Family Therapy II Practice Exam

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• What describes a temporary increase in the frequency of a behavior when reinforcement is removed?
• Which of the following is NOT listed as a co-founder in the Milan Systemic Approach founding group?
• Which concept refers to structured, behavioral assignments designed to disrupt rigid, unhelpful family rules, hidden power struggles, and fixed interactive patterns?
• What term describes removing something aversive to increase a behavior?
• MRI view of symptom development describes symptoms not as individual pathology but as a byproduct of failed 'attempted solutions' to normal life transitions and circular communication patterns.
• Which statement best describes positive punishment?
• The continuum technique addresses which thinking style?
• Which concept states that two incompatible psychological states cannot occur at the same time?
• Which process redirects family conflict toward a child's symptomatic behavior?
• In family therapy, which term refers to the therapist adjusting self to achieve joining with the family?
• Second-order change is best described as which option?
• Which concept attributes symptom development to normal life transitions and circular communication patterns rather than personal pathology?
• Which term describes a pattern that maintains symptoms through power moves and alliances?
• Which belief holds that human behavior, intelligence, and social roles are controlled by genes or biology rather than environment?
• Which term describes behavioral prescriptions that reinforce positive connotations or paradoxes?
• Which concept frames symptoms as communication, such as Not eating signaling rejection of feeding?
• What is the top level in the therapeutic pyramid?
• Which term describes observing family dynamics by aligning with their style and communication tempo?
• Which statement best describes automatic thought identification?
• Which therapy emphasizes altering communication patterns within the family to change problems?
• In the ABCD Model, which component involves actively challenging irrational beliefs?
• MRI assessment focuses on present interactional sequences and failed attempted solutions rather than digging into deep family history or individual pathology.
• Mind reading is a cognitive distortion defined as:
• Which statement is a structural assumption about family dynamics?
• Which therapist developed Strategic Therapy and argued that problems persist because attempted solutions maintain them?
• Lambert's Common Factors: Which component accounts for 40% of outcomes?
• What core areas do paradigms help define?
• Which therapy is most closely associated with Jay Haley?
• Which psychologist is associated with operant conditioning as part of the early wave of behavior therapy?
• Which of the following statements is true about the Milan Systemic Approach founders?
• The Milan Systemic Approach founders include Cecchin and which of the following individuals?
• Which statement is true regarding the Milan Systemic Approach’s founders?
• Which set correctly lists the components of the ABCD Model?
• Which process draws a third person into conflict with two others?
• Which therapist is best known for systematic desensitization?
• Luigi Boscolo is associated with which therapeutic approach?
• Which term is not part of the ABCD Model?
• What is the primary aim of cognitive restructuring?
• Which statement best describes the Milan approach in family therapy?
• The Mental Research Institute is associated with which therapeutic approach?
• Automatic thoughts are defined as...
• Which concept is described as structured, behavioral assignments designed to disrupt rigid, unhelpful family rules, hidden power struggles, and fixed interactive patterns?
• Which concept describes accommodations to family style, affective range, and tempo of communication?
• Catastrophizing refers to:
• In cognitive formulation, after identifying automatic thoughts, what comes next?
• Which statement best describes schemas?
• Which assessment approach develops systemic hypotheses through circular questioning?
• Which type of conditioning pairs an automatic, involuntary response with a neutral environmental stimulus?
• Which theorist argued that in Strategic Therapy, symptoms do not belong to individuals but exist within relationships?
• What do behavioral experiments involve?
• Which statement best describes negative punishment?
• Who developed Structural Family Therapy?
• Which approach involves developing systemic hypotheses through circular questioning?
• CBT stands for which therapy?
• Which concept involves reframing symptoms as serving a protective or functional role within the family?
• Which term means directing the client to intentionally continue or amplify the problematic behavior?
• Which concept describes ongoing feedback loops where family members' behaviors mutually influence and reinforce each other without a single starting point?
• Which description best captures clear boundaries in a family system?
• Aaron Beck is known as the Father of what?
• MRI focuses on which of the following aspects of family interaction?
• Who is a co-founder of the Milan Systemic Approach?
• Which is a correct component of the ABC model (Activating Event, Beliefs, Consequences)?
• Lambert's Common Factors: Which component accounts for 30%?
• Which pairing is correctly matched regarding founders and organizations?
• Which term captures the idea that symptoms arise from dysfunctional hierarchy and may protect another member?
• Lambert's Common Factors: Which factor accounts for 15%?
• Which figure is linked to classical conditioning in the early wave of behavior therapy?
• Who founded MRI (Mental Research Institute)?
• Which term describes a paradoxical technique where the therapist tells the family to slow down or warns them against changing too quickly?
• Which technique asks the client to deliberately act as if a symptom is occurring and act differently?
• Which statement reflects a structural assumption about family dynamics?
• What is an example of positive reinforcement?
• Which of the following individuals is listed as a co-founder of the Milan Systemic Approach?
• Which term involves reframing symptoms as serving a protective or functional role in the family rather than simply being 'bad'?
• John Weakland is best known for which contribution to family therapy?
• Gianfranco Cecchin is a co-founder of the Milan Systemic Approach alongside Mara Selvini Palazzoli, Luigi Boscolo, and Giuliana Prata. Which of the following is another co-founder?
• Which statement describes Milan symptom development as used in family therapy?
• Which term uses Not eating as an example of a symptom that communicates something about family dynamics?
• Which term is the broadest overarching framework guiding questions in a field, often used to frame assumptions?
• In structural theory, what does the term system primarily refer to?
• Which term describes a more specific explanatory model derived from a broader framework?
• Which of the following statements identifies Gianfranco Cecchin’s role in the Milan Systemic Approach?
• Which of the following individuals is described as a co-founder of the Milan Systemic Approach?
• Reattribution technique explores which factors when a belief is overly personal?
• Which concept can be illustrated by Not eating and Mutism, framing symptoms as communication?
• Albert Ellis is known as the Father of which therapy?
• What are the three core 'musts' in the model?
• Which technique involves assigning tasks between sessions to change routines and interrupt cycles?
• Which concept describes a temporary increase in the frequency of a behavior when reinforcement is removed?
• Which of the following individuals is among the Milan Systemic Approach's co-founders?
• Which of the following statements is true about Gianfranco Cecchin?
• Which statement best distinguishes core beliefs from intermediate beliefs?
• Which term denotes prescriptions not varied across families that can form a secret coalition between parents and kids?
• Which practice directs the client to intentionally continue or amplify the problematic behavior?
• Which of the following best captures a component of family structure in structural therapy?
• Should statements in cognitive distortions involve:
• Automatic thoughts are described as:
• Which technique uses questions like 'What is the evidence of that thought?' and 'Are there other ways to understand this situation?'
• Which therapist is most closely linked to systematic desensitization?
• Which term refers to prescriptions not varied across families, forming a secret coalition between parents and kids?
• Which concept assigns symbolic tasks to clients that represent desired relational change?
• Which figure is commonly cited as a founder of behaviorism?
• Which option describes a focus of Thought Records as presented in the material?
• Who introduced systems theory, cybernetics, and double bind to family therapy?
• Which description best captures diffuse boundaries in a family system?
• Which concept refers to a behavioral sequence of questions: After A did Y, what did B and C then do?
• What is the central premise of Cognitive Therapy?
• Which assessment focuses on hierarchy, alliances, and the protective function of symptoms?
• Which tactic temporarily joins one family member or subsystem?
• Which concept would you apply to interpret a client's symptom as a message about family caregiving roles?
• Lambert's Common Factors: Which factor accounts for 15%?
• Which concept holds that love or affection symptoms reflect purposeful caregiving dynamics about who is taking care of whom?
• What should a theory be able to do?
• Guided discovery is:
• Which statement about postmodern therapy is NOT typical of its focus?
• Which theory states that consequences determine if behaviors increase or decrease?
• Mara Selvini-Palazzol is best described as a key figure in which framework?
• Which term describes a complex, repetitive interaction pattern catching family members in power struggles, alliances, or moves that maintain symptoms?
• Which process involves a behavior decreasing when it is no longer reinforced?
• According to social constructionism, reality is co-created through language and relationships. Which statement best reflects this view?
• Which statement best defines intermediate beliefs?
• Which conditioning type is associated with Pavlov's work?
• Which term describes the unspoken, redundant patterns of behavior and communication that regulate a family system and maintain its balance?
• Which technique involves confronting the family to force change?
• Which term refers to the broadest level of understanding?
• In family therapy, joining refers to what?
• In the ABCD Model, what does the 'Activating Event' refer to?
• Which of the following is true about Mara Selvini-Palazzol’s contribution to therapy?
• First-order change is described as which of the following?
• Which view of symptoms sees them as arising from dysfunctional hierarchy and often representing caring protection for another member?
• Which term describes therapists avoiding taking sides and remaining open to multiple explanations?
• Which practice invites members to pretend to engage in symptomatic behavior?
• Which statement expresses the idea that changes in family organization can drive symptom change?
• Which term describes circular sequences where family members' behaviors recursively trigger and maintain each other?
• Which description best captures rigid boundaries in a family system?
• Who is the founder of behaviorism and associated with the Little Albert Experiment?
• Which intervention consists of Madanes' behavioral tasks assigned between sessions to modify routines and interrupt problem-maintaining cycles?
• Which syndrome describes trying to solve a non-existent problem?
• What is a primary use of thought records?
• Which of the following pairs accurately reflects two of the Milan Systemic Approach’s founders?
• Postmodern systemic marriage and family therapy rejects absolute truths and objective diagnoses, replacing them with which frameworks?
• Which statement best describes the executive subsystem in a family?
• In cognitive formulation, what is the sequence after identifying automatic thoughts?
• Which term is characterized by requests that family members NOT change despite coming for change?
• Which term describes a therapeutic instruction or task by the therapist to influence the family's behavior outside of the therapy session?
• Which option best describes a family subsystem in structural therapy?
• Which of the following is a co-founder of the Milan Systemic Approach?
• Which of the following is NOT a Milan Group member?
• Which technique gradually reduces anxiety by pairing relaxation with fear-provoking situations?
• Which statement captures MRI's recommended action when problems persist?
• In the therapeutic pyramid, which level is described as 'Bottom' and corresponds to 'Way of being'?
• Which of the following statements accurately reflects the founding group of the Milan Systemic Approach?
• Which field asks what counts as knowledge?
• Which concept is primarily about the strengthening or weakening of behavior based on reinforcement or punishment?
• Which term refers to circular communication patterns where a person's action triggers a reaction from another, which then feeds back to influence the first person?
• Which epistemological stance assumes a single, objective reality that can be measured, quantified, and studied through strict empirical observation and linear cause-and-effect models?
• MRI assumptions propose that when a problem persists, the solution is to change the framing and stop doing more of the same.
• Which concept refers to tasks that make the symptom less appealing than changing the behavior, not as punishment but paired with meaningful effort?
• Which statement reflects a structural assumption about family dynamics?
• Which term describes a broad explanatory framework that explains large domains of human functioning and is highly abstract?
• Which of the following is an example of a cognitive distortion?
• Which term denotes the unspoken patterns that regulate a family and maintain its balance?
• Which framework views the family as a structured, objective system with clear interaction patterns, where the therapist acts as an expert guide to diagnose and correct operational dysfunctions?
• In the ABC model, which component represents cognitive interpretations of the activating event?
• Which technique is used to place beliefs on a continuum rather than an all-or-nothing stance?
• The Milan Systemic Approach’s four named co-founders include Cecchin and which others?
• What does a structural assessment map in a family?
• Core beliefs are best described as what?
• Which field asks what counts as reality?
• Which concept emphasizes that therapy views the family as a structured system with a therapist guiding diagnosis and correction of dysfunctions?
• What is the purpose of family mapping in structural therapy?
• What is paradoxical intervention?
• Which term describes the circular patterns in which family members' actions continually influence and sustain one another?
• Which statement best defines core beliefs?
• In the therapeutic pyramid, which level sits between the bottom and the top?
• Which statement about postmodern therapy models is true?
• Which experiment is attributed to John B. Watson and is central to behaviorist history?
• Which concept defines the ability to influence what happens and who controls symptoms and affect in the system?
• Which conditioning type is associated with B. F. Skinner's work?