MFT - Comps Exam with Accurate
Solutions
What is cybernetics? - ANS-study of how systems are self-correcting & controlled by
feedback loops.
What is a negative feedback loop? - ANS-Keeps the system from changing. In
Homeostasis.
What is a positive feedback loop? - ANS-Development of more problems as they
attempt solutions to existing problems.
"The therapist assumes full responsibility for success or failure of treatment" comes
from what theory? - ANS-Strategic
Prescribing the symptom is an example from which theory? - ANS-Strategic; it is a
paradoxical intervention
What is a paradoxical intervention? - ANS-Strategic; asking family to do something that
seems in opposition to goals of treatment
A restraining technique is an intervention from which theory? - ANS-Strategic; it is a
paradoxical intervention
Warning a family of the dangers of change is an example of what intervention? - ANS-
Strategic; Paradoxical Intervention called Restraining Technique.
Positioning is an intervention from which theory? - ANS-Strategic; it is a Paradoxical
Intervention
Exaggerating the family's description of the problem is an example of what intervention?
- ANS-Strategic; Paradoxical Intervention called Positioning
What is the benefit of a therapeutic double bind? - ANS-Strategic; promotes progress
how ever the family responds
Which theory terminates therapy when the behavioral objectives are met? - ANS-
Strategic
What is the difference between first-order and second-order change? - ANS-First-order
is a behavioral change
, Second-order is shift in the family rules/beliefs that govern behavior
In what theory is Language a key element? - ANS-Narrative/Solution
Focused/Constructivist
"The problem IS a problem" comes from what theory? - ANS-Narrative / Post-modern
"The problems IS NOT the problem" comes from what theory? - ANS-Satir / Experiential
What comes first in Narrative Therapy? - ANS-Therapist hears clients history to gain
appreciation of how client view self & problem.
In what theory is the therapists approach Collaborative? - ANS-Narrative
What are "Unique Outcomes" - ANS-Narrative- exceptions when client did not
experience the problem
In what theory is Communication a key element? - ANS-Strategic
Listening for the untold story:
absent but implicit, is a product of which theory? - ANS-Narrative
Dominant/Privleged Knowledge - ANS-Narraive focus
What is Deconstructive listening / questions? - ANS-Listening for implicit assumptions.
Relative-influence questioning - ANS-Narrative- Exploring the influence of the
externalized problem on the person/family
Preference and Permission Questions is a part of which theory? - ANS-Narrative- Help
to establish client as expert
What are "Exploring Specifications for Personhood"? - ANS-Narrative- Exploring the
assumptions and context of a persons story
What is the goal of Narrative Therapy? - ANS-Alter the problem-saturated life story.
What is "Externalizing" the problem? - ANS-Narrative- Separating the person/family
from the problem.
Structural Family Therapy was developed by whom? - ANS-Salvador Minuchin
What is a subsystem? - ANS-organized component with specific role, function, and part
of larger system. (i.e. spousal, parental, sibling subsytems)
Establishing boundaries is a technique of which Theory? - ANS-Structural
Solutions
What is cybernetics? - ANS-study of how systems are self-correcting & controlled by
feedback loops.
What is a negative feedback loop? - ANS-Keeps the system from changing. In
Homeostasis.
What is a positive feedback loop? - ANS-Development of more problems as they
attempt solutions to existing problems.
"The therapist assumes full responsibility for success or failure of treatment" comes
from what theory? - ANS-Strategic
Prescribing the symptom is an example from which theory? - ANS-Strategic; it is a
paradoxical intervention
What is a paradoxical intervention? - ANS-Strategic; asking family to do something that
seems in opposition to goals of treatment
A restraining technique is an intervention from which theory? - ANS-Strategic; it is a
paradoxical intervention
Warning a family of the dangers of change is an example of what intervention? - ANS-
Strategic; Paradoxical Intervention called Restraining Technique.
Positioning is an intervention from which theory? - ANS-Strategic; it is a Paradoxical
Intervention
Exaggerating the family's description of the problem is an example of what intervention?
- ANS-Strategic; Paradoxical Intervention called Positioning
What is the benefit of a therapeutic double bind? - ANS-Strategic; promotes progress
how ever the family responds
Which theory terminates therapy when the behavioral objectives are met? - ANS-
Strategic
What is the difference between first-order and second-order change? - ANS-First-order
is a behavioral change
, Second-order is shift in the family rules/beliefs that govern behavior
In what theory is Language a key element? - ANS-Narrative/Solution
Focused/Constructivist
"The problem IS a problem" comes from what theory? - ANS-Narrative / Post-modern
"The problems IS NOT the problem" comes from what theory? - ANS-Satir / Experiential
What comes first in Narrative Therapy? - ANS-Therapist hears clients history to gain
appreciation of how client view self & problem.
In what theory is the therapists approach Collaborative? - ANS-Narrative
What are "Unique Outcomes" - ANS-Narrative- exceptions when client did not
experience the problem
In what theory is Communication a key element? - ANS-Strategic
Listening for the untold story:
absent but implicit, is a product of which theory? - ANS-Narrative
Dominant/Privleged Knowledge - ANS-Narraive focus
What is Deconstructive listening / questions? - ANS-Listening for implicit assumptions.
Relative-influence questioning - ANS-Narrative- Exploring the influence of the
externalized problem on the person/family
Preference and Permission Questions is a part of which theory? - ANS-Narrative- Help
to establish client as expert
What are "Exploring Specifications for Personhood"? - ANS-Narrative- Exploring the
assumptions and context of a persons story
What is the goal of Narrative Therapy? - ANS-Alter the problem-saturated life story.
What is "Externalizing" the problem? - ANS-Narrative- Separating the person/family
from the problem.
Structural Family Therapy was developed by whom? - ANS-Salvador Minuchin
What is a subsystem? - ANS-organized component with specific role, function, and part
of larger system. (i.e. spousal, parental, sibling subsytems)
Establishing boundaries is a technique of which Theory? - ANS-Structural
