Exam 8: Cognitive Behavioral and Mindfulness-Based Couple and Family Therapies

In this paradoxical approach to cognitive-behavioral approaches, the client is guided to accept difficult thoughts and emotions in order to transform them. What is the name of this therapy?

CBFT homework tasks are described as:

Which of the following statements about CBFT research and the evidence base is most accurate?

Which of the following is NOT considered a suggestion for using CBFT with African American clients?

The process of dialectical behavioral therapy involves helping clients learn to increase balance in their lives by better managing the inherent dialect tensions in life including all of the following EXCEPT:

There are four options for shaping behavior in operant conditioning. Which of the following is the best definition for positive reinforcement or reward?

Rather than use a general goal such as "improve communication," cognitive-behavioral family therapists identify what kind of behaviors and thoughts for interventions?

Gottman teaches couples a series of rules to help soften startup. Which of the following is NOT a soft startup rule?

According to Gottman's research, which of the following statements is NOT true?

What therapy is based on the postmodern premise that we construct our realities through language, which shapes our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors?

In Gottman's studies, the presence of four behaviors during a couple's argument predicted divorce with 85% accuracy. Criticism, one of the four horsemen, is best described as:

Of the behavioral and cognitive-behavioral couple and family therapies, which one is a scientifically-based approach to couple therapy based on 30 years of research on the key differences between happy and unhappy marriages?

In mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, clients learn to do all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following statements about the Gottman method couples therapy approach is NOT true?

If a teen's grade point average is above 3.0, the parents agree to an 11:00 p.m. curfew on Friday and Saturday. This is an example of:

In operant conditioning, desired behaviors can be positively or negatively reinforced or punished, depending on desired behaviors. What techniques are designed to do this?

When a therapist must decide whether or not to challenge a client's irrational beliefs, the therapist should consider each of the following EXCEPT:

The concept of dichotomous thinking is a cognitive distortion defined by which of the following?

When using CBFT with a diverse population, which of the following is important to keep in mind?

By design, cognitive-behavioral therapies aim to help clients conform to dominant cultural values, because that is equated with "functional" within a given society. Therefore, therapists need to carefully consider which of the following when using CBFT?