Family systems therapists view marriage counseling as
a. a discipline that is less concerned with gender and multicultural issues than is family systems therapy.
b. a discipline that is separate from family systems therapy.
c. less effective than family systems therapy as it does not deal with the entire system.
d. family therapy done with a small system.
Q. 2Glasser has asserted that mental illness is the product of:
a. inauthentic coping strategies that avoid nonbeing.
b. strategies used to deny reality and avoid responsibility.
c. a lack of self-control.
d. adverse and traumatic past experiences which interfere with adaptive behavior in the present.
Q. 3Psychoeducational approaches to family therapy can best be described as
a. authoritarian.
b. psychotherapy.
c. supervisory.
d. teaching.
Q. 4Glasser locates the basis of a failure identity in:
a. a devitalized need for belonging.
b. inadequate love or feelings of worthlessness in childhood.
c. an unwillingness to take responsibility for present behavior.
d. the dark side of everyday reality.
Q. 5In their study on the effectiveness of structural family therapy with diabetic and eating disordered children, Minuchin, Rosman, & Baker used _______ as a criterion measure of success.
a. changes in brain wave patterns
b. increase in caloric intake
c. level of free fatty acids in the blood
d. measures of blood pressure
Q. 6The primary distinction between a success identity and failure identity is that:
a. a success identity is based on achievement, while a failure identity comes from seeking too much pleasure.
b. a failure identity is derived from a lack of belonging, while a success identity can wield power responsibly.
c. a failure identity avoids responsibility and reality, while a success identity takes responsibility andcan respond to reality as it is.
d. a success identity can control how reality is perceived, while a failure identity is distressed byreality as it is.
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