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One of the differences between individual therapy and family
therapy is that family
therapists believe in:
A circular model of causality
Family systems theory is to _____________ as structural family theory is to
__________________.
Bowen; Minuchin
A marriage and family counselor treating a 10-year-old daughter
and her mother tells
the daughter that if she loads the dishwasher on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays, then
she and her mother will go shopping at the mall on Saturday. The
counselor then has the
mother and the daughter sign a contract to that effect. This is an
example of:
Quid pro quo
Satir is associated with:
Conjoint family therapy
,All of the following are goals of Whitaker's symbolic family therapy
EXCEPT:
Maximizing language
Compared with other counselors, family counselors tend to be
more:
Active, flexible and structured
Haley assumes that:
The client's symptoms are serving a protective function, the power
hierarchy of the family is confused, and the real problem is the
family communication family.
A couple comes in to see a counselor who specializes in sex
counseling. Before the
counselor agrees to treat the couple for sex counseling, she refers
the couple for:
A physical exam and medical history consultation by a doctor
The main purpose of sensate focus exercises is to:
Eliminate performance anxiety related to sexual functioning
,When working with blended families, a marriage and family
counselor educates family
members about the new dynamics within the family structure. More
specifically, the
counselor discusses:
how adults and children come into the blended family with
expectations from their previous
families, and how a blended family begins after many losses and
changes
Research on gay and lesbian couples
They are as dedicated to and as effective at child rearing as are
heterosexual parents.
In the Stanford prison study, what caused the guards to treat the
prisoners harshly?
It was the social context that determined the behaviors of both the
guards and the
prisoners. In the Stanford prison study, the setting was so realistic
that the participants
became guards and prisoners. Their personal identities were
masked by the context of
being in a prison as either a guard or a prisoner
In the original studies, Milgram and his colleagues found that
people were more likely to
disobey under all of the following circumstances EXCEPT when
__________.
the victim was in an adjoining room so the "teacher" heard every
sound the victim made
, In the Stanford prison simulation, male college students agreed to
participate in an
experiment to discover what would happen when they took on the
roles of prisoners and
guards. The researchers found that ______ _.
The individuals who played one role or another really took on their
role. It did not matter how the guards treated them or acted toward
them, the fact that they became like "real" prisoners was the key
finding. Individuals who played guards took on behaviors of "real"
guards; and individuals who played prisoners took on behaviors of
"real" prisoners.
In what ways do stereotypes distort reality?
Stereotypes distort one's ideas about how one group is so different
from
another group. In reality, the differences between groups are not as
extreme as stereotypes
make them out to be.
Jennifer has to choose between spending the evening at home with
her parents or
spending the evening babysitting her younger sister. Jennifer does
not like either of these
choices. This situation describes an:
Since Jennifer doesn't like either of the choices, this would
be an avoidance-avoidance conflict. It is simply picking between the
lesser of two evils.
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One of the differences between individual therapy and family
therapy is that family
therapists believe in:
A circular model of causality
Family systems theory is to _____________ as structural family theory is to
__________________.
Bowen; Minuchin
A marriage and family counselor treating a 10-year-old daughter
and her mother tells
the daughter that if she loads the dishwasher on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays, then
she and her mother will go shopping at the mall on Saturday. The
counselor then has the
mother and the daughter sign a contract to that effect. This is an
example of:
Quid pro quo
Satir is associated with:
Conjoint family therapy
,All of the following are goals of Whitaker's symbolic family therapy
EXCEPT:
Maximizing language
Compared with other counselors, family counselors tend to be
more:
Active, flexible and structured
Haley assumes that:
The client's symptoms are serving a protective function, the power
hierarchy of the family is confused, and the real problem is the
family communication family.
A couple comes in to see a counselor who specializes in sex
counseling. Before the
counselor agrees to treat the couple for sex counseling, she refers
the couple for:
A physical exam and medical history consultation by a doctor
The main purpose of sensate focus exercises is to:
Eliminate performance anxiety related to sexual functioning
,When working with blended families, a marriage and family
counselor educates family
members about the new dynamics within the family structure. More
specifically, the
counselor discusses:
how adults and children come into the blended family with
expectations from their previous
families, and how a blended family begins after many losses and
changes
Research on gay and lesbian couples
They are as dedicated to and as effective at child rearing as are
heterosexual parents.
In the Stanford prison study, what caused the guards to treat the
prisoners harshly?
It was the social context that determined the behaviors of both the
guards and the
prisoners. In the Stanford prison study, the setting was so realistic
that the participants
became guards and prisoners. Their personal identities were
masked by the context of
being in a prison as either a guard or a prisoner
In the original studies, Milgram and his colleagues found that
people were more likely to
disobey under all of the following circumstances EXCEPT when
__________.
the victim was in an adjoining room so the "teacher" heard every
sound the victim made
, In the Stanford prison simulation, male college students agreed to
participate in an
experiment to discover what would happen when they took on the
roles of prisoners and
guards. The researchers found that ______ _.
The individuals who played one role or another really took on their
role. It did not matter how the guards treated them or acted toward
them, the fact that they became like "real" prisoners was the key
finding. Individuals who played guards took on behaviors of "real"
guards; and individuals who played prisoners took on behaviors of
"real" prisoners.
In what ways do stereotypes distort reality?
Stereotypes distort one's ideas about how one group is so different
from
another group. In reality, the differences between groups are not as
extreme as stereotypes
make them out to be.
Jennifer has to choose between spending the evening at home with
her parents or
spending the evening babysitting her younger sister. Jennifer does
not like either of these
choices. This situation describes an:
Since Jennifer doesn't like either of the choices, this would
be an avoidance-avoidance conflict. It is simply picking between the
lesser of two evils.
