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Question 1

2 out of 2 points

Many early family therapists operated in a gender-free fashion, and:

Selected Answer: saw men and women as having equal power and control in the family

Question 2

2 out of 2 points

The more open a family, the more

Selected Answer: adaptable and accessible to change

Question 3

2 out of 2 points

According to the postmodern view:

Selected Answer: families collectively construct a sense of reality

Question 4

2 out of 2 points

Closed systems tend to become disorganized and go into disorder. This is known as:

Selected Answer: entropy

Question 5

2 out of 2 points

Families coping with an adolescent frequently must deal with:

Selected Answer: all of the above

Question 6

2 out of 2 points

The "identified patient" is the person in the family who:

Selected Answer: all the above

Question 7

0 out of 2 points

Negative and positive feedback loops are:

Selected Answer: invariably destabilizing

Question 8

2 out of 2 points

A family will have a number or coexisting subsystems. According to the text, which subsystem is

executive and basic in a family?

Selected Answer: husband-wife

Question 9

2 out of 2 points

Systems oriented clinicians are most interested in:

Selected Answer: the process that is taking place within a family

Question 10

2 out of 2 points

If content is the language of linear causality, then _________________ is the language of circular

causality:

Selected Answer: process

Question 11

2 out of 2 points

A central idea in a process-based approach (vs. linear approach) is

Selected Answer: circular causality

Question 12

2 out of 2 points

Which of the following is NOT an example of a sudden, disruptive and discontinuous life cycle change

event in a family's history?

Selected Answer: father's retirement

Question 13

2 out of 2 points

Life-cycle concepts should be seen within the context of issues such as:

Selected Answer: all of the above

Question 14

2 out of 2 points

Most divorced persons:

Selected Answer: eventually remarry

Question 15

2 out of 2 points

Feminists are critical of the cybernetic concept of circular causality in male-female relationships

because of the implication of:

Selected Answer: equal power and control

Question 16

2 out of 2 points

A family's metarules refers to

Selected Answer: rules about the rules

Question 17

2 out of 2 points

Reinsertion into a system of the results of past performances is called:

Selected Answer: feedback

Question 18

2 out of 2 points

The term "suprasystem" refers to:

Selected Answer: husband, wife, children, and extended family members

Question 19

2 out of 2 points

Coontz views marriage as a

Selected Answer: all of the above

Question 20

2 out of 2 points

Reciprocal determinism refers to

Selected Answer: adopting a relationship outlook

Question 21

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Stepfamilies typically:

Selected Answer: only A and C

Question 22

2 out of 2 points

As the result of differing socialization experiences, men and women typically:

Selected Answer: all the above

Question 23

2 out of 2 points

What Carter and McGoldrick refer to as "launching children and moving on" is called what by Gerson?

Selected Answer: contraction

Question 24

2 out of 2 points

Gender differences in perception and behavior result from:

Selected Answer: both biological and cultural forces

Question 25

2 out of 2 points

Children living with unmarried mothers are:

Selected Answer: more likely to be poor

Question 26

2 out of 2 points

Classical theories (psychoanalysis) that focus on the individual probably emphasize:

Selected Answer: intrapsychic events

Question 27

0 out of 2 points

Which of the following is NOT a factor in gaining a comprehensive understanding of a family's

development and current functioning of clients families?

Selected Answer: kinship networks

Question 28

2 out of 2 points

For most families, engagement with larger systems are

Selected Answer: time-limited

Question 29

2 out of 2 points

Epistemology refers to:

Selected Answer: rules for gaining knowledge and drawing conclusions about the world

Question 30

2 out of 2 points

According to Gilligan, women are more apt than men to:

Selected Answer: define themselves within the context of relationships

Question 31

2 out of 2 points

Adopting a family psychology framework permits one to

Selected Answer: focus on the family context for understanding individual functioning

Question 32

2 out of 2 points

Family stage markers are events in a family's life that:

Selected Answer: demand a new adaptation

Question 33

2 out of 2 points

Which of the following is NOT considered to be an enduring subsystem?

Selected Answer: gender

Question 34

2 out of 2 points

Family therapist Virginia Satir helped families

Selected Answer: recognize their unwritten rules

Question 35

2 out of 2 points

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

Selected Answer: ecosystemic

Question 36

2 out of 2 points

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

Selected Answer: creating adult-adult relationships between parents and children

Question 37

2 out of 2 points

The leading advocates today of a multidimensional, multicultural view of the life cycle concept are:

Selected Answer: Carter and McGoldrick

Question 38

0 out of 2 points

Which of the following is not an example of a larger system that all families interact with and are

influenced by?

Selected Answer: probation departments

Question 39

2 out of 2 points

In a joint legal custody arrangement, both parents:

Selected Answer: share decision-making regarding child raising issues

Question 40

2 out of 2 points

Gender, power, and control issues are involved in:

Selected Answer: family violence and sexual abuse

Question 41

2 out of 2 points

Lesbian parents:

Selected Answer: all the above

Question 42

2 out of 2 points

The erosion of family structure among economically impoverished families often leads to:

Selected Answer: learning to view their impotence as normal

Question 43

2 out of 2 points

"Objectivity per se does not exist; each member has his or her legitimate viewpoint regarding family

reality." This statement is likely to be made by an adherent of:

Selected Answer: Constructivist theory

Question 44

2 out of 2 points

In the case presented by the authors of a Latino family seeking counseling, the presenting problem

involved:

Selected Answer: irregular school attendance

Question 45

2 out of 2 points

Who has been credited for developing the theory of "double bind"?

Selected Answer: Bateson

Question 46

2 out of 2 points

When family therapists refer to first-order cybernetics, they are attending to:

Selected Answer: patterns of structure and feedback control that govern systems

Question 47

2 out of 2 points

An example of a vertical stressor is:

Selected Answer: attitudes passes down over generations

Question 48

2 out of 2 points

In the view of the authors, entrance into a family can occur:

Selected Answer: through birth, adoption, or other committed relationships.

Question 49

2 out of 2 points

Strategists view psychiatric symptoms in a family member as

Selected Answer: a signal that the family unable to move on the next stage

Question 50

2 out of 2 points

One goal of gender-sensitive family therapy is to:

Selected Answer: enable clients to move beyond prescribed sex roles

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