CPCE Family Systems and Counseling 2

Question 1

Virginia Satir's approach to family therapy is best classified as:

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Experiential/humanistic family therapy

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Strategic family therapy

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Structural family therapy

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Cognitive-behavioral family therapy

Question 2

In Bateson's communication theory applied to family therapy, a 'double bind' refers to:

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Receiving contradictory messages at different levels where the recipient cannot comment on the contradiction

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Both parents simultaneously giving the same directive to a child

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Two therapists providing simultaneous but conflicting interventions to a family

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A family system containing two identified patients

Question 3

In family systems theory, homeostasis primarily refers to:

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A family's tendency to maintain stability and resist change

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The balanced distribution of power across family subsystems

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Equal sharing of household responsibilities among family members

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Emotional equilibrium achieved after successful family therapy

Question 4

Narrative therapy, developed by Michael White and David Epston, primarily focuses on:

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Re-authoring problem-saturated stories and externalizing problems from persons

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Restructuring family hierarchies and subsystem boundaries

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Exploring multigenerational dysfunction through detailed genogram work

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Teaching structured communication and problem-solving skills to families

Question 5

In solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), the 'miracle question' is primarily used to:

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Help clients envision a preferred future without the problem and identify existing strengths

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Identify the historical root causes of the family's presenting problem

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Challenge irrational beliefs the family holds about their situation

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Assess the family's current stage of readiness for therapeutic change

Question 6

Circular causality in family systems theory suggests that:

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Family members mutually and recursively influence each other in ongoing patterns

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Family problems are caused by one member's behavior and trace a linear path

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Family dysfunction follows predictable linear cause-and-effect sequences

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Family dysfunction cycles across generations at predictable intervals

Question 7

Scapegoating in family systems refers to:

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The process of one family member being blamed for the entire family's systemic problems

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A family member who avoids all conflict through emotional withdrawal and cutoff

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A child who takes on adult responsibilities to stabilize a dysfunctional family

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A parent who becomes excessively overinvolved in a child's achievements