Theories of Marriage and Family – Unit 3 Examination

Theories of Marriage and Family – Unit 3 Examination

Theories of Marriage and Family – Unit 3 Examination

8th Edition, 2008

ISBN: 0-2-5-54320-0 ; 13: 978-0-205-54320-5

Michael P. Nichols

Pearson Education, Inc., Allyn and Bacon: Boston, MA 02116

Study Guide

Theories of Marriage and Family

2

Unit 2 Examination

Summary

Unit 3 Examination

9) Along with the achievement of insight, the processes of ‘working through’ and

of the therapy are considered three specific processes that facilitate change in psychodynamic therapy.

A) sublimation

B) reciprocal introjection

C) warding off

D) internalization

13) According to Jacobson and Margolin, behavioral marital therapists prefer to use

to identify problems and understand their etiology.

A) interviews

B) written questionnaires

C) direct observation

D) B and C

E) none of the above

17) The model of mental disorder, which proposes that an individual develops a disorder when a genetic weakness is sufficiently stressed by an event in the environment, is used in Bowen theory and by the psychoeducational therapists.

A) object relations B) general systems C) diathesis-stress

D) none of the above

20) Reflecting teams are used by which family therapists? A) Bowen family therapists

B) Jay Haley and Chloe Madanes

C) structural family therapists

D) narrative constructive therapists

23) The school of family therapy views resistance as an activation of the protective side of family members.

A) solution focused

B) MRI

C) structural

D) experiential

Unit 3 Examination

Unit 4 Examination

14) Metaframework therapists:

A) have conversations with families about potential constraints

B) collaborate with family members to form hypotheses

C) use a reflecting team to help re-story the family problem

D) B and C E) A and B

15) Rather than combining models, this integrative treatment approach incorporates a variety of family and individual approaches in sequence.

A) integrative problem-centered therapy

B) metaframeworks model

C) integrative couple therapy

D) all of the above

16) The narrative solutions approach combines the insights of with narrative techniques.

A) structural therapy

B) Bowenian theory

C) experiential therapy

D) MRI’s model

19) In contrast to traditional behavioral therapy, integrative couple therapy emphasizes.

A) emotional experiencing

B) support and empathy

C) insight

D) accountability

20) Cognitive-behavioral and strategic therapists tend to emphasize the technical role of the therapist, while and therapists stress the artistic side of the person.

A) experiential; constructivist

B) Bowenian; structural

C) communications; Bowenian

D) structural; experiential

Unit 4 Examination

21) The model of mental disorder, which proposes that an individual develops a disorder when a genetic weakness is sufficiently stressed by an event in the environ- ment, is supported by Bowen theorists and psychoeducational therapists.

A) object relations B) diathesis-stress C) general systems

D) none of the above

25) Which is NOT a technique used by therapists to block or change dysfunctional behav- ior?

A) paradox

B) directives

C) therapeutic double-binds

D) none of the above- all are techniques used commonly by therapists

Unit 4 Examination