Quiz: Structural, Strategic, Milan Systemic, and Behavioral/Cognitive
Modules
Due Oct 1 at 11:59pm Points 100 Questions 50 Time Limit 90 Minutes
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Question 1
In disengaged families, boundaries are
inappropriately rigid
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easily crossed
poorly differentiated
clear between people
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Question 2
Which of the following statements is true regarding structural family therapy?
action precedes understanding
insight precedes action
symptom-removal is the main objective
attention remains focused on the identied patient throughout treatment
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Question 3
One of the primary objectives of structural interventions is for the psychosomatic family to
achieve
greater enmeshment
clearer boundaries
more rule-governed interactions
greater disengagement
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Question 4
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Members of disengaged families run the risk of over-emphasizing
family belongingness
indifference to each other's needs
all of the above
none of the above
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Question 5
One tactic employed by Minuchin in treating anorectics is to
avoid the subject of eating until brought up by a family member
arrange for the rst session to meet the family for lunch
work individually with the identied patient
avoid enactments
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Question 6
Attempting to change the hierarchical arrangement between parents calls for
unbalancing
enactments
relabeling
all of the above
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Question 7
According to Aponte and Van Deusen, every family transaction makes a statement regarding
power
boundaries
alignments
all of the above
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Question 8
In an enmeshed family
members separate easily
members are intertwined in each other's lives
clear boundaries exist between persons and between subsystems
all of the above
none of the above
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Question 9
Structural therapists emphasize
a family's hierarchical organization
a family's subsystems
the wholeness of the family
all of the above
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Question 10
Labeling an anorectic's refusal to eat as "stubborn" rather than "sick" is an example of
reframing
scapegoating
regression
shaping
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Question 11
Making an effort to create greater psychological distance between enmeshed family
members involves
tracking
unbalancing
boundary making
reframing
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Question 12
Family mapping refers to the use of
simple pictorial devices to depict family interactive patterns
genograms to study several generations simultaneously
therapeutic planning before each session
signals between co-therapists
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Question 13
What the Milan systemicists call neutrality can best be thought of as
circularity
interest
not caring
hypothesizing
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Question 14
The MRI interactional approach is based upon
general systems theory
information theory
cybernetics
all of the above
none of the above
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Question 15
For Milan therapeutic intervention, family therapy begins with
the initial telephone inquiry from the family
the rst meeting with the family
discussions between team members
the issuance of directives
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Question 16
Circular questioning may reveal
differences in relationship
differences in degree and time
observer perspectives
all of the above
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Question 17
Which of the following does not represent Boscolo and Cecchin's landmark paper on the role
of a Milan therapist?
neutrality
hypothesizing
Circular Questioning
issuing directives
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Question 18
All except one of the following are techniques introduced by the Milan systemic therapists.
positive connotation
rituals
fusion
counterparadox
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Question 19
Relationships are dened by ______________________ messages.
instructional
parental
egalitarian
command
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Question 20
Circular questioning is likely to
address differences in how family members perceive problems
be a free form of therapeutic questioning
rely heavily on directives
rely heavily on prescriptions
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Question 21
Systemicists usually assign rituals in the form of
ceremonial acts
direct prescriptions
reframed questions
reframed labels
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Question 22
The major characteristic of strategic family therapy is that the therapist
plans a strategy for solving the presenting problems
remains neutral and passive throughout treatment
follows the family's leads, since they know what's best for them
none of the above
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Question 23
Madanes contends that the basic tool of strategic therapists is
prescribing the symptom
relabeling
the directive
none of the above
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Question 24
A complementary pattern of communication is based on
a minimization of differences between partners
inequality and the maximization of differences between partners
open quarrels over power and control
direct competition between partners
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Question 25
Haley believes every relationship contains within it an implicit struggle for
love
energy direction
sexual satisfaction
power and control
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Question 26
In a stereotypical complementary interaction or relationship (best answer)
one person is strong and the other weak
one person is "one-up" and the other "one-down"
both partners are angry
both partners are competitive
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Question 27
Symmetrical escalation occurs when
each partner's actions inuence the reactions of his or her partner in a spiraling effect
one participant assumes a "one-down" position and the other a "one-up" one
both persons attempt to reduce the intensity of a disagreement
one person is weak and the other strong
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Question 28
Tom Sawyer's effort to convince his friends that the drudgery of whitewashing a fence was a
privilege is an example of
framework bending
entropy
punctuation
relabeling
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Question 29
In the view of MRI family therapists
a depressed person needs to be cheered up and an anxious person taught relaxation techniques
clients need to be restrained from repeating unworkable solutions
hypnosis is a useful adjunctive technique
all of the above
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Question 30
By neutrality, the Milan therapist attempt to
hide his or her impressions from the family
be blank screen
remain connected to the family whole avoiding being allied with any one person
change family interactive patterns
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Question 31
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"Prescribing the symptom" is a form of
paradoxical intervention
non-paradoxical communication
therapeutic double-bind
both a and c
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Question 32
A counterparadox is essentially a
therapeutic double-bind
direct challenge to a family
form of advice for family change
all of the above
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Question 33
Paradoxical interventions are especially useful in attempting to change ______________
families.
deant or controlled families
placid
over-condent
shy or over-socialized
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Question 34
The person who receives a double-bind message
is doomed to failure whatever response he or she makes
may disobey both commands
may respond positively to both commands
none of the above
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Question 35
Functional family therapists believe
all behavior is adaptive
it is essential to distinguish altruistic from malevolent behavior
that linear explanations apply to children's behavioral problem
in intrapsychic but not interpersonal explanations
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Question 36
Which of Gottman’s four forms of negativity is insulting and abusive attitudes toward one’s
spouse?
contempt
criticism
defensiveness
stonewalling
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Question 37
A problem analysis
seeks understanding of antecedents
pinpoints the specic behavioral decit
measures therapeutic changes
none of the above
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Question 38
Donald Meichenbaum’s work to help clients change their assumptions and schemas about the
world and their ability to manage stress is called
Faulty think
Narrative repair
Assumption assembly
Schema scheduling
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Question 39
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Cognitive therapists work at three related levels. Which is not one of these levels?
underlying assumptions
automatic thoughts
schemas
emotions
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Question 40
According to the textbook authors, behavioral family therapists often adopt an outlook that is
too _______
linear
systems
circular
psychodynamic
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Question 41
Uncovering the relationship between behavioral decits and the client's interpersonal
environment is called
behavior analysis
problem analysis
functional analysis
psychoanalysis
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Question 42
Integrative couples therapy
derives from psychoanalysis
is a strictly behavioral approach
seek partner acceptance
developed from the Milan model
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Question 43
Operant interpersonal therapy represents a blend of operant learning principles and
Gestalt psychology
social exchange theory
classical conditioning principles
experiential psychology
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Question 44
Gottman's research indicates three types of stable couples. Which of the following is not one
of those types?
conict-avoiding couples
conict-engaging couples
volatile couples
validating couples
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Question 45
Behavioral couple therapists sometimes have partners list desirable behaviors each wants
from the other, as a demonstration of commitment to the relationship. These are what is to be
exchanged as part of
caring days
communication guides
It is all about me lists
love languages
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Question 46
Albert Ellis employs the use of
schemas
attributions
cognitive restructuring
operant conditioning
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Question 47
Family management skills training
deals only with children
treats parents and children together in a group
seeks to change parental responses
trains children by acting as surrogate parents
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Question 48
Markman's research on marital distress prevention found
earlier marriages are most successful
remarriage is usually successful
volatile couples make for poor marriages
couples functioning on a higher level had more positive communication patterns
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Question 49
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Behavioral therapy attempts to modify a client's
behavior
feelings
thoughts
desires
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Question 50
"He says he has to work late tonight. He'd rather be with someone else than me," is an
example of
a selective abstraction
an arbitrary inference
an overgeneralization
all of the above
Quiz Score: 92 out of 100
