COUC 601 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | VERIFIED SOLUTIONS | LATEST UPDATE
2026/2027 | GRADED A+ | ASSURED SUCCESS.
Differentiation of Self - CORRECT ANSWER - Capacity to think and reflect
rather than respond emotionally. The ability to be flexible and act wisely in the
face of anxiety.
Undifferentiated People - CORRECT ANSWER - Extremely reactive to the
people and anxiety around them.
Bowen's Central Ideas - CORRECT ANSWER - Differentiation of self
Triangulation
Fusion
Bowen Perspective on Symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER - The Result of
Stress
Circular Causality - CORRECT ANSWER - The view that causality is
nonlinear, occurring instead within a relationship context and through a network
of interacting loops; any cause is thus seen as an effect of a prior cause, as in the
interactions within families.
Double-bind concept - CORRECT ANSWER - Conflict created when an
individual receives contradictory messages on different levels of abstraction and
cannot leave the situation or relieve the conflict or tension.
Constructivism - CORRECT ANSWER - Relativistic point of view that
emphasizes the subjective construction of reality. Implies that what we see in
, families may be based as much on our perceptions as on what's actually going
on.
Goal of Bowenian Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Insight
cybernetics - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of methods of feedback
control within a system, especially the flow of information through feedback
loops.
Science of feedback; how information can help self-regulate a system.
Bowenian Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER - Genograms
Bowenian Techniques - CORRECT ANSWER - Process Questions
Relationship Experiments
First Order Change - CORRECT ANSWER - When only a specific behaviour
within a system changes. Superficial change that is temporary.
Psychopathology - CORRECT ANSWER - A disease concept derived from
medicine, referring to the origins of abnormal behaviour.
Strategic Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Therapeutic approach in which the
therapist develops a specific plan or strategies and designs interventions aimed
at solving the presenting problem.
ANSWERS | VERIFIED SOLUTIONS | LATEST UPDATE
2026/2027 | GRADED A+ | ASSURED SUCCESS.
Differentiation of Self - CORRECT ANSWER - Capacity to think and reflect
rather than respond emotionally. The ability to be flexible and act wisely in the
face of anxiety.
Undifferentiated People - CORRECT ANSWER - Extremely reactive to the
people and anxiety around them.
Bowen's Central Ideas - CORRECT ANSWER - Differentiation of self
Triangulation
Fusion
Bowen Perspective on Symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER - The Result of
Stress
Circular Causality - CORRECT ANSWER - The view that causality is
nonlinear, occurring instead within a relationship context and through a network
of interacting loops; any cause is thus seen as an effect of a prior cause, as in the
interactions within families.
Double-bind concept - CORRECT ANSWER - Conflict created when an
individual receives contradictory messages on different levels of abstraction and
cannot leave the situation or relieve the conflict or tension.
Constructivism - CORRECT ANSWER - Relativistic point of view that
emphasizes the subjective construction of reality. Implies that what we see in
, families may be based as much on our perceptions as on what's actually going
on.
Goal of Bowenian Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Insight
cybernetics - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of methods of feedback
control within a system, especially the flow of information through feedback
loops.
Science of feedback; how information can help self-regulate a system.
Bowenian Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER - Genograms
Bowenian Techniques - CORRECT ANSWER - Process Questions
Relationship Experiments
First Order Change - CORRECT ANSWER - When only a specific behaviour
within a system changes. Superficial change that is temporary.
Psychopathology - CORRECT ANSWER - A disease concept derived from
medicine, referring to the origins of abnormal behaviour.
Strategic Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Therapeutic approach in which the
therapist develops a specific plan or strategies and designs interventions aimed
at solving the presenting problem.
