Family Therapy Test Questions - Flashcards

question

In the view of the authors, entrance into a family can occur:

answer

through birth, adoption, or other committed relationships

question

A family's influence over its members is likely to cease upon:

answer

none of these

question

As the result of differing socialization experiences, men and women typically:

answer

all families have resources to call upon

question

Which of the following statments is true?

answer

all families have resources to call upon

question

Clinical theories that focus on the individual probably emphasize:

answer

intrapsychic events

question

An ecosystemic approach to family assessment and tretment focuses on:

answer

the larger systems in which the family is embedded

question

Adpopting a family psychology framework permits one to:

answer

focus on the context in which individual behavior is but one part

question

Dyads and triads refer to:

answer

two or three personal relationships

question

Epistemology refers to:

answer

rules for gaining knowledge and drawing conclusions about the world

question

According to the text, the major credit for applying cybernetic principles to human communication belongs to:

answer

Bateson

question

When family therpists refer to first-order cybernetics, they are attending to:

answer

patterns of structure and feedback control that govern systems

question

Reciprocal determinism refers to:

answer

adopting a relationship outlook

question

If content is the language of linear causality, then _____________is the language of circular causality.

answer

process

question

The "identified patient" is the person in the family who:

answer

all of these

question

Minuchin, a structuralist, views symptomatic behavior in a family member as arising from:

answer

dysfunctional family transactions

question

White views the symptoms of an identified patient as rooted in:

answer

family constructions

question

The family therpaist who joins a family and engages in a dialogue rather than observing from the outside is probably an advocate of:

answer

second-order cybernetics

question

The observer is an integral part of the family system rather than an outside observer, according to:

answer

constructionists

question

A family's social class membership is likely to influence:

answer

all of these

question

Family therapiss with a transgenerational view:

answer

attend to a family's intergenerational issues

question

Family stage markers are events in a family's life that:

answer

demand a new adaptation

question

From a family life cycle perspective, psychiatric symptoms in a family member represent:

answer

a signal that the family is having problems mastering the tasks at that state in the cycle

question

Early developmental schemes typically described:

answer

intact middle class American families

question

Which group of family therapists is most apt to study family transitions?

answer

structuralists

question

Which of the following constitutes a horizontal stressor?

answer

birth of a handicapped child

question

A common impact of migration on families is:

answer

all of these

question

Combrinck-Graham suggests that family development frequently alternates between

answer

centripetal and centrifugal periods

question

A young adult's primary developmental task is:

answer

separating from one's parents without cutting off from them

question

The term "suprasystem" refers to:

answer

husband, wife, children, and extended family members

question

Families with an adolescent frequently must deal with:

answer

all of these

question

What Carter and McGoldrick refer to as "launching children and moving on" is called what by Gerson?

answer

contraction

question

Most heads of one-parent households:

answer

eventually remarry

question

The number of children living in one-parent households:

answer

tripled between 1960 and 1994

question

Lesbian parents:

answer

all of these

question

Which of the following is considered a gender issue?

answer

all of these

question

Gender differences in perception and behavior result from:

answer

both biological and cultural factors

question

The role that her relationships with others play in a woman's life is emphasized by:

answer

Miller

question

The Women's Project in Family Therapy:

answer

all of these

question

Feminist-informed therapists are especially critical of:

answer

the view that feeling is less mature than thinking

question

Feminists are critical of the cybernetic concept of circular causality in male-female relationships because of the implication of:

answer

equal power and control

question

Today, working wives:

answer

all of these

question

Gender-sensitive family therapy:

answer

is built upon feminist family therapy

question

Homophobia is often a characteristic of:

answer

the "masculine mystique"

question

One goal of gender-sensitive family therapy is to:

answer

enable clients to move beyond prescribed sex roles

question

Cultural specificity refers to:

answer

detailed knowldge regarding unfamiliar groups

question

Understanding the male/female interactive patterns among Turkish American families:

answer

culture-specific

question

Idiosyncratic family pattern refers to:

answer

a pattern unique to a specific family

question

Ethnicity and cultural tradition:

answer

affect how we think, feel, express anxieties, etc.

question

The renewed interest in ethnicity is intended to:

answer

all of these

question

Children living with unmarried mothers are:

answer

probably poor

question

Aponte contends that power is largely determined by:

answer

class membership

question

Which of the following statements is true?

answer

family therapists are likely to be middle class in viewpoint

question

A systems perspective:

answer

stresses wholeness or unity

question

Feminists challenge the systems metaphor because it:

answer

ignores gender and power issues

question

Families interact in repetitive behavioral sequences. This is known as:

answer

the redundancy principle

question

Metarules are:

answer

unstated family directives

question

A family's metarules refers to:

answer

rules about the rules

question

Homeostasis refers to:

answer

the inclination of a system to maintain a dynamic equilibrium around a central tendency

question

In families labeled as pathogenic, demands by an adolescent for a rule change would likely be met with:

answer

increased rigidity regarding the retention of rules

question

Advocates of a new epistemology view the therapist's role as:

answer

searching for new levels of balance

question

"Attenuated feedback loops" is suggested in the text as a better term for:

answer

negative feedback

question

Which of the following statements is true?

answer

negative feedback is corrective, adjusting the input and returning the system to a steady state

question

Anthropologist Bateson has defined _____________as "a difference that makes a difference."

answer

information

question

According to the text, which subsystem is basic in a family?

answer

spousal

question

The elements of a system are delineated by its:

answer

boundaries

question

Closed systems tend to become disorganized and into disorder. This is known as:

answer

entropy

question

Families that live in relative isolation, communicating primarily among themselves, are apt to become:

answer

relatively closed systems

question

The consultant who takes the interaction of two systems into account is using which approach?

answer

ecosystemic

question

The family therapist who acts as a systems consultant:

answer

all of these

question

Most authorities consider the family therapy movement to have gotten underway:

answer

shortly after World War II

question

A schizophrenogenic mother is one who:

answer

is possessive and guilt-producing

question

The study of paradoxes of communication in animals as well as humans is associated with the name of:

answer

Bateson

question

A double-bind situation calls for:

answer

all of these

question

In a marital schism situation, each partner:

answer

undermines the other

question

Bowen studied families with schizophrenic members, especially their:

answer

symbiotic mother/child interactions

question

Pseudomutuality refers to:

answer

the appearance of an open relationship without really having one

question

Which of the following is not considered a founder of marriage counseling?

answer

Nathan Ackerman

question

Alfred Adler is generally credited with founding:

answer

the child guidance movement

question

Family therapy gained its initial legitimacy during the 1950's by:

answer

emphasizing research over treatment

question

The authors consider all but one of the following to be the major founders of family therapy:

answer

Miller

question

The first journal devoted exclusively to family therapy, and edited by Jay Haley, appeared in 1962, which was named:

answer

Family Process

question

When Beels and Ferber classified the leading family therapist in 1969, they distinguished two types, conductors and _____________.

answer

reactors

question

The largest organization of family therapists is the:

answer

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

question

The underlying patterns of family life was said by the new epistemologists to be best captured by the:

answer

aesthetic approach

question

According to the text, there is a developing trend toward:

answer

integration of approaches

question

When organisms are said to be structure determined, it means:

answer

they are limited by the repertoire of their structure

question

The Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic is especially known for their work with:

answer

psychosomatic families

question

A ___________ law regulates who may practice in a state.

answer

licensing

question

Mandating that certain courses be taken before license renewal is called:

answer

continuing education

question

Freedom of choice laws:

answer

allow consumers to choose between licensed practitioners

question

Peer consultation groups typically involve:

answer

independent private practice

question

Managed care plans require:

answer

preauthorization before therapy

question

In a typical managed care arrangement:

answer

therapists must submit written treatment plans

question

The probability of a psychologist being sued in court is:

answer

less than one in 100

question

Which of the following is a true statement?

answer

Practitioners are expected to be informed and act in good faith

question

Clients need to be told of the possible risks before commencing treatment. This is an example of:

answer

informed consent

question

One way to avoid successful malpractice suits is to:

answer

all of these

question

Defrauding insurance carriers is likely to be met with a/an ____________ level sanction by the APA.

answer

expulsion

question

The AAMFT Code of Ethics covers all but one of the following. Which one is not covered?

answer

training

question

"Family therapy may be hazardous to your health." This statement points to the fact that

answer

what most benefits the family as a whole may not be best for each member

question

In the case of detected child abuse, the therapist should:

answer

report it immediately to the police or child welfare agency

question

A legal exception to confidentiality maintenance occurs in the case of:

answer

divulging information to third party payors

question

Informed consent before commencing therapy might include:

answer

all of these

question

Ethical questions in regard to strategic therapies have focused on the use of:

answer

paradoxical techniques

question

Which integrative theory has emerged as dominant in the field of family therapy?

answer

none of these

question

Which integrative theory has emerged as dominant in the field of family therapy?

answer

confirms predictions

question

Sullivan emphasized all but one of the following as emerging from early mother-child relationships. Which one does not belong?

answer

real me

question

Which one of the following models of family interaction is based largely on the psychoanalytic model?

answer

psychodynamic

question

Object relations therapy is a:

answer

form of psychodynamic therapy developed in Britain

question

Ackerman used the term __________ to describe several disabilities within a family which depend on each other for expression or control.

answer

interlocking pathology

question

By "tickling the defenses" Ackerman meant:

answer

catching members off guard and exposing their self-justifying rationalization

question

Object relations theory evolved from the study of:

answer

early mother-infant relationships

question

Which of the following would not be considered to be a part of the British Middle School:

answer

Framo

question

When a child internalizes the image of his mother into a good object and a bad object, he is engaging in:

answer

splitting

question

Troubled marriages are said by object relations theorists to be contaminated by pathogenic introjects. These refer to:

answer

imprinted memories

question

Framo's outlook on family functioning is based on which theory?

answer

object relations theory

question

Framo utilizes all but one of the following in this family therapy:

answer

individual sessions with each spouse separately

question

The family therapy approach that comes closest to classical psychoanalytic theory is that offered by:

answer

Scharff

question

Object Relations Family Therapy emphasizes the basic human need for:

answer

attachment

question

A holding environment refers to:

answer

being raised in a caring and nurturing home

question

In Kohut's system, self objects refer to:

answer

viewing parents as extensions of oneself

question

Common terms used by experiential therapists include all but one of the following. Which term does not fit with the others?

answer

unconscious

question

All but one of the following can be considered to adhere to an experiential model. Which one does not belong?

answer

Bowen

question

Experiential therapists are especially critical of:

answer

intellectualization

question

In Whitaker's view of psychotherapy, both therapist and client(s):

answer

regress

question

Whitaker conceptualizes schizophrenia as:

answer

an intrapsychic and interpersonal dilemma

question

The fundamental curative factors in psychotherapy, according to Whitaker, are:

answer

symbolic

question

In Whitaker's therapeutic approach, it is essential that the therapist win the battle for:

answer

structure

question

The therapist's role in Gestalt Family therapy is to help clients:

answer

become aware of what they do to block achieving what they want

question

In exchange with the silent husband described in the text, Kempler was:

answer

challenging and assertive

question

Humanistically-oriented therapists view dysfunctional behavior as:

answer

a deficit in growth

question

Satir called her approach:

answer

the human validation process

question

The primary survival triad, according to Satir, refers to:

answer

father, mother, child

question

In Satir's classification of communication stances, blamers are considered to be struggling with feelings of:

answer

loneliness

question

The Family Life Chronology is essentially:

answer

a review of key events throughout the family's life cycle to date

question

Satir's _________ style with families has been studied by Bandler, Grinder, and Satir.

answer

linguistic

question

The number of followers of Satir's methods:

answer

has dwindled since her death

question

Emotionally-focused therapeutic efforts are:

answer

an outgrowth of humanistic therapies

question

Emotionally-focused Couple Therapy is:

answer

all of these

Family Therapy Test Questions – Flashcards

Unlock all answers in this set

Haven't found what you were looking for?

Search for samples, answers to your questions and flashcards