From a Bowenian perspective, optimal development in the family occurs when all members are relatively differentiated, anxiety is low, and parents
_____________________.
1. form an executive subsystem
2. are cut-off from dysfunctional family members
3. avoid heightened emotionality
4.
remain in emotional contact with family of origin
4. Question 4
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According to Bowen, the underlying factor in the genesis of psychological problems is __________, which is passed down from one generation to the next.
1. triangulation
2. emotional fusion
3. emotional cutoff
4. social influence
5. Question 5
Which of the following is true about the "differentiated" individual?
1.
They can extricate themself from all emotional triangles. 2.
They can balance their needs for closeness and autonomy. 3.
They avoid contact with their parents.
4.
They approach life in a purely rational fashion.
6. Question 6
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Which of the following is a primary goal of communications family therapy?
1. To foster insight 2. To negatively reinforce symptoms
3.
To promote individuation of family members
4. To interrupt dysfunctional feedback loops
7. Question 7 1/1
Relabeling a family's description of behavior to make it more amenable to therapeutic change is called what?
1. Reframing 2. Prescribing the symptom 3. Reinforcement reciprocity
4. A double-bind
8. Question 8 1/1
Basic change in the structure and functioning of a system is known in general systems theory as which of the following?
1. First-order change 2. Second-order change 3.
Quid pro quo change 4. Paradoxical change 9. Question 9 1/1
The method of interviewing developed by the Milan associates in which questions are asked to highlight differences among family members, is known as which of the following?
1.
A therapeutic double-bind 2. Circular questioning 3. Positive connotation 4. A family ritual
10. Question 10 1/1
Action and insight are the primary vehicles of change in family therapy. The __________ school emphasizes behavioral change and eschews insight as a medium for change.
1. structural 2. strategic 3. psychodynamic 4. experiential
11. Question 11 1/1
A family therapist who begins a session by greeting individual family members by name and asking for each person's view of the problem is demonstrating which strategy?
1. Boundary making 2.
Highlighting the interactions 3. Accommodating 4.
Joining
12. Question 12
What is the primary treatment goal of structural family therapy?
1.
To teach the family problem-solving strategies
2.
To alter the family structure 3.
To strengthen boundaries around rigid family subsystems 4.
To heighten emotional experiencing
13. Question 13 1/1
Structural family therapists use _________ to observe and then modify interactions that make up family structure.
1. genograms
2. paradoxical directives
3. double-binds
4. enactments
14. Question 14
Which of the following is the goal when working with enmeshed families in structural family therapy?
1.
To establish reinforcement reciprocity by teaching methods of positive control
2.
To differentiate individuals and subsystems by strengthening the boundaries around them
3.
To increase interaction by making boundaries more permeable
4.
All of the above 15. Question 15 1/1
In order to discern a family's structure, two things are necessary: a theoretical system that explains structure and _____________________.
1. family members' self-reports 2. live observation 3. a structured assessment interview 4.
none of the above