,TESTBANK FOR The Couple, Marriage, and Family
Practitioner Flynn
Notes
1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you few pages sample.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel sheet
if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make update
at every time. There are many new editions
waiting you.
5- If you think you purchased the wrong file You
can contact us at every time, we can replace it
with true one.
Our email:
,THE COUPLE, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY
PRACTITIONER: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES,
INTERVENTIONS, AND SKILLS
Stephen V. Flynn, PhD, LPC, LMFT-S, NCC, ACS
Copyright © Springer Publishing Company
,Copyright © 2024 Springer Publishing Company, LLC
All rights reserved.
This work is protected by U.S. copyright laws and is provided solely for the use of
instructors in teaching their courses and as an aid for student learning. No part of
this publication may be sold, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Springer Publishing
Company, LLC.
Springer Publishing Company, LLC
11 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
www.springerpub.com
ISBN: 978-0-8261-8953-0
The author and the publisher of this Work have made every effort to use sources
believed to be reliable to provide information that is accurate and compatible with
the standards generally accepted at the time of publication. The author and
publisher shall not be liable for any special, consequential, or exemplary
damages resulting, in whole or in part, from the readers’ use of, or reliance on,
the information contained in this book. The publisher has no responsibility for the
persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites
referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such
websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.
Copyright © Springer Publishing Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
,Contents
Section I: Introduction and Professional Orientation
Chapter 1: The Professional Identity of Couple, Marriage, and Family Practitioners
Chapter 2: Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Couple, Marriage, and
Family Therapy
Section II: Understanding and Integrating Skills
Chapter 3: The Theories That Influence Systemic Practice
Chapter 4: The Integration of Foundational Counseling and Systemic Skills
Section III: Contemporary Issues and Interventions
Chapter 5: Racism, Discrimination, and Underrepresented Families
Chapter 6: Contemporary Issues in Couple and Marriage Therapy
Chapter 7: Couple and Marriage Therapy Skills and Interventions
Chapter 8: Contemporary Issues in Family Therapy
Chapter 9: Family Therapy Skills and Interventions
Chapter 10: Contemporary Issues and Skills in Youth-Based Therapy
Copyright © Springer Publishing Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
,SECTION I: INTRODUCTION AND PROFESSIONAL
ORIENTATION
CHAPTER 1: THE PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY OF COUPLE,
MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY PRACTITIONERS
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Couple, marriage, and family practitioners work within family systems to help clients with their
personal relationships. What are some of the factors that are at the forefront of relationship work?
*a. Communication skills, boundaries, flexibility, and behaviors
b. Reassurance, psychoeducation, and interaction
c. Counseling, management, and behavioral interventions
d. Unconditional positive regard, empathy, and congruence
Answer: a. a. These are some of the factors that are important in working with clients’ relationships. b.
These are not important skills for relationship work specifically. c. These are not important skills for
relationship work specifically. d. These are client-centered therapeutic techniques, not used specifically
for relationship work in clients’ lives.
2. Becoming a licensed professional, whether a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) or other
credential, includes many requirements to be fulfilled before licensure is fully obtained. What are
these requirements?
a. Work one on one with a licensed clinician in the work setting of your choice to build the required
hours
b. Enroll in and complete graduate work in the field of your choice
*c. Pass the national exam, engage in clinical practice, and participate in clinical supervision with an
approved supervisor
d. Pass the national or state exam in the field of your choice
Answer: c. a. Prelicensure clinicians need to do work on their own as well as supervised. b. Prelicensure
clinicians need to complete many more requirements postgraduation to become fully licensed. c. These
are the requirements that need to be fulfilled for postgraduation licensure. d. There are many more
requirements to become fully licensed beyond passing the exam.
3. Within the couple, marriage, and family therapy field, there are specializations that clinicians can
pursue if they are interested in working within the field. One of these specializations is medical
family therapy (MedFT). What is one of the key components of MedFT?
a. Working within the boundaries set by the family system of the client(s)
*b. Interconnected nature of biomedical and psychological problems
c. Focusing on the relationship issues clients present in sessions
d. Setting behavioral interventions to help the client meet their goals
Answer: b. a. This component does not have to do with MedFT work. b. MedFT focuses on working
within the medical side and the psychology side of clients’ presenting issues. c. This component does not
have to do with MedFT work. d. This component does not have to do with MedFT work.
4. Another specialization that couple, marriage, and family practitioners can choose to pursue is sex
therapy. What differentiates a couple, marriage, and family practitioner trained in sex therapy from
another specialization?
© Springer Publishing Company, LLC
, a. Clinicians trained in sex therapy work exclusively with couples
b. Sex therapists cannot be accredited by any current body, unlike other specializations
*c. Clinicians trained in sex therapy help people make sense of their sexual lives and improve
communication and understanding surrounding intimacy and sex-related issues
d. Sex therapists focus on clients who are engaged in nontraditional family systems, such as
polyamory or polygamy
Answer: c. a. While this may be true for some sex therapists, it is not a universal rule. b. Clinicians
wanting to become sex therapists need to be accredited by the American Association of Sexuality
Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). c. Sex therapists work with clients to meet goals and
create understanding around these issues. d. While some sex therapists may focus on these populations,
not all do.
5. Couple, marriage, and family practitioners can conduct therapeutic work with clients to ensure they
are in the place they both would like to be in before they are married. This is called premarital
counseling. Which skills do premarital counselors typically focus on?
a. Improving communication skills and conflict management skills
b. Understanding of partners’ core values and differences
c. Assisting the couple in creating a deeper sense of shared meaning
*d. All of the above
Answer: d. a. Premarital counselors do this but much more as well. b. Premarital counselors do this but
much more as well. c. Premarital counselors do this but much more as well. d. Premarital counselors do
all of the above skills when working with clients.
6. As couple, marriage, and family practitioners, another specialization that can be pursued is mediation.
What is the typical process of therapeutic family mediation?
*a. Establish a structure, be an advisor, and monitor the affective states and patterned behaviors of
each spouse
b. Create a safe space, hold unconditional positive regard, and give feedback
c. Establish boundaries, focus on the presenting issues only, and implement behavioral interventions
d. Provide psychoeducation around divorce and coparenting to facilitate the divorce process
Answer: a. a. This is the typical process for family mediation. b. This is not what a mediation counselor
does with clients. c. This is not what a counselor does during mediation with clients. d. Mediation focuses
on communication between spouses, not just divorce proceedings.
7. What is the definition of intersectionality?
a. The presence of, or support for the presence of, several distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a
society
*b. Overlapping identities that individuals have
c. The personal sense of one’s own gender
d. The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular people or social group
Answer: b. a. This is the definition of multiculturalism. b. This is the definition of intersectionality. c.
This is the definition of gender identity, which is part of intersectionality. d. This is the definition of
culture, which is part of intersectionality.
8. Couple, marriage, and family practitioners have an ethical responsibility to adopt a social justice
framework. Why is social justice a key component to all couple, marriage, and family therapeutic
work?
© Springer Publishing Company, LLC
, a. To promote political activism within the therapeutic field
b. To refocus clients’ presenting problems around the context of social justice
c. To teach clients about how to best help oppressed groups in the society
*d. To help them understand how context, relationships, and history affect systemic power
imbalances and create widespread injustices
Answer: d. a. This is a key part of social justice, not therapeutic work. b. Working with clients on their
presenting issue can bring up social justice issues, but the therapist cannot define the issue. c. While social
justice issues can come up with our work, it is not the clinician’s job to teach clients about social justice
issues. d. This is part of why social justice work is important to couple, marriage, and family
practitioners.
9. Crisis, trauma, and disaster work is another part of the couple, marriage, and family therapy field that
clinicians can work within. What does typical crisis counseling include?
a. Long term, behavioral skills-oriented, and focuses on changing perspective on the crisis event
b. Short term, focuses on combating traumatic experiences, and change in emotional processing
*c. Short term, coping skills-oriented, and centered on mitigating the stressful situation
d. Deep, multifaceted, and long-term work
Answer: c. a. This is not typical crisis counseling. b. This is more similar to eye movement desensitization
and reprocessing (EMDR). c. This is typical crisis counseling. d. This is typical for trauma-based therapy.
10. The COVID-19 pandemic led to increased use of telebehavioral health options, especially among
clients working within a quarantine. While there are many benefits to telebehavioral health, what are
some of the limitations?
a. Convenience and flexibility
*b. Disruption of service and miscommunication
c. Inability to secure confidentiality in sessions
d. Flexibility in boundaries for the client
Answer: b. a. These are some of the benefits of telebehavioral health. b. These are some of the many
limitations that can come along with telebehavioral health. c. This may come up occasionally, but as long
as the clinician and the client work within the ethical limitations of telebehavioral health, confidentiality
will remain. d. Clients should treat a telebehavioral space the same way they would a physical therapeutic
space and follow the same boundaries and rules set up by the clinician.
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
1. The family systems therapist considers communication skills, boundaries, flexibility, and
behaviors when working with families.
*a. True
b. False
2. In most states, marriage and family therapist (MFT) candidates must pass a licensure exam prior
to becoming licensed.
*a. True
b. False
3. Medical family therapy (MedFT) would be considered a professional specialization for emerging
couple, marriage, and family therapists.
© Springer Publishing Company, LLC
, *a. True
b. False
4. Clinicians trained in sex therapy work exclusively with couples.
a. True
*b. False
5. A mediator’s focus is to create a safe space, hold unconditional positive regard, and give
feedback.
a. True
*b. False
© Springer Publishing Company, LLC
, CHAPTER 2: INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY AND PRACTICE
OF COUPLE, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY THERAPY
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. During the 1980s, there was a revival of interest in what is considered depth psychology, or the study
that explores how the unconscious aspects of the human experience influence psychological
conditions and treatment. What was (were) the main reason(s) for this revival?
a. Systemic clinicians recognized the importance of personal introspection into the past
b. The theoretical tenets within the psychodynamic theory are changing
c. There was no longer a need to deeply explore clients’ personal conflicts and fixations
*d. Both a and b
Answer: d. a. This is only one of the two reasons for this revival. b. This is only one of the two reasons
for this revival. c. This is why systems theory and case conceptualization were embraced. d. Both a and b
are the reasons for the revival.
2. Within behavioral therapy, what is the focus of the treatment with clients?
a. To follow the teachings of John B. Watson as closely as possible
*b. To change the factors that are thought to strengthen, maintain, and/or trigger problematic
behaviors
c. To avoid triggering behaviors and/or consequences from learned behaviors
d. To focus on testing and studying human and animal behaviors to treat mental health concerns
Answer: b. a. This is not the focus of behavioral therapy treatment. b. This is the main focus of behavioral
therapy treatment. c. This is the opposite of the work done in behavioral therapy treatment. d. This is part
of the work but not the main focus of behavioral therapy treatment.
3. Operant conditioning, first developed by B. F. Skinner, made an enormous impact on the
psychological world. Operant conditioning focuses on behaviorism through reinforcement, neutral
operant, and punishment. What is the important caveat to remember with operant conditioning?
*a. Reinforcement and punishment are in the eyes of the beholder
b. Every reinforcement and punishment paradigm is the same for all clients regardless of
background
c. Neutral operant conditions are not as important to behaviorism as reinforcement or punishment
d. Only certain clients can benefit from operant conditioning as their therapeutic treatment may
impact how operant conditioning can work
Answer: a. a. We as clinicians can assume what will be a punishment or a reinforcer, but only the client
can fully decide that for themselves. b. This is not true for clients. c. This is not true as neutral operant
conditions are part of the balance of operant conditioning. d. Operant conditioning can work for almost all
clients as reinforcement and punishment are innate enforcers of behavior.
4. Humanism has been a well-established wave of psychology since the 1970s. While there are many
important aspects of humanism that have been added to the field of psychology, what is the most
distinct hallmark of humanism?
a. The focus of the therapist as the teacher
b. The idea of modeling as essential to family systems work
*c. The cocreation of a meaningful and empathic therapeutic relationship
d. Focusing on dream theory to support the therapeutic work done in session
© Springer Publishing Company, LLC
Practitioner Flynn
Notes
1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you few pages sample.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel sheet
if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make update
at every time. There are many new editions
waiting you.
5- If you think you purchased the wrong file You
can contact us at every time, we can replace it
with true one.
Our email:
,THE COUPLE, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY
PRACTITIONER: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES,
INTERVENTIONS, AND SKILLS
Stephen V. Flynn, PhD, LPC, LMFT-S, NCC, ACS
Copyright © Springer Publishing Company
,Copyright © 2024 Springer Publishing Company, LLC
All rights reserved.
This work is protected by U.S. copyright laws and is provided solely for the use of
instructors in teaching their courses and as an aid for student learning. No part of
this publication may be sold, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Springer Publishing
Company, LLC.
Springer Publishing Company, LLC
11 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
www.springerpub.com
ISBN: 978-0-8261-8953-0
The author and the publisher of this Work have made every effort to use sources
believed to be reliable to provide information that is accurate and compatible with
the standards generally accepted at the time of publication. The author and
publisher shall not be liable for any special, consequential, or exemplary
damages resulting, in whole or in part, from the readers’ use of, or reliance on,
the information contained in this book. The publisher has no responsibility for the
persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites
referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such
websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.
Copyright © Springer Publishing Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
,Contents
Section I: Introduction and Professional Orientation
Chapter 1: The Professional Identity of Couple, Marriage, and Family Practitioners
Chapter 2: Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Couple, Marriage, and
Family Therapy
Section II: Understanding and Integrating Skills
Chapter 3: The Theories That Influence Systemic Practice
Chapter 4: The Integration of Foundational Counseling and Systemic Skills
Section III: Contemporary Issues and Interventions
Chapter 5: Racism, Discrimination, and Underrepresented Families
Chapter 6: Contemporary Issues in Couple and Marriage Therapy
Chapter 7: Couple and Marriage Therapy Skills and Interventions
Chapter 8: Contemporary Issues in Family Therapy
Chapter 9: Family Therapy Skills and Interventions
Chapter 10: Contemporary Issues and Skills in Youth-Based Therapy
Copyright © Springer Publishing Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
,SECTION I: INTRODUCTION AND PROFESSIONAL
ORIENTATION
CHAPTER 1: THE PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY OF COUPLE,
MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY PRACTITIONERS
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Couple, marriage, and family practitioners work within family systems to help clients with their
personal relationships. What are some of the factors that are at the forefront of relationship work?
*a. Communication skills, boundaries, flexibility, and behaviors
b. Reassurance, psychoeducation, and interaction
c. Counseling, management, and behavioral interventions
d. Unconditional positive regard, empathy, and congruence
Answer: a. a. These are some of the factors that are important in working with clients’ relationships. b.
These are not important skills for relationship work specifically. c. These are not important skills for
relationship work specifically. d. These are client-centered therapeutic techniques, not used specifically
for relationship work in clients’ lives.
2. Becoming a licensed professional, whether a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) or other
credential, includes many requirements to be fulfilled before licensure is fully obtained. What are
these requirements?
a. Work one on one with a licensed clinician in the work setting of your choice to build the required
hours
b. Enroll in and complete graduate work in the field of your choice
*c. Pass the national exam, engage in clinical practice, and participate in clinical supervision with an
approved supervisor
d. Pass the national or state exam in the field of your choice
Answer: c. a. Prelicensure clinicians need to do work on their own as well as supervised. b. Prelicensure
clinicians need to complete many more requirements postgraduation to become fully licensed. c. These
are the requirements that need to be fulfilled for postgraduation licensure. d. There are many more
requirements to become fully licensed beyond passing the exam.
3. Within the couple, marriage, and family therapy field, there are specializations that clinicians can
pursue if they are interested in working within the field. One of these specializations is medical
family therapy (MedFT). What is one of the key components of MedFT?
a. Working within the boundaries set by the family system of the client(s)
*b. Interconnected nature of biomedical and psychological problems
c. Focusing on the relationship issues clients present in sessions
d. Setting behavioral interventions to help the client meet their goals
Answer: b. a. This component does not have to do with MedFT work. b. MedFT focuses on working
within the medical side and the psychology side of clients’ presenting issues. c. This component does not
have to do with MedFT work. d. This component does not have to do with MedFT work.
4. Another specialization that couple, marriage, and family practitioners can choose to pursue is sex
therapy. What differentiates a couple, marriage, and family practitioner trained in sex therapy from
another specialization?
© Springer Publishing Company, LLC
, a. Clinicians trained in sex therapy work exclusively with couples
b. Sex therapists cannot be accredited by any current body, unlike other specializations
*c. Clinicians trained in sex therapy help people make sense of their sexual lives and improve
communication and understanding surrounding intimacy and sex-related issues
d. Sex therapists focus on clients who are engaged in nontraditional family systems, such as
polyamory or polygamy
Answer: c. a. While this may be true for some sex therapists, it is not a universal rule. b. Clinicians
wanting to become sex therapists need to be accredited by the American Association of Sexuality
Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). c. Sex therapists work with clients to meet goals and
create understanding around these issues. d. While some sex therapists may focus on these populations,
not all do.
5. Couple, marriage, and family practitioners can conduct therapeutic work with clients to ensure they
are in the place they both would like to be in before they are married. This is called premarital
counseling. Which skills do premarital counselors typically focus on?
a. Improving communication skills and conflict management skills
b. Understanding of partners’ core values and differences
c. Assisting the couple in creating a deeper sense of shared meaning
*d. All of the above
Answer: d. a. Premarital counselors do this but much more as well. b. Premarital counselors do this but
much more as well. c. Premarital counselors do this but much more as well. d. Premarital counselors do
all of the above skills when working with clients.
6. As couple, marriage, and family practitioners, another specialization that can be pursued is mediation.
What is the typical process of therapeutic family mediation?
*a. Establish a structure, be an advisor, and monitor the affective states and patterned behaviors of
each spouse
b. Create a safe space, hold unconditional positive regard, and give feedback
c. Establish boundaries, focus on the presenting issues only, and implement behavioral interventions
d. Provide psychoeducation around divorce and coparenting to facilitate the divorce process
Answer: a. a. This is the typical process for family mediation. b. This is not what a mediation counselor
does with clients. c. This is not what a counselor does during mediation with clients. d. Mediation focuses
on communication between spouses, not just divorce proceedings.
7. What is the definition of intersectionality?
a. The presence of, or support for the presence of, several distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a
society
*b. Overlapping identities that individuals have
c. The personal sense of one’s own gender
d. The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular people or social group
Answer: b. a. This is the definition of multiculturalism. b. This is the definition of intersectionality. c.
This is the definition of gender identity, which is part of intersectionality. d. This is the definition of
culture, which is part of intersectionality.
8. Couple, marriage, and family practitioners have an ethical responsibility to adopt a social justice
framework. Why is social justice a key component to all couple, marriage, and family therapeutic
work?
© Springer Publishing Company, LLC
, a. To promote political activism within the therapeutic field
b. To refocus clients’ presenting problems around the context of social justice
c. To teach clients about how to best help oppressed groups in the society
*d. To help them understand how context, relationships, and history affect systemic power
imbalances and create widespread injustices
Answer: d. a. This is a key part of social justice, not therapeutic work. b. Working with clients on their
presenting issue can bring up social justice issues, but the therapist cannot define the issue. c. While social
justice issues can come up with our work, it is not the clinician’s job to teach clients about social justice
issues. d. This is part of why social justice work is important to couple, marriage, and family
practitioners.
9. Crisis, trauma, and disaster work is another part of the couple, marriage, and family therapy field that
clinicians can work within. What does typical crisis counseling include?
a. Long term, behavioral skills-oriented, and focuses on changing perspective on the crisis event
b. Short term, focuses on combating traumatic experiences, and change in emotional processing
*c. Short term, coping skills-oriented, and centered on mitigating the stressful situation
d. Deep, multifaceted, and long-term work
Answer: c. a. This is not typical crisis counseling. b. This is more similar to eye movement desensitization
and reprocessing (EMDR). c. This is typical crisis counseling. d. This is typical for trauma-based therapy.
10. The COVID-19 pandemic led to increased use of telebehavioral health options, especially among
clients working within a quarantine. While there are many benefits to telebehavioral health, what are
some of the limitations?
a. Convenience and flexibility
*b. Disruption of service and miscommunication
c. Inability to secure confidentiality in sessions
d. Flexibility in boundaries for the client
Answer: b. a. These are some of the benefits of telebehavioral health. b. These are some of the many
limitations that can come along with telebehavioral health. c. This may come up occasionally, but as long
as the clinician and the client work within the ethical limitations of telebehavioral health, confidentiality
will remain. d. Clients should treat a telebehavioral space the same way they would a physical therapeutic
space and follow the same boundaries and rules set up by the clinician.
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
1. The family systems therapist considers communication skills, boundaries, flexibility, and
behaviors when working with families.
*a. True
b. False
2. In most states, marriage and family therapist (MFT) candidates must pass a licensure exam prior
to becoming licensed.
*a. True
b. False
3. Medical family therapy (MedFT) would be considered a professional specialization for emerging
couple, marriage, and family therapists.
© Springer Publishing Company, LLC
, *a. True
b. False
4. Clinicians trained in sex therapy work exclusively with couples.
a. True
*b. False
5. A mediator’s focus is to create a safe space, hold unconditional positive regard, and give
feedback.
a. True
*b. False
© Springer Publishing Company, LLC
, CHAPTER 2: INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY AND PRACTICE
OF COUPLE, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY THERAPY
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. During the 1980s, there was a revival of interest in what is considered depth psychology, or the study
that explores how the unconscious aspects of the human experience influence psychological
conditions and treatment. What was (were) the main reason(s) for this revival?
a. Systemic clinicians recognized the importance of personal introspection into the past
b. The theoretical tenets within the psychodynamic theory are changing
c. There was no longer a need to deeply explore clients’ personal conflicts and fixations
*d. Both a and b
Answer: d. a. This is only one of the two reasons for this revival. b. This is only one of the two reasons
for this revival. c. This is why systems theory and case conceptualization were embraced. d. Both a and b
are the reasons for the revival.
2. Within behavioral therapy, what is the focus of the treatment with clients?
a. To follow the teachings of John B. Watson as closely as possible
*b. To change the factors that are thought to strengthen, maintain, and/or trigger problematic
behaviors
c. To avoid triggering behaviors and/or consequences from learned behaviors
d. To focus on testing and studying human and animal behaviors to treat mental health concerns
Answer: b. a. This is not the focus of behavioral therapy treatment. b. This is the main focus of behavioral
therapy treatment. c. This is the opposite of the work done in behavioral therapy treatment. d. This is part
of the work but not the main focus of behavioral therapy treatment.
3. Operant conditioning, first developed by B. F. Skinner, made an enormous impact on the
psychological world. Operant conditioning focuses on behaviorism through reinforcement, neutral
operant, and punishment. What is the important caveat to remember with operant conditioning?
*a. Reinforcement and punishment are in the eyes of the beholder
b. Every reinforcement and punishment paradigm is the same for all clients regardless of
background
c. Neutral operant conditions are not as important to behaviorism as reinforcement or punishment
d. Only certain clients can benefit from operant conditioning as their therapeutic treatment may
impact how operant conditioning can work
Answer: a. a. We as clinicians can assume what will be a punishment or a reinforcer, but only the client
can fully decide that for themselves. b. This is not true for clients. c. This is not true as neutral operant
conditions are part of the balance of operant conditioning. d. Operant conditioning can work for almost all
clients as reinforcement and punishment are innate enforcers of behavior.
4. Humanism has been a well-established wave of psychology since the 1970s. While there are many
important aspects of humanism that have been added to the field of psychology, what is the most
distinct hallmark of humanism?
a. The focus of the therapist as the teacher
b. The idea of modeling as essential to family systems work
*c. The cocreation of a meaningful and empathic therapeutic relationship
d. Focusing on dream theory to support the therapeutic work done in session
© Springer Publishing Company, LLC
