Deck 8: Couple and Marriage Therapy and Enrichment

Question 1

A procedure used in behavioral couple approaches in which one or both partners act as if they care about each other, regardless of the other's actions, is called:

A) behavioral analysis
B) self-analysis
C) gunnysacking or dumping
D) caring days

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Risk factors for infidelity are higher for

A) European Americans; females
B) African Americans; males
C) older couples; working outside the home
D) low marital satisfaction; frequent church attendance

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The ideal time for premarital counseling is 4 to 12 weeks before the wedding date.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A good example of a marriage education program is Smart Marriage.

Question 5

Which couples therapy approach focuses primarily on negotiating pleasant behaviors and teaching problem solving and communication skills?

A) Behavioral Couple Therapy
B) Emotionally Focused Therapy
C) Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy
D) Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy

Question 6

Infidelity in American society is:

A) rare
B) increasing
C) decreasing
D) common

Question 7

Which couples therapy approach focuses on the dual perspectives of intrapsychic processes and interpersonal processes?

A) Behavioral Couple Therapy
B) Emotionally Focused Therapy
C) Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy
D) Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy

Question 8

Important goals of divorce therapy would include all the following except:

A) to help build attachment and connectness
B) coping with religious or spiritual angst
C) accepting the end of the marriage
D) negotiating a reasonably equitable legal settlement

Question 9

Common topics for marriage encounter, enrichment, and education programs include communication skills and conflict resolution.

Question 10

In premarital counseling, the focus is on

A) prevention
B) enrichment
C) generalization
D) all of the above

Question 11

Crisis oriented couples approaches are _____ effective in the long term than approaches with developmental perspectives.

A) more
B) less C about the same
D) there is no such comparison

Question 12

The overall goal of marriage enrichment, education, and enhancement programs is to

A) settle disputes or dissolve marriage in nonadversarial ways
B) improve the functioning and quality of marriages
C) explore intrapsychi processing
D) resolve family of origin issues

Question 13

Most couples treated do not return to original levels of relationship discord.

Question 14

In treating cases of infidelity, three recovery stages have been identified.

A) Stage 1 a moratorium Stage 2 an emotional roller coaster of emotions
Stage 3 trust building
B) Stage 1 an emotional roller coaster of emotions Stage 2 trust building
Stage 3 a moratorium
C) Stage 1 trust building Stage 2 a moratorium
Stage 3 an emotional roller coaster of emotions
D) Stage 1 an emotional roller coaster of emotions Stage 2 a moratorium
Stage 3 trust building

Question 15

Mediation, when compared to divorce proceedings, is _____.

A) quicker
B) less costly
C) less hostile
D) all of the above

Question 16

Because all marriages have some conflict, individual therapy is more effective than conjoint therapy

Question 17

The process of helping families or couples settle disputes or dissolve their relationships in a nonadversarial way is called:

A) marriage education
B) marriage encounter
C) relationship enhancement
D) mediation

Question 18

Effective treatments for infidelity include

A) Multisystemic
B) community reinforcement
C) Behavioral and Cognitive-behavioral
D) Bowen and Structural

Question 19

When treating cases of infidelity, it is important for therapists to assess for the _____ context, as this may define how a couple view unfaithfulness.

A) historical
B) cultural
C) narrative
D) self-determinism
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Question 20

There are three preventive approaches to working with couples. They are:

A) primary, secondary, tertiary
B) premarital, education, enrichment
C) universal, selective, indicated
D) premarital, psychoeducational, conflict resolution