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ABC-X Family Crisis Model correct answers Reuben Hill's model used to explain whether or not a stressful event would result in a crisis in some families but not in others. A=the stressor, B=the family's crisis-meeting resources, C=the family's definition of the stressor, and X=the crisis (see Double ABC-X Family Stress Model). Accommodation correct answers Describes a variety of engagement techniques, such as joining, used principally by structural family therapists in which the therapist adapts him/herself to the family's style of interacting AAMFT correct answers American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Inc., the primary national professional association of MFTs. AAMFT is located in Washington, DC. Although AAMFT makes no direct contribution to the licensing examination, many senior members have contributed test items. AAMFT wrote the Code of Ethics, which is the basis for the MFT ethical codes in all states. Acculturation correct answers the process by which immigrant group members adjust to the culture of their new country Adaptability correct answers From Olson's Circumplex Model, a measure of the family's ability to respond and adapt to changes in their lives. Also called "flexibility." Families are rated at four levels: rigid, structured, flexible, and chaotic. AIDS-Acquired-Immune-Deficiency Syndrome correct answers A chronic and infectious disease in which the body's immune system is damaged, making a person vulnerable to a number of serious, sometimes fatal, infections and cancers (see Human Immuno-Suppressant virus). Alcoholics Anonymous-AA correct answers A self-help group that uses a 12-step program for recovery from alcohol addiction. Alliance correct answers 1. in the structural and strategic models, a bond or affiliation between tow or more family members. Alliances differ from coalitions in that they are generally within a subsystem and not hidden. 2. in the domestic violence literature, refers to the redemptive phase of the abuse cycle, in which the perpetrator promises never to act violently again and the victim agrees to participate in that goal. Allopoetic Systems correct answers originated by postmodern Chilean biologist, Maturana: systems that can be controlled from the outside, such as machines Analysis of Variance - ANOVA correct answers a method of statistical analysis which enables researchers to determine the likelihood that a variable being measured (dependent variable) is associated with a second variable (independent variable) by chance alone. If the deviation (variance) from the norm (frequency of association expected by change alone) is sufficiently large, the variables are likely to be causally related.