CFT 150 Exam 1 Study Guide
Questions and Answers16
what are the important terms in personal growth - ANSWERS-behavior
psychology
sociology
MFT/CFT
what is behavior? - ANSWERS-- overt response or activity by organism
- able to see what you're actually doing
- observable act you have to do and get specific
what is psychology? - ANSWERS-science that studies behavior and physiological and mental
processes that underlie it
What is sociology? - ANSWERS-Study of development, structure, and functioning of human
society
MFT/CFT - ANSWERS-Mental health discipline that views individuals and problems as there
interactional processes best understood within the marriage, family, and social contexts
Roots of happiness: very important - ANSWERS-love
marriage
relationship satisfaction
work
genetics and personality
,not very important roots of happiness - ANSWERS-money
age
parenthood
intelligence and attractiveness
somewhat important roots of happiness - ANSWERS-health
social activity
religion
Three critical components to change - ANSWERS-ready, willingness, able
psychodynamic perspective - ANSWERS-freud
- driven by relentless desires
- do things even if they are bad for us because of these intrinsic desires
control mastery theory - ANSWERS-weiss and sampson
- if you repeat it enough times you will have mastery
- when you learn something really early on in life, will be more difficult to change
- don't often examine/modify long standing behaviors or beliefs
- try to avoid traumatization
attachment and object relations - ANSWERS-- Early relationships and interactions help lay the
foundation for our blueprint of the world
Expectations: marriage always end in divorce
, behavioral perspective - ANSWERS-- behavior that is rewarded is reinforced
weighing reward vs consequences
prochaska and diclemente - different stages of changes: - ANSWERS-people don't change
because:
they can't
they don't want to
they don't know what to change
a combination of all these things
ambivalence to change: - ANSWERS-approach-approach
avoidance-avoidance
approach-avoidance
double approach-avoidance
Approach-approach - ANSWERS-choose between two similarly attractive choices
avoidance-avoidance - ANSWERS-having to choose between two evils
approach - avoidance - ANSWERS-both attracted to and repelled by the same choice
double approach - avoidance - ANSWERS-torn between two alternative
decisional balance - ANSWERS-ability to achieve necessary balance in weighing potential
choices
Questions and Answers16
what are the important terms in personal growth - ANSWERS-behavior
psychology
sociology
MFT/CFT
what is behavior? - ANSWERS-- overt response or activity by organism
- able to see what you're actually doing
- observable act you have to do and get specific
what is psychology? - ANSWERS-science that studies behavior and physiological and mental
processes that underlie it
What is sociology? - ANSWERS-Study of development, structure, and functioning of human
society
MFT/CFT - ANSWERS-Mental health discipline that views individuals and problems as there
interactional processes best understood within the marriage, family, and social contexts
Roots of happiness: very important - ANSWERS-love
marriage
relationship satisfaction
work
genetics and personality
,not very important roots of happiness - ANSWERS-money
age
parenthood
intelligence and attractiveness
somewhat important roots of happiness - ANSWERS-health
social activity
religion
Three critical components to change - ANSWERS-ready, willingness, able
psychodynamic perspective - ANSWERS-freud
- driven by relentless desires
- do things even if they are bad for us because of these intrinsic desires
control mastery theory - ANSWERS-weiss and sampson
- if you repeat it enough times you will have mastery
- when you learn something really early on in life, will be more difficult to change
- don't often examine/modify long standing behaviors or beliefs
- try to avoid traumatization
attachment and object relations - ANSWERS-- Early relationships and interactions help lay the
foundation for our blueprint of the world
Expectations: marriage always end in divorce
, behavioral perspective - ANSWERS-- behavior that is rewarded is reinforced
weighing reward vs consequences
prochaska and diclemente - different stages of changes: - ANSWERS-people don't change
because:
they can't
they don't want to
they don't know what to change
a combination of all these things
ambivalence to change: - ANSWERS-approach-approach
avoidance-avoidance
approach-avoidance
double approach-avoidance
Approach-approach - ANSWERS-choose between two similarly attractive choices
avoidance-avoidance - ANSWERS-having to choose between two evils
approach - avoidance - ANSWERS-both attracted to and repelled by the same choice
double approach - avoidance - ANSWERS-torn between two alternative
decisional balance - ANSWERS-ability to achieve necessary balance in weighing potential
choices
