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1
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According to the post modern view

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Most families collectively make their own reality

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2
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Today, the trend in family therapy is toward

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eclecticism

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3
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Systems-oriented therapists are most interested in

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the process that is taking place in a family

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4
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A series of of linked behavioral transactions occurring over a period of time

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Family Process

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5
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Reciprocal determinism refers to adopting a

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relationship outlook

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6
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A disturbed mother produces disturbed children. This is an example of

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linear causality

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According to __ causality, behavior is best understood by looking at its interactional context

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circular causality

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Cybernetics refers to a system’s method of

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Feedback control

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9
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which of these would see family systems as similar to mechanical systems

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first-order cybernetics

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10
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a family therapist who joins the conversation instead of just observing from the outside is someone who believes in

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second-order cybernetics

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11
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What kind of therapist wants to study family transitions

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Structuralists

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12
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the developmental framework for studying families was first proposed by

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Family sociologists

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13
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A family stage marker refers to

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A particular life event

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14
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Family stage markers are events in a family’s life that

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demand a new adaptation

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15
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A young adult’s primary developmental task is

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separating form one’s parents without cutting off from them

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As children grow up and leave home, the family’s developmental task involves

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Creating adult to adult relationships between parents and children

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17
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Which is an example of a discontinuous life change

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Death of a young child

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18
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What kind of stressor is the birth of a handicapped child

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horizontal

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19
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Three examples of gender issues

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patriarchal behavior
sexism
sex-based role assignment

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20
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According to Mary Pipher, who usually gets eating disorders

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Adolescent girls

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21
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Gender-sensitive family therapy emphasizes

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overcoming sex-role stereotyping

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22
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Gender-sensitive family therapy is built upon

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feminist family therapy

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23
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One goal of gender-sensitive family therapy is to

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enable clients to move beyond prescribed sex roles

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24
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A general cultural sensitivity to families characterizes

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the multicultural approach

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25
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Increased interest in cultural factors in family functioning has led to renewed interest in

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Spirituality in family life

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26
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Which of the following is NOT a factor in understanding the cultural background of a client

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feedback loops

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27
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the textbook contends that systems theory

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encompasses cybernetics and general systems theory

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28
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A systems perspective stresses

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wholeness over unity

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29
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Each family subsystems is all of the above:

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Contains a number of co-existing subsystems
Carries out its functions through subsystems
May include subsystems formed by sex, generation, etc

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30
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Which family subsystem is the most basic?

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Spousal

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31
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Which of the following is not considered to be an enduring system

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Gender

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32
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The more open a family is, the more

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adaptable to rule change

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33
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Which of these is NOT an example of a larger system a family might engage with

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Open Systems

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34
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The consultant who takes the interaction of two systems into account is using which approach

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Ecosystemic

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35
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Which is a school related intervention program based upon a social ecological viewpoint

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Multisystemic therapy

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36
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Research about schizophrenics was done at every place except

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The Ackerman Institute

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37
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Bowen studied families with schizophrenic members, especially their

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symbiotic mother/child interactions

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38
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Which is NOT part of a double-bind situation

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Parent yielding to infantile demands

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39
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One criticism of the double-bind concept is

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Linear outlook

40
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Pseudomutuality refers to

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the appearance of an open relationship without really having one

41
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A family therapist seeks licensure because

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All the above

legal recognition
the public view licensing as professional
reimbursement from health plans requires it

42
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A ___ law regulates who may practice in a state

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Licensing

43
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Clients need to be told of the possible risks before starting treatment. this is an example of

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Informed consent

44
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Protecting a client from unauthorized disclosures by the therapist without prior consent is called

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Confidentiality

45
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A legal exception to confidentiality maintenance occurs in the case of

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Divulging information to third-party payors

46
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which of the following is not relevant with respect to informed consent before starting treatment

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describing the techniques the therapist plans to use in treatment. (is that correct?)

47
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Supervisees should inform clients that

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All of the above

48
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Which of the following models is based on the psychoanalytic model

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psychodynamic

49
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Transgenerational approaches are

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historical

50
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The opposite of self-differentiation, in Bowen’s view is

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Fusion

51
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The undifferentiated family ego mass refers to

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family symbiotic relationships

52
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In Bowen’s Differentiation of Self Scale, people at the low end are apt to lead lives:

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dominated by the feelings of those around them

53
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With his concept of self-differentiation, Bowen argues for

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balance

54
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According to Bowen, the basic building block in a family’s emotional system is the

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Triangle

55
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Family Systems Therapy attempts to modify the family’s customary

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Triangulated system

56
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One goal in Family Systems Therapy is for each family member to

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Maximize self-differentiation

57
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Family Sculpting is a

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nonverbal communication method

58
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Satir called her approach

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the human validation process

59
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Which of the following does not characterize a symptom according to Satir

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Unconscious conflict

60
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Three subsystems are most important in Minuchin’s system. Which is NOT one of the three

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Extended

the 3 are spousal, parental, sibling

61
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Which of the following terms does NOT describe a structural therapeutic tactic

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Reconsolidation

(joining, accommodating, and restructuring are the correct tactics

62
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Structural therapists tend to focus on family

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transactional pattern

63
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Structural Family Therapy is

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Concerned with the context of family structures

64
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The second level of communication is

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metacommunication

65
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Prescribing the symptom is a form of

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therapeutic double-bind

66
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The major characteristic of a strategic family therapy is that the therapist

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Plans a strategy for solving the presenting problems

67
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An enduring set of beliefs that organizes subsequent perceptions is known as

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Schemas

68
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How clients ___ is not a part of cognitive assessment

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process emotion

69
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Cognitive-behavioral therapists traditionally work at 3 related levels. Which is NOT one of these levels?

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Affect

the 3 levels are underlying assumptions, automatic thoughts, and schemas

70
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Cognitive-behavioral therapists rely, for assessment purposes, on

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Observable behavior

71
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Solution-focused brief therapy argues that

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Client families have run out of ways of dealing with their problems

72
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Solution-oriented therapists

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create a collaborative dialogue with families

73
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In solution focused brief therapy, skeleton keys refer to

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Interventions that work for a variety of locks

74
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The miracle question allows clients to

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Speculate on their future once the problem is gone

75
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Exception-finding questions

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build on past successes in dealing with a problem

76
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Family narratives

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help explain and justify family patterns

77
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Narrative therapists believe we attempt to make sense of our lives through

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self-narratives

78
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The belief that our view of reality is based on the stories by which we circulate knowledge about ourselves is called

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Narrative metaphor

79
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Narrative therapists believe our current lives are directed by the ___ we have woven together about ourselves

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dominant stories

80
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True or false: Cultural stories often provide dominant narratives in a family

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True

81
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A common goal of narrative therapy is

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Creating and internalizing new stories

82
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Narrative therapy was developed to

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help clients re-examine the stories that have shaped their lives

83
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White’s narrative approach encourages families to

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create alternative accounts of their lives

84
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Which of the following are not addressed by psychoeducational?

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deep seated characterological issues

85
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Psychoeducation programs emphasize all but one of the following. Which does NOT belong

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psychotherapy

the correct ones are skills building, stress management, and informational programs

86
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Family therapy’s interest in schizophrenia was

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reestablished in the 1990s

87
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Psychoeducators tend to view schizophrenia as a

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biological disease

88
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Psychoeducational programs are most highly developed to help

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schizophrenics

89
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Research on stress in families with schizophrenic members emphasizes the relationship between ___ and relapse

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expressed emotion

90
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Efforts in family therapy over the last 2 decades have been directed at

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empirically validated therapies

91
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Quantitative research emphasizes

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large sample sizes

92
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Therapists are more apt to attend to ___ research because it is more likely to capture what they do in their daily work

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Qualitative

93
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In practice, according to the authors, most family therapists are

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eclectic

94
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all family therapists attend to which of these factors in assessing family functioning

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monadic, dyadic, and traidic

95
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Clinical effectiveness is determined by

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All of the above

  • personal experience
  • theoretical knowledge
  • empathy

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