Which of the following is NOT an example of a subsystem, according to Minuchin?
a. Parental
b. Couple
c. Sibling
d. Animal
Q. 2When a systemic counselor asks questions such as: What is happening just before the problem incident? What is each person saying and doing? How does the child respond? The counselor is attempting to assess:
a. The family lifecycle stage
b. The role of the symptom
c. The interactional sequence
d. The cross generational coalitions
Q. 3When a family systems counselor views problems according to the family lifecycle stage of development, the counselor is considering how the family members need to __________ boundaries to support individual members' growth needs.
a. Defend
b. Avoid
c. Renegotiate
d. Claim
Q. 4Family systems counselors are fundamentally strengths-based. This means focusing on each of the following EXCEPT:
a. Advocating against labeling families as dysfunctional
b. Focusing on religious beliefs or hobbies to develop interventions
c. Seeing the individual as the enemy of the family
d. Recognizing the family as supportive and protective to individuals
Q. 5A systemic counselor may play the role of an expert, or take a helpless one-down stance, or play the role of the bad guy to achieve the desired change in the system. This is an example of what systemic concept?
a. Maneuverability
b. Homeostasis
c. Neutrality
d. Spontaneity
Q. 6Analogue research allows for a great deal of situational control by enabling a researcher to manipulate one or more independent variables, to eliminate or hold extraneous variables constant, and to use random assignment.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 7The following statement: At the end of the session, the client cannot say which side' the counselor was on, is an example of a counselor successfully achieving __________.
a. Homeostasis
b. Quid pro quo
c. Neutrality
d. Partiality
Q. 8In analogue designs,it is possible to eliminate or control variables extraneous to theparticular research problem.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 9The concept of joining a system is best described by which of the following statements?
a. The counselor accommodates to the client
b. The counselor verbally expresses empathy toward the client
c. The client accommodates the counselor's position
d. The client projects onto the counselor
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