Clinical Psychology: Communication/Interaction Family Therapy

Question 1

Communication/Interaction Family therapy grew primarily out of research conducted at the _____________ (MRI) in Palo Alto in the _________ by Don ___________, Virginia Satir, Jules __________, Jay Haley, and others.

Answer 1

• Mental Research Institute
• 1960s
• Jackson
• Riskin

Question 2

Assumption 1: People are always ___________, even when they’re doing nothing.

Answer 2

Communicating.

Question 3

Assumption 2: All communication has a _________ function and a _________ function. The _________ function is the content (informational) aspect; the ________ function is often conveyed nonverbally and makes a statement about the relationship between the communicators. Problems arise when these two functions are __________.

Answer 3

• Report
• Command
• Report
• Command
• Contradictory

Question 4

Assumption 3: ______________ communications reflect equality between communicators but may escalate to one-upsmanship; ______________ communications reflect inequality and maximize differences between communicators (i.e., there are dominant and submissive roles).

Answer 4

• Symmetrical
• Complementary

Question 5

Symptoms are regarded as both a ________ and ________ of __________ communication patterns.

Answer 5

• Cause
• Effect
• Dysfunctional

Question 6

The primary goal of Communication/Interaction Family Therapy is to alter the ______________ that are maintaining the present system. This is accomplished by using _________ and ____________ interventions.

Answer 6

• Interactional patterns
• Direct
• Paradoxical