Test Bank for Family
Therapy Concepts and
Methods 12th Edition By
Michael Nichols, Sean
Davis (All Chapters 1-15,
100% Original Verified, A+
Grade)
All Chapters Arranged
Reverse: 15-1
This is the Original Test Bank for 12th
Edition, All Other Files in the Market
are Wrong/Old Questions.
,Exam
Chapter 15
Name___________________________________
ESSAY. Write your answer in the space provided or on a separate sheet of paper.
1) What factors bias outcome studies in favor of certain models?
2) Which types of couples generally do best in couples therapy?
3) What do we know about the process of family therapy? Base your answer on the available empirical evidence
regarding the process of family therapy. Discuss what is not yet understood about the mechanisms of change in
family treatment and suggest 2 or 3 directions for future research.
4) Discuss the empirical evidence supporting the effectiveness of family treatment. For which family problems has
it been shown most effective? For which problems is it less effective? Cite relevant research in your responses.
5) Describe an empirically-validated treatment for adolescent drug abuse.
6) Does family therapy work? Take a position for or against and cite empirical support for your position.
7) Explain the goals for an initial telephone contact with a family member, from a family therapy perspective. How
might a family therapist attempt to convert a request for individual therapy into a family case? Cite relevant
research and theory to support your answer.
8) Choose one of the following theoretical concepts. Define the concept, then describe an original research program
(one or more studies) that you believe would confirm or disconfirm the validity of the concept for understanding
families or family therapy. (For example: "If x is correct, then one should expect x to predict y in the following
situations and x to be independent of y in the following situations.") Include: rationale for the study, operational
definitions/measurement of variables, description of the sample. hypotheses, and limitations.
a. differentiation of self
b. therapeutic double bind
c. enmeshment/disengagement
d. triangles
e. homeostatis
f. functionalism
g. pseudomutuality
h. multigenerational transmission of psychopathology
9) Discuss three types of empirically-supported family treatments for child behavioral disorders.
10) Discuss some of the difficulties encountered in researching the process and outcome of family therapy. Consider
samples, instruments, designs, ethics, etc.
1
,Answer Key
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, Exam
Name___________________________________ Chapter 14
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
1) These family therapists believe that supervised change during therapy sessions seems more 1)
effective for families than unsupervised change at home.
A) strategic B) Bowenian C) structural D) A and B
2) Teams of observers positioned behind a one-way mirror are most commonly used by ________ 2)
family therapists.
A) strategic B) Bowenian C) behavioral D) experiential
3) Cognitive-behavioral and strategic therapists tend to emphasize the technical role of the 3)
therapist, while ________ and ________ therapists stress the artistic side of the person.
A) Bowenian; structural B) structural; experiential
C) communications; Bowenian D) experiential; constructivist
4) During the 1970s, most family therapists tended to overestimate the homeostatic forces in families 4)
and underestimate their flexibility and resourcefulness except whom?
A) Don Jackson B) Mara Selvini Palazzoli
C) Virginia Satir D) Salvador Minuchin
5) The only integrative approach to explore intrapsychic processes is the 5)
A) integrative problem-centered metaframeworks therapy
B) narrative-constructive model
C) solution-focused model
D) externalization model
6) The use of ________ is designed to block or change dysfunctional behavior using indirect, 6)
seemingly illogical means.
A) directives B) therapeutic double-binds
C) paradox D) all of these choices
7) Which school introduced the idea that families are systems more than the sum of their parts? 7)
A) behavioral B) structural
C) group D) communications
8) All of these choices schools have for their goals of therapy both symptom resolution and 8)
transformation in the whole family system, except which?
A) Bowenian B) experiential C) structural D) MRI
1
Therapy Concepts and
Methods 12th Edition By
Michael Nichols, Sean
Davis (All Chapters 1-15,
100% Original Verified, A+
Grade)
All Chapters Arranged
Reverse: 15-1
This is the Original Test Bank for 12th
Edition, All Other Files in the Market
are Wrong/Old Questions.
,Exam
Chapter 15
Name___________________________________
ESSAY. Write your answer in the space provided or on a separate sheet of paper.
1) What factors bias outcome studies in favor of certain models?
2) Which types of couples generally do best in couples therapy?
3) What do we know about the process of family therapy? Base your answer on the available empirical evidence
regarding the process of family therapy. Discuss what is not yet understood about the mechanisms of change in
family treatment and suggest 2 or 3 directions for future research.
4) Discuss the empirical evidence supporting the effectiveness of family treatment. For which family problems has
it been shown most effective? For which problems is it less effective? Cite relevant research in your responses.
5) Describe an empirically-validated treatment for adolescent drug abuse.
6) Does family therapy work? Take a position for or against and cite empirical support for your position.
7) Explain the goals for an initial telephone contact with a family member, from a family therapy perspective. How
might a family therapist attempt to convert a request for individual therapy into a family case? Cite relevant
research and theory to support your answer.
8) Choose one of the following theoretical concepts. Define the concept, then describe an original research program
(one or more studies) that you believe would confirm or disconfirm the validity of the concept for understanding
families or family therapy. (For example: "If x is correct, then one should expect x to predict y in the following
situations and x to be independent of y in the following situations.") Include: rationale for the study, operational
definitions/measurement of variables, description of the sample. hypotheses, and limitations.
a. differentiation of self
b. therapeutic double bind
c. enmeshment/disengagement
d. triangles
e. homeostatis
f. functionalism
g. pseudomutuality
h. multigenerational transmission of psychopathology
9) Discuss three types of empirically-supported family treatments for child behavioral disorders.
10) Discuss some of the difficulties encountered in researching the process and outcome of family therapy. Consider
samples, instruments, designs, ethics, etc.
1
,Answer Key
Testname: CHAPTER 15
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
2
, Exam
Name___________________________________ Chapter 14
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
1) These family therapists believe that supervised change during therapy sessions seems more 1)
effective for families than unsupervised change at home.
A) strategic B) Bowenian C) structural D) A and B
2) Teams of observers positioned behind a one-way mirror are most commonly used by ________ 2)
family therapists.
A) strategic B) Bowenian C) behavioral D) experiential
3) Cognitive-behavioral and strategic therapists tend to emphasize the technical role of the 3)
therapist, while ________ and ________ therapists stress the artistic side of the person.
A) Bowenian; structural B) structural; experiential
C) communications; Bowenian D) experiential; constructivist
4) During the 1970s, most family therapists tended to overestimate the homeostatic forces in families 4)
and underestimate their flexibility and resourcefulness except whom?
A) Don Jackson B) Mara Selvini Palazzoli
C) Virginia Satir D) Salvador Minuchin
5) The only integrative approach to explore intrapsychic processes is the 5)
A) integrative problem-centered metaframeworks therapy
B) narrative-constructive model
C) solution-focused model
D) externalization model
6) The use of ________ is designed to block or change dysfunctional behavior using indirect, 6)
seemingly illogical means.
A) directives B) therapeutic double-binds
C) paradox D) all of these choices
7) Which school introduced the idea that families are systems more than the sum of their parts? 7)
A) behavioral B) structural
C) group D) communications
8) All of these choices schools have for their goals of therapy both symptom resolution and 8)
transformation in the whole family system, except which?
A) Bowenian B) experiential C) structural D) MRI
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