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1
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The founder of rational emotive behavior therapy is:

c. Albert Ellis.
b. Frederick Perls.
a. William Glasser.
d. Joseph Wolpe.
e. Aaron Beck.

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c. Albert Ellis.

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The Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy approach to therapy stresses:

a. support, understanding, warmth, and empathy.
c. thinking, judging, analyzing, and doing.
e. transference, dream analysis, uncovering unconscious, and early experience.
d. subjectivity, existential anxiety, self-actualization, and being.
b. awareness, unfinished business, impasse, and experiencing.

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c. thinking, judging, analyzing, and doing.

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The correct components of the A-B-C theory of personality are:

d. activating event, belief, consequence.
a. antecedent, behavior, consequences.
b. activating events, behaviors, cognitions.
c. antecedent, belief, cognitions.

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d. activating event, belief, consequence.

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According to REBT, what is the core of most emotional disturbance?

c. rage
e. depression
b. resentment
d. unfinished business
a. blame
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a. blame

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REBT contends that people:

a. have a need to be loved and accepted by everyone.
b. need to be accepted by most people.
d. do not need to be accepted and loved.
c. will become emotionally sick if they are rejected.

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d. do not need to be accepted and loved.

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The main function of the rational emotive behavior therapist is to:

e. help the client relive past emotional traumas.
a. become an “existential partner” with the client.
b. create a climate of safety and freedom from threat.
d. encourage the client to experience fully the here-and-now.
c. challenge clients to reevaluate their ideas and philosophy of life.

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c. challenge clients to reevaluate their ideas and philosophy of life.

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The role of the client in rational emotive behavior therapy is like that of a:

a. co-therapist.
b. passive observer.
c. student or learner.
d. partner.

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c. student or learner.

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  1. Which of the following is the correct order of the three phases of Meichenbaum’s stress-inoculation program?
    e. conceptual-rehearsal-application
    a. conceptual-application-rehearsal
    b. application-conceptual-rehearsal
    d. rehearsal-conceptual-application
    c. application-rehearsal-conceptual
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e. conceptual-rehearsal-application

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According to Ellis, we develop emotional and behavioral difficulties because:

e. we do not possess any self-actualizing tendencies.
b. we live by the values our parents gave us.
c. we refuse to deal with unfinished business.
d. we have learned maladaptive behaviors.
a. we think of simple preferences as dire needs.

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a. we think of simple preferences as dire needs.

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An REBT therapist would contend that anxiety stems from:

c. the internal repetition of irrational sentences.
e. Transference is encouraged to develop.
b. inadequate ego-defense mechanisms.
a. unresolved issues of the past.
d. a normal human condition that should be accepted.

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c. the internal repetition of irrational sentences.

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The REBT technique that involves having clients imagine themselves in situations where they feel inappropriate feelings is called:

a. cognitive homework.
e. rational-emotive imagery.
b. disputing irrational beliefs.
d. shame-attacking exercises.
c. role playing.

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e. rational-emotive imagery.

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Which of the following are cognitive methods of REBT:

c. changing one’s language.
d. completing homework assignments.
a. shame-attacking exercises.
e. all of the above
b. disputing irrational beliefs.

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e. all of the above

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In cognitive therapy, techniques are designed to:
e. teach clients how to think only positive thoughts.
b. help clients experience their feelings more intensely.
a. assist clients in substituting rational beliefs for irrational beliefs.
c. assist individuals in making alternative interpretations of events in their daily living.
d. enable clients to deal with their existential loneliness.

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c. assist individuals in making alternative interpretations of events in their daily living.

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The type of cognitive error that involves thinking and interpreting in all-or-nothing terms, or in categorizing experiences in either/or extremes, is known as:

b. polarized thinking.
d. overgeneralization.
a. magnification and exaggeration.
c. arbitrary inference.

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b. polarized thinking.

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Beck’s cognitive therapy differs from Ellis’s REBT in that Beck’s approach emphasizes:

c. working with the client in collaborative ways.
b. helping clients to discover their misconceptions by themselves.
e. all of the above
a. more of a Socratic dialogue.
d. more structure in the therapy process.

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e. all of the above

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Beck’s cognitive therapy has been most widely applied to the treatment of:

b. anxiety reactions.
e. cardiovascular disorders.
c. phobias.
a. stress symptoms.
d. depression.

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d. depression.

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The cognitive distortion of making conclusions without supporting and relevant evidence is:

d. selective abstraction.
c. arbitrary inferences.
e. personalization.
a. labeling and mislabeling.
b. overgeneralization.

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c. arbitrary inferences.

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The cognitive distortion that consists of forming conclusions based on an isolated detail of an event is:

d. selective abstraction.
a. labeling and mislabeling.
c. arbitrary inferences.
e. personalization.
b. overgeneralization

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d. selective abstraction.

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The process of holding extreme beliefs on the basis of a single incident and applying them inappropriately to dissimilar events or settings is known as:

d. selective abstraction.
e. personalization.
a. labeling and mislabeling.
b. overgeneralization.
c. arbitrary inferences.

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b. overgeneralization.

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The constructivist perspective in cognitive therapy holds that:

e. we all construct irrational beliefs and must change those if we hope to find happines
d. there are multiple realities and a therapist’s task is to help clients appreciate how they construct their realities and how they author their own stories.
c. one’s problems are merely a product of one’s imagination.
a. clients must accept objective reality if they hope to change.
b. there is really no difference between objective and subjective reality.

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d. there are multiple realities and a therapist’s task is to help clients appreciate how they construct their realities and how they author their own stories.

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Cognitive behavioral therapists assist clients in using language that:

c. replaces absolutes with preferences.
a. is not self-condemning.
b. depicts the client’s thoughts in a rational and accurate manner.
d. all of the above

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d. all of the above

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To what does the term “cognitive triad” refer?

a. Aaron Beck coined the term to refer to himself and two other cognitive-oriented theorists, Ellis and Meichenbaum, who have revolutionized the field of counseling.
b. It refers to the three generations of Becks (Aaron, his daughter Judith, and his grandchild who is a social worker specializing in cognitive therapy).
d. It is a cognitive behavioral intervention.
c. It is a pattern that triggers depression.

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c. It is a pattern that triggers depression.

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Sandra is a reality therapist who is meeting her client Paul, who struggles with career indecision, for the first time. How might she begin her work with Paul?

b. by asking Paul what he wants from therapy
a. by diagnosing his problem using the DSM
c. by asking about his earliest recollections
d. by asking him to take a career inventory

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b. by asking Paul what he wants from therapy

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Reality therapy is best categorized as:

a. a brand of psychoanalytic therapy.
d. a derivative of Adlerian therapy.
e. a form of cognitive behavior therapy.
c. a derivative of Gestalt therapy.
b. a form of nondirective therapy.

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e. a form of cognitive behavior therapy.

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Reality therapy has gained popularity with:

d. all of the above
a. school counselors and administrators.
b. school teachers, both elementary and secondary
c. rehabilitation workers.

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d. all of the above

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  1. Reality therapy isbestdescribed as:
    b. a rational therapy.
    c. an insight therapy.
    d. a short-term therapy that stresses doing.
    e. an experiential therapy stressing feelings and attitudes.
    a. an intensive and long-term therapy.
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d. a short-term therapy that stresses doing.

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  1. WDEP stands for:
    a. wants, decision, self-evaluation, perception.
    c. wants, doing, self-evaluation, planning.
    b. wishes, direction, engagement, purpose.
    d. wants, direction, efficacy, planning.
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c. wants, doing, self-evaluation, planning.

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  1. Which of the following isnota component of total behavior?
    a. wanting
    d. thinking
    e. physiology
    c. feeling
    b. acting
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a. wanting

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  1. A reality therapist would most likely respond to a client’s complaint of melancholy, sad mood by saying:
    d. “Sounds like you’re depressive.”
    b. “Sounds like you have depression.”
    c. “Sounds like you’re depressing.”
    a. “Sounds like you’re depressed.”
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c. “Sounds like you’re depressing.”

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The function of the reality therapist is:
b. to encourage clients to make a value judgment concerning the quality of their behavior.
a. to assist clients in dealing with the present.
c. to confront clients about specific irrational thoughts and ideas and to teach them to think rationally.
d. to reindoctrinate clients with the acceptable standards for living.

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a. to assist clients in dealing with the present.

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  1. Which of the following procedures would a reality therapist be least likely to employ?
    d. engaging in homework to change behaviors
    e. reliving an early childhood event
    b. encouraging clients to look at what they are doing
    a. skillful questioning
    c. making action plans
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e. reliving an early childhood event

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  1. A reality therapist will primarily focus on:
    c. feelings.
    b. present behavior.
    e. the client’s personal history.
    d. thoughts.
    a. past behavior.
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b. present behavior.

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  1. When reality therapists explore a client’s past, they tend to focus on:
    c. problems in school performance.
    e. developmental problems.
    d. past successes.
    b. early traumatic events.
    a. relationships within the family.
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d. past successes.

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  1. In reality therapy, the purpose of developing an action plan is:
    b. to teach clients to “think big.”
    d. to arrive at the ultimate solution to a client’s problem.
    a. to encourage clients to stretch beyond their limits.
    c. to arrange for successful experience.
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c. to arrange for successful experience.

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  1. In reality therapy, when a client fails to carry out their plans, the therapist will:
    c. accept their excuses.
    e. challenge the client to accept the reasonable consequence of his or her behavior.
    a. use a behavioral form of punishment.
    d. make a value judgment about the client’s behavior.
    b. “put the client down” to arouse their anger and motivate them to change.
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e. challenge the client to accept the reasonable consequence of his or her behavior.

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  1. The core of reality therapy consists of:
    b. helping clients to understand their unconscious dynamics.
    d. teaching clients to take effective control of their own lives.
    c. giving clients opportunities to express unresolved feelings.
    a. teaching clients how to acquire rational beliefs instead of irrational beliefs.
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d. teaching clients to take effective control of their own lives.

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  1. A limitation of this approach as it applies to multicultural counseling is:
    a. oppressed clients may have little choice over their circumstances.
    c. the concept of the quality world is abstract and lacks cross-cultural appeal.
    b. this therapy provides specific tools to help clients make the changes they desire.
    d. reality therapists must be careful when adapting their approach to non-western cultures.
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a. oppressed clients may have little choice over their circumstances.

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  1. All of the following are procedures that are commonly used in reality therapy except:
    c. focusing on current behavior.
    b. exploring early recollections.
    d. planning and commitment.
    e. skillful questioning.
    a. exploring wants, needs, and perceptions.
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b. exploring early recollections.

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  1. All of the following are key characteristics of contemporary reality therapy except for:
    e. Clients are helped to get connected or reconnected with the people they have chosen to put in their quality world.
    d. Therapy is kept in the present.
    b. Emphasis is on choice and responsibility.
    c. There is a rejection of the notion of transference.
    a. There is a focus on talking about symptoms that bring a client into therapy.
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c. There is a rejection of the notion of transference.

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  1. According to Glasser, many of the problems of clients are caused by:
    e. the failure to succeed in changing the other person in the relationship.
    c. early childhood trauma.
    b. sibling rivalry.
    d. their inability to connect or to have a satisfying relationship with at least one of the significant people in their lives.
    a. unfinished business with parents.
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d. their inability to connect or to have a satisfying relationship with at least one of the significant people in their lives.

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  1. A major contribution of Whitaker’s approach to family therapy is:
    a. birth order as a determinant of personality.
    d. spontaneity, creativity, and play as therapeutic factors in family therapy.
    b. differentiation of the self.
    c. genogram work.
    e. the use of bibliotherapy as an adjunct to treatment.
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d. spontaneity, creativity, and play as therapeutic factors in family therapy.

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  1. Structural family therapy includes all of the following goals except for bringing about structural change by:
    a. modifying the family’s transactional rules.
    d. reducing symptoms of dysfunction.
    b. developing more appropriate boundaries.
    c. creating an effective hierarchical structure.
    e. the therapist taking a not-knowing stance with a family.
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e. the therapist taking a not-knowing stance with a family.

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  1. Which of the following statements about strategic family therapy isnottrue?
    a. Therapy is brief, process-focused, and solution-oriented.
    e. Presenting problems are viewed as being symptomatic of a dysfunction within the system.
    b. Change results when the family follows the therapist’s directions and change transactions.
    d. The therapist designs strategies for change.
    c. The focus is on solving problems in the present.
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e. Presenting problems are viewed as being symptomatic of a dysfunction within the system.

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  1. Chun Hei is a Korean immigrant who has been separated from her family and friends for over a year since she came to the U.S. with her husband. She spends her days taking care of their two young children while he goes to work, and feels increasingly depressed without her support system. It is likely that a family therapist who meets Chun Hei:
    c. would abandon using a systems approach, and treat her with cognitive behavioral methods.
    b. would be very interested in how her depression affects others in the family and how it influences family process.
    a. would prescribe her antidepressant medication.
    d. would be directive and tell her to convince her husband to go back to Korea so she will once again have family support.
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b. would be very interested in how her depression affects others in the family and how it influences family process.

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  1. The systems perspective implies:
    d. systematic intervention is required to deconstruct an unhealthy family interaction pattern.
    c. individuals are best understood through the context of their role in their family.
    b. the external environment is the most powerful influence on an individual’s development.
    a. individuals are autonomous and independent of their families.
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c. individuals are best understood through the context of their role in their family.

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  1. What is the technique in family therapy that casts a new light on a problem and provides a different interpretation for a problematic situation?
    b. family mapping
    a. reorganization
    c. restructuring
    d. reframing
    e. joining
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d. reframing

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  1. A major contribution of Bowen’s theory is the notion of:
    b. differentiation of the self.
    d. spontaneity, creativity, and play as therapeutic factors in family therapy.
    a. birth order as a determinant of personality.
    c. family rules and communication patterns.
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b. differentiation of the self.

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  1. Which is(are) a key role (or roles) of most family therapists?
    d. consultant
    b. model
    c. coach
    e. all of the above
    a. teacher
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e. all of the above

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  1. Which of the following techniques is a strategic family therapist least likely to use?
    c. family sculpting
    d. reframing
    b. directives
    e. paradoxical interventions
    a. asking about attempted solutions to a problem
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c. family sculpting

50
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  1. The techniques of joining, accommodating, unbalancing, tracking, and boundary making are most likely to be part of which approach to family therapy?
    b. Adlerian family therapy
    a. Bowenian family therapy
    c. structural family therapy
    d. strategic family therapy
    e. experiential/symbolic family therapy
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c. structural family therapy

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  1. Roger and his wife are experiencing tension in their relationship because he believes she is far too lenient with their children when they misbehave. This forces him to play the role of “bad cop” as a parent, which makes him angry. A family therapist working with Roger and his family might:
    c. take Roger’s side and educate his wife about appropriate disciplinary practices.
    b. refer Roger to individual therapy since he clearly needs to work through his unresolved issues that are causing him to feel so angry.
    a. help to modify the family’s transactional rules and develop more appropriate boundaries.
    d. focus on getting the children to stop misbehaving so that Roger and his wife won’t experience this tension.
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a. help to modify the family’s transactional rules and develop more appropriate boundaries.

52
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  1. A couple directs the focus of their energy toward a problematic son as a way to avoid facing or dealing with their own conflicts. This is an example of:
    c. displacement.
    e. diffusion.
    b. normal love.
    a. enmeshment.
    d. triangulation.
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d. triangulation.

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  1. To prevent his parents from leaving the house, Miguel throws temper tantrums. His parents have given in to his demands and never go out to dinner or to movies anymore. A structural/strategic therapist working with Miguel and his parents will most likely:
    d. do a lifestyle assessment.
    a. have them participate in an enactment during the therapy session.
    b. explain with a genogram the origins of Miguel’s temper tantrums.
    c. help Miguel’s parents to develop differentiated selves.
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d. do a lifestyle assessment.

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  1. Which of the following individuals isnotassociated with family therapy?
    a. Alfred Adler
    b. Cloe Madanes
    e. Carl Whitaker
    c. Albert Ellis
    d. Salvador Minuchin
A

c. Albert Ellis

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  1. Which approach would be most interested in the appropriateness of hierarchical structure in the family?
    a. Bowenian family therapy
    c. structural family therapy
    b. human validation process model
    d. social constructionism
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c. structural family therapy

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  1. Family atmosphere, family constellation, and mistaken goals are key concepts of:
    c. experiential family therapy.
    e. the multilayered approach.
    b. structural family therapy.
    a. Adlerian family therapy.
    d. strategic family therapy.
A

a. Adlerian family therapy.

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  1. Postmodern thought has contributed to family therapy by:
    e. promoting the therapist’s role as being directive.
    d. introducing the concept of triangulation.
    a. minimizing the role of assessment.
    b. promoting the therapist’s view of clients as the experts on their own lives.
    c. developing an individual therapy application of the family systems approach.
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b. promoting the therapist’s view of clients as the experts on their own lives.

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