MFT Theories Review Practice Test Questions & Answers.
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MFT.
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MFT.
MFT Theories Review Practice Test Questions & Answers.
A central idea in family psychology is:
a) determining who in the family is most in need of therapy.
b) psychopathology
c) intrapsychic organization
d) circular causality - CORRECT ANSWER d) circular causality
Epistemology refers to...
a) the practice of family therapy rather than individual therapy.
b) the anthropological investigation of tribal family customs.
c) rules for gaining knowledge and drawing conclusions about the world.
d) non of the answers are correct. - CORRECT ANSWER c) rules for gaining knowledge and drawing
conclusions about the world.
Systems-oriented clinicians are most interested in:
a) the process that is taking place within a family.
b) the content of the family's problems.
c) family history.
d) why problematic behavior has arisen - CORRECT ANSWER a) the process that is taking place within a
family.
A family's influence over its members is likely to cease upon:
a) physical separation by large distances.
b) none of the answers are correct.
c) death of the matriarch.
d) death of the patriarch. - CORRECT ANSWER b) none of the answers are correct.
, In the view of family therapists with a functional outlook, the appearance of symptoms in a family
member serves as a:
a) manifestation of genetic predispositions.
b) family stabilizing device.
c) None of the answers are correct.
d) sign of illness in the family. - CORRECT ANSWER b) family stabilizing device.
The "identified patient" is the person in the family who:
a) All of the answers are correct.
b) initially seeks or is sent for treatment
c) may be expressing family disequilibrium
d) manifests the disturbed behavior - CORRECT ANSWER a) All of the answers are correct.
The risk of not growing up in an intact family:
a) is largely the result of teenage pregnancies.
b) has been part of American life for a long period of time.
c) is a new phenomenon first appearing in the second half of the 20th century.
d) is largely the result of widespread adoptions by single women. - CORRECT ANSWER b) has been part
of American life for a long period of time.
Reciprocal determinism refers to:
a) adopting a relationship outlook.
b) None of the answers are correct.
c) attending to content rather than process.
d) linear causality - CORRECT ANSWER a) adopting a relationship outlook.
According to the text, the major credit for applying cybernetic principles to human communication
belongs to:
a) Wiener.
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