- Description
CCMH 565 Wk 1 – Concept Check
- Question 1
1/1
The group therapy model is not entirely appropriate for families because of which of the following reasons?
The group therapy model does not address family life cycle concepts.
Unlike group therapy members, family members typically have a shared history.
Group therapy strategies and interventions are too complex for children and adolescents.
The group therapy model is too simplistic for addressing most family issues.
- Question 2
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A(n) ________________ relationship is one based on differences that fit together.
complementary
symmetrical
homeostatic
imbalanced
- Question 3
Which family therapist’s personal resolution of emotional reactivity in his family was as significant for his approach to family therapy as Freud’s self-analysis was for psychoanalysis?
Salvador Minuchin
Jay Haley
Murray Bowen
Carl Whitaker
- Question 4
Which family therapist believed that underneath the apparent unity of families there existed a layer of intrapsychic conflict that divided family members into factions?
Murray Bowen
Nathan Ackerman
Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy
Virginia Satir
- Question 5
1/1
Who was the first theorist to apply group concepts to family treatment?
Murray Bowen
John Elderkin Bell
Virginia Satir
Carl Whitaker
- Question 6
1/1
Frieda Fromm-Reichmann’s concept, “______________ mother,” described a domineering, aggressive, rejecting, and insecure mother who was thought to provide the pathological parenting that produced schizophrenia.
undifferentiated
schizophrenogenic
reactive
symbiotic
- Question 7
When is the appropriate time for a therapist to inquire about drug and alcohol consumption?
When the therapist suspects there is an addiction or dependency issue
During every client session
In cases where the identified patient is a teenaged child
When there is a history of drug and alcohol consumption
- Question 8
In addition to developing an alliance with the family, what is the goal of a first interview?
To determine if medication is indicated
To get a detailed picture of the identified patient
To develop a tentative hypothesis about the presenting problem
To consider whether or not to take the case
- Question 9
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What is the major presenting pitfall in listening to a family’s perspective on the presenting problem?
Accepting a linear perspective on the problem
Hearing too many conflicting points of view
Allowing children too much leverage in family decision making
Challenging the family’s perspective too soon
- Question 10
In family therapy, the therapist should explore all of the following elements of family structure, except which one?
Subsystems
Boundaries
Family rules
Triangles
- Question 11
1/1
Challenging linearity means which of the following?
Asking how other family members are involved in the presenting problem
Asking family members for a chronology of the presenting problem
Asking family members for a family history
Asking family members to complete a treatment contract
- Question 12
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At termination of family therapy, a therapist should complete which of the following steps?
Explore the therapeutic relationship
Challenge the therapeutic relationship
Review the therapeutic relationship
Focus on what the family has accomplished
- Question 13
According to the Week 1 assigned chapter readings, which of the following is the real value of the family life-cycle concept?
Defining what constitutes a normal family
Finding a universal family experience
Recognizing families often develop problems at transitions
Dividing family life into discrete stages
- Question 14
Which of the following is not a concept of von Bertalanffy’s general systems theory?
“Black box” metaphor
A system is more than the sum of its parts
Equifinality
Homeostatic reactivity
- Question 15
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A state of dynamic balance is known as which of the following?
Metacommunication
Homeostasis
Morphogenesis
Equifinality
- Question 16
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Which family therapist posited that relationship problems usually involve triangles?
Murray Bowen
Don Jackson
Gregory Bateson
All of the above
- Question 17
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Which of the following was the greatest conceptual influence on the early development of family therapy?
The family life cycle
Constructivism
Feminism
Systems theory
- Question 18
The focus of narrative therapy is on _______________, while the focus of solution-focused therapy is on ____________.
exceptions; problems
cognitions; interactions
attitudes; behavior
individuals; families
- Question 19
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The study of control processes in systems, particularly the analysis of the flow of information in self-regulating systems, is known as which of the following?
Functional analysis of behavior
Cybernetics
Existentialism
General systems theory
- Question 20
1/1
Constructivism first found its way into psychotherapy in the work of which psychologist?
Paul Watzlawick
Kenneth Gergen
George Kelly
Michael White