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family, group, and behavioral concepts Flashcards

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blended family

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separates families united by marriage; step-families

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circular causality

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the idea that events are related through a series of interacting loops of repeating cycles

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communications theory

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the study of relationships in terms of the exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages

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complementary

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relationships based on differences which fit together, where qualities of one make up for lacks in the other; one is one-up while the other is one-down

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concurrent therapy

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treatment of two or more persons, seen separately, usually by different therapists

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conjoint therapy

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treatment of tow or more persons in a session together

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contingency contracting

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a behavior technique whereby agreements are made between family members to exchange rewards for desired behavior

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counter-transference

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a behavior technique whereby agreements are made between family members to exchange rewards for desired behavior

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cross-generational coalition

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an inappropriate alliance between a parent and a child who side together against a third member of the family

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differentiation

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psychological separation of intellect and emotions and independent of self from others; opposite of effusion

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disengagement

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the psychological isolation that results from overly rigid boundaries around individuals and subsystems in a famiyl

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double-bind

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a conflict created when a person receives contradictory message on different levels of abstraction in an important relationship and cannot leave or comment

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emotional cutoff

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bowen’s term for flight from an unresolved emotional attachment

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enactment

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an interaction stimulated in structural family therapy in order to observe and then change transactions which make up family structure

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enmeshment

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is a description of a relationship between two or more people in which personal boundaries are permeable and unclear. This often happens on an emotional level in which two people “feel” each other’s emotions, or when one person becomes emotionally escalated and the other family member does as well.

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extended family

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all the descendants of a set of grandparents

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extinction

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eliminating a behavior by not reinforcing it

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family drawing

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an experiential therapy technique where family members are asked to draw their ideas about how the family is organized

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family group therapy

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family treatment based on the group therapy model

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family homeostasis

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tendency of families to resist change in order to maintain a steady state

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family life cycle

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stages of family life– separation from one’s parents, marriage, having children, growing older, retirement, and death

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family stucture

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the functional organization of families that determines how family members interact

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family myths

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a set of beliefs based on a distortion of historical reality and shared by all family members that help shape the rules governing family functioning

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family of origin

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a person’s parents and siblings; usually refers to the original nuclear family of an adult

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family projection process

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In Bowenian theory the mechanism by which parental conflicts are projected onto the children or spouse

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family rules

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a descriptive term for redundant behavioral patterns in a family based on expectations of how family members are expected to behave.

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feedback

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the return of a portion of the output of a system, especially when used to maintain the output withing predetermined limits (negative feedback) or to signal a need to modify the system (positive feedback)

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functional analysis of behavior

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in operant behavior therapy a study of a particular behavior, which elicits it, and what reinforces it (contemporary term: behavior analysis)

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fusion

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a blurring of psychological boundaries between self and others, and a contamination of emotional and intellectual functioning; opposite of differentiation

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genogram

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a schematic diagram of the family system using squares to represent men, circles to indicate women, horizontal lines for marriages, and vertical lines to indicate children

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group dynamics

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interactions among group members that emerge as a result of properties of the group rather than merely their individual personalities

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hierarchical structure

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family functioning based on clear generational boundaries where the parents maintain control and authority

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identified patient

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the symptom bearer or official patient as identified by the family

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joining

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a structural family therapy term for accepting and accommodating to families in order to win their confidence and circumvent resistance

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linear casuality

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the idea that one event is the cause and another is the effect; in behavior the idea that one behavior is a stimulus, the other is a response

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live supervision

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technique of teaching therapy whereby the supervisor observes sessions in progress

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modeling

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observational learning

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multiple family therapy

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treatment of several families at once in a group therapy

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nuclear family

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parents and their children

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object relations

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internalized images of self and others based on early parent-child interactions which determine a person’s mode of relationship to other people

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object relations theory

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theory which emphasizes the object-seeking propensity of the infant instead of the focusing exclusively on libidinal and aggressive drives

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paradox

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a self-contradictory statement based on a valid deduction from acceptable premises?

a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

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paradoxical directive

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a technique used in therapy whereby the therapist directs family members to continue their symptomatic behavior– if they conform, they admit control and expose secondary gain; if they rebel, they give up their symptoms

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parental (parentified) child

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a child who has been allocated power to take care of younger siblings

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prescribing the symptom (paradox)

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a paradoxical technique which forces a patient to either give up a symptom or admit that is is under voluntary responsibility

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positive connotation

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technique of ascribing positive motives to family behavior in order to promote family cohesion and avoid resistance to therapy

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process/content

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distinction between how members of a family or group relate and what they talk about

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projective identification

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a defense mechanism that operates unconsciously whereby unwanted aspects of the self are attributed to another person and that person is induced to behave in accordance with these projected attitudes and feelings

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reframing

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relabeling a family’s description of behavior to make it more amenable to therapeutic change (e.g., describing someone lazy rather than depressed)

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regression

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return to a less mature level of functioning in the face of stress

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reinforcement

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an event, behavior, or object that increases the rate of a particular response

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relabeling

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altering the meaning of behavior of redefining the situation so the perceived meaning of the behavior is less negative

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resistance

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anything that patient or families do to oppose or retard the progress of therapy

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restraining

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a strategic technique for overcoming resistance by suggesting that a family not change

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roleplaying

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acting out the parts of important characters to dramatize feelings and practice new ways of relating

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scapegoat

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a member of the family, usually the identified patient, who is the object of displaced conflict of criticism

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undifferentiated family ego mass

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the emotional fusion or enmeshment of a family

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