Deck 11: Family Therapy

Question 1

Second order cybernetics focuses primarily on:

A)the role of circular causality in a family system.
B)feedback loops.
C)boundaries within a family subsystem.
D)the impact of the family therapist on the family system.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The primary conceptual difference between family systems approaches and Adlerian psychotherapy is the Adlerian's:

A)emphasis on the social context of behavior.
B)therapeutic focus on the individual.
C)holistic view of the individual.
D)focus on present circumstances and future goals.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Rather than providing an objective view regarding a conflict, a family therapist asks questions of each family member to obtain their perspective.This approach would be described as:

A)reframing.
B)cognitive restructuring.
C)circular questioning.
D)the miracle question.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The family therapy approach most likely to focus on the multigenerational transmission of problems and each family member's ability to differentiate is:

A)object relations.
B)experiential.
C)structural.
D)transgenerational.

Question 5

Sandy's parents are overly involved in her life and the boundaries within her family are diffuse.This family would be described as:

A)enmeshed.
B)restrictive.
C)disengaged.
D)isolative.

Question 6

The manner in which a family arranges, organizes, and maintains itself is known as its:

A)evolution.
B)structure.
C)process.
D)wholeness.

Question 7

Rigid boundaries that permit limited emotional contact between members characterize families that are:

A)open.
B)disengaged.
C)relational.
D)enmeshed.

Question 8

A therapist employing paradoxical interventions most likely adheres to which of the following family therapy viewpoints?

A)Strategic
B)Structural
C)Experiential
D)Behavioral

Question 9

Family therapists shift the locus of pathology from individuals to:

A)parents.
B)sociocultural norms.
C)biological predispositions.
D)family systems.

Question 10

In systems terms, family boundaries yield systems that:

A)are defined as either open or closed.
B)represent flexibility or insularity.
C)exist along an open/closed continuum.
D)refer to visible lines separating subsystems.

Question 11

A family is encouraged to tell the "family story" with hope that a new family story can be developed to facilitate change.Which of the following therapy approaches is being used?

A)Strategic
B)Social constructionist
C)Structural
D)Cognitive-behavioral

Question 12

During an argument, a father nonverbally communicates to his son to "cool off" prior to further interactions.This is an example of:

A)negative feedback.
B)linear causality.
C)positive feedback.
D)miscommunication.

Question 13

Assuming a child's tantrum occurs because parents reinforced the behavior would be consistent with which theoretical orientation listed below?

A)Psychoanalytic
B)Behavioral
C)Person-centered
D)Family systems

Question 14

A parent tells a child "I love spending time with you" while appearing annoyed.This is an example of:

A)redundancy principle.
B)pseudomutuality.
C)pseudohostility.
D)double-bind communication.

Question 15

Viewing interactions as reciprocal suggests causality is:

A)circular.
B)undetermined.
C)linear.
D)determined.

Question 16

An alcoholic husband maintains an authoritative manner with his wife and children while the wife acts as if nothing is wrong.This scenario illustrates:

A)pseudohostility.
B)scapegoating.
C)marital schism.
D)marital skew.

Question 17

Family therapists are encouraged to take a gender-sensitive outlook.This means the therapist should:

A)assess but not attempt to modify a family's views of gender roles.
B)theoretically separate the influence of gender from culture and social class.
C)compensate for disparate opportunities offered to males and females in a family.
D)be careful not to reinforce sexist or patriarchal attitudes.

Question 18

A couple escalates an argument regardless of the consequences.This is an example of:

A)linear causality.
B)negative feedback.
C)homeostasis.
D)positive feedback.

Question 19

The Psychodynamics of Family Life, viewed by many as the first text defining the field of family therapy, was written by:

A)Nathan Ackerman.
B)Virginia Satir.
C)Jay Haley.
D)Salvador Minuchin.

Question 20

In family therapy, the term "identified patient" conveys that:

A)one member of the family typically creates the unit's discord.
B)family meetings are used to convince individual members to seek help.
C)a symptomatic family member expresses family dysfunction.
D)family therapy should focus on identifying the problems of each individual.

Question 21

To deal with their daughter's refusal to eat, previously controlling parents attempt to interact supportively and empower their daughter to make her own decisions.This scenario represents a change that is:

A)second-order.
B)first-order.
C)third-order.
D)multiple-order.

Question 22

A genogram is a:

A)compilation of each family member's values and ideals.
B)family tree diagram of generational behavior patterns.
C)reenactment of previous negative communication patterns.
D)physical acting out of family conflicts.

Question 23

When family boundaries are overly diffuse, they are described as representing _______.

Question 24

When problems are passed down from a grandmother to a mother and to a daughter, this is termed _______ transmission.

Question 25

The redundancy principle refers to a family's:

A)desire to scapegoat a family member.
B)restricted range of interactional patterns.
C)maladaptive response to family crises.
D)need to enact family of origin issues.

Question 26

To deal with their own sense of loneliness in a marriage, a couple becomes overly involved in the problems of their son.This model of interaction is:

A)monadic.
B)dyadic.
C)biadic.
D)triadic.

Question 27

A family argues constantly to avoid intimacy.This illustrates:

A)scapegoating.
B)mystification.
C)pseudo-hostility.
D)double bind.

Question 28

A mother tells her child "I know you're not hungry," despite the child's sense that he/she is hungry.This is an example of:

A)triadic communication.
B)pseudo-mutuality.
C)mystification.
D)redundancy principle.

Question 29

A family therapist employing a solution-focused approach asks the miracle question.The therapist wants to know what would happen if a miracle occurred and:

A)the family won a large sum of money.
B)one member of the family could be changed.
C)the problem that lead to therapy was solved.
D)family members never saw each other again.

Question 30

A family therapist interacts in a manner that is:

A)active, empathic and balanced.
B)nondirective and insight-oriented.
C)passive and nonjudgmental.
D)separately-oriented toward family members.

Question 31

A dysfunctional family's portrayal of false closeness that forces togetherness despite individual needs is referred to as:

A)pseudo-hostility.
B)double bind.
C)pseudo-mutuality.
D)mystification.

Question 32

The individual identified with strategic family therapy is _______.

Question 33

Which of the following family paradigms is likely to lead to the LEAST dysfunction?

A)Consensus-sensitive
B)Environmentally-sensitive
C)Interpersonal-distance-sensitive
D)Neutrally-sensitive

Question 34

Designing interventions that are paradoxical in nature is known as:

A)reframing.
B)circular questioning.
C)family sculpting.
D)therapeutic double-binds.

Question 35

A family therapist will typically ask which of the following family members to attend the initial session?

A)Only the identified patient
B)The entire family
C)Only the parents
D)The identified patient and the parents

Question 36

A family therapist asks each member of a family sequentially to pose the other family members in physical space as a representation of their view of the family.This technique is known as:

A)reframing.
B)family sculpting.
C)enactment.
D)circular questioning.

Question 37

Family systems that allow new information in and individuals within the family to see things from different perspectives are called _______ systems.

Question 38

Blaming marital discord on a wife's rigid, controlling demeanor would presume a model of interaction that was:

A)biadic.
B)dyadic.
C)triadic.
D)monadic.

Question 39

Effectiveness studies of family therapy focus primarily on:

A)whether a treatment works under ideal conditions.
B)the cost-benefit analysis of individual versus family therapy.
C)the risks of using solution-focused therapy in high risk situations.
D)whether a treatment works in real clinical situations.

Question 40

The founder of structural family therapy is _______.

Question 41

Communication that leads to mixed messages results in a(n) _______ relationship.

Question 42

Family therapists would often say that the identified patient in a family has been _______ by the family, as the family blames them for the family's problem.

Question 43

When a family therapist makes a conscious attempt to form coalitions with one member against another within a family, this technique is called _______.

Question 44

When a third person is brought into a dyadic relationship to deal with a conflict, this is termed _______.

Question 45

When the parents within a family offer repeated threats of separation and utilize the child in order to disqualify one another, this is referred to as _______.