AMFTRB Exam (SET 1)With Questions and Correct Verified Answers
A System - Answer-A unit bounded by a set of interrelated elements and which exhibits coherent
behaviors
Activating Constructive Anxiety - Answer-Therapist's effort to reframe symptoms as efforts toward
building competence by focusing on the positive attributes of anxiety as a means toward self-growth
(Symbolic Experiential)
Affective Confrontation (Experiential) - Answer-The therapists intentional confrontation with the family
where he or she will directly and openly share his or her subjective emotional experience of working
with the family
Affective Intensity (Structural) - Answer-Increasing the emotional intensity of the system to encourage
structural change
Aligning with the Parental Generation - Answer-A technique directed at strengthening the parental
hierarchy and reinforcing that parents are in charge of the children. The therapist breaks beutrality and
intentionally aligns with the parental subsystem.
Amplifying or Positive Feedback Loops - Answer-These increase change in a family's homeostasis and
attempt to change these systems from current steady state to a new steady state or balance.
Another name for homeostasis in Cybernetics - Answer-Morphogenesis
Analogic Communication - Answer-Has little structure, but is rich in contect such as a child's kinetic
family drawing
Analogic Message - Answer-A metaphorical or symbolic message (process)
, Attachement - Answer-The individual's basic need for trust and security, significantly influenced and
developed throughout infancy and ealy childhood per the child's relation to his or her primary caregiver
Influences relationship styles throughout adulthood according to EFT - Answer-Attachement
Attenuating or Negative Feedback Loops - Answer-These reduce change in an existing homoeostasis
Battle for Initiative (Symbolic Experiential) - Answer-second battle in which the family takes back from
the therapist its authority to make choices about what is discussed and about decisions that affect their
lives
Battle for Structure - Answer-family capitulates to therapist's way of conducting the therapy particularly
during the initial stages, such as who attends, what time sessions are, and how frequently they occur.
Battle for Structure - Answer-In Symbolic-Experiential Therapy, if the family is not willing to meet these
expectations set by the therapist, they are not prepared to invest in the growth process and change
would be unlikely.
Undifferentiated family ego mass - Answer-Bowen's early term for emotional "stuck-togetherness" or
fusion in the family
Unique Outcomes - Answer-Questions aimed at exploring times when the problem did not have control
over the individual or family's life. Narrative Family Therapy
Vehicles of change - Answer-Instead of relying on predetermined techniques, Satir endorsed a model of
using _______________________ with clients that were more adaptable.
A System - Answer-A unit bounded by a set of interrelated elements and which exhibits coherent
behaviors
Activating Constructive Anxiety - Answer-Therapist's effort to reframe symptoms as efforts toward
building competence by focusing on the positive attributes of anxiety as a means toward self-growth
(Symbolic Experiential)
Affective Confrontation (Experiential) - Answer-The therapists intentional confrontation with the family
where he or she will directly and openly share his or her subjective emotional experience of working
with the family
Affective Intensity (Structural) - Answer-Increasing the emotional intensity of the system to encourage
structural change
Aligning with the Parental Generation - Answer-A technique directed at strengthening the parental
hierarchy and reinforcing that parents are in charge of the children. The therapist breaks beutrality and
intentionally aligns with the parental subsystem.
Amplifying or Positive Feedback Loops - Answer-These increase change in a family's homeostasis and
attempt to change these systems from current steady state to a new steady state or balance.
Another name for homeostasis in Cybernetics - Answer-Morphogenesis
Analogic Communication - Answer-Has little structure, but is rich in contect such as a child's kinetic
family drawing
Analogic Message - Answer-A metaphorical or symbolic message (process)
, Attachement - Answer-The individual's basic need for trust and security, significantly influenced and
developed throughout infancy and ealy childhood per the child's relation to his or her primary caregiver
Influences relationship styles throughout adulthood according to EFT - Answer-Attachement
Attenuating or Negative Feedback Loops - Answer-These reduce change in an existing homoeostasis
Battle for Initiative (Symbolic Experiential) - Answer-second battle in which the family takes back from
the therapist its authority to make choices about what is discussed and about decisions that affect their
lives
Battle for Structure - Answer-family capitulates to therapist's way of conducting the therapy particularly
during the initial stages, such as who attends, what time sessions are, and how frequently they occur.
Battle for Structure - Answer-In Symbolic-Experiential Therapy, if the family is not willing to meet these
expectations set by the therapist, they are not prepared to invest in the growth process and change
would be unlikely.
Undifferentiated family ego mass - Answer-Bowen's early term for emotional "stuck-togetherness" or
fusion in the family
Unique Outcomes - Answer-Questions aimed at exploring times when the problem did not have control
over the individual or family's life. Narrative Family Therapy
Vehicles of change - Answer-Instead of relying on predetermined techniques, Satir endorsed a model of
using _______________________ with clients that were more adaptable.
