Week 3 ch 8

Question 1

Transgenerational Model, what is the concept of anxiety

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Anxiety stimulates a persons emotions and can override cognitive abilities. In family terms, anxiety is inevitably aroused as families struggle to balances the pressures of being individual and a family.

Question 2

Within differentiation of self you have The intrapersonal and the interpersonal. Intrapersonal is the

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ability to separate thoughts from feelings in order to respond rather than react

Question 3

Within differentiation of self you have The intrapersonal. and the interpersonal. Interpersonal is

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an ability to know where you begin and where you end.

Question 4

Differentiation of self-

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the degree to which you can have your values even in the face of anxiety and not get swept up and overwhelmed in family situations. People who are well differentiated can respond to family systems and still have a clear self.

Question 5

The purpose of triangulating is

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to diffuse anxiety

Question 6

Multigenerational transmission process-

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anxiety passed on over generations

Question 7

Sibling position refers to

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relationship between marital partners based on their birth order.

Question 8

Societal regression-

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society is like a family in that it has forces for being together and forces being individuals. Under chronic stress people come together.

Question 9

Experiential models: the main theorist

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Satir

Question 10

Satir believed in the __ __ process

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human validation process

Question 11

Satir believed every family has ___ potential

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growth potential

Question 12

The experiential model has this view of theory

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They tend to minimize theory, they argue that it can hinder therapy, and change actually comes from the experience between the therapist and client. Focus is on personal fulfillment.

Question 13

Satir’s biggest contribution is her idea of different

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communication styles
She thinks the task of the therapist is to talk about the topic again with a different communication style. She thinks you should use “I” statements.

Question 14

Minuchin said the family learns

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who to relate to and what are the transactional patterns.

Question 15

Minuchin’s goal is to change the

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structure of the family.

Question 16

Minuchin’s 3 types of boundaries

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Clear, enmeshed, and disengaged

Question 17

Minuchin’s boundaries: Clear

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you belong but also everyone has their own identities

Question 18

Minuchin’s boundaries: enmeshed

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too involved with each other

Question 19

Minuchin’s boundaries: disengaged

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disconnected from each other

Question 20

In addition to having hierarchies there should be

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functions that complement each other.

Question 21

The degree to which the needs of both partners are met are key factors in family functioning. In other words,

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using teamwork should be in the hierarchy.

Question 22

Family subsystems are part of being organized so they can carry out functions. The most important subsystems are the

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spousal, parental, and sibling

Question 23

Sibling subsystem allows people to

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practice being in a peer group.

Question 24

In a well functioning family all 3 subsystems operate in an

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integrated way to protect the family.

Question 25

Main theorist of the Transgenerational model

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Bowen

Question 26

Transgenerational Models interlocking concepts:

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Differentiation of self 
Triangles 
Nuclear family emotional system 
Family projection process 
Emotional cutoff  
Multigenerational transmission process  
Sibling position  
Societal regression

Question 27

Differentiation of self

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the idea that there are opposing forces driving people to be individuals but also driving them to be a family.
It’s also the extent to which you can separate intellectual from feelings.

Question 28

Nuclear family emotional system

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People marry people with the same level of differentiation. If 2 undifferentiated people marry, the emotional system will be unstable.

Question 29

Family projection process

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It’s when an undifferentiated parents projects onto their most babyish child and that child becomes undifferentiated too

Question 30

Sibling position

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Kids develop fixed personality based on birth order

Question 31

Basic Goals of Bowen’s Family Therapy

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Management of anxiety & relief from symptoms

An increase in each participant’s level
of differentiation in order to improve
adaptiveness.

Question 32

Interventions of Bowen’s Family Therapy: Process questions

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Attempts to figure out the emotional patterns of the family

Question 33

Interventions of Bowen’s Family Therapy: going home again

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You literally go home to work on being differentiated (though not to confront or get revenge on family)

Question 34

Displacement stories

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Feeling displaced, for example by the birth of a younger sibling

Question 35

Coach

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Bowen say the therapist as a coach, an expert who directed the family

Question 36

The cornerstone of Bowen’s Family Systems Theory is the notion of

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forces within the family that lead to individuality and the forces within the family that lead to togetherness.