Deck 3: Dynamic Family Commitments

Question 1

_______ wrote about the family being shelter, as it is the place where we launch, return, and land.

A) Bessel Van der Kolk
B) Mary Pipher
C) John Gottman
D) Sigmund Freud

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is characteristic of a healthy and functional family?

A) members fulfilling their individual responsibilities without feeling any obligations to their family
B) members exhibiting the rugged individualism required by society
C) members being actively responsible for themselves and caring for family members
D) members being dependent on their family to meet their needs

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The social customs and culture of most families from the United States are ______.

A) individualistic
B) socialistic
C) action oriented
D) collectivistic

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true about responsive parenting?

A) It means that the parent is able to read and understand what their child is communicating.
B) It means that the parent reacts to the needs the child displays.
C) It implies that the parent understand commonly accepted childcare practices.
D) It implies that the parent follows their intuition in parenting decisions.

Question 5

Ghosting is a form of _______.

A) disengagement
B) engagement
C) stonewalling
D) communication

Question 6

________ is considered the most toxic way of stopping communication.

A) Criticism
B) Name calling
C) Stonewalling
D) Defensiveness

Question 7

_______ identified dysfunctional communication patterns and called these the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."

A) Murray Bowen
B) John Gottman
C) Desmond Tutu
D) Clara Gerhardt

Question 8

Elise's dad hears her distressed cry in her crib in the middle of the night and he gets up to soothe her. Which one of this best describes the outcome for the one-year-old Elise?

A) She continues to manipulate for attention.
B) She learns that she cannot trust anyone else.
C) She learns that she is safe and can trust her dad.
D) There is no effect on her feeling of safety.

Question 9

Marco immigrated with his parents when he was one year old to escape violence. His family endured many physical and emotional hardships. His parents were unable to bond with Marco and he had difficulty regulating his emotions throughout his childhood and adolescence. Now as an adult and parent, he is likely to ______.

A) have difficulty being nurturing with his own children
B) be concerned about his child's need for connection
C) be responsible in learning how to be a good parent
D) travel with his kids to the country he immigrated from

Question 10

What do researchers on family dynamics contend about the effects of growing up in an emotionally abusive family?

A) It may help build resiliency for challenges later in life
B) It has little impact on one's ability to form attachments in adulthood
C) It has had limited consistent findings in research about impact on adult mental health
D) It may set the tone for adult relationships and parenting in the next generation

Question 11

The American Psychological Association reports that the effects of ______ can adversely affect a child's physiology and subsequently the impact of unmet needs.

A) stress and high amounts of the hormone, cortisol
B) excitement and release of endorphins
C) sadness and release of dopamine
D) stress and high amounts of growth hormone

Question 12

In what way do healthy families differ from dysfunctional families?

A) Healthy families may take many years to recover from adversity and trauma.
B) Dysfunctional families often have extended support systems.
C) Healthy families show resiliency and explore ways to cope with adversity.
D) Healthy families strive for perfection and often achieve it.

Question 13

How does communication play a role in healthy family functioning?

A) Healthy families do not see a need to discuss rules within the family.
B) Healthy families will openly talk about intimate aspects of the parents' relationship.
C) Healthy families do not allow discussion about opportunities for correcting misbehavior.
D) Healthy families model safe and emotionally supportive ways of talking to each other.

Question 14

What is a way to deal with blaming or abusive family interactions?

A) When being attacked by another member, change the conversation to a neutral topic.
B) Refrain from reacting by asking yourself if your reaction would help the relationship.
C) Use stonewalling to escape the interaction.
D) End your relationship with that family member.

Question 15

Addiction, domestic violence, poor communication patterns are often continued through what family systems dynamic?

A) intergenerational transmission process
B) negative and positive feedback loops
C) dynamic equilibrium
D) equifinality

Question 16

What is a helpful way to learn how to become responsive and responsible in healthy family interactions?

A) Choose to have kids.
B) Read self-help books.
C) Develop a partnership with a person who was raised in a nurturing family.
D) Attempt to help friends who are from addictive or abusive families.

Question 17

Which two family system theories or therapies are often integrated?

A) psychoanalytic and strategic
B) strategic and structural
C) bowenian and cognitive behavioral
D) gestalt and psychodynamic

Question 18

A fifth grade student who has recently been acting out in school was referred by the school counselor to Dr. Garcia, a licensed counselor. Dr. Garcia found out that the student's parents recently separated. What type of therapy might be appropriate given the student's circumstances?

A) cognitive behavioral therapy
B) psychoanalytic psychotherapy
C) gestalt therapy
D) structural family therapy

Question 19

A ______ is often used to show the interconnected influence that family members have on each other.

A) series of dashes
B) circle
C) decorative mobile
D) tree and its roots

Question 20

Causality in family systems theories is viewed as ______ rather than ______.

A) circular; linear
B) cause and effect; intrapsychic
C) psychodynamic; behavioral
D) linear; circular

Question 21

The importance of the circle of safety provided within family life is important for our survival and part of our ancestral human heritage.

Question 22

Responsive parenting is intuitive and requires little trial and error on the part of the parents.

Question 23

Healthy families are not "perfect families", but they are able to recover from adversity and achieve stability after some dysfunctional interactions.

Question 24

Family systems therapists search for the cause of the presenting problematic behavior that brings the family to therapy and work to rectify that causal dynamic in the family.

Question 25

What is meant by intergenerational transmission process in family systems theory and describe an example.