All of the following are examples of metacommunication EXCEPT:
a. voice tone.
b. content.
c. eye glances.
d. smirks.
Q. 2If parents always respond to a childs defiant behavior with some form of lecture and verbal punishment, an MRI systemic therapist would categorize this as what type of solution?
a. failed solution
b. old hat
c. illogical
d. more of the same
Q. 3The interactional pattern is traced through four general phases. All of the following are one of the phases EXCEPT:
a. negative feedback.
b. homeostasis.
c. positive feedback.
d. self-correction.
Q. 4You are seeing a couple who is arguing about how to discipline a defiant child. During the session, you focus on how the parents communicate rather than focusing on how to solve the problem. Which of the following describes what you are doing?
a. Detecting the problem
b. Detecting the roles in the family
c. Detecting the interaction pattern
d. Detecting who to blame for the problem
Q. 5The term maneuverability refers to _____________________________
__________.
a. the therapists ability to try different therapeutic approaches to finding a solution for the client
b. the therapists freedom to explore different aspects of a persons relationships
c. repositioning the power differentials in the family to readjust the system
d. the therapists freedom to use personal judgment in defining the therapeutic relationship
Q. 6The general flow of MRI systemic therapy is as follows:
a. assess the interactional sequence and meanings, interrupt the sequence, evaluate outcome, assess for new problems.
b. assess the interactional sequence and meanings, interrupt the sequence, evaluate outcome, terminate.
c. assess the interactional sequence and meanings, interrupt the sequence, evaluate outcome, interrupt new pattern.
d. assess the interactional sequence and meanings, fix the sequence, evaluate outcome, fix new pattern.
Q. 7The goal of the first session in MRI systemic therapy is:
a. identifying the family dysfunction.
b. getting a clear, behavioral description of the interaction sequence surrounding the problem.
c. correcting interactional behavioral patterns.
d. reconfiguring the family around new information the therapist has introduced into the system.
Q. 8MRI therapists see the presenting problem as ______________________.
a. an individual problem
b. a parenting problem
c. an interactional problem
d. a transgenerational problem
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