Quiz: Psychodynamic,
Transgenerational, and Experiential
Models
Points 100
Questions 50
Score for this quiz: 92 out of 100
Question 1
2 / 2 pts
The double-bind concept was first introduced to account for the development
of:
anorexia nervosa
both anxiety and depression
substance abuse
schizophrenia
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
Two leading family therapists, Don Jackson and Murray Bowen, trained under
American psychiatrist
Gregory Bateson
Nathan Ackerman
Harry Stack Sullivan
Alfred Adler
Question 3
2 / 2 pts
Pseudomutuality refers to:
hostile exchanges between family members
the appearance of an open relationship without really having one
the development of strong identifies among family members
none of the above
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
Object relations theorists believe the infant's need for what influences the
development of the self?
positive reinforcements
tenderness
attachment
none of the above
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
Pochaska and Norcross (2010) contend the model orientation of family
therapy today is:
psychoanalytic approaches
eclecticism
psychodynamic interpretations
all of the above
Question 6
2 / 2 pts
When a child internalizes the image of his mother into a good object and a
bad object, he is engaging in:
projective identification
splitting
identifying
differentiating
I Question 7
0 / 2 pts
An empirically valid theory:
confirms predictions
requires experimental proof
both of the above
neither of the above (NOT the correct answer)
Question 8
2 / 2 pts
Defending against anxiety by externalizing unwanted parts of oneself onto
others is called:
Introjection
Projection
Rationalization
projective identification
Question 9
2 / 2 pts
For which of the following is interpretation of dreams and fantasies an
essential part of the therapy?
White
Anderson
de Shazer
Scharff
Question 10
2 / 2 pts
Bowen studied families with schizophrenic members, especially their
marital disharmony
symbiotic mother/child interactions
neurotic parents
psychotic parents
Question 11
2 / 2 pts
Object Relations Family Therapy:
analyses dreams and fantasies
explores family histories
seeks to provide insight
all of the above
Question 12
2 / 2 pts
Managed care programs have led to:
a search for brief techniques
restrictions on independent practices
efforts at cost containment
all of the above
Question 13
2 / 2 pts
Family therapy gained its initial legitimacy during the 1950's by:
emphasizing clinical research over clinical practice
emphasizing treatment over research
hospitalizing entire families
practicing experiential family therapy
Question 14
2 / 2 pts
The study of paradoxes of communication in animals as well as humans is
associated with the name of:
Waxler
Fisher
Bateson
Miller
Question 15
2 / 2 pts
A double-bind situation calls for:
an important ongoing adult relationship in a child's life
conflicting injunctions
an inability to escape the situation
all of the above
none of the above
I Question 16
0 / 2 pts
When Beels and Ferber classified the leading family therapists in 1969, they
distinguished two types, conductors and
crisis-inducers (NOT the correct answer)
responders
reactors
active, aggressive therapists
Question 17
2 / 2 pts
The largest organization of family therapists is the:
American Family Therapy Association
American Family Therapy Academy
American Psychiatric Association
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Question 18
2 / 2 pts
In the famous case of Little Hans, in which the child feared leaving his house
fear of being bitten by a horse;
Freud treated the whole family
the treatment was carried out by the father, under Freud's guidance
Bowen worked with the boy and his father together
Bowen never saw Hans, but worked with his parents
Question 19
2 / 2 pts
Feminists have faulted existing practices as:
showing bias toward masculine values
devaluating nurturance and relationship values
based on male development
all of the above
I Question 20
0 / 2 pts
According to Ackerman, the therapist's primary job is to...
pull the family together (NOT the correct answer)
listen to the family
allow the family space to heal
be a catalyst for the family
Question 21
2 / 2 pts
Ackerman used the term _________________ to describe several disabilities
within a family which depend on each other for expression or control.
family ego mass
triangulation
interlocking pathology
marital schism
Question 22
2 / 2 pts
The focus of object relations theory is:
monadic
dyadic
triadic
none of the above
Question 23
2 / 2 pts
Object Relations Family Therapy emphasizes the basic human need for:
sexual gratification
the release of aggression
experiences
attachment
Question 24
2 / 2 pts
Object relations theory evolved from the study of:
objective analyses of another persons
object constancy
early mother-infant relationships
father/mother/siblings bonding
Question 25
2 / 2 pts
Genograms help shed light on
how many generations currently live together
multigenerational relationship patterns of family functioning
family enmeshments and disengagements
none of the above
Question 26
2 / 2 pts
Bowen's work with families tended to be
controlled and cerebral
highly intrusive and emotional
focused first on obtaining an accurate diagnosis before starting treatment
focused on involving children in the treatment
Question 27
2 / 2 pts
Bowen believed that, generally speaking, people choose mates with
_________ levels of differentiation than their own
slightly lower
slightly higher
about the same
considerably higher or considerably lower
Question 28
2 / 2 pts
A high degree of family fusion may result in: (best answer please)
that triangulating will be more intense
that poorly differentiated members will be drawn into tense situations
the family insistence on togetherness
all of the above
Question 29
2 / 2 pts
Regardless of the presenting problem. Family Systems Therapy is directed
toward
symptom relief
anxiety reduction
an increase in self-differentiation
all of the above
I Question 30
0 / 2 pts
With his concept of self-differentiation, Bowen argues for
emotional detachment (NOT the correct answer)
objectivity
balance
rationality
Question 31
2 / 2 pts
Possible symptomatic patterns of fusion, according to Bowen, may be
chronic marital conflict
a psychologically damaged child
physical illness in a spouse
none of the above
all of the above
Question 32
2 / 2 pts
According to Kerr, an emotional cutoff
reflects a family problem
solves a family problem
creates a family problem
all of the above
Question 33
2 / 2 pts
Bowen's concept of societal regression extends his view to
individual fixations in society
a family's ability to regress during family therapy
society's emotional functioning
none of the above
Question 34
2 / 2 pts
Family systems therapists, in Bowen's approach,
insist on the entire family being present
refuse to see children under 4 years of age
may choose to work only with the less well-differentiated partner
may choose to work only with the better differentiated partner
Question 35
2 / 2 pts
A core concept in the contextual theory of Boszormenyi-Nagy's approach is
relational ethics
sibling bonding
mother-child symbiosis
interlocking pathology
Question 36
2 / 2 pts
Bowen referred to a family's way of reducing stress and maintaining stability
as its
undifferentiated family ego mass
nuclear family emotional system
system of family obligations and entitlements
none of the above
Question 37
2 / 2 pts
In Bowen's Differentiation of Self Scale, people at the low end are apt to lead
lives
reflecting high self-esteem
dominated by the thoughts of those around them
dominated by the feelings of those around them
none of the above
Question 38
2 / 2 pts
Experiential therapists are especially critical of rational thought in the way of
intellectualization
self-disclosure
active therapists
none of the above
all of the above
Question 39
2 / 2 pts
Probably Kempler's outstanding therapeutic tactic is his insistence on
punctuality
self-disclosure and openness
insight
physical contact
Question 40
2 / 2 pts
The therapist's role in Gestalt Family therapy is to help clients
become aware of their blocked awareness and channel this awareness for
future processing
engage in self-analysis of their childhood experiences
focus on "then and there" rather than "here and now"
all of above
Question 41
2 / 2 pts
The fundamental curative factors in psychotherapy, according to Whitaker,
are
educational
symbolic
reality testing
medication, especially anti-psychotic drugs
Question 42
2 / 2 pts
Nothing exists except in the now. This statement was likely made by a
psychoanalyst
trangenerational therapists
Gestalt therapist
none of the above
Question 43
2 / 2 pts
The developers of Emotionally-Focused Couple Therapy are
Satire and Kempler
Johnson and Satire
Whitaker and Greenberg
Johnson and Greenberg
Question 44
2 / 2 pts
Whitaker conceptualizes schizophrenia as
an intrapsychic disturbance
an interpersonal deficit
a communication disorder
an intrapsychic and interpersonal dilemma
Question 45
2 / 2 pts
Generally speaking, experiential therapists believe that change resides
in attempts to uncover past traumatic events
in offerering interpretations
when providing insights into family behavior patterns
in a non-rational therapeutic experience
Question 46
2 / 2 pts
In Satir's view, symptoms
signal growth blockage
have a homeostatic function
represent destructive family transactions
all of the above
Question 47
2 / 2 pts
The primary survival triad, according to Satir, refers to
mind, body, temperament
pleaser, displeaser, provocateur
threat, reward, and seed models
father, mother, child
Question 48
2 / 2 pts
In Whitaker's therapeutic approach, it is essential that the therapist win the
battle for
initiative
structure
process
metaphors
Question 49
2 / 2 pts
Emotionally-Focused Couple Therapy is
brief
empirically validated
experiential
all of the above
Question 50
2 / 2 pts
As a Gestalt therapist, Kempler stresses a position of...
gentle but insistent
benevolent and accepting
challenging and assertive
silent
