Miguel throws temper tantrums. His parents have given in to his demands and never go out to dinner or to movies anymore. A structural/strategic therapist working with Miguel and his parents will most likely:

Accepted Answer

c. help Miguel\'s parents to develop differentiated selves.

Question 31

Which of the following individuals is not associated with family therapy?

Accepted Answer

c. Albert Ellis

Question 32

Which approach would be most interested in the appropriateness of hierarchical structure in the family?

Accepted Answer

c. structural family therapy

Question 33

Jean-Pierre told the family therapist that his wife loses control of her temper with their children because of his demanding work schedule and his inability to be there to support her. Which communication stance has he adopted?

Accepted Answer

a. blaming

Question 34

Family atmosphere, family constellation, and mistaken goals are key concepts of:

Accepted Answer

a. Adlerian family therapy.

Question 35

Yelina seems to ignore the major marital problems that she and her husband Carlos are having as a result of sharp differences in their viewpoints on political and social issues that are affecting their native country, Cuba. Whenever a friend points out the tension she observes, Yelina changes the subject and talks about the weather forecast. Yelina is adopting which of the following communication stances?

Accepted Answer

d. irrelevant

Question 36

Which of the following theorists emphasized the development of a nurturing triad?

Accepted Answer

c. Satir

Question 37

Adlerian family therapy strives to______ as its goal.

Accepted Answer

b. establish and support parents as effective leaders of the family

Question 38

Problem descriptions and goal identification, typical day, the child interview and goal disclosure are techniques used in:

Accepted Answer

d. Adlerian family therapy.

Question 39

A potential limitation of the family systems model is:

Accepted Answer

a. a particular family member\'s needs may be overshadowed by the needs of the system.

Question 40

The therapy goals of promoting growth, self-esteem, and connection, and helping family members achieve congruent communication and interaction are most associated with which theory of family therapy?

Accepted Answer

b. Satir\'s human validation process model

Question 41

1. Bowen\'s multigenerational approach stresses techniques more than it does theory.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 42

2. Family systems therapy represents a paradigm shift that is sometimes called \"the fourth force\"

Accepted Answer

True

Question 43

3. Many of the most prominent structural family therapists have dedicated their efforts to working predominantly with African American and Hispanic families.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

4. The focus of Bowen\'s multigenerational approach is on dealing with family of origin issues and detriangulating relationships.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 45

5. The cornerstone of Bowen\'s theory is differentiation of self.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 46

6. Carl Whitaker\'s style focuses on his own spontaneous reactions and craziness as a way to tap material that a family keeps secret.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 47

7. Whitaker\'s experiential/symbolic approach is based on a well-developed theory of how a family changes.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 48

8. Satir\'s human validation model focuses on functional versus dysfunctional communication in families.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 49

9. Because Bowen\'s multigenerational approach looks at families from a three-generational perspective, the therapist is mainly interested in past happenings and does not pay much attention to present issues.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 50

10. Minuchin\'s structural therapy is based on the notion that an individual\'s symptoms are best understood from the vantage point of interactional patterns within a family, and that structural changes must occur in a family before an individual\'s symptoms can be resolved.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 51

11. Structural family therapy deals with boundaries.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 52

12. The goal of structural family therapy is to break down any hierarchical structure and replace it with equal relationships among all family members.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 53

13. Structural family therapists limit their interventions to families alone

Accepted Answer

False

Question 54

14. Minuchin\'s approach to therapy is geared more toward insight, rather than taking action

Accepted Answer

False

Question 55

15. Strategic family therapy has its foundation in communications theory.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 56

16. Strategic family therapists do not generally deal with the presenting problem; rather, they focus on the underlying symptom of a dysfunctional system.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 57

17. The focus of strategic family therapy is on growth and resolving historical conflicts in a family rather than on dealing with present problems of a family.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 58

18. Strategic family therapy stresses some of the same basic concepts as the structural approach to family therapy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 59

19. The role of the strategic therapist involves being in charge of the session.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 60

20. Strategic therapists do not rely on therapy techniques to bring about change but instead give more stress to the therapist\'s relationship with a family.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 61

21. Minuchin and other structural family therapists initiated their work with wealthy suburban clients.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 62

22. Feminist, multicultural, and postmodern therapists are extremely aware of the power they have entering into already established systems, and they work to promote understanding through curiosity and interest rather than through formal assessments.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 63

23. Understanding family process is almost always facilitated by \"how\" questions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 64

24. Assessment is not considered useful in the family systems perspective.

Accepted Answer

False

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