MFT national exam: sample Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
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Course
MFT
Institution
MFT
Out of earshot of Dad, Mom points out one of his parenting inadequacies to
the children. From a Contextual Family Therapy perspective, Mom's actions
are evidence for
→ split filial loyalty
Bob (45) and Marianne (38) argue about what is the proper age for their
daughter Jill (14) to begin ...
MFT exam questions (terms)
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
Spectatoring
→ "From Masters & Johnson
→ - When sexual dysfunction results from preoccupation with
your performance"
Continuous Reinforcement Schedule
→ Every CORRECT response is reinforced
Robber's Cave Study
→ showed that two hostile groups could b emade to get along
well and even be friends if they had a superordinate goal to
work together for
Adler's biggest theory
→ Influence of birth order on core personality (first borns are
most achievement-oriented)
,Vaginismus
→ female experiencing painful spasms during intercourse
Cybernetics
→ study of how systems are controlled and how information
feedback loops work
Double bind
→ one person receives contradictory commands from which
there is no escape (MRI)
"Family Rules: Marital Quid Pro Quo"
→ Jackson's paper on marital relationships - roles that spouses
develop don't just come from gender differen ces, but as a
result of a series of quid pro quos or mutual exchanges
Marital schism
, → parents overly focused on their own problems, undercut
each other, compete for children's attention while failing to
attend to children's needs
Marital Skew
→ "One parent dominates the family and the other is
dependent;
children often torn between parents; deficits in addressing kids' needs that
dysfunction or schizophrenia result"
Pseudomutuality
→ "Lyman Wynne
Systemic pretense of harmony and closeness that masks conflict and blocks
intimacy"
Pseudohostility
→ "Lyman Wynne
Noisy and intense way of masking and distorting both affection and splits"
, Rubber Fence Boundary
→ "Lyman Wynne
Families are seemingly yielding, but are in fact nearly impenetrable to
information from the outside; boundaries bind them together in their
resistance to separation"
Emotional Divorce
→ "Murray Bowen
Parents whose relationship is cool and vacillates between overcloseness and
over-distance"
Differentiation of Self
→ Autonomy from one's family and ability to differentiate
between one's thoughts and feelings
Multigenerational ethical accountability
→ "Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy
loyalty, trust, and relational ethics across generations"
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