6645 MIDTERM REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, 6645 midterm review - Answer: Chapters 2,3,4,8.9,5,11,12
6645 midterm review - Answer: From Midterm Reading
Mental Research Institute (MRI) assessement technique - Answer: Assessment focuses n the symptom(s)
and does not look at history. Looks for instances of circular causality and determines sequences of
symptom maintaining behaviors
Who are the theorists associated with MRI? - Answer: Watzlawick, Wekland, Fisch, Jackson and Sluzki
sensate focus exercises - Answer: exercises designed to reduce anxiety and teach mutual pleasuring
through non-genital touching in non-demanding situations
attachment - Answer: seeking closeness in the face of stress
Anxiously attached children - Answer: have overly protective and intrusive parents
Avoidantly attached children - Answer: have emotionally unavailable parents. The child will make initial
attempts at seeking comfort from his or her caregiver, but when it becomes apparent that the caregiver
will not respond, the child eventually gives up
complimentarity - Answer: refers to the reciprocity that is the defining feature of every relationship
process/content - Answer: Focus on "how" people talk rather than "what" they talk about; the most
productive shift a family therapist can make; focusing on the underlying processes that are contributing
to the content is key
enmeshment - Answer: offers access to support, but at the expense of independence. Enmeshed
parents are loving and attentive; however, their children tend to be dependent and may have trouble
relating to people outside their family
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, 6645 midterm review - Answer: Chapters 2,3,4,8.9,5,11,12
6645 midterm review - Answer: From Midterm Reading
Mental Research Institute (MRI) assessement technique - Answer: Assessment focuses n the symptom(s)
and does not look at history. Looks for instances of circular causality and determines sequences of
symptom maintaining behaviors
Who are the theorists associated with MRI? - Answer: Watzlawick, Wekland, Fisch, Jackson and Sluzki
sensate focus exercises - Answer: exercises designed to reduce anxiety and teach mutual pleasuring
through non-genital touching in non-demanding situations
attachment - Answer: seeking closeness in the face of stress
Anxiously attached children - Answer: have overly protective and intrusive parents
Avoidantly attached children - Answer: have emotionally unavailable parents. The child will make initial
attempts at seeking comfort from his or her caregiver, but when it becomes apparent that the caregiver
will not respond, the child eventually gives up
complimentarity - Answer: refers to the reciprocity that is the defining feature of every relationship
process/content - Answer: Focus on "how" people talk rather than "what" they talk about; the most
productive shift a family therapist can make; focusing on the underlying processes that are contributing
to the content is key
enmeshment - Answer: offers access to support, but at the expense of independence. Enmeshed
parents are loving and attentive; however, their children tend to be dependent and may have trouble
relating to people outside their family
