TEST BANK
Couple and Family Therapy: A Case Approach, 1st edition
by Nancy L Murdock
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Part I: Introduction
1.Introduction
Part II: Classic Theories
2.Strategic Family Therapy
3.Structural Family Therapy
4.Experiential Family Therapy
5.Bowen Family Systems Theory
6.Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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Part III: Contemporary Approaches
7.Solution-Focused Therapy
8.Narrative Therapy
Part IV: Couples Therapy
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9.Emotion-Focused Therapy
10.The Gottman Approach
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Part V: Conclusion
11.Conclusion
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TEST ITEMS
Short-Answer Questions
1. Why is it important for therapists to operate from a particular theoretical approach?
Explain.
2. Briefly explain the author’s purpose for writing this book.
3. Define the term identified patient and briefly explain how this concept relates to the
practice of couple and family therapy.
Multiple-Choice Questions
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1. Theories offer therapists a roadmap for how to help clients get from the presenting
problem to the:
a. desired goal
b. fastest fix
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c. easiest outcome
d. all of the above
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2. Most observers locate the distant beginnings of family therapy in the:
a. 1920s
b. 1930s and 1940s
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c. 1940s and 1950s
d. 1960s
3. In the 1940s and 1950s, the primary leaders of the family therapy movement came
from each of the following backgrounds except:
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a. social workers
b. psychologists
c. psychiatrists
d. pediatricians
4. Systems theory was developed by:
a. Nathan Ackerman
b. Gregory Bateson
c. Ludwig von Bertalanffy
d. Murry Bowen
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5. Each of the following individuals were members with the Palo Alto Group except:
a. Jay Haley
b. Murry Bowen
c. John Weakland
d. Virginia Satir
6. Gregory Bateson was largely responsible for contributing each of the following
concepts to couples family therapy except:
a. systems thinking
b. cybernetics
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c. feedback
d. social constructionism
7. The best way to approach helping individuals, from a family systems perspective, is
to view them as:
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a. distinct from a particular system
b. part of a larger system
c. unique individuals
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d. a and c
8. A form of communication in which contradictory messages are given to a family
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member who is unable to protest or escape the situation is described by the theory
of the:
a. double bind
b. double speak
c. circular causality
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d. relational paradox
9. Since a system is an interlocking chain of events, the causes of a given behavior or
problem are irrelevant. The term used by systems theorists to describe this view of
interaction is:
a. double bind
b. causal relationship
c. circular causality
d. cybernetics
Couple and Family Therapy: A Case Approach, 1st edition
by Nancy L Murdock
ST
U
D
YL
AB
, Table of content
Part I: Introduction
1.Introduction
Part II: Classic Theories
2.Strategic Family Therapy
3.Structural Family Therapy
4.Experiential Family Therapy
5.Bowen Family Systems Theory
6.Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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Part III: Contemporary Approaches
7.Solution-Focused Therapy
8.Narrative Therapy
Part IV: Couples Therapy
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9.Emotion-Focused Therapy
10.The Gottman Approach
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Part V: Conclusion
11.Conclusion
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, jhgfds
TEST ITEMS
Short-Answer Questions
1. Why is it important for therapists to operate from a particular theoretical approach?
Explain.
2. Briefly explain the author’s purpose for writing this book.
3. Define the term identified patient and briefly explain how this concept relates to the
practice of couple and family therapy.
Multiple-Choice Questions
ST
1. Theories offer therapists a roadmap for how to help clients get from the presenting
problem to the:
a. desired goal
b. fastest fix
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c. easiest outcome
d. all of the above
D
2. Most observers locate the distant beginnings of family therapy in the:
a. 1920s
b. 1930s and 1940s
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c. 1940s and 1950s
d. 1960s
3. In the 1940s and 1950s, the primary leaders of the family therapy movement came
from each of the following backgrounds except:
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a. social workers
b. psychologists
c. psychiatrists
d. pediatricians
4. Systems theory was developed by:
a. Nathan Ackerman
b. Gregory Bateson
c. Ludwig von Bertalanffy
d. Murry Bowen
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5. Each of the following individuals were members with the Palo Alto Group except:
a. Jay Haley
b. Murry Bowen
c. John Weakland
d. Virginia Satir
6. Gregory Bateson was largely responsible for contributing each of the following
concepts to couples family therapy except:
a. systems thinking
b. cybernetics
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c. feedback
d. social constructionism
7. The best way to approach helping individuals, from a family systems perspective, is
to view them as:
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a. distinct from a particular system
b. part of a larger system
c. unique individuals
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d. a and c
8. A form of communication in which contradictory messages are given to a family
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member who is unable to protest or escape the situation is described by the theory
of the:
a. double bind
b. double speak
c. circular causality
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d. relational paradox
9. Since a system is an interlocking chain of events, the causes of a given behavior or
problem are irrelevant. The term used by systems theorists to describe this view of
interaction is:
a. double bind
b. causal relationship
c. circular causality
d. cybernetics
