In his therapeutic approach, Bowen:
a. insists on the entire family being present
b. refuses to see children under 4 years of age
c. may choose to work only with the less well-differentiated partner
d. may choose to work only with the better-differentiated partner
Rolland stresses which of the following regarding illness in the family?
a. the family belief system
b. the family genetic code
c. immigrant or native-born status
d. none of the above
“We never know from day to day what mood our daughter will be in.” This statement is
an example of a(n):
a. empowering story
b. internalizing story
c. problem-saturated story
d. externalizing story
General systems theory is considered by the authors to:
a. be interchangeable with cybernetic theory
b. provide the underpinning for much of family therapy theory
c. be too narrow a concept because of its specific references to feedback mechanisms
d. arise from research at the Mental Research Institute
Ecomaps are:
a. drawings by adult family members
b. devices for depicting a family’s connection to a larger system
c. school learning projects
d. a child’s depiction of his or her family
Protecting a client from unauthorized disclosures by the therapist without prior consent
is called:
a. information disclosure
b. communication privileges
c. right to silence
d. confidentiality
Uncovering the relationship between behavioral deficits and the client’s interpersonal
environment is called:
a. behavior analysis
b. problem analysis
c. functional analysis
d. intersubjective psychoanalysis
Boscolo and Cecchin believe:
a. the system creates the problem
b. the problem creates the system
c. the problem exists apart from the observing system
d. all problems call for a universal prescription
Solution-oriented therapists:
a. offer insights through their interpretations
b. provide families with solutions to their problems
c. create a collaborative dialogue with families
d. rely on reflecting teams to offer solutions
Boscolo and Cecchin:
a. are followers of the Milan model
b. invite families to examine their meaning system
c. bypass insight vs. action dichotomies
d. all of the above
Which of the following refers to a series of linked behavioral transactions occurring
over a particular period of time?
a. family structure
b. family process
c. family interaction
d. family transactions
Which of the following statements is true?
a. a middle-class couple’s previously egalitarian relationship may break down following
the birth of a baby
b. the birth of a child often hastens a connection or re-connection with the extended
family
c. Latino families can expect considerable involvement by extended family members
following the birth of a child
d. all of the above
Emotional cutoff, according to Bowen, is:
a. separation from one’s family
b. emancipation from one’s family
c. differentiation from one’s family
d. a flight from unresolved emotional ties to one’s family
The developmental approach to family life focuses upon the family’s:
a. organization and structure
b. pathology patterns
c. life cycle
d. operations as a social system
The published works of both _______________ and Ackerman are generally credited
with launching the field of family therapy:
a. Bowlby
b. Jackson
c. Wynne
d. Bell
Object relations theorists believe the infant’s need for ______________ influences the
development of the self:
a. positive reinforcements
b. tenderness
c. attachment
d. nutrients
The Houston-Galveston Institute is known for:
a. its reflecting team emphasis
b. its language systems approach
c. its solution-focused therapy
d. its narrative therapy
In solution-focused brief therapy, ‘skeleton keys” refer to:
a. reconstructing old repressed memories
b. paring down problems to their basic elements
c. interventions that work for a variety of “locks”
d. all of the above
Which of the following does not characterize a double-bind situation?
a. an ongoing relationship involving at least two people
b. contradictory injunctions
c. an inability to escape the situation
d. parental yielding to infantile demands
Structuralists believe the anorectic symptom is embedded in:
a. a faulty family organization
b. a faulty parent-parent relationship
c. a faulty parent-grandparent-child relationship
d. none of the above
In the case of parental abuse of a child described in the text, the therapist’s priority is:
a. the child’s welfare
b. maintaining confidentiality
c. exposing family secrets
d. questioning the possibility of incest between the father and daughter
Which of the following does not characterize a family therapist who acts as a systems
consultant:
a. convenes the participants
b. allows different views to emerge
c. facilitates collaborative problem-solving
d. identifies and targets the right person as the identified patient
In externalizing conversations, narrative therapists try to help clients:
a. attach new meanings to their experiences
b. recognize that the client with the symptom is the problem
c. recognize that the family is the problem
d. tell themselves they no longer have the problem
Systems-oriented clinicians are most interested in:
a. the process that is taking place within a family
b. the content of the family’s problems
c. why problematic behavior has arisen
d. family history
A _______________ law regulates who may practice in a state.
a. credentialing
b. certification
c. licensing
d. accreditation
Marriage encounters:
a. are always church-affiliated
b. began in France
c. were first introduced in 1898
d. none of the above
In working with immigrant families, family therapists need to remain aware of:
a. when they arrived in this country
b. the circumstances of their arrival in this country
c. their support system in this country
d. all of the above
Which of the following is likely to take a leadership role with a family?
a. structuralists
b. narrative therapists
c. collaborative therapists
d. none of the above
Managed care programs have led to:
a. a search for brief techniques
b. restrictions on independent practice
c. efforts at cost containment
d. all of the above
PREPARE is a(n):
a. exam preparation program
b. relationship enhancement program
c. marriage preparation program
d. program for stepfamilies
The developmental framework for studying families was first proposed by:
a. family therapists
b. family counselors
c. family sociologists
d. family social workers
Skill-building is a goal of:
a. behavioral/cognitive therapies
b. Gestalt therapy
c. psychodynamic therapies
d. reflecting teams
In short-term educational programs, the therapist is:
a. the diagnostician
b. the treatment planner
c. the facilitator
d. the expert
Adopting the symbols of a family’s life and deliberately using them in conversation
with the family is the structural technique called:
a. enactment
b. tracking
c. mimesis
d. accommodating
Family narratives:
a. negate family myths
b. challenge family stories
c. help explain and justify family patterns
d. none of the above