MFT NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔According to the social constructionist's perspective, diagnosis can categorize
individuals by labeling them. This process is known as - ✔✔objectification
✔✔Multiversa is term developed by Harlene Anderson. This term refers to - ✔✔The
multitude of ideas that potentially exist.
✔✔Every client has access to alternate stories, or stories that represent a different way
of viewing a problem than that of the dominate story. White and Epston refer to this
alternate story as - ✔✔The subjugated story.
✔✔A "problem determined system" is a system whose dominate view serves to
maintain the problem. Through conversation the members of the system agree that a
problem exists. Which theorist coined this term? - ✔✔Anderson and Goolishian
✔✔A term developed by White and Epston which refers to those situations in the past
when clients have resolved their problems but had not previously been aware that they
had done so. - ✔✔unique outcome
✔✔In the post-modern, social constructionist therapists, the therapist and client jointly
develop an alternate point of view of a situation. This process is referred to as - ✔✔co-
construction
✔✔A narrative therapist will often give a symptom a name, such as labeling anorexia as
"crazy dieting." Rather than viewing Maria as anorexic, they might discuss the times
when "crazy dieting" has control of her, thus separating Maria from the problem. this
process is known as - ✔✔externalization
✔✔Andrew comes to therapy struggling with depression. His therapist asked him to
describe the times he is not depressed, or at least a little less depressed than usual. His
therapist is most likely practicing from which perspective? - ✔✔solution Focused
✔✔As Andrew's therapy session draws to a close, his therapist gives him the following
homework: "Between now and the next time we meet, I would like for you to notice what
is going on in your life, right now, that you would like to see continue, even when this
depression has lifted." This intervention is known as - ✔✔the formula first session task
✔✔The study of feedback mechanisms in self-regulating systems is known as -
✔✔cybernetics
, ✔✔The ability of complex systems to reach a given final goal in a variety of given ways -
✔✔equifinality
✔✔A conflict created when a person perceives contradictory messages on different
levels of abstraction in an important relationship, and cannot leave or comment. -
✔✔double bind
✔✔Tendency of families to resist change in order to maintain a steady state is known as
- ✔✔family homeostasis
✔✔Temporary or superficial changes within a system that do not alter the basic
organization of the system itself are known as - ✔✔first order change
✔✔The process by which a system changes its structure to adapt to new contexts -
✔✔morphogenesis
✔✔Information that signals a system to correct a deviation and restore the status quo -
✔✔negative feedback
✔✔A change that constitutes a basic change in the structure and functioning of a
system - ✔✔second order change
✔✔The idea that anyone attempting to observe and change a system is therefore part
of that system - ✔✔second order cybernetics
✔✔According to communication theory, the content, or spoken word of a
communication is known as - ✔✔digital communication
✔✔________ relationships are characterized by a high frequency of opposite kinds of
behavior. - ✔✔complementary
✔✔________ relationships are characterized by a high frequency of similar kinds of
behavior. - ✔✔symmetrical
✔✔One of the task of the launching stage of the family life cycle is - ✔✔releasing adult
children into work, college, or marriage
✔✔One of the developmental tasks of the middle-age adult stage of the family life cycle
is - ✔✔rebuilding the marriage
✔✔One of the developmental tasks of the middle-age adult stage of the family life cycle
is - ✔✔welcoming children's spouses, grandchildren in the family
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔According to the social constructionist's perspective, diagnosis can categorize
individuals by labeling them. This process is known as - ✔✔objectification
✔✔Multiversa is term developed by Harlene Anderson. This term refers to - ✔✔The
multitude of ideas that potentially exist.
✔✔Every client has access to alternate stories, or stories that represent a different way
of viewing a problem than that of the dominate story. White and Epston refer to this
alternate story as - ✔✔The subjugated story.
✔✔A "problem determined system" is a system whose dominate view serves to
maintain the problem. Through conversation the members of the system agree that a
problem exists. Which theorist coined this term? - ✔✔Anderson and Goolishian
✔✔A term developed by White and Epston which refers to those situations in the past
when clients have resolved their problems but had not previously been aware that they
had done so. - ✔✔unique outcome
✔✔In the post-modern, social constructionist therapists, the therapist and client jointly
develop an alternate point of view of a situation. This process is referred to as - ✔✔co-
construction
✔✔A narrative therapist will often give a symptom a name, such as labeling anorexia as
"crazy dieting." Rather than viewing Maria as anorexic, they might discuss the times
when "crazy dieting" has control of her, thus separating Maria from the problem. this
process is known as - ✔✔externalization
✔✔Andrew comes to therapy struggling with depression. His therapist asked him to
describe the times he is not depressed, or at least a little less depressed than usual. His
therapist is most likely practicing from which perspective? - ✔✔solution Focused
✔✔As Andrew's therapy session draws to a close, his therapist gives him the following
homework: "Between now and the next time we meet, I would like for you to notice what
is going on in your life, right now, that you would like to see continue, even when this
depression has lifted." This intervention is known as - ✔✔the formula first session task
✔✔The study of feedback mechanisms in self-regulating systems is known as -
✔✔cybernetics
, ✔✔The ability of complex systems to reach a given final goal in a variety of given ways -
✔✔equifinality
✔✔A conflict created when a person perceives contradictory messages on different
levels of abstraction in an important relationship, and cannot leave or comment. -
✔✔double bind
✔✔Tendency of families to resist change in order to maintain a steady state is known as
- ✔✔family homeostasis
✔✔Temporary or superficial changes within a system that do not alter the basic
organization of the system itself are known as - ✔✔first order change
✔✔The process by which a system changes its structure to adapt to new contexts -
✔✔morphogenesis
✔✔Information that signals a system to correct a deviation and restore the status quo -
✔✔negative feedback
✔✔A change that constitutes a basic change in the structure and functioning of a
system - ✔✔second order change
✔✔The idea that anyone attempting to observe and change a system is therefore part
of that system - ✔✔second order cybernetics
✔✔According to communication theory, the content, or spoken word of a
communication is known as - ✔✔digital communication
✔✔________ relationships are characterized by a high frequency of opposite kinds of
behavior. - ✔✔complementary
✔✔________ relationships are characterized by a high frequency of similar kinds of
behavior. - ✔✔symmetrical
✔✔One of the task of the launching stage of the family life cycle is - ✔✔releasing adult
children into work, college, or marriage
✔✔One of the developmental tasks of the middle-age adult stage of the family life cycle
is - ✔✔rebuilding the marriage
✔✔One of the developmental tasks of the middle-age adult stage of the family life cycle
is - ✔✔welcoming children's spouses, grandchildren in the family
