Framo may be considered to have built his theories on the earlier formulations of:
a. Fairbairn and Rogers
b. Rogers and Dicks
c. Fairbairn and Dicks
d. Ackerman and Bowen
Which of the following characterizes the postmodernists view of reality:
a. can be measured
b. can be objectified
c. reflects what is out there
d. gains meaning through contextual analysis
The pioneering therapeutic work with sexual problems has been led by:
a. Ackerman
b. Alexander
c. Masters and Johnson
d. Patterson
Quarreling couples who feel justified in responding to what each perceives as an attack
from the other are each imposing his or her own _______________ on their
interactions:
a. punctuation
b. first-order change
c. second-order change
d. directive
By definition, a nuclear family refers to:
a. husband, wife, and offspring living together
b. a married couple, children, and nearby relatives
c. one’s suprafamily
d. all of the above
Which of the following is true?
a. e-therapy is illegal
b. e-therapy has been shown to be more effective than onsite therapy
c. to minimize possible liability exposure, therapists should disclose possible
advantages and drawbacks to using the internet for therapy
d. the courts have stipulated circumstances when e-therapy should not be used
Most of the early work in family communication theory was carried out at:
a. the Mental Health Services in Los Angeles
b. the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto
c. the Family Institute in New York City
d. the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic
Women are especially vulnerable if divorced later in life because of:
a. their embeddedness in relationships
b. their orientation toward interdependence
c. their lifelong subordination of achievement to caring for others
d. all of the above
Some feminists are critical of Minuchin’s emphasis on family hierarchies because they
believe:
a. it upsets the parental subsystem
b. it places women in conflict with their children
c. it gives parents excessive power
d. it reinforces sexual stereotypes
Which of the following is not typically part of observational research methods?
a. rating scales
b. interactive coding schemes
c. observable behavior patterns
d. qualitative assessment reporting
Gottman’s research indicates three types of stable couples. Which of the following is
not one of those types?
a. conflict-avoiding couples
b. conflict-engaging couples
c. volatile couples
d. validating couples
The view that there are multiple versions of reality within a family comes from the:
a. psychoanalysts
b. object relations theorists
c. first-order cyberneticists
d. constructionists
A certification law:
a. certifies who may use a title such as family therapist
b. certifies who may practice family therapy
c. is stronger than a licensing law
d. is equivalent to a licensing law
Madanes contends that the basic tool of strategic therapists is:
a. prescribing the symptom
b. relabeling
c. the directive
d. empathic listening
Clients need to be told of the possible risks before commencing treatment. This is an
example of:
a. peer review
b. malpractice
c. privileged communication
d. informed consent
Gender differences in perception and behavior result from:
a. biological factors
b. cultural factors
c. both biological and cultural factors
d. neither biological or cultural factors
Questionnaires and personality inventories are employed by:
a. emotionally-focused couple therapists
b. symbolic-experiential family therapists
c. object relations therapists
d. cognitive therapists
Re-authoring lives in a more hopeful way is a goal of:
a. human validation process therapy
b. narrative therapy
c. emotionally focused couple therapy
d. functional family therapy
Second-order changes call for:
a. superficial behavioral changes
b. non-linear changes
c. changes reflecting good intentions
d. repetitive double-binds
Bowen:
a. bypasses the issue of normality by emphasizing optimal functioning
b. bypasses the issue of optimal functioning by emphasizing normality
c. helps families overcome problem-saturated stories
d. is a social constructionist therapist
The major characteristic of strategic family therapy is that the therapist:
a. plans a strategy for solving the presenting problems
b. remains neutral and passive throughout treatment
c. follows the family’s leads, since they know what’s best for them
d. commands the family to change targeted behaviors
The “identified patient” is the person in the family who:
a. manifests the disturbed behavior
b. initially seeks or is sent for treatment
c. may be expressing family disequilibrium
d. all of the above
Boszormenyi-Nagy’s approach is called:
a. Family Systems Therapy
b. Family Ledger Therapy
c. Contextual Family Therapy
d. none of the above
Operant interpersonal therapy represents a blend of operant learning principles and:
a. Gestalt psychology
b. social exchange theory
c. classical conditioning principles
d. experiential psychology
White views stories that oppress people’s lives through a political lens, largely due to
the influence of:
a. Foucault
b. Whitaker
c. Jacobson
d. Gottman
Which type of family therapist is least likely to speculate on the origin of the problem?
a. object relations psychoanalysts
b. intersubectivists
c. behavior therapists
d. relational psychoanalysts
Which of the following does not exemplify a Brief family therapy?
a. relatively quick and inexpensive
b. method oriented
c. focused on the presenting problem
d. focused on exploration
Structural therapists tend to focus on family:
a. triangulation
b. “dirty games”
c. introjects
d. transactional patterns
When organisms are said to be structure determined, it means:
a. their gender takes precedence over all other considerations
b. they are limited by the repertoire of their structure
c. subsystems and boundaries are the key to their understanding
d. none of the above
Contingency contracting is a behavioral procedure that is probably most useful with:
a. young children
b. adolescents
c. college students
d. the elderly
Bowen’s work with families tended to be:
a. calm and low-key
b. highly intrusive and emotional
c. focused first on obtaining an accurate diagnosis before starting treatment
d. focused on involving children in the treatment
Evidence-based questions in outcome research refer to:
a. what technique works best with what presenting problem
b. whether all forms of family therapy work
c. how best to code family interaction
d. how best to rate family interaction
As children grow up and leave home, the family’s developmental task involves:
a. focusing attention on career development
b. considering retirement shortly
c. dealing with disabilities and death of grandparents
d. creating adult-to-adult relationships between parents and children