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AMFTRB MFT EXAM|| ACTUAL EXAM ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+|| LATEST AND COMPLETE VERSION
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS|| ASSURED PASS!!
Premack principle of punishment - ANSWER: From behavioral therapy , a
technique in which a high probability behavior i.e. one that the subject would
voluntarily tend to engage in frequently , is used to reinforce a low probability
target behavior in order to increase the frequency of the target behavior - dessert
after dinner
Punishment - ANSWER: From the operant conditioning paradigm , a process for
decreasing an undesirable behavior by applying an aversive stimulus immediately
following the target behavior . For example , a teacher reprimands ( aversive
stimulus ) a child when the child throws his sandwich on the floor ( target behavior
In response the child no longer throws food on the floor . Note : the same
apparently " aversive stimulus may be perceived by the organism - in this case the
child - as either punishing or reinforcing . If the teacher's reprimand satisfies the
child's need for attention and as a result the frequency of the target behavior
increases the interaction can no longer be defined as punishment but as a negative
reinforcement See Negative Reinforcement
Ripple Effect - ANSWER: Refers to how a change that occurs at one level of a
system results in changes at other levels of the system
Working Through - ANSWER: From psychodynamic therapy , insight leads
clients to engage in new and more productive ways of behaving and interacting .
Therapeutic Letters - ANSWER: From narrative therapy , a procedure created by
Epston used to extend the therapy in which the therapist summarizes in writing the
client's competencies with respect to overcoming the problem and acknowledges
the sparkling events
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Shaping - ANSWER: A behavioral procedure in which successive approximations
to a desired often more complex behavior are reinforced until the desired behavior
is achieved
Marriage Encounter - ANSWER: A psychoeducational weekend couple's retreat
for improved communication problem solving sexual intimacy , and spiritual
health Originally for Catholic married couples and later adapted for Protestant and
Jewish couples .
Multidirectional Partiality - ANSWER: From Nagy's contextual family therapy ,
the clinical stance of the therapist in which the therapist is accountable to , and
supportive of , every relevant member , even when it necessitates accepting
contradictory positions within a conflict The therapist strives for neutrality joins
with each family member , and keeps communication open with all members
Ordeal - ANSWER: From strategic family therapy directive that is aimed at
making the symptom harder to keep than The ordeal requires the give up family
member or members to do something they do not want to do but is something that
would benefit them in some way -Creates a hadship to Continuing the symptom
Feminist Family Therapy - ANSWER: A treatment philosophy with a nonsexist ,
egalitarian view in which the social and familial gender roles of women and men
are actively considered , including the perspective that social and cultural
structures often give men a greater amount of power and control over political and
economic resources .
Levels of Intervention - ANSWER: Targeting interventions at a specific family
subsystem , such as the children or parents .
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Exciting Ego - ANSWER: From object relations theory , one of three parts of the
ego . It is unconscious , inflexible , and in a state of longing for a tempting but
unsatisfying object .
Detouring - ANSWER: From structural family therapy when two family members
attempt to preserve their relationship by defining their conflict as a disagreement
about a third person , keeping the focus on that person rather than themselves and
their problem
Quantitative Analysis - ANSWER: The analysis of the numeric quantity of
elements in an interaction .
Rubber Fence - ANSWER: Wynne's term for the type of boundaries around some
families that may appear open and flexible , but which in fact permit little
information from the outside to penetrate . In these families , rules are in constant
flux .
Simple Bind From Hoffman , a mechanism for change in which a message or
request is given and the recipient's new behavior is rewarded . Distinguished from
a double bind in which the nature of the message insures that no response will be
rewarded . A double bind is a simple bind that is continually imposed and then
continually lifted . - ANSWER:
Constitutionalist Self - ANSWER: From narrative therapy , the view of self is
plastic and continuously deconstructed and reconstructed through interactions .
The sense of self derives from experiences that fit into the dominant narrative . The
therapist and client co - construct a new self that is more congruent with the client's
preferred outcome .
Bi Modal Feedback Mechanism - ANSWER: From Ashby , the rule - bound
mechanism by which a system remains unchanged so long as the internal or
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external environment is stable , but when the fluctuation exceeds the range of
stability the system must respond in some new way . The system either breaks
down or it makes a leap into new levels of functioning . The change results in a
new set of patterns which , like the old pattern , is also bound by rules , and it ,
too , remains unchanged , so long as the environment is stable
Perturbation - ANSWER: An intervention which introduces a small change or
ripple without altering the system's basic organization in an attempt to magnify the
change later
The Dirty Middle - ANSWER: From Framo's couples therapy an impasse in
treatment when couples have gained some insight about the nature of the problems
and the irrationality of their demands on one another , but they still have
differences as to what each want from one another and from the marriage .
Emotional Divorce - ANSWER: From Bowen's family therapy , the cool distance
between the parents whose relationships vacillated between overcloseness and
overdistance .
Facts - ANSWER: From contextual theory , the attributes that people are born
with ( gender , ethnicity , birth defects ) and their life experiences ( parental
divorce , abuse ) ,
Functional Analysis - ANSWER: A behavioral assessment technique used to
determine the interpersonal or environmental contingencies that maintain the
problem .
Hypothesizing - ANSWER: A technique used by Milan systemic therapists . A
trial and error process by which the therapist makes initial suppositions about the
presenting problem , then tests the supposition by asking questions or making an
intervention based on that hypothesis . The original supposition is then revised
AMFTRB MFT EXAM|| ACTUAL EXAM ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+|| LATEST AND COMPLETE VERSION
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS|| ASSURED PASS!!
Premack principle of punishment - ANSWER: From behavioral therapy , a
technique in which a high probability behavior i.e. one that the subject would
voluntarily tend to engage in frequently , is used to reinforce a low probability
target behavior in order to increase the frequency of the target behavior - dessert
after dinner
Punishment - ANSWER: From the operant conditioning paradigm , a process for
decreasing an undesirable behavior by applying an aversive stimulus immediately
following the target behavior . For example , a teacher reprimands ( aversive
stimulus ) a child when the child throws his sandwich on the floor ( target behavior
In response the child no longer throws food on the floor . Note : the same
apparently " aversive stimulus may be perceived by the organism - in this case the
child - as either punishing or reinforcing . If the teacher's reprimand satisfies the
child's need for attention and as a result the frequency of the target behavior
increases the interaction can no longer be defined as punishment but as a negative
reinforcement See Negative Reinforcement
Ripple Effect - ANSWER: Refers to how a change that occurs at one level of a
system results in changes at other levels of the system
Working Through - ANSWER: From psychodynamic therapy , insight leads
clients to engage in new and more productive ways of behaving and interacting .
Therapeutic Letters - ANSWER: From narrative therapy , a procedure created by
Epston used to extend the therapy in which the therapist summarizes in writing the
client's competencies with respect to overcoming the problem and acknowledges
the sparkling events
,2|Page
Shaping - ANSWER: A behavioral procedure in which successive approximations
to a desired often more complex behavior are reinforced until the desired behavior
is achieved
Marriage Encounter - ANSWER: A psychoeducational weekend couple's retreat
for improved communication problem solving sexual intimacy , and spiritual
health Originally for Catholic married couples and later adapted for Protestant and
Jewish couples .
Multidirectional Partiality - ANSWER: From Nagy's contextual family therapy ,
the clinical stance of the therapist in which the therapist is accountable to , and
supportive of , every relevant member , even when it necessitates accepting
contradictory positions within a conflict The therapist strives for neutrality joins
with each family member , and keeps communication open with all members
Ordeal - ANSWER: From strategic family therapy directive that is aimed at
making the symptom harder to keep than The ordeal requires the give up family
member or members to do something they do not want to do but is something that
would benefit them in some way -Creates a hadship to Continuing the symptom
Feminist Family Therapy - ANSWER: A treatment philosophy with a nonsexist ,
egalitarian view in which the social and familial gender roles of women and men
are actively considered , including the perspective that social and cultural
structures often give men a greater amount of power and control over political and
economic resources .
Levels of Intervention - ANSWER: Targeting interventions at a specific family
subsystem , such as the children or parents .
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Exciting Ego - ANSWER: From object relations theory , one of three parts of the
ego . It is unconscious , inflexible , and in a state of longing for a tempting but
unsatisfying object .
Detouring - ANSWER: From structural family therapy when two family members
attempt to preserve their relationship by defining their conflict as a disagreement
about a third person , keeping the focus on that person rather than themselves and
their problem
Quantitative Analysis - ANSWER: The analysis of the numeric quantity of
elements in an interaction .
Rubber Fence - ANSWER: Wynne's term for the type of boundaries around some
families that may appear open and flexible , but which in fact permit little
information from the outside to penetrate . In these families , rules are in constant
flux .
Simple Bind From Hoffman , a mechanism for change in which a message or
request is given and the recipient's new behavior is rewarded . Distinguished from
a double bind in which the nature of the message insures that no response will be
rewarded . A double bind is a simple bind that is continually imposed and then
continually lifted . - ANSWER:
Constitutionalist Self - ANSWER: From narrative therapy , the view of self is
plastic and continuously deconstructed and reconstructed through interactions .
The sense of self derives from experiences that fit into the dominant narrative . The
therapist and client co - construct a new self that is more congruent with the client's
preferred outcome .
Bi Modal Feedback Mechanism - ANSWER: From Ashby , the rule - bound
mechanism by which a system remains unchanged so long as the internal or
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external environment is stable , but when the fluctuation exceeds the range of
stability the system must respond in some new way . The system either breaks
down or it makes a leap into new levels of functioning . The change results in a
new set of patterns which , like the old pattern , is also bound by rules , and it ,
too , remains unchanged , so long as the environment is stable
Perturbation - ANSWER: An intervention which introduces a small change or
ripple without altering the system's basic organization in an attempt to magnify the
change later
The Dirty Middle - ANSWER: From Framo's couples therapy an impasse in
treatment when couples have gained some insight about the nature of the problems
and the irrationality of their demands on one another , but they still have
differences as to what each want from one another and from the marriage .
Emotional Divorce - ANSWER: From Bowen's family therapy , the cool distance
between the parents whose relationships vacillated between overcloseness and
overdistance .
Facts - ANSWER: From contextual theory , the attributes that people are born
with ( gender , ethnicity , birth defects ) and their life experiences ( parental
divorce , abuse ) ,
Functional Analysis - ANSWER: A behavioral assessment technique used to
determine the interpersonal or environmental contingencies that maintain the
problem .
Hypothesizing - ANSWER: A technique used by Milan systemic therapists . A
trial and error process by which the therapist makes initial suppositions about the
presenting problem , then tests the supposition by asking questions or making an
intervention based on that hypothesis . The original supposition is then revised
