AMFTRB Exam 2025-2026 Questions
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Psuedomutality✔ANSWER✔describes a systemic
pretense of harmony and closeness that hides
conflict and interferes with intimacy (Lyman Wynne,
1940s)
Psuedohostility✔ANSWER✔Arguing and bickering
that hides "pathological alignments" in families
,A volatile and intense way of disguising and
distorting both affection and splits
Prevents open communication and quality
relationships (Lyman Wynne, 1940s)
Rubber-Fence Boundary✔ANSWER✔Families are
seemingly yielding, but are in fact nearly
impermeable to information from the outside;
boundaries bind them together in their resistance
to separation" Appear open and flexible but are
closed. (Lyman Wynne, 1940s)
John Bowlby✔ANSWER✔Attachment theory.
Identified the characteristics of a child's attachment
to his/her caregiver and the phases that a child
experiences when separated from the caregiver.
Different attachment styles (Bowlby,
1949)✔ANSWER✔- Secure Attachment
,- Insecure Attachment (Anxious-Avoidant)
- Insecure Attachment (Ambivalent-Resistant)
- Disorganized/Disoriented Attachment
Theodore Lidz✔ANSWER✔Professor out of Yale,
researched schizophrenia and the marital couple's
influence on the development of schizophrenia in a
child (1950s)
-Marital Schism: Parents overly focused on their
own problems which harms the marriage,
individuals, and the children.
-Marital Skew: One parent dominates the family
and the other is dependent.
"Family process" (peer-reviewed
journal)✔ANSWER✔Founded by Don Jackson and
Nathan Ackerman, edited by Jay Haley (1962)
, Mental Research Institute (MRI)✔ANSWER✔MRI;
Mental Research Institute A center for the study of
families in Palo, Alto, CA whose researchers and
practioners- Bateson, Jackson, Satir, Weakland, Fry,
and Haley studied schizophrenia and family
interactions, communication, and cybernetic
theory. They emphasized process and interactional
sequences rather than structure, and distinguished
between first-order and second-order change. They
developed a version of Brief Family Therapy based
on the notion that the "problem" or tx focus, stems
from the failed solution previously attempted by
the family.
Norbert Wiener✔ANSWER✔Coined the term and
theory "cybernetics"
General Systems Theory✔ANSWER✔living systems
are like cybernetic systems that are equipped w/
complex feed systems capable of maintaining a
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Correct Answered And Verified A+
Psuedomutality✔ANSWER✔describes a systemic
pretense of harmony and closeness that hides
conflict and interferes with intimacy (Lyman Wynne,
1940s)
Psuedohostility✔ANSWER✔Arguing and bickering
that hides "pathological alignments" in families
,A volatile and intense way of disguising and
distorting both affection and splits
Prevents open communication and quality
relationships (Lyman Wynne, 1940s)
Rubber-Fence Boundary✔ANSWER✔Families are
seemingly yielding, but are in fact nearly
impermeable to information from the outside;
boundaries bind them together in their resistance
to separation" Appear open and flexible but are
closed. (Lyman Wynne, 1940s)
John Bowlby✔ANSWER✔Attachment theory.
Identified the characteristics of a child's attachment
to his/her caregiver and the phases that a child
experiences when separated from the caregiver.
Different attachment styles (Bowlby,
1949)✔ANSWER✔- Secure Attachment
,- Insecure Attachment (Anxious-Avoidant)
- Insecure Attachment (Ambivalent-Resistant)
- Disorganized/Disoriented Attachment
Theodore Lidz✔ANSWER✔Professor out of Yale,
researched schizophrenia and the marital couple's
influence on the development of schizophrenia in a
child (1950s)
-Marital Schism: Parents overly focused on their
own problems which harms the marriage,
individuals, and the children.
-Marital Skew: One parent dominates the family
and the other is dependent.
"Family process" (peer-reviewed
journal)✔ANSWER✔Founded by Don Jackson and
Nathan Ackerman, edited by Jay Haley (1962)
, Mental Research Institute (MRI)✔ANSWER✔MRI;
Mental Research Institute A center for the study of
families in Palo, Alto, CA whose researchers and
practioners- Bateson, Jackson, Satir, Weakland, Fry,
and Haley studied schizophrenia and family
interactions, communication, and cybernetic
theory. They emphasized process and interactional
sequences rather than structure, and distinguished
between first-order and second-order change. They
developed a version of Brief Family Therapy based
on the notion that the "problem" or tx focus, stems
from the failed solution previously attempted by
the family.
Norbert Wiener✔ANSWER✔Coined the term and
theory "cybernetics"
General Systems Theory✔ANSWER✔living systems
are like cybernetic systems that are equipped w/
complex feed systems capable of maintaining a
