Deck 16: Group and Family Therapy

Question 1

In group therapy,a client's experience that "we're all in the same boat" best describes the therapeutic factor labeled by Irvin Yalom as _____.

A) catharsis
B) interpersonal learning
C) imitative behavior
D) universality

Answer 1

universality

Question 2

Regarding the causes of psychological problems,_____ therapists tend to endorse a linear model of causality,whereas _____ therapists tend to endorse a circular model of causality.

A) cognitive; humanistic
B) family; individual
C) behavioral; cognitive
D) individual; family

Answer 2

individual; family

Question 3

_____ is one of the 11 therapeutic factors for group psychotherapy according to Irvin Yalom.

A) Altruism
B) Universality
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Answer 3

all of the above

Question 4

_____ is one of the 11 therapeutic factors for group psychotherapy according to Irvin Yalom.

A) Instillation of hope
B) Exposure to anxiety-provoking stimuli
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Question 5

Although psychological symptoms may appear maladaptive,they are often in fact adaptive within the family environment of the individual.Family therapists refer to this idea as _____.

A) triangulation
B) the social microcosm
C) functionalism
D) interpersonal learning

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true of group therapy?

A) One advantage of having cotherapists is the ability to foster recapitulation of the family group.
B) Extra-group socializing among group members poses little or no consequences.
C) Fellow group members are legally and ethically bound to maintain the confidentiality of information discussed during group sessions.
D) all of the above

Question 7

In group therapy,the group typically and ideally contains about _____ members.

A) 3
B) 7
C) 12
D) 20

Question 8

Irvin Yalom's approach to group psychotherapy has been labeled _____.

A) interpersonal
B) behavioral
C) solution-focused
D) narrative

Question 9

More than any other form of therapy,_____ therapy is characterized by a systems approach to understanding psychological problems.

A) group
B) family
C) behavioral
D) cognitive

Question 10

Group therapists typically encourage clients toward examining

A) here-and-now relationships with fellow group members.
B) illogical thoughts.
C) reinforcements and punishments that represent contingencies for specific observable behaviors.
D) the styles of parenting used by their parents.

Question 11

Therapy groups may either be ____,allowing individual members to enter or leave at any time,or _____,requiring members to enter and finish therapy together.

A) open-enrollment; closed-enrollment
B) fluid-enrollment; static-enrollment
C) closed-enrollment; open-enrollment
D) static-enrollment; fluid-enrollment

Question 12

_____ is NOT one of the 11 therapeutic factors for group psychotherapy according to Irvin Yalom.

A) Catharsis
B) Interpersonal learning
C) International factors
D) Group cohesiveness

Question 13

In group therapy,the term social microcosm refers to the idea that

A) group members often establish friendships and romantic relationships outside of the therapy setting.
B) group members often have isolated lives and have allowed their social contacts to become infrequent, and these tendencies contribute to their psychological problems.
C) the problems of most group members stem from antisocial tendencies, the exploration of which requires recollections from early childhood.
D) the relationship tendencies that characterize clients' problematic relationships in their personal lives will also characterize the relationships they form with fellow group members.

Question 14

_____ has emerged as a leading figure in the interpersonal approach to group therapy.

A) Aaron Beck
B) Albert Ellis
C) Irvin Yalom
D) Donald Meichenbaum

Question 15

According to Yalom,_____,or learning from in-group interpersonal experiences,is at the heart of group therapy.

A) universality
B) group cohesiveness
C) interpersonal learning
D) social reeducation

Question 16

According to Irvin Yalom,group therapy is most successful when group therapists

A) approach it as a series of one-on-one interactions with clients.
B) take advantage of the fact that clients will display their problematic interpersonal tendencies toward other members of the group.
C) limit the size of the group to four or fewer members.
D) focus on the group members' recollections of early childhood.

Question 17

The _____ approach to psychotherapy has been adapted for use with groups of clients (rather than individual clients).

A) behavioral
B) psychodynamic
C) cognitive
D) all of the above

Question 18

Irvin Yalom

A) is a prominent researcher of family therapies.
B) believes an individual's disorder is a byproduct of his disturbed way of getting along with other people.
C) suggests the application of a medical model for treatment of family-based disorders.
D) all of the above

Question 19

Which of the following is true regarding group therapy?

A) Extra-group socializing is encouraged by most group therapists.
B) Cotherapists must share identical therapy orientation in order to be effective.
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Question 20

_____ plays the same role in group therapy that the therapeutic relationship/alliance plays in individual therapy.

A) Altruism
B) Group cohesiveness
C) Universality
D) Solution-talk

Question 21

What type of family therapy uses "solution-talk" and focuses almost exclusively on solutions?

Question 22

Explain Yalom's corrective recapitulation of the primary family group.

Question 23

A therapist frequently asks clients these questions: "Are your problems present every hour of every day? When they are not so bad,what have you done to make them better?" These questions suggest that this therapist is most likely following which approach to therapy?

A) solution-focused
B) humanistic
C) interpersonal
D) metacognitive

Question 24

List three of Yalom's therapeutic factors for group psychotherapy.

Question 25

When providing psychotherapy services to a family,

A) information related to the psychologist by one family member is always kept in confidence from all other family members.
B) the clinician must provide the family with a systems-based DSM diagnosis.
C) the ground rules for confidentiality should be established with all family members during the initial consultation.
D) psychologists are encouraged to assign some sort of individual diagnosis to one of the family members to facilitate reimbursement from insurance companies.

Question 26

The genogram is an assessment technique used most often by _____ therapists.

A) behavioral
B) humanistic
C) group
D) family

Question 27

Exception questions,such as "When was this not a problem for you?" or "When was this not so bad?" and the formula-first session task,in which clients consider what aspects of their lives they want to remain the same,are important components of _____.

A) narrative therapy
B) humanistic therapy
C) solution-focused therapy
D) structural family therapy

Question 28

Two parents in conflict with one another each make efforts to recruit their child to their side in order to support their position in the conflict.According to family therapists,this exemplifies _____.

A) an undifferentiated ego mass
B) triangulation
C) extra-group socializing
D) linear causality

Question 29

The Conflict Tactics Scale

A) is a projective personality test for children.
B) is a neuropsychological screen.
C) includes questions about how individuals behave when disagreements arise.
D) none of the above

Question 30

_____ therapy asks patients to revise their life "stories" to recast themselves as the heroes in the story,ultimately enhancing patients' views of self.

Question 31

Briefly,for what is the Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS)used?

Question 32

What is the name of the tool used to assess families that involves drawing a family tree and labeling the relationships between the individuals on the family tree?

Question 33

Which of the following is NOT one of the seven stages through which typical intact middle-class American families proceed?

A) leaving home
B) joining of families through marriage or union
C) launching children and moving on in midlife
D) resignation and acceptance of death

Question 34

The notions of family structure,subsystems,and boundaries are important components of the type of family therapy practiced by _____.

A) Salvador Minuchin
B) Carl Rogers
C) Steve deShazer and Insoo Kim Berg
D) Irvin Yalom

Question 35

Individual psychotherapists tend to explain psychological problems with _____ causality,whereas family therapists tend to explain psychological problems with _____ causality.

Question 36

When a family enters treatment,they often point out one family member whose symptoms are most obvious or problematic,and identify him as the source of the family's problems.This singled out family member is known as the _____.

Question 37

The Conflict Tactics Scale assesses _____.

A) depression
B) abuse and violence within families
C) cognitive confrontation
D) cognitive distortion

Question 38

Who is the leading figure in the interpersonal approach to group therapy?

Question 39

A _____ is a paper-and-pencil method of creating a family tree that incorporates detailed information about the relationships among family members.

A) histogram
B) genogram
C) histoplot
D) genoplot

Question 40

A basic premise of _____ therapy is that by "editing" the "life stories" clients tell themselves,clients can improve their mental health.

A) solution-focused
B) narrative
C) structural family
D) group

Question 41

Briefly describe each of McGoldrick,Carter,and Garcia-Preto's (2011)seven family life cycle stages.

Question 42

What do group therapists mean by the term social microcosm?

Question 43

Compare and contrast linear causality and circular causality.

Question 44

Compare and contrast open-enrollment groups and closed-enrollment groups as models of group therapy.