Exam 15: Improving Relationships

Your local congressman has asserted that improving marriages is one of his priorities during his term in office.Why would the local government be interested in investing in good quality marriages?

Reframing is to ________ as relabeling is to ________.

Dr.Sarkissian offers relationship education to couples who want to strengthen their relationship before issues start to arise.What is most likely Dr.Sarkissian's goal for the couples who attend her training?

What led to the development of behavioral models of couples therapy?

Isvel is very expressive in her relationship with Didier,whereas Didier is more analytical but tends to offer support.When Didier's mother is hospitalized,the couple begins to experience more issues in their relationship.Didier feels unsupported by Isvel and denies his feelings of pain.Isvel insists Didier must be upset,but she does not offer much support.What new rule might be helpful for this couple to improve their relationship?

Which of the following models of couples therapy focuses on having couples engage in empathic joining and tolerance building for resolving differences?

Kabil and Asher are happily married but have enrolled in an educational program to enhance their relationship.As a result of their enrollment in the program,how are they likely to view their participation in the course?

Angela arrives home late from work.Her husband begins to wonder if she is having an affair.This is an example of:

Sandeep gives Amy the silent treatment when she fails to clean up the kitchen after dinner (it is one of her household jobs).After this happens a few times,Amy tries to remember to clean up more regularly,but,over time,she slips up and the cycle repeats.Which is an accurate statement about this situation?

How are emotionally focused and integrative behavioral couples therapies similar?

Which of the following statements about outcome research assessing couples therapy is accurate?

After 23 years of marriage,Kayla and Fred have decided to seek marital therapy.Which of the following is most likely true?

You are an aide to the Secretary of Health and Human Services,and your first job is to prepare a brief on specific interventions to strengthen marriages.What four points do you include in your brief?

According to a systems perspective,what is required for couples to make improvements in their relationship?

Which is an example of a secondary emotion?

Grunde and Sesasi have a relatively happy marriage but have enrolled in an educational program to strengthen their relationship.In the program they are taught skills to express their needs and desires as well as to empathize with each other.What program are Grunde and Sesasi likely enrolled in?

If you wanted to conduct an effectiveness study of integrative behavioral couples therapy,what would you do?

According to the chapter,which model is one of the three common theoretical approaches to couples therapy?

Bob tells his therapist,"Marie-Claire doesn't really care much about me anymore;there is no point in talking with her about my feelings because she'll just accuse me of being 'too sensitive'." Of the following statements,which one is accurate?

Your friend is planning to marry next spring.She asks if it would be worthwhile for her to go to a couples enhancement and prevention workshop that focuses on skill-building.Based on what you read in the chapter,what would you tell her,and why?