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,1. The concept of balance of fairness is synonymous with which theory?
a. transgenerational
b. strategic
*c. contextual
d. constructivist
2. The ____________ school of family therapy views resistance as what occurs when a therapist fails to
adapt to what the family needs in therapy.
*a. solution focused
b. structural
c. experiential
d. Mental Research Institute (MRI)
3. Teams of observers positioned behind a one-way mirror are most commonly used by _____________
family therapists.
a. experiential
b. behavioral
c. Bowenian
*d. Milan
4. Who is generally considered the “father of general systems theory”?
a. Carl Sagan
b. Noam Chomsky
c. Milton Erickson
*d. Ludwig von Bertalanffy
5. In Bowen’s model, performing an assessment by interviewing one partner at a time is
a. a good method of bringing out family secrets
b. a way to reduce conflict between partners
*c. a method for preventing marital conflict from interfering with the assessment process
d. standard procedure
6. According to narrative therapy, by maintaining a dominant story of their problems, family members
fail to see _________ in their problems.
a. the paradox in
b. their contributions to
*c. unique outcomes
d. underlying causes of
7. A family enters therapy because the five year old is uncontrollable and has been diagnosed as being
autistic. The recommended approach for treating the family is
a. Milan systemic
b. structural
*c. psychoeducational
d. solution focused
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, 8. When first starting out with a family in therapy, it is important to
a. speak mostly to the person who made the initial call as he or she is the member who can get the
family to each session and is the most helpful
b. allow family members to interrupt one another, as you want to be careful not to offend anyone
c. plan a specific strategy in which you decide where each member should sit so that you can avoid
the family escalating into a fight
*d. adjust your style to the family’s, paying close attention to both verbal and nonverbal cues as you
attempt to engage with each member of the family
9. The theory that sees the therapist’s use of self as central to the assessment process is
a. structural
b. transgenerational
*c. experiential
d. Milan systemic
10. The effort to create anxiety in the large system is the goal of
a. Bowen
b. Minuchin
*c. Whitaker
d. Framo
11. Which of the following best defines homeostasis?
a. a concept that posits that in the end all things are the same.
*b. a term that addresses the tendency for all systems to gravitate toward remaining the same over
time.
c. a concept identifying the particular distinctions between homosapiens and other biological systems.
d. a concept that speaks to the ripple effect in systems.
12. Compared to Mental Research Institute (MRI) brief therapy, experiential is
*a. more reliant upon the therapist’s personal feelings
b. the preferred approach when working with idiosyncratic clients
c. more easily described as a set of procedures
d. a foundation upon which the Milan school created their approach
13. Symptom relief is a lesser goal of which school?
*a. Bowen
b. strategic
c. Mental Research Institute (MRI)
d. structural
14. The multicultural framework encourages therapists to speak with families about their
a. ethnicity
b. culture
*c. ethnicity, education, and religion
d. race
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,15. The term invisible loyalties was coined by
a. Bowen
b. Framo
*c. Nagy
d. Satir
16. A possible advantage to using solution-focused therapy with alcoholics is
*a. the focus on solutions allows the client to discuss preferred solutions initially in treatment
b. alcoholics generally feel very optimistic about solving problems anyway
c. the focus on exceptions is a perfect match for the alcoholic’s need for novelty
d. They feel more comfortable with it for an extended period of time
17. A therapy that relies on the therapist’s own affect and intuition is
a. contextual
*b. experiential
c. transgenerational
d. solution focused
18. The subjective distortion of a relationship, as if one’s partner, or even one’s child, takes on actions that
are similar to the parent is called
a. Enmeshment
*b. Parentification
c. role reversal
d. projective identification
19. Practitioners of which model do not believe that the family must change its belief system in order to
achieve second-order change?
*a. Behavioral
b. Milan
c. Constructivist
d. Mental Research Institute (MRI)
20. In narrative therapy, externalizing the problem consists of a series of questions designed to
a. identify the locus of the problem.
b. assess the function the problem serves for the family.
*c. clarify the family’s power over the problem.
d. all of the above.
21. In which model is insight considered a necessary condition for change, and working through necessary
to master the gains from change?
a. constructivist
*b. Bowen family systems
c. symbolic-experiential
d. contextual
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, 22. From the solution-focused therapy perspective
*a. problems can be solved without knowing their cause
b. the problem is the way the family attempts to solve the problem
c. the family must work as an organic system to develop solutions
d. solutions are created by the therapist
23. As a feminist therapist you are least likely to agree with which of the following statements:
a. It is important to identify the sociopolitical and interpersonal forces that underlie a woman’s
pathology.
b. The therapeutic relationship should be demystified.
c. The therapeutic relationship should be egalitarian.
*d. Structural therapy is a widely used model in feminist-based therapies as it addresses boundaries
and coalitions.
24. Bowen’s concept of triangulation is used to explain all but the following:
a. how chronic anxiety is modulated in family systems
b. what happens to the least well-differentiated member of the family when stress occurs
*c. Crisis model, in which person A and B are triangulating person C by using X
d. the process of parental projection
25. The _________________ model has led therapists to recognize the importance of each family
member’s sense of reality when dealing with family issues, often allowing more freedom in a session
for family members to be heard and acknowledged.
*a. constructivist
b. feminist
c. psychodynamic
d. multicultural
26. Milan systemic therapy differs from Haley’s strategic in that
a. Strategic therapists take charge, while systemic therapists “follow” the family.
*b. Strategic therapy intervenes at subsystem levels, whereas systemic therapy looks at the family as
an organic whole and stays neutral.
c. Systemic therapy helps families to understand the meaning of the symptom, while strategic just
changes the pattern.
d. Milan systemic is the only true systems theory.
27. A symptom carrier for family dysfunction or pathology is often referred to as the
a. well child
b. scapegoat
c. parentified child
*d. identified patient
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Practice-Oriented Approach Second Edition
Metcalf
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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:
, Test Bank for
MARRIAGE AND
FAMILY THERAPY
A Practice-Oriented
Approach
Second Edition
Linda Metcalf, PhD, LPC-S, LMFT-S, CSC
Editor
ISBN: 978-0-8261-6128-4
Copyright Springer Publishing Company. All Rights Reserved.
From: Marriage and Family Therapy, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780826161284
,Copyright Springer Publishing Company. All Rights Reserved.
From: Marriage and Family Therapy, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780826161284
, Copyright © 2019 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: 978-0-8261-6128-4
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. All Rights Reserved.
From: Marriage and Family Therapy, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780826161284
,1. The concept of balance of fairness is synonymous with which theory?
a. transgenerational
b. strategic
*c. contextual
d. constructivist
2. The ____________ school of family therapy views resistance as what occurs when a therapist fails to
adapt to what the family needs in therapy.
*a. solution focused
b. structural
c. experiential
d. Mental Research Institute (MRI)
3. Teams of observers positioned behind a one-way mirror are most commonly used by _____________
family therapists.
a. experiential
b. behavioral
c. Bowenian
*d. Milan
4. Who is generally considered the “father of general systems theory”?
a. Carl Sagan
b. Noam Chomsky
c. Milton Erickson
*d. Ludwig von Bertalanffy
5. In Bowen’s model, performing an assessment by interviewing one partner at a time is
a. a good method of bringing out family secrets
b. a way to reduce conflict between partners
*c. a method for preventing marital conflict from interfering with the assessment process
d. standard procedure
6. According to narrative therapy, by maintaining a dominant story of their problems, family members
fail to see _________ in their problems.
a. the paradox in
b. their contributions to
*c. unique outcomes
d. underlying causes of
7. A family enters therapy because the five year old is uncontrollable and has been diagnosed as being
autistic. The recommended approach for treating the family is
a. Milan systemic
b. structural
*c. psychoeducational
d. solution focused
Copyright Springer Publishing Company. All Rights Reserved.
From: Marriage and Family Therapy, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780826161284
, 8. When first starting out with a family in therapy, it is important to
a. speak mostly to the person who made the initial call as he or she is the member who can get the
family to each session and is the most helpful
b. allow family members to interrupt one another, as you want to be careful not to offend anyone
c. plan a specific strategy in which you decide where each member should sit so that you can avoid
the family escalating into a fight
*d. adjust your style to the family’s, paying close attention to both verbal and nonverbal cues as you
attempt to engage with each member of the family
9. The theory that sees the therapist’s use of self as central to the assessment process is
a. structural
b. transgenerational
*c. experiential
d. Milan systemic
10. The effort to create anxiety in the large system is the goal of
a. Bowen
b. Minuchin
*c. Whitaker
d. Framo
11. Which of the following best defines homeostasis?
a. a concept that posits that in the end all things are the same.
*b. a term that addresses the tendency for all systems to gravitate toward remaining the same over
time.
c. a concept identifying the particular distinctions between homosapiens and other biological systems.
d. a concept that speaks to the ripple effect in systems.
12. Compared to Mental Research Institute (MRI) brief therapy, experiential is
*a. more reliant upon the therapist’s personal feelings
b. the preferred approach when working with idiosyncratic clients
c. more easily described as a set of procedures
d. a foundation upon which the Milan school created their approach
13. Symptom relief is a lesser goal of which school?
*a. Bowen
b. strategic
c. Mental Research Institute (MRI)
d. structural
14. The multicultural framework encourages therapists to speak with families about their
a. ethnicity
b. culture
*c. ethnicity, education, and religion
d. race
Copyright Springer Publishing Company. All Rights Reserved.
From: Marriage and Family Therapy, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780826161284
,15. The term invisible loyalties was coined by
a. Bowen
b. Framo
*c. Nagy
d. Satir
16. A possible advantage to using solution-focused therapy with alcoholics is
*a. the focus on solutions allows the client to discuss preferred solutions initially in treatment
b. alcoholics generally feel very optimistic about solving problems anyway
c. the focus on exceptions is a perfect match for the alcoholic’s need for novelty
d. They feel more comfortable with it for an extended period of time
17. A therapy that relies on the therapist’s own affect and intuition is
a. contextual
*b. experiential
c. transgenerational
d. solution focused
18. The subjective distortion of a relationship, as if one’s partner, or even one’s child, takes on actions that
are similar to the parent is called
a. Enmeshment
*b. Parentification
c. role reversal
d. projective identification
19. Practitioners of which model do not believe that the family must change its belief system in order to
achieve second-order change?
*a. Behavioral
b. Milan
c. Constructivist
d. Mental Research Institute (MRI)
20. In narrative therapy, externalizing the problem consists of a series of questions designed to
a. identify the locus of the problem.
b. assess the function the problem serves for the family.
*c. clarify the family’s power over the problem.
d. all of the above.
21. In which model is insight considered a necessary condition for change, and working through necessary
to master the gains from change?
a. constructivist
*b. Bowen family systems
c. symbolic-experiential
d. contextual
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From: Marriage and Family Therapy, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780826161284
, 22. From the solution-focused therapy perspective
*a. problems can be solved without knowing their cause
b. the problem is the way the family attempts to solve the problem
c. the family must work as an organic system to develop solutions
d. solutions are created by the therapist
23. As a feminist therapist you are least likely to agree with which of the following statements:
a. It is important to identify the sociopolitical and interpersonal forces that underlie a woman’s
pathology.
b. The therapeutic relationship should be demystified.
c. The therapeutic relationship should be egalitarian.
*d. Structural therapy is a widely used model in feminist-based therapies as it addresses boundaries
and coalitions.
24. Bowen’s concept of triangulation is used to explain all but the following:
a. how chronic anxiety is modulated in family systems
b. what happens to the least well-differentiated member of the family when stress occurs
*c. Crisis model, in which person A and B are triangulating person C by using X
d. the process of parental projection
25. The _________________ model has led therapists to recognize the importance of each family
member’s sense of reality when dealing with family issues, often allowing more freedom in a session
for family members to be heard and acknowledged.
*a. constructivist
b. feminist
c. psychodynamic
d. multicultural
26. Milan systemic therapy differs from Haley’s strategic in that
a. Strategic therapists take charge, while systemic therapists “follow” the family.
*b. Strategic therapy intervenes at subsystem levels, whereas systemic therapy looks at the family as
an organic whole and stays neutral.
c. Systemic therapy helps families to understand the meaning of the symptom, while strategic just
changes the pattern.
d. Milan systemic is the only true systems theory.
27. A symptom carrier for family dysfunction or pathology is often referred to as the
a. well child
b. scapegoat
c. parentified child
*d. identified patient
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ISBN: 9780826161284
