Family Therapy and Psychological Theories Quiz

1. Multigenerational Family theory is associated with: Murry Bowen 2. An important concept in Bowen family theory is the Genogram. TRUE 3. All families face developmental milestones. TRUE 4. The Beck Depression scale is used to measure the levels of depression in clients throughout their treatment. TRUE 5. Michael White believed that all behavior is made up of acting, thinking, feeling, and physiology. FALSE 6. Solution Focused therapy often helps the client focus on the solution rather than focusing on symptoms. TRUE 7. Which of the following theories are considered to be validated by quantitative research? Both a and b (REBT and Cognitive) 8. Glasser did not believe in the biological basis of human behavior, but instead believed we made choices about how we perceive our life. TRUE 9. Glasser did not believe in the biological basis of human behavior, but instead believed we made choices about how we perceive our life. Albert Ellis 10. Deconstruction involves taking apart a dominant story in an effort to understand the beliefs, values, ideas, or social discourses that have been supporting it. TRUE 11. Scaling questions are most closely associated with: Solution Focused Therapy 12. Behavioral Family therapy is oriented toward symptom relief. TRUE 13. Structural Family Therapy includes exercises such as mapping. TRUE 14. A detailed history is not essential for solution focused therapy. TRUE 15. The following theory is particularly sensitive to oppressed people: Narrative Theory 16. Narrative therapy is a process that is concerned with the following: All of the above (Oppression of groups of people, shorter term therapy, and rewriting the client's story) 17. Conjoint family therapy was developed by Virginia Satir. TRUE 18. Erik Erikson suggested that individuals: Pass through eight stages of development. 19. In Reality Theory the therapist role is as teacher and role model. TRUE 20. Another name for Reality theory is "Choice Theory." TRUE 21. Solution Focused therapy is considered to be a short-term therapy. TRUE 22. Narrative Therapy: Is a relatively new approach which helps the client rewrite their story 23. Multimodal Therapy was developed by: Lazarus 24. Love, freedom, belonging and power are basic needs as defined by Reality theory. TRUE 25. Family therapy: Both a and c (Views the individual within the context of the family system, and is approved for work with Addiction clients) 26. Family therapies postulate that: All of the above (Families have overt and covert rules, boundaries are important, and each family strives to maintain homeostasis) 27. Structural Family Therapy is most closely associated with the family, the presenting problem and the process of change. TRUE 28. Solution Focused therapy is considered a postmodern approach. TRUE 29. Albert Ellis believed that the meaning in life is always created, at least mostly, by the observer (client). TRUE 30. No matter what theory is used, the client/counselor relationships is key to client success. TRUE 31. CBT is most closely associated with Albert Ellis and REBT. TRUE 32. A schema is most associated with which theory: None of the above 33. Aaron Beck believed that our schemas lead to automatic thoughts which caused behavioral and emotional problems. TRUE 34. Insoo Kim Berg is a name associated with Psychodynamic Approaches. FALSE 35. REBT was developed by : Albert Ellis 36. Systematic desensitization is most closely associated with Solution Focused therapy. FALSE 37. Quantitative research assumes there is an objective reality. TRUE 38. The purpose of evaluative questions in Solution-Focused Therapy: Are to focus or find client behaviors that have been positive 39. Cognitive Therapy: Both a and b (Is often used to treat depression and is used to treat anxiety) 40. The key founder(s) of Narrative theory is/are: White and Epston 41. The person most closely associated with Cognitive Therapy is: Aaron Beck 42. Positive Psychology asserts that people want to live meaningful and fulfilling lives. TRUE 43. System dynamics: Family therapy perspective calls for a conceptual shift from evaluating individuals to focusing on: 44. From the family systems perspectives, symptoms are often viewed as: An expression of a set of habits and patterns within a family 45. A major contribution of Bowen's theory is the notion of: Differentiation of the self 46. The systems perspective implies: Individuals are best understood through the context of their role in their family. 47. A tool for collecting and organizing key relationships in a three-generational extended family is a: Genogram 48. Satir's human validation process model emphasizes: Communication and emotional experiencing 49. Structural-strategic family therapy Structural-strategic family therapy 50. The opposite of a differentiated self is experienced as: Emotional reactivity 51. A limitation of the family systems model is: Therapists all too often get lost in their consideration of the "system" 52. T or F: Family systems therapy represents a paradigm shift that is sometimes called "the fourth force" TRUE 53. Total Behavior Teaches that all behavior is made up of four inseparable but distinct components: acting thinking, feelings and physiology. Emphasizes thinking and acting. CHoice Theory. Ex. Feeling, I am being depressing. 54. Language in Reality Therapy Behavior is language and that we send messages by what we are doing. The purpose of behavior is to influence the world to get what we want. By considering the messages that clients send to others, counselors can help clients indirectly gain a greater appreciation of messages they unintentionally send to others. 55. Underlying problem of all clients They are either involved in a present unsatisfying relationship or lack what could even be called a relationships. Caused by inability to connect or be close to others. 56. Genetic Encoding We are born with five genetically encoded needs that drive us all of our lives: Survival, love and belonging, power (inner control), freedom (independence) and fun. Each of us has all five needs, but they vary in strength. The need to love and belong is the most primary because we need people to satisfy the other needs. 57. Therapists function Mentoring process. Teach clients how to engage in self-evaluation: "Is what you are choosing to getting you what you want and need?" Does not make evaluation for the client. Job of the therapist is to convey the idea that no matter how bad things are, there is hope. Advocate, on the client's side. 58. Procedures: Reality therapist operate on assumption that we are motivated to change 1. when we are convinced our present behavior is not working and 2. when we believe we can choose other behaviors that will get us closer to what we want. In the first session, therapist looks for and defines the client. Looks for unsatisfying present relationship. Emphasizes encouraging clients to focus on what they can control. When clienet begins to realize they can only control their own behavior, therapy is underway. Rest of therapy to help him make good choices. 59. WDEP Acronym to describe key procedures in reality therapy practice. Helps clients explore their wants, possible things they can DO, opportunities for SELF-EVALUATION, and design PLANS for improvement. 60. Purpose of developing an action plan Helps clients identify specific ways to fulfill their wants anad needs. Once clients determine what they want to change, they are generally ready to explore other posible behaviors and formulate an action plan. Modified as needed. Client urged to accept consequences for his or own choices. Designed in terms of how thay are likely to affect others in a clients life, as well as personally. 61. Structure The theory and therapeutic model dev by Minuchin, which focuses on family organization & boundaries & the ways in which these structures govern interactional patterns. DYSFUNCTION, in this model stems from BOUNDARIES too RIGID or too DIFFUSE, both of which prevent the system and its subsystems from achieving its goals. 62. Accomodation Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A concept/term... The interrelationship amoung system elements that make up the organization of the system. In first order change, structures can be affected w/o altering the organization of the system; whereas, in second order change the organization's rules and structure are changed. 63. Mapping the System Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A variety of engagement techniques... such as joining, in which the therapist adapts him/herself to the family's style of interacting. 64. Perspective Change Structural Family Therapy Minuchin An assessment technique...aka (structural map) used to depict a family's organization and gain an understanding of its complex structures and sequences (eg traingles, coalitions, emo cut-offs). 65. Subsystem Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A term...the process by which elements of a system are TRANSFORMED to NEW STATES OR levels of ORGANIZATION. 66. Developmental System Change In Structural Family Therapy, Minuchin A term... an organized component of a system which has a specific role in the functioning of the larger system and is somewhat autonomous from it, ie; a parental or sibling subsystem. 67. Discontinuous Change In Dev Psych/Systems Theory A term... The transition of the family from one stage of dev to another in the family life cycle. 68. Continuous Change Strategic Family Therapy Hailey and Madanes A concept/term... SUDDEN change resulting from shifts in BELIEFS. 69. Distancing Structural Family Therapy-Minuchin Transgenerational models; A term... Change occuring through a gradual learning process. 70. Intensity Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A concept/term... The process of creating emo space, often in response to enmeshment d/t diffuse boundaries. ie; adolescents may distance themselves as a way of solidifying an id. 71. Parentified Child Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A therapeutic stance/technique... in which the therapist regulates the degree of impact of his/her messages. Intensity can be regulated, for ie; by increasing the length of transaction or repeating the message. Tone, pacing, and volume are the tools of intensity. 72. Tracking Structural Family Therapy Minuchin An engagement technique... in which the therapist participates in the family dynamic, while privately noting the dysfunctional or unbalanced processes being enacted. The therapist must assume the median position-paying attn to him/herself while engaging w/ the family 73. Boundary Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A concept/term.... Hypothetical dividers bw or amoung subsytems w/i the family or bw systems. They are defined SPATIALLY by the ways members ALLIGN w/ one another. They are set by the implicit or explicit RULES concerning WHO participates in WHICH subsystem and in WHAT manner. Boundaries and the subsytems they define MAY CHANGE over time and w/ variable circumstances. In SFT, boundaries are described as CLEAR, RIGID, or DIFFUSE. 74. Closed System Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A concept/term.... A self-contained system w/ impermeable boundaries which resists change and operates w/ minimal interactions w/ its outside environment, thereby increasing its dysfunction. 75. Disengagement Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A concept/term.... Emotionally distant and uninvolved family members w/ overly rigid boundaries in which members are isolated and disconnected from one another. 76. Diffuse Boundaries Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A concept/term.... Boundaries that are not clearly defined or maintained, resulting in blurred generational roles and responsibilities. Diffuse boundaries often lead to enmeshed relationships. 77. Unbalancing Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A technique... designed to disrupt a dysfunctional sequence by lending greater support to one side of a conflcit than the other. 78. Enmeshment Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A concept/term.... A loss of autonomy d/t diffuse boundaries, resulting in familiy members being overly involved in one another's emotional lives. 79. Cross Generational Coalition Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A term.... Describes a stable coalition bw a parent & child against the other parent. 80. Probing Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A technique... in which the therapist asks questions and/or makes provocative comments designed to evoke responses which help to obtain info about how the family operates. Even failure to obtain the family's cooperation provides info about their boundaries. 81. Boundary Interface Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A term... Points at which the boundary from one system or subsytem meets the boundaries of other subsystems or the environment. In Family Systems Therapy; aka the Familial Boundary. 82. Mimesis Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A joining technique...in which the therapist gains acceptance by mimicking the gestures, communication, and behavioral patterns of family members. 83. Joining Structural Family Therapy Minuchin An engagement technique... in which the therapist accepts & accomodates to the family & engages w/ each family member. The goal of joining is to establish a trusting & familiar connection w/ the family so that the therapist can effect changes from w/i the system. 84. Cognitive Maps Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A term... A conception of interpersonal reality that a person uses to make sense of the world. 85. Coalitions Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A concept/term... Mental models by which incoming info is perceived, understood, transformed, and stored, together w/ a corresponding repertoire of behavioral options. Maps are based upon integration of experiences. Eash part of the cognitive map-ie input and outputforms the individual's internal representation of reality. Cognitive maps shape actions and communication. They may be flexable, able to change & expand cumlatively w/ new info and experiences, or they may be rigid & limiting. Maps have both language and spatial aspects w/ a private voc & imagery that determines how incoming communication is interpreted. 86. Alliance Structural Family Therapy Minuchin A concept/term...in which two family members form a COVERT alliance, either temporary or durable, against a third. Coalitions usually form across generational boundaries, ie bw one parents & child against the other parent or against another child. Coalitions create power blocks in families, which serve either to balance another coalition or establish control. 87. Detouring 1.Structural Family Therapy -Minuchin & Strategic Family Therapy- Hailey/Madanes A concept/term... a bond or affiliation bw two or more family members. Alliances differ from coalitions in that they are generally w/i a subsytem and NOT HIDDEN.