Theory and practice of family therapy and counseling 2nd edition bitter test bank

In reviewing different theories and practices of family therapy and counseling, an epistemological question—like “What beliefs do these theorists and practitioners have about families in

Test Questions for Chapter One:

Instructions: Indicate the correct or best answer from each of the choices provided in each of the multiple-choice questions:

1 Modern family practice was first practiced in public as early as:

A 1920s

B 1940s

C 1960s

D 1980s

ANS: A PG: 5

2 Which of the following is true?

A In the US, family therapy developed into a field of therapy in the 1970s

B Family therapy promised greater potential for change because of the focus on the

family as a system

C While not all hopes for the field have been realized, the field has demonstrated

SUCCESS

D All of the above

ANS: D PG:5

3 In reviewing different theories and practices of family therapy and counseling, an

epistemological question—like “What beliefs do these theorists and practitioners have about families in general?”—is important, because:

A It looks at the foundation that underlies the approach

B It can lead to self-reflective questions, like “Do I believe the same thing or

something else?”

C It can lead to pragmatic questions, like “Would I go to this kind of therapy with

my family? Why or why not?”

D All of the above

ANS: D PG: 6

4 Starting with the development of your personal family autobiography will afford you a

chance to:

A Become self-absorbed rather than theory-bound

B Analyze and finally make sense of your family dynamIcs

C Anticipate issues or concerns that might one day be present in your own family

practice

D None of the above

ANS: C PG: 7

5 The Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education is

associated with the epistemology, standards, and practices of which professional

organization?

A American Counseling Association

B American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

C International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors

D Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs ANS: B_ PG: 11

6 Which of the following is true about the International Association of Marriage and

Family Counselors?

A

B

C

D

It is a subdivision of the American Counseling Association

It is a subdivision of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Its standards for practice have yet to be developed and are not part of any

accreditation process at the moment Its standards for practice are represented within the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education

ANS: A PG: 11

7 In which of the theories that will be presented in this book will you most likely address

the concepts of genograms, differentiation of self, and triangulation?

A

B

C

D

Bowen’s multigenerational family therapy Whitaker’s symbolic-experiential family therapy Solution-focused/ solution-oriented family therapy None of the above

ANS: A_ PG: 14

8 In which of the theories that will be presented in this book will you most likely find an

emphasis on patriarchy and gender issues?

A

B

C

D

Satir’s human validation process model Strategic family therapy

Feminist family therapy None of the above ANS: CPG: 15

9 System assessments focus on interactions rather than individual experience Interactions:

A Involve a defined cause as well as a defined effect

B Can be described in such a way that the why of the interaction is obvious

C May involve messages and metamessages (or directions about how to understand

the messages)

D Are random and tend to lack purpose or sequence

ANS: CPG: 16

10 Which of the following people is credited with introducing the concepts of bio-ecological

systems theory to understanding family systems?

A

B

C

D

Norman Wheeler Urie Bronfenbrenner Milton Erickson Erik Erikson ANS: BPG: 17

11 Which of the following is the impact that occurs when two microsystems interact?

A Chronosystem

B Mesosystem

C Exosystem

D Macrosystem

ANS: BPG: 18

12 The Family Life Cycle is an example of which of the following?

A Microsystem

Mesosystem Chronosystem None of the above

ANS:C PG: l§

13 Which of the following groups are considered part of the normal families in the United

States?

A Single parent families

B Dual career families

C Unmarried couples with children

D All of the above

ANS: D PG: 19

14 The ability to adapt, change, and recover after adversity is called:

A resilience

B recovery

C re-orientation

D realization

ANS: A PG: 20

Wacky Questions To Ask Just For Fun:

1 Family counseling is to family therapy as:

A A kangaroo is to a wallaby

B A medical doctor is to a surgical nurse

C A home builder 1s to the plumber

D None of the above

ANS:D

2 Resilience is:

A the feeling you have when you have been silly and then decide to be

again, sort of a "re-silly-ence"

B The name of a new movie about and starring Lindsey Lohan

C A song by Eminem

D None of the above

ANS:D

Key Term Quesfions:

1 The accreditation body for AAMFT is called COAMFTE COAMFTE stands for

[Council for the

Accreditation of Marriage and Family Therapy Education]

PG: 11

2 The accreditation body for the American Counseling Association of which IAMFC is a

subdivision is called CACREP CACREP stand for

[Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs]

PG: 11

3 Urie Bronfenbrenner s systemic concept that explains the impact on the individual due to

an interaction with environments that do not directly affect the person is called

[exosystem]

PG: 18

4 The Becvars prefer a different term than family therapy for the systemic practice

advocated in this book Their term is: [Relational therapy] PG: 22

5 A family that is able to rebound after facing adversity is said to have

[Resilience]

PG: 20

Short Answer Questions:

1 Explain the difference between individual and family therapy

Explain the difference microsystems, mesosystems, and macrosystems

Explain the difference between AAMFT and IAMFC

How would the concept of resilience work in a family system and what would it mean for the practice of family therapy?

How might individual and family therapy differ in their approach to helping a person with depression?

Test Questions for Chapter Two:

Instructions: Indicate the correct or best answer from each of the choices provided in each of the multiple-choice questions:

1 The first practice of family therapy was:

A Freud with Little Hans

B Adler in an open forum

C Minuchin in Israel

D Haley at MRI

ANS: B PG: 26

2 Which of the following contributed to the development of Object Relations theory?

A Fairbairn

B Winnicott

C Mahler

D All of the above

ANS: D PG: 11

3 Which of the following started their careers at the Menninger Clinic?

A Ackerman & Bowen

B Satir & Whitaker

C Minuchin & Haley

D All of the above

ANS: A PG: 26

4 The first journal devoted to family practice was called:

A Journal of Family Counseling

B The Family Journal

C Family Process

D International Journal of Sociology of the Family

ANS: C PG: 26

3 Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy worked with which of the following family practitioners?

A Gerald Patterson

B Geraldine Spark

C Nathan Ackerman

D Harry Aponte

ANS:B PG: 27

6 The two central issues for Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy were:

A trust and loyalty

B fear and courage

C love and responsibility

D will and power

ANS: A PG: 27

7 Most modern parenting programs are based on the approaches associated with

A Adler & Dreikurs

B Bowen & Satir

C Minuchin & Haley

D None of the above

ANS: A PG: 27

8 The undifferentiated family ego mass is associated with which of the following

theorist/therapists?

A David Scharff

B Alfred Adler

C Murray Bowen

D None of the above

ANS: C PG: 28

9 Which of the following people was involved in the creation of genograms and the family

life cycle?

A

B James Framo Gerald Zuk

ANS:

10

C Monica McGoldrick

D Charles Fishman

C PG: 28

Whitaker and John Warkentin started their career together in Oak Ridge, TN, before moving to Atlanta and Emory University In Atlanta, they would work with which of the following people?

A Harry Aponte

B Gus Napier

C Milton Erickson

D Lynn Hoffman

ANS: B PG: 29

11

ANS:

12

ANS:

13

Many family practitioners refer to which book as the first classic in Family Therapy?

A Families and Family Therapy

B The Family Crucible

C Peoplemaking

D Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends

B PG: 29

Which of the following people made a career transition from the west coast to the east coast, from MRI to Ackerman, and from strategic family therapy to a postmodern, social constructionist model of therapy?

A Jay Haley

B Cloe Madanes

C Lynn Hoffman

D None of the above

C PG: 30

The parents of a 14-year-old high school student have been contemplating a divorce until the child tries to commit suicide, and the parents stay together to care for her The

sequence just described is an example of:

A A positive feedback loop leading to second-order change

B A negative feedback loop leading to first-order change

C A positive feedback loop leading to first-order change

D A negative feedback loop leading to second-order change

ANS: B_ PG: 34

14 Transformational changes that endure and make a real difference are called:

A First-order changes

B Second-order changes

C Third-order changes

D Fourth-order changes

ANS: B PG: 35

15 When two opposing directives are given, and neither can be ignored, tolerated, nor dismissed (that is, the person cannot win and cannot escape):

A The person is experiencing what Gregory Bateson called a double bind

B The person has a pathology

C The system is experiencing a paradox

D The person can only feel stuck

ANS: A PG: 35

Wacky Questions To Ask Just For Fun:

1 A genogram:

A Is a measure of weight

B A telegram from a little guy in a bottle

C A text to your grandmother turning down her offer to smooch your friends, as in

"Gee, no, Gramma.”

D None of the above

ANS: D

2 A negative feedback loop is:

President Obama talking with John Boehner Bill Clinton explaining things to Hillary Rocky counseling Bullwinkle

All of the above

ANS: D

Key Term Quesfions:

1 The women's project evolved out of a meeting of women in 1984 called:

[the Stonehenge

Conference]

PG: 43

2 The accepted term for effective parenting today is:

[authoritative-responsive

par]

PG: 46

3 Norbert Wiener’s systemic concept that explains how feedback informs systems and

either keeps them the same or changes them is called

[Cybernetics |

PG: 34

4 The most used model of therapy in general in managed care systems is called

[CBT or Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy]

PG: 46

5 A mapping process shared across family therapy models that gives structure and

emotional resonance to understanding families and even professional systems is called:

[Genogram]

PG: 25

Short Answer Questions:

1 Explain the difference between Satir and Whitaker's experiential approaches

2 What parts of early Freudian and Object Relations theories are most present in modern

Object Relations Family Therapy?

3 Explain the differences between the three approaches to strategic family therapy

4 What are some of the differences between modern and postmodern approaches to family

therapy?

Arrange the following people on a timeline of family therapy and indicate one unique thing each contributed to family therapy: The people are Adler, Satir, Minuchin, Haley,

& White

Test Questions for Chapter Three:

Instructions: Indicate the correct or best answer from each of the choices provided in each of the multiple-choice questions:

1 Which of the following accounts for the most change or success in therapy?

A A client who is educated, motivated, and engaged in therapy

B The setting in which the therapist works

C The model the therapist uses

D The techniques or interventions of the therapist

ANS: A PG: 63

2 Which of the following is true?

A Bowen considered a differentiated self essential to the development of a family

therapist

It is wise to know what triggers or buttons you have so that you won’t have them pushed all the time in therapy

The person and the practice of therapy cannot be separated; each affects the other All of the above

ANS: D PG: 52

3 Which of the following are tools that a therapist might use to learn about self and self in

relation to others?

A A genogram of one’s extended family-of-origin

B Satir’s wheel of influence

C Historical timeline of one’s own family

D All of the above

ANS: D PG: 53

4 Satir’s “Hanging Hats” exercise is a systemic way of considering and addressing

processes that therapists seeing individuals call:

A Psychosexual developmental issues

B Dysfunctional or pathological family processes in general

C Transference and counter-transference issues

D None of the above

ANS: CPG: 55

5 One way to stay present with families and make contact is to ask yourself the following

question:

A What does my theory tell me is the right thing to do when I get into a family

session, and am I following the theory’s requirements?

B Who am I meeting at this moment in time, and what do they want me to know

about their thoughts, feelings, interactions, and behaviors?

C What will my supervisor think of what I am doing right now?

D How am I doing as a new counselor or therapist?

ANS: B PG: 57

6 It is often hard to genuinely care about specific people in a family before the family practitioner even meets the family If not caring, what can the counselor or therapist bring to the

first session?

Interest in the clients and a desire to create an atmosphere of safety More knowledge and education than the family members are likely to have

An ability to diagnose problems and formulate treatment plans The original premise is wrong; you should learn to care about your clients even before you meet them

ANS: A PG: 57

7 Teleology is the study of:

A

B

C

D

goals and purposes symbolic interactions metaphorical languaging None of the above ANS: A PG: 58

8 Which of the following is most associated with the idea of holism?