CYAF 380 EXAM 1 Latest Questions And Answers With
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5 Components of a useful theory when working with families ANS Philosophy of...
1. Individuals
2. Family
3. How families function
4. How families disfunction
5. Process of family change
Bowen ANS > Togetherness and individuality (balance)
> Anxiety (high emotion, low reason)
> Intergenerational transmissions (genograms)
> Patterns of interaction
> Balance between togetherness and individuality (differentiation of self)
> Homeostasis (tendency to stay the same)
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) ANS > Schemas (cognitive distortions)
> Automatic thoughts (inconsistent schemas)
> Automatic behaviors
Solution Focused ANS > Not important to understand where the problem came from
> Important only to understand the problem and know how to fix it
Structural Family Systems ANS > Structure: how family interactions are organized
> Subsystems (parents, siblings, women, men)
> Boundaries (appropriate limits for people
> Coalitions (how do these things affect how families interact)
> Enmeshed
> Accommodation (biggest problems are in times of transition)
, How to choose a personal theory ANS Look at what you believe about healthy people and align a theory that is
similar
Reasons to have a personal theory ANS > Theories are a foundation to working with difficult problems
encountered when working with people.
> Research shows if you consistently use a theory, you are more effective.
Content ANS What are they talking about
"My friend and I had an argument because I told him to act differently"
Process ANS How are they talking about it?
"Talking with raised voices, accusing, and upset"
Looking for process related to solution focused ANS Must solve the right problem.
What is the difference between this problem process and the process in something desirable?
Intuition ANS Strengths: speed of knowledge acquisition, utility of knowledge, impasse dislodgement
Weaknesses: consistency, predictability, reliability, generalizability
Authority ANS Strengths: move field forward, leadership, professional unity, visibility
Weaknesses: overstated abilities, charismatic authority vs. expert authority
Tradition ANS Strengths: connection, security, conviction, durability and stability
Weaknesses: unchallengable, rigidity, anachronistic, anti-progressive
Experience ANS Strengths: commitment, holistic, tangible, apt clinical application, comprehensive, time
efficient generation
Weaknesses: preconceived assumptions, haphazard evaluations, myopic concentration on specific variables, limited
samples leading to faulty generalizations, potential or rigid clinical conviction
Reason ANS Strengths: efficient, fluid and independently seldom ridged, replicable, adaptability
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5 Components of a useful theory when working with families ANS Philosophy of...
1. Individuals
2. Family
3. How families function
4. How families disfunction
5. Process of family change
Bowen ANS > Togetherness and individuality (balance)
> Anxiety (high emotion, low reason)
> Intergenerational transmissions (genograms)
> Patterns of interaction
> Balance between togetherness and individuality (differentiation of self)
> Homeostasis (tendency to stay the same)
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) ANS > Schemas (cognitive distortions)
> Automatic thoughts (inconsistent schemas)
> Automatic behaviors
Solution Focused ANS > Not important to understand where the problem came from
> Important only to understand the problem and know how to fix it
Structural Family Systems ANS > Structure: how family interactions are organized
> Subsystems (parents, siblings, women, men)
> Boundaries (appropriate limits for people
> Coalitions (how do these things affect how families interact)
> Enmeshed
> Accommodation (biggest problems are in times of transition)
, How to choose a personal theory ANS Look at what you believe about healthy people and align a theory that is
similar
Reasons to have a personal theory ANS > Theories are a foundation to working with difficult problems
encountered when working with people.
> Research shows if you consistently use a theory, you are more effective.
Content ANS What are they talking about
"My friend and I had an argument because I told him to act differently"
Process ANS How are they talking about it?
"Talking with raised voices, accusing, and upset"
Looking for process related to solution focused ANS Must solve the right problem.
What is the difference between this problem process and the process in something desirable?
Intuition ANS Strengths: speed of knowledge acquisition, utility of knowledge, impasse dislodgement
Weaknesses: consistency, predictability, reliability, generalizability
Authority ANS Strengths: move field forward, leadership, professional unity, visibility
Weaknesses: overstated abilities, charismatic authority vs. expert authority
Tradition ANS Strengths: connection, security, conviction, durability and stability
Weaknesses: unchallengable, rigidity, anachronistic, anti-progressive
Experience ANS Strengths: commitment, holistic, tangible, apt clinical application, comprehensive, time
efficient generation
Weaknesses: preconceived assumptions, haphazard evaluations, myopic concentration on specific variables, limited
samples leading to faulty generalizations, potential or rigid clinical conviction
Reason ANS Strengths: efficient, fluid and independently seldom ridged, replicable, adaptability
