Question 1

Second-order cybernetics focuses primarily on

Accepted Answer

A)  the role of circular causality in a family system. 
B)  feedback loops. 
C)  boundaries within a family subsystem. 
D)  the impact of the family therapist on the family system.

Question 2

_____________ is a masking effort to obscure the real nature of family conflict and thus maintain the status quo.

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The answer of _____________ is a masking effort to obscure...

Question 3

In family therapy, the "client" is the whole family. Describe how family therapy would proceed without relieving individual family members of their responsibility for their own behavior.

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The answer of In family therapy, the "client" is the...

Question 4

Watzlawick, Weakland, and Fisch (1974) distinguished between first-order changes and second-order changes. _________________ can be demonstrated if two parents are concerned with the repeated school absences.

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The answer of Watzlawick, Weakland, and Fisch (1974) distinguished between...

Question 5

Which of the following focuses on treatment of the family's presenting problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  Transgenerational family therapy 
B)  Structural family therapy 
C)  Strategic family therapy 
D)  Experiential family therapy

Question 6

The redundancy principle refers to a family's

Accepted Answer

A)  desire to scapegoat a family member. 
B)  restricted range of interactional patterns. 
C)  maladaptive response to family crises. 
D)  need to enact family of origin issues.

Question 7

An alcoholic husband maintains an authoritative manner with his wife and children, while the wife acts as if nothing is wrong. This scenario illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  pseudohostility. 
B)  scapegoating. 
C)  marital schism. 
D)  marital skew.

Question 8

A family argues constantly to avoid intimacy. This illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  scapegoating. 
B)  mystification. 
C)  pseudohostility. 
D)  double-bind.

Question 9

A family therapist employing a solution-focused approach asks the miracle question. The therapist wants to know what would happen if a miracle occurred and

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A)  the family won a large sum of money. 
B)  one member of the family could be changed. 
C)  the problem that leads to therapy was solved. 
D)  family members never saw each other again.

Question 10

Rigid boundaries that permit limited emotional contact between members characterize families that are

Accepted Answer

A)  open. 
B)  disengaged. 
C)  relational. 
D)  enmeshed.

Question 11

To deal with their daughter's refusal to eat, previously controlling parents attempt to interact supportively and empower their daughter to make her own decisions. This scenario represents a change that is

Accepted Answer

A)  second order. 
B)  first order. 
C)  third order. 
D)  multiple order.

Question 12

To deal with their own sense of loneliness in a marriage, a couple becomes overly involved in the problems of their son. This model of interaction is

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A)  monadic. 
B)  dyadic. 
C)  biadic. 
D)  triadic.

Question 13

A mother tells her child "I know you're not hungry," despite the child's sense that he or she is hungry. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  triadic communication. 
B)  pseudomutuality. 
C)  mystification. 
D)  redundancy principle.

Question 14

A therapist employing paradoxical interventions most likely adheres to which of the following family therapy viewpoints?

Accepted Answer

A)  Strategic 
B)  Structural 
C)  Experiential 
D)  Behavioral

Question 15

Adlerian psychotherapy shares similarities with family therapy in the focus on the family constellation. What differentiates Adlerian psychotherapy from family therapy?

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The answer of Adlerian psychotherapy shares similarities with family therapy...

Question 16

A family is encouraged to tell the "family story" with hope that a new family story can be developed to facilitate change. Which of the following therapy approaches is being used?

Accepted Answer

A)  Strategic 
B)  Social constructionist 
C)  Structural 
D)  Cognitive-behavioral

Question 17

____________________ refers to an attempt by researchers to assess the strengths and limitations of the current research data on psychotherapy.

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The answer of ____________________ refers to an attempt by researchers...

Question 18

The manner in which a family arranges, organizes, and maintains itself is known as its

Accepted Answer

A)  evolution. 
B)  structure. 
C)  process. 
D)  wholeness.

Question 19

Wynne coined the term ________________ to describe a false sense of family closeness in which the family gives the appearance of taking part in a mutual, open, and understanding relationship.

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The answer of Wynne coined the term ________________ to describe...

Question 20

Rather than providing an objective view regarding a conflict, a family therapist asks questions of each family member to obtain their perspective. This approach would be described as

Accepted Answer

A)  reframing. 
B)  cognitive restructuring. 
C)  circular questioning. 
D)  the miracle question.

Exam 11: Family Therapy Irene Goldenberg and Mark Stanton