AMFTRB FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT (FULLY SOLVED)
"Family process" (peer-reviewed journal) - correct
answer- Founded by Don Jackson and Nathan
Ackerman, edited by Jay Haley (1962)
"flight into health" - correct answer- When a
previously depressed or suicidal patient suddenly stops
stating suicidal intention and/or appears calm and happy
in a very quick time period. This may be a warning sign
that the patient has decided to complete suicide. Defense
against lessening/lifting repression. Client states they are
"all better."
"stuck family" (Adlerian) - correct answer-
parents assume roles based on their expectations of the
children
,(Kaplan) A sexual disorder that is NOT considered a
disturbance in the genital-vascongestive phase is... -
correct answer- premature ejaculation
2 Essential Theme's of Bowen's theory - correct
answer- 1) Individuality
2) Togetherness
4 interlocking dimensions of relationships developed by
Nagy, Contextual Family Therapy - correct answer-
1) Facts - those that are unavoidable, such as ethnicity,
gender, illness, etc, and those that are avoidable, such as
the family's "created reality," understanding and choices;
2) Psychology - each individual's emotional development,
cognitions and meanings;
3) Transactions - communication sequences, roles,
structure and power alignments between individuals and
4) Relational Ethics - fairness, trust, reliability, loyalty and
reciprocity (the "ledger").
,4 main components of Rogerian technique - correct
answer- 1) empathy
2) congruence
3) acceptance
4) concreteness
5 steps to motivational interviewing - correct
answer- 1. Expressing empathy for the client;
2. Developing discrepancy between where the client is at
in his/her life and where they would like to be in their
lives-and how substances interfere with them moving
forward.
3. Avoiding argument about the addict's possible lack of
readiness for change.
4. Rolling with the resistance, which is accepting and
understanding the client's fear to change.
5. Supporting self-efficacy by trying to instill hope that the
client can make positive changes in his/her life.
, 6 characteristic of a double bind - correct answer-
1) Communication involves 2 or more people who are
involved in an important emotional relationship.
2) The pattern of communication and the relationship is a
repeated experience.
3) The communication involves a primary negative
injunction--or a command not to do (some act) or not to
NOT do (some act), either of which come with a threat of
punishment.
4) A second abstract injunction is given that contradicts
the primary injunction but at a more abstract level and is
usually nonverbal. This also occurs under the threat of
punishment.
5) A third negative injunction both demands a response
and prevents escape, effectively binding the recipient to
the environment in which these patterns exist.
6) When the above double bind messages have been
communicated enough times, the individual has become
conditioned which no longer requires all of the above
mentioned criteria to be present in order to elicit the
same intensity in response (panic, rage, schizophrenia).
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT (FULLY SOLVED)
"Family process" (peer-reviewed journal) - correct
answer- Founded by Don Jackson and Nathan
Ackerman, edited by Jay Haley (1962)
"flight into health" - correct answer- When a
previously depressed or suicidal patient suddenly stops
stating suicidal intention and/or appears calm and happy
in a very quick time period. This may be a warning sign
that the patient has decided to complete suicide. Defense
against lessening/lifting repression. Client states they are
"all better."
"stuck family" (Adlerian) - correct answer-
parents assume roles based on their expectations of the
children
,(Kaplan) A sexual disorder that is NOT considered a
disturbance in the genital-vascongestive phase is... -
correct answer- premature ejaculation
2 Essential Theme's of Bowen's theory - correct
answer- 1) Individuality
2) Togetherness
4 interlocking dimensions of relationships developed by
Nagy, Contextual Family Therapy - correct answer-
1) Facts - those that are unavoidable, such as ethnicity,
gender, illness, etc, and those that are avoidable, such as
the family's "created reality," understanding and choices;
2) Psychology - each individual's emotional development,
cognitions and meanings;
3) Transactions - communication sequences, roles,
structure and power alignments between individuals and
4) Relational Ethics - fairness, trust, reliability, loyalty and
reciprocity (the "ledger").
,4 main components of Rogerian technique - correct
answer- 1) empathy
2) congruence
3) acceptance
4) concreteness
5 steps to motivational interviewing - correct
answer- 1. Expressing empathy for the client;
2. Developing discrepancy between where the client is at
in his/her life and where they would like to be in their
lives-and how substances interfere with them moving
forward.
3. Avoiding argument about the addict's possible lack of
readiness for change.
4. Rolling with the resistance, which is accepting and
understanding the client's fear to change.
5. Supporting self-efficacy by trying to instill hope that the
client can make positive changes in his/her life.
, 6 characteristic of a double bind - correct answer-
1) Communication involves 2 or more people who are
involved in an important emotional relationship.
2) The pattern of communication and the relationship is a
repeated experience.
3) The communication involves a primary negative
injunction--or a command not to do (some act) or not to
NOT do (some act), either of which come with a threat of
punishment.
4) A second abstract injunction is given that contradicts
the primary injunction but at a more abstract level and is
usually nonverbal. This also occurs under the threat of
punishment.
5) A third negative injunction both demands a response
and prevents escape, effectively binding the recipient to
the environment in which these patterns exist.
6) When the above double bind messages have been
communicated enough times, the individual has become
conditioned which no longer requires all of the above
mentioned criteria to be present in order to elicit the
same intensity in response (panic, rage, schizophrenia).
