Family Therapies

Question 1

Two key concepts of Cybernetics

Answer 1

Positive and Negative Feedback Loops

Question 2

Positive feedback loops…

Answer 2

amplifies deviation and disrupts the system

Question 3

Negative feedback loops..

Answer 3

reduce deviation and helps maintain the status quo

Question 4

A family is this type of system

Answer 4

open

Question 5

This is the grandfather of family therapy

Answer 5

Nathan Ackerman

Question 6

Gregory Bateson is known for his work involving…

Answer 6

double bind communication in the development of schizophrenia

double bind communication (conflicting negative injunctions)

Question 7

In Communication/Interaction Family Therapy, all behavior is…

Answer 7

communication.

people are always communicating even when they’re doing nothing

Question 8

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

Answer 8

report function
(content, informational aspect of communication)

command function
(conveyed nonverbally)

Question 9

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

Answer 9

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

or

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

Question 10

Communication/Interaction Family Therapists view symptoms as…

Answer 10

the cause and effect of dysfunctional communication patterns

Question 11

The primary goal of Communication/Interaction Family Therapy is…

Answer 11

Alter patterns that are maintaining symptoms

Question 12

Extended Family Systems Therapy was founded by…

Answer 12

Murray Bowen

Question 13

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

Answer 13

a persons ability to separate their intellectual and emotional functioning

Question 14

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

Answer 14

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

Question 15

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

Answer 15

an emotionally fused family

Question 16

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

Answer 16

An emotional triangle

Question 17

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

Answer 17

when parental conflict and emotional immaturity are transmitted to children

causes lower differentiation in children

Question 18

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

Answer 18

multigenerational transmission process

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

Question 19

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

Answer 19

objective and neutral (does not become emotionally triangulated)

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Two

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

Question 21

In Extended Family Systems Therapy, therapy begins with…

Answer 21

assessment to identify family history

includes the construction of a genogram

Question 22

In Extended Family Systems Therapy, sessions are…

Answer 22

educative
cognitive
controlled

Question 23

Structural Family Therapy was developed by…

Answer 23

Minuchin

Question 24

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

Answer 24

here-and-now, directive, concrete

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Structural Family Therapy (Minuchin)

Question 26

In Structural Family Therapy, rigid boundaries can lead to ___________ in families Name the theorist

Answer 26

disengagement (isolation) Minuchin

Question 27

When boundaries are diffuse... (Structural Family Therapy)

Answer 27

family members are enmeshed (overly dependent and close)

Question 28

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)

Question 29

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

Answer 29

an inflexible family structure

Question 30

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)

Question 31

Mimesis (technique) Structural Family Therapy

Answer 31

adopting the family's affective and communication style

Question 32

Strategic Family Therapy was developed by...

Answer 32

Jay Haley

Question 33

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

Answer 33

communication

Question 34

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

Answer 34

exert control in a relationship

Question 35

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

Answer 35

interpersonal

Question 36

The goal of Strategic Family Therapy (Haley) is to...

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alleviate symptoms by altering the family's transactions and organization

Question 37

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

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changes in perceptions and emotions

Question 38

Is Strategic Family Therapy (Haley) structured or unstructured?

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Highly structured

Question 39

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

Answer 39

active, take charge role uses directives, instruction, assignments, paradoxical interventions

Question 40

Milan Systemic Family Therapy was developed by...

Answer 40

Selvini-Palazzoli

Question 41

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

Question 42

A distinguishing characteristic of Milan Systemic Family Therapy is its use of...

Answer 42

a therapeutic team team members observe sessions behind a one way mirror

Question 43

Behavioral Family Therapy involves principles of these theories

Answer 43

operant conditioning social learning social exchange

Question 44

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

Answer 44

antecedents and consequences

Question 45

Behavioral Family Therapists focus on...

Answer 45

observable behaviors, improving communication, problem solving skills

Question 46

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

Answer 46

intrapsychic and interpersonal factors

Question 47

The primary goal of Object Relations Family Therapy is...

Answer 47

to resolve each family members attachment to family introjects

Question 48

Multiple transferences is a concept in this type of family therapy...

Answer 48

Object Relations Family Therapy