In the text, the most challenging aspect of working with lesbian and gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) clients may be:
A. listening to their stories and believing them.
B. considering these clients to be part of normal society, and amenable to counseling.
C. confronting your own biases and prejudices related to these populations.
D. being empathic, especially if your values conflict with the social mores of LGBTs.
Q. 2To deal with their own sense of loneliness in a marriage, a couple becomes overly involved in the problems of their son. This model of interaction is:
a. monadic.
b. dyadic.
c. biadic.
d. triadic.
Q. 3A mother tells her child I know you're not hungry, despite the child's sense that he/she is hungry. This is an example of:
a. triadic communication.
b. pseudo-mutuality.
c. mystification.
d. redundancy principle.
Q. 4A family argues constantly to avoid intimacy. This illustrates:
a. scapegoating.
b. mystification.
c. pseudo-hostility.
d. double bind.
Q. 5Which of the following was viewed as a mental illness by the APA until 1973?
A. Old Timers Disease
B. Homosexuality
C. Shell Shock Syndrome
D. Sexual promiscuity
Q. 6Which of the following family paradigms is likely to lead to the LEAST dysfunction?
a. Consensus-sensitive
b. Environmentally-sensitive
c. Interpersonal-distance-sensitive
d. Neutrally-sensitive
Q. 7A dysfunctional family's portrayal of false closeness that forces togetherness despite individual needs is referred to as:
a. pseudo-hostility.
b. double bind.
c. pseudo-mutuality.
d. mystification.
Q. 8The redundancy principle refers to a family's:
a. desire to scapegoat a family member.
b. restricted range of interactional patterns.
c. maladaptive response to family crises.
d. need to enact family of origin issues.