Deck 11: Systemic Interventions

Question 1

The construction of a "blueprint" of the family's history is known as:

A) Developing the family plan
B) Constructing a family hierarchy
C) Creating family tension
D) Creating a family genogram

Answer 1

D

Question 2

A rule in negotiating with another family member is:

A) Always let the other person speak first.
B) Never respond to gripes with a gripe of your own.
C) Try to have the last word.
D) None of the above.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In the distancer/pursuer couple, the problem lies with the distancer.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The strategic family therapist would be relatively unconcerned with:

A) Defining the problem
B) Introducing therapeutic directives
C) Measuring client satisfaction
D) All of the above

Question 5

The family system seeks to maintain itself even when the system is failing to meet the
needs of individual members.

Question 6

Which of the following would contribute to the organization of a family system?

A) The family's ethnicity
B) The family's socioeconomic status
C) The family's members
D) All of the above.

Question 7

When the family's problem is poor communication patterns, the preferred solution is a
strategic intervention.

Question 8

A useful way of teaching the family how to negotiate conflict is:

A) The use of roleplay
B) To confront the family's agenda
C) Paradoxing the family e
D) All of the above.

Question 9

In the distancer/pursuer couple, the problem lies with the pursuer.

Question 10

Joining with each family member involves much more than social identification.

Question 11

In culturally pluralistic families, which of the following could lead to family conflict?

A) The father's cultural heritage
B) The mother's cultural heritage
C) The number of children
D) The degree of acculturation by the children

Question 12

The purpose of family sculpture is to generate insights and family awareness of the perceptions
of individual members.

Question 13

Which of the following sources also reflects a cultural dimension to systems thinking?

A) Bowenian family systems.
B) Structural family therapy
C) Strategic intervention school
D) Object relations family therapy

Question 14

Dysfunctional families tend to have weak boundaries.

Question 15

When the counselor pushes the family system by escalating a conflict into a crisis, the technique is:

A) Unethical
B) Intensification
C) an object relations move
D) All of the above

Question 16

Family members can be taught how to improve their communication patterns through:

A) The Awareness Wheel exercise
B) Practice, practice, practice
C) Avoiding over-responsible behavior
D) All of the above

Question 17

Not all communication problems are caused by under-responsible patterns of communication.

Question 18

A good rule to follow when resolving a family conflict is to state clearly and specifically
the gripes you have with other family members.

Question 19

According to structural family therapists, after joining with the family, the counselor should:

A) Generate and observe the family interaction.
B) Diagnose the family structure
C) Identify and modify family reactions
D) Reconstruct family boundaries

Question 20

Family therapy models that embrace systemic thinking have been criticized for their lack
of attention to ethnicity issues.