Exam 15: Improving Relationships

Uma and Imanol work long hours and are struggling financially.They have noticed recently that their relationship satisfaction is declining.What will most likely lead to the greatest improvements in their relationship satisfaction?

Compare the interventions in the original behavioral couples therapy model and the interventions in the cognitive-behavioral therapy model.

Bob and Mike are in couples therapy because they have many fights about how much time Bob spends at work.To intervene successfully,an integrative behavior couples therapist would use the technique of:

Describe the three stages emotionally focused couples therapists tend to follow.

After 23 years of marriage,Kayla and Fred have decided to seek marital therapy.Their satisfaction with their marriage has decreased over time,to the point where both are feeling quite unhappy.They hardly talk to each other except to argue about the children or finances,and neither can remember when they last had sex.Based on material presented in the chapter about improving relationships,which of Kayla and Fred's problems would a couples therapist find most difficult to treat?

Therapists adopting an emotion-focused couples therapy approach follow distinct stages in the following order:

According to the text,which is the most common theoretical model that couples therapists use?

Which is an example of a primary emotion?

Which of the following is a strategy or technique that is used in integrative behavioral couples therapy,but NOT behavioral couples therapy?

The Spouse Observation Checklist (SOC)is a tool used in _____ couples therapy.

According to the text,the main rationale of integrative behavioral couples therapy emphasizes that relationships will improve if:

Describe the intervention "unified detachment," which is used in integrative behavioral couples therapy.

According to your textbook authors,which of the following is the best analogy for a good intimate relationship?

From a cognitive-behavioral perspective,many processes determine how we interpret the words and behaviors of others.These processes include:

Dr.Lew is a couples therapist.Which of the following relationship problems would Dr.Lew consider the MOST damaging?

Which of the following educational programs focuses on conflict management and the expression of negative emotions?

Bernardo and Danica are attending their second session of couples therapy.Their therapist gives them a homework assignment to improve the way in which they communicate with each other.What theoretical models is their therapist most likely drawing upon?

Which of the following statements about couples seeking therapy is FALSE?

What is a main task of a behaviorally oriented therapist?

According to emotionally focused couples therapy,________ is a primary emotion,whereas ________ is a secondary emotion.