Deck 11: Family Interventions

Question 1

Why is the family "system" such a powerful unit? How could such a system contribute to an adolescent becoming involved in the justice system? How could such as system help rehabilitate an antisocial family member?

Answer 1

No Answer

Question 2

Compare the communications model of family therapy with the structural model. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Which do you prefer?

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

What are the advantages of Multisystemic Family Therapies over some of the other models discussed in this chapter?

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

Discuss the use of family therapy interventions with child abuse. What kind of interventions seem to work best with this problem area?

Question 5

How could a family therapy program be useful with incarcerated people and their families? What would be some unique aspects and limitations of such a program?

Question 6

Improper socialization of children is just one of the many ways in which families play a role in producing criminal behavior

Question 7

The day-to-day business of criminal justice agencies does much to threaten the stability of families

Question 8

Fortunately, the correctional client improves during treatment and often takes that improvement with him or her into the family setting on the outside, improving it as well

Question 9

The family is often the key to long-term change, because in most instances it exercises its influence over the entire life span

Question 10

Family therapy has been encouraged throughout history by such major figures as Freud, Rogers, and others

Question 11

Good approaches to family therapy must also modify their approach to reflect ethnic diversity

Question 12

"Homeostasis" is the term used to define a steady state of equilibrium or sta?bility

Question 13

Most of the writing on family therapy addresses the needs of an ethnically diverse criminal population

Question 14

The perspective of the family as a system represents a new paradigm in psychotherapy-a dramatic shift from linear to circular causality in which the in?dividual can no longer be viewed as an individual personality formed by dis?crete events from his or her past

Question 15

The earliest forms of family therapy were conducted from a structural perspective

Question 16

Most intervention programs are eclectic and combine techniques that fit the needs of both the family and the therapist

Question 17

The field of family therapy is fundamentally critical of more narrow, individualistic models of therapy

Question 18

Family therapy was originally designed to work with people who are schizophrenic

Question 19

Despite the uniqueness of each of the family therapy models, they share a belief that the family should be viewed as a system

Question 20

Many of the family therapy models use intervention principles based on social learning theory

Question 21

Family structure is a term pertaining to the unstable and dysfunctional interactions that occur within family systems

Question 22

In strategic therapy, parents are instructed in more general principles of child management to identify normative child behaviors and to utilize effective reinforcement tactics, such as negotiation and compromise

Question 23

The goals of the family therapy model are to improve system reciprocity, alter delinquent circumstances, and clarify the impact of object relations within the subsystem

Question 24

Evaluations of multisystemic treatment show that this approach is effective for treating juveniles

Question 25

A clients return to law-abiding life is less complicated than the issue of whether his or her family adjusts to his or her arrest and disposition

Question 26

Which of the following is not an example of a family therapy model?

A) psychoanalytic family therapy
B) classical conditioned family therapy
C) structural family therapy
D) communications family therapy

Question 27

Freud, Rogers, and others discouraged the use of family therapy because:

A) they were afraid that family secrets might be discussed.
B) they saw such a move as contaminating the client-therapist relationship.
C) longitudinal studies convinced them that family therapy was ineffective.
D) international governing bodies refused to fund research on family studies.

Question 28

When family therapists use the term "system," they mean:

A) the interaction between the id, ego, and superego.
B) family strength is based on social distance from one another.
C) families are seen as having a unity that is greater than the sum of the individual personalities comprising the system.
D) the family is dysfunctional as a result of poor economic conditions and role confusion.

Question 29

All of the following are qualities of systems therapies except:

A) patterns in a system are linear rather than circular.
B) systems have homeostatic features that maintain the stability of their patterns.
C) evolution and change are inherent in open systems.
D) any system is an organized whole, and elements within the system are necessarily interdependent.

Question 30

When a family has a "sick" member, the family therapist assumes that:

A) the "sick" member is treated for individual neurotic symptoms.
B) the "sick" member is scheduled for structured group therapy.
C) the family system, rather than the "sick" member, is the object of treatment.
D) none of the above

Question 31

When a family therapist uses the term "homeostasis," he or she means:

A) a fear of living in the same home.
B) the importance of scheduling family activities.
C) the importance of a democratically run home.
D) a balanced, steady state of equilibrium within the family.

Question 32

Which of the following therapies has the goal of altering the patterns of family subsystems and their boundaries in order to encourage stable and enduring interactions in family settings?

A) communications family therapy
B) psychoanalytic family therapy
C) structural family therapy
D) social learning models

Question 33

In _________, the most important focus is on object relation or the influence of early interactions with parents on current relationships.

A) communications family therapy
B) psychodynamic family therapy
C) Structural Family Therapy
D) social learning models

Question 34

Problems with object relations may be manifested in a variety of dysfunctional patterns, including difficulties with all of the following except:

A) conflict management.
B) formation of trusting relationships.
C) inability to form close attachments with parents.
D) ability to delay gratification.

Question 35

The second level of communication, which can convey as much information as the verbal content of conversation, is known as:

A) nonverbal language.
B) intracommunication.
C) metacommunication.
D) neocommunication.

Question 36

The process by which family members distort the experiences of other members by denial or relabeling is known as:

A) metacommunication.
B) mystification.
C) the double bind.
D) therapeutic paradox.

Question 37

Issues of formation of trusting relationships, delays of gratification, separation and individuation, and "working through" are primarily examples of which family therapy model?

A) communications
B) psychodynamic
C) structural
D) social learning

Question 38

Which of the following therapies has the goal of altering the patterns of family subsystems and their boundaries in order to encourage stable and enduring interactions in family settings?

A) Communications Family Therapy
B) Psychoanalytic Family Therapy
C) Structural Family Therapy
D) social learning models

Question 39

The goals of _________ family therapy are to take deliberate actions to modify poor patterns of communication and interaction, especially regarding patterns that maintain destructive behavioral or psychological symptoms in one of the family members.

A) psychoanalytic
B) communications
C) structural
D) interactive

Question 40

Attempting to portray specific family members in more acceptable terms is called:

A) the "therapeutic paradox"
B) the "double bind"
C) mystification
D) reframing

Question 41

The family therapy model that is expressly cited in the text as being effectively utilized in developing effective communication skills, and by teaching family members how to effectively deal with circumstances that bring about delinquent behavior is:

A) Minuchin's family systems model
B) psychodynamic family therapy
C) the family functional model
D) none of the above

Question 42

In response to increasing concern about child abuse, family therapists and researchers have targeted a number of concerns. Which of the following is not one of the concerns of family therapists?

A) family dynamics that promote abuse.
B) marital discord.
C) idiosyncratic and nomothetic characterological deficits.
D) parental vulnerability to stress.

Question 43

Involving family members in the rehabilitation of correctional clients makes sense for which of the following reasons?

A) It curbs family violence.
B) It assists the client on his or her return to society.
C) both a and b
D) none of the above

Question 44

Given its demonstrated effectiveness, it is interesting to note that family therapy:

A) is widely used in the criminal justice system.
B) is not widely used, given the prevalence of family problems.
C) has not demonstrated its effectiveness in treating correctional clients and their families.
D) while effective, is not cost-effective to the criminal justice system.

Question 45

Studies of the use of family therapy within the criminal justice system have noted that this treatment approach is used primarily with:

A) clients who are stalkers or preverts.
B) military prisoners at Ft. Leavenworth.
C) clients who abuse drugs and alcohol.
D) clients who are child molesters and comatose.