Which of the following family theorists believed that family systems can be changed through therapy with an individual?
a) Chloe Madanes
b) Murray Bowen
c) Rudolf Dreikurs
d) Virigina Satir
e) Jay Haley
Q. 2In _________________________, conflictual families are instructed to do things that produce competing affect, such as playing an amusing game for two hours.
a) sculpting
b) boundary displacement
c) counterconditioning
d) detraction
e) contingency management
Q. 3How do family therapists use paradoxical intention?
a) This is an Adlerian term for a process that is used only in individual therapy.
b) The counselor may instruct a family member or the entire family to repeat a symptom instead of resisting it.
c) The counselor instructs the family to try an activity with different results. For instance, if they always fight when they go on a picnic together, the counselor would challenge them to have a picnic without fighting.
d) The counselor would have two family members trade roles in the family for a period of time.
e) The counselor would come up with a first order change that has nothing to do with the presenting problem.
Q. 4What is the role of congruent communication in family therapy?
a) This is a person-centered term that takes place in individual therapy, not family therapy.
b) This condition, where all members of the family agree about something, is a goal of family therapy.
c) This condition, where a clients body language and facial expressions are in tune with the verbal expression, is encouraged in family therapy sessions.
d) This condition, where all members of a family agree about something, is seen as a symptom of enmeshment by a family therapist.
e) This condition, where all members of a family disagree about an issue, is seen by family counselors as a sign of growth.
Q. 5What is the family counselors approach to person-to-person relationships within the family?
a) It is very important for the counselor to focus his or her efforts on helping the family understand its complex interdependence but not to focus on subsystems.
b) While generally family counselors want the family to realize its complex interdependence, sometimes the best tactic is to strengthen communication between a pair of family members, particularly the parents.
c) Dyads are the easiest, most manageable structure in the family so it is natural for the counselor to focus on them.
d) Family counselors try to break up subsystems in the family because they detract from the family as a whole.
e) That they are secondary to the unit.
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