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1
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Two key concepts of Cybernetics

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Positive and Negative Feedback Loops

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Positive feedback loops…

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amplifies deviation and disrupts the system

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Negative feedback loops..

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reduce deviation and helps maintain the status quo

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A family is this type of system

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open

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This is the grandfather of family therapy

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Nathan Ackerman

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Gregory Bateson is known for his work involving…

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double bind communication in the development of schizophrenia

double bind communication (conflicting negative injunctions)

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In Communication/Interaction Family Therapy, all behavior is…

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communication.

people are always communicating even when they’re doing nothing

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In Communication/Interaction Family Therapy, all communication has these two functions

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report function
(content, informational aspect of communication)

command function
(conveyed nonverbally)

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In Communication/Interaction Family Therapy, communication is either _____________ or ____________.

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Symmetrical
(equality between communicators, can result in one-upmanship)

or

Complementary
(inequality, maximizes differences; i.e., dominant + submissive communicators)

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Communication/Interaction Family Therapists view symptoms as…

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the cause and effect of dysfunctional communication patterns

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The primary goal of Communication/Interaction Family Therapy is…

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Alter patterns that are maintaining symptoms

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Extended Family Systems Therapy was founded by…

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Murray Bowen

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In Extended Family Systems Therapy, differentiation of self refers to…

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a persons ability to separate their intellectual and emotional functioning

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In Extended Family Systems Therapy (Bowen), if someone has low differentiation…

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they are at the mercy of their emotions and can become fused with the emotions of the family

the greater the chance of an emotional triangle

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In Extended Family Systems Therapy, undifferentiated family ego mass is used to describe…

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an emotionally fused family

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In Extended Family Systems Therapy (Bowen), when a third person is recruited to increase stability and reduce tension, it is referred to as…

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An emotional triangle

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In Extended Family Systems Therapy (Bowen), the family projection process is…

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when parental conflict and emotional immaturity are transmitted to children

causes lower differentiation in children

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According to Bowen, behavioral disorders are the result of a…

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multigenerational transmission process

(progressively lower levels of differentiation are passed down from generation to generation)

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In Extended Family Systems Therapy (Bowen), the therapist is…

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objective and neutral (does not become emotionally triangulated)

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In Extended Family Systems Therapy (Bowen), how many family members are involved in therapy?

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Two

The therapist becomes the third, as long as not emotionally triangulated

21
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In Extended Family Systems Therapy, therapy begins with…

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assessment to identify family history

includes the construction of a genogram

22
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In Extended Family Systems Therapy, sessions are…

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educative
cognitive
controlled

23
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Structural Family Therapy was developed by…

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Minuchin

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Structural Family Therapy (Minuchin) follows this type of approach…

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here-and-now, directive, concrete

25
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Power Hierarchies, Family Subsystems, and Boundaries are concepts in which type of family therapy?

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Structural Family Therapy (Minuchin)

26
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In Structural Family Therapy, rigid boundaries can lead to ___________ in families

Name the theorist

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disengagement (isolation)

Minuchin

27
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When boundaries are diffuse…

(Structural Family Therapy)

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family members are enmeshed (overly dependent and close)

28
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According to Minuchin, these are three chronic boundary problems
also known as Rigid Triads

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Detouring
(focus on child by overprotecting or blaming/scapegoating)

Stable Coalition
(one parent and child gang up on the other parent)

Triangulation (unstable coalition)
(parent demands the child to side with him/her)

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In Structural Family Therapy (Minuchin), family dysfunction is the result of…

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an inflexible family structure

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Structural Family Therapy (Minuchin) Techniques

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Joining
(therapist blends with the family; includes tracking and mimesis)

Evaluating the Family Structure
(construction of a family map to clarify interaction patterns)

Restructuring the Family
(deliberately disrupt homeostasis; enactment and reframing)

31
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Mimesis (technique)

Structural Family Therapy

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adopting the family’s affective and communication style

32
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Strategic Family Therapy was developed by…

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Jay Haley

33
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Strategic Family Therapists (Haley) emphasize the role of ____________- in maladaptive behavior

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communication

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Strategic Family Therapy (Haley) is concerned with how communication is used to…

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exert control in a relationship

35
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In Strategic Family Therapy (Haley), a symptom is a _____________ phenomenon

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interpersonal

36
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The goal of Strategic Family Therapy (Haley) is to…

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alleviate symptoms by altering the family’s transactions and organization

37
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The underlying assumption of Strategic Family Therapy is that behavior change results from…

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changes in perceptions and emotions

38
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Is Strategic Family Therapy (Haley) structured or unstructured?

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Highly structured

39
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In Strategic Family Therapy (Haley), therapists assume an ____________ role

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active, take charge role

uses directives, instruction, assignments, paradoxical interventions

40
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Milan Systemic Family Therapy was developed by…

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Selvini-Palazzoli

41
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The primary goal of Milan Systemic Family Therapy is…

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help family members see their choices and to assist them in exercising their ability to choose

42
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A distinguishing characteristic of Milan Systemic Family Therapy is its use of…

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a therapeutic team

team members observe sessions behind a one way mirror

43
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Behavioral Family Therapy involves principles of these theories

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operant conditioning
social learning
social exchange

44
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In Behavioral Family Therapy, maladaptive behavior is learned and maintained by its…

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antecedents and consequences

45
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Behavioral Family Therapists focus on…

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observable behaviors, improving communication, problem solving skills

46
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Object Relations Family Therapy states that maladaptive behavior is the result of…

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intrapsychic and interpersonal factors

47
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The primary goal of Object Relations Family Therapy is…

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to resolve each family members attachment to family introjects

48
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Multiple transferences is a concept in this type of family therapy…

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Object Relations Family Therapy

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