Deck 5: Origins and Growth of Family Therapy

Question 1

Most marriage counseling or marital therapy practiced today takes which of the following forms?

A)Collaborative
B)Conjoint
C)Concurrent
D)Complementary

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The group therapy technique whereby a stage is utilized and the patient acts out significant life events in front of an audience is called:

A)psychotheatrics.
B)psychodrama.
C)theater for now.
D)None of the answers are correct.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Wynne's concept of a rubber fence refers to:

A)locked hospital wards.
B)closed family systems.
C)shifting boundaries around a family.
D)easy access to a psychiatric hospital.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Research with schizophrenics and their families was carried out during the 1950s in all but one of the following places.Which one does not fit?

A)National Institute of Mental Health
B)Palo Alto Veterans Hospital
C)Yale Psychiatric Institute
D)Ackerman Institute

Question 5

Of the following,who is not considered a founder of marriage counseling?

A)Nathan Ackerman
B)Paul Popenoe
C)Abraham & Hannah Stone
D)Emily Mudd

Question 6

A schizophrenogenic mother is one who:​

A)is simultaneously angry and guilty over her anger.
B)is possessive and guilt-producing.
C)marries a domineering husband.
D)becomes schizophrenic with the birth of her first child.

Question 7

Which of the following does not characterize a double-bind situation?

A)An ongoing relationship involving at least two people
B)Contradictory injunctions
C)An inability to escape the situation
D)Parental yielding to infantile demands

Question 8

Alfred Adler is generally credited with founding:

A)the child guidance movement.
B)psychoanalysis.
C)family therapy.
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 9

The study of paradoxes of communication in animals as well as humans is associated with the name of:

A)Waxler.
B)Fisher.
C)Bateson.
D)Miller.

Question 10

Male schizophrenics are believed by Lidz to come from families where there is:

A)marital skew.
B)marital schism.
C)an absent father.
D)an absent mother.

Question 11

Pseudomutuality refers to:

A)hostile exchanges between family members.
B)the appearance of an open relationship without really having one.
C)the development of strong personal identities among family members.
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 12

One criticism of the double-bind concept is its:​

A)linear outlook.
B)circular outlook.
C)paradoxical outlook.
D)psychodynamic outlook.

Question 13

One of Bowen's innovative research techniques was:

A)to have families move in with their hospitalized schizophrenic member
B)to study double-bind messages in schizophrenic's families
C)to study double-bind messages in normal families
D)all of the answers are correct

Question 14

The double-bind concept was first introduced to account for the development of:

A)anorexia nervosa.
B)both anxiety and depression.
C)substance abuse.
D)schizophrenia.

Question 15

In a marital schism situation,each partner:

A)overprotects the other.
B)neglects the other.
C)forms a coalition with the other.
D)undermines the other.

Question 16

Bowen studied families with schizophrenic members,especially their:

A)marital disharmony.
B)symbiotic mother/child interactions.
C)neurotic parents.
D)psychotic parents.

Question 17

Which of the following is not considered by the authors as a root of family therapy?

A)Group therapy
B)The child guidance movement
C)Marriage counseling
D)Cognitive development

Question 18

The published works of both _______________ and Ackerman are generally credited with launching the field of family therapy.

A)Bowlby
B)Jackson
C)Wynne
D)Bell

Question 19

Most authorities consider the family therapy movement to have gotten underway:

A)shortly after World War I.
B)shortly after World War II.
C)during the late 1960s.
D)early in the current century.

Question 20

Family therapy gained its initial legitimacy during the 1950s by:​

A)emphasizing research over treatment.
B)emphasizing treatment over research.
C)hospitalizing entire families.
D)practicing experiential family therapy.

Question 21

Which of the following is not a core competency as defined by the AAMFT?

A)Clinical assessment and diagnosis
B)Awareness of ethical issues related to the profession
C)Prioritizing systems thinking over concerns of diversity when conflicts between them arise
D)The ability to determine a treatment plan

Question 22

_____________________ The view that an individual who receives important contradictory injunctions at different levels of abstraction,and about which he or she is unable to comment,is in a no-win,conflict-producing situation.

Question 23

Managed care programs have led to:

A)a search for brief techniques.
B)restrictions on independent practice.
C)efforts at cost containment.
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 24

The largest organization of family therapists is the:

A)American Family Therapy Association.
B)American Family Therapy Academy.
C)American Psychiatric Association.
D)American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Question 25

The view that there are multiple versions of reality within a family comes from the:

A)psychoanalysts.
B)object relations theorists.
C)first-order cyberneticists.
D)constructionists.

Question 26

Outcome research in family therapy is moving in the direction of:

A)process studies.
B)studies of marital schism.
C)studies of marital skew.
D)evidence-based practice.

Question 27

The Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic is especially known for their work with:

A)schizophrenics.
B)delinquent boys.
C)psychosomatic families.
D)schizophrenogenic mothers.

Question 28

The authors consider all but one of the following to be the major founders of family therapy:

A)Ackerman.
B)Whitaker.
C)Miller.
D)Jackson.

Question 29

According to the text,there is a developing trend toward:

A)a proliferation of schools of family therapy.
B)narrowing the number of approaches to three.
C)integration of approaches.
D)factions developing within each school of family therapy.

Question 30

_____________________ A homeostasis-seeking relationship between and among family members that gives the surface appearance of being open,mutually understanding,and satisfying,when in fact it is not.

Question 31

When Beels and Ferber classified the leading family therapists in 1969,they distinguished two types,conductors and:

A)crisis-inducers.
B)responders.
C)reactors.
D)active,aggressive therapists.

Question 32

Collaborating with medical colleagues,the subspecialty of _______________ arose in the 1980s.

A)psychological systems
B)medical family therapy
C)epistemology
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 33

A major value of the introduction of the one-way mirror in the 1950s was in:

A)viewing schizophrenia up close.
B)providing clinical confirmation of circular causality.
C)making sure all family members attended the session.
D)allowing insurance companies on-site therapist assessment.

Question 34

The underlying patterns of family life were said by the new epistemologists to be best captured by the:

A)pragmatic approach.
B)aesthetic approach.
C)psychodynamic approach.
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 35

An outstanding example,in the 1960s,of research relevant to family therapy was carried out by Minuchin and his associates at the:

A)Ackerman Institute.
B)Yale Psychiatric Institute.
C)Family Studies Section of NIMH.
D)Wiltwyck School.

Question 36

_____________________ According to Fromm-Reichmann,a cold,domineering,possessive but rejecting mother (usually married to an inadequate,passive husband)whose behavior toward her son is thought to be a determining factor in his schizophrenic behavior.

Question 37

Relying heavily on learning theory at first,_______________ theory first came into prominence in the 1960s.

A)structural
B)strategic
C)psychodynamic
D)behavior

Question 38

The first journal devoted exclusively to family therapy,and edited by Jay Haley,appeared in 1962.Its name?

A)Family Therapy
B)Journal of Family Therapy
C)Family Process
D)The Family Coordinator

Question 39

Which of the following is not a criticism by feminists of existing practices as:

A)favoring masculine values.
B)devaluing nurturance.
C)based on male development.
D)all the theorists were men.

Question 40

One current trend in family psychology is the emphasis on:

A)systems theory.
B)an ecosystemic analysis.
C)first order cybernetics.
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 41

Discuss the role of health insurance and managed care in either pushing family therapists into,or excluding them,from the mainstream of other mental health disciplines.

Question 42

Describe in some detail what was attempted in the schizophrenia research.Who were the teams and what did they achieve in their effort?

Question 43

______________________The intervention technique developed by Bell based on social-psychological principles of small-group behavior.

Question 44

What are some of the benefits and problems associated with family therapy's anti-establishment origins?

Question 45

Discuss the evolution of the family therapy field by highlighting some of the key themes and the progression of development by which the field has gained significant prominence.

Question 46

What is the importance and significance of the proliferation of professional family therapy journals in the 1980s?