Alliant Comp Exam (MFT) Questions And
Answers
Any behavior that is rewarded is? -
correct answer ✅Repeated
Which concepts would characterize the work of a cognitive-
behavioral family therapist? -
correct answer ✅Teaching communication, problem-solving, and
conflict-resolution skills
According to *early* models of behavioral marital/family therapy,
couples and families were thought to have problems primarily
because of? -
correct answer ✅Skill deficits
The early behavioral model had good initial results, but poor long-
term results. They made several changes to the model which
significantly improved long-term results. Which was one of these
changes as discussed in class? -
correct answer ✅Directly addressing not just the stimuli, but also
the meaning people applied to various stimuli
Which of the following are commonly used CBT interventions? -
correct answer ✅Downward arrow and Collaborative Empiricism
,Alliant Comp Exam (MFT) Questions And
Answers
You are working with a family to help each of them explore the
cognitions underlying each of their stances in the system, starting
with surface-level cognitions, and proceeding to deeper,
fundamental assumptions about self and others. As a CBT therapist,
you're most likely using which intervention? -
correct answer ✅Downward arrow
Sarah and James notice that their son, William, hasn't been eating
his vegetables. Sarah wants to let him eat dessert only if he eats his
vegetables. James wants to take away his video games unless he
eats his vegetables. According to principles of operant conditioning,
which approach is the most likely to produce long-term behavioral
change? -
correct answer ✅Sarah's
Which of the following is NOT a communication stance described by
Virginia Satir? -
correct answer ✅Fatalistic
This theory explicitly downplays the importance of an elaborate
theory, and states that people have problems primarily when they
are emotionally "stuck" or incongruent, and that they will self-heal
,Alliant Comp Exam (MFT) Questions And
Answers
if obstructions to congruent emotional experiencing are removed. -
correct answer ✅Experiential
You find yourself hugging clients, crying, moving people (and
yourself) around the room a lot, having clients talk to absent family
members in session, and spending the weekends sitting on the
beach with your fellow soul-children at the Esalen Institute in
Northern CA. You most likely use which theory? -
correct answer ✅Experiential
What is the term used in structural family therapy to describe
bringing the problematic sequences into the treatment room by
having clients act them out so that the therapist can observe and
change them? -
correct answer ✅Enactment
Early in structural therapy the therapists gets to know the family by
essentially becoming a part of it. This process is known as? -
correct answer ✅Joining
Contemporary CBT downplays the importance of emotions? -
correct answer ✅False
, Alliant Comp Exam (MFT) Questions And
Answers
According to the experiential approach, human beings are
essentially? -
correct answer ✅Good and growth-oriented
According to experiential family therapy, what is the main
characteristic of a healthy family environment? -
correct answer ✅The freedom for each family member to be
themselves
In an attempt to help Meg understand how Christina experienced
her,the therapist had them take turns physically arranging
themselves in relation to their partner. Christina chose to lay down
while having Meg stand over her with her hands on her hips. Which
experiential therapy intervention did the therapist use? -
correct answer ✅Sculpting
According to structural family therapy, what is the most
comprehensive component of a healthy family? -
correct answer ✅Having a family structure that responds
appropriately to the developmental needs of each family member
Answers
Any behavior that is rewarded is? -
correct answer ✅Repeated
Which concepts would characterize the work of a cognitive-
behavioral family therapist? -
correct answer ✅Teaching communication, problem-solving, and
conflict-resolution skills
According to *early* models of behavioral marital/family therapy,
couples and families were thought to have problems primarily
because of? -
correct answer ✅Skill deficits
The early behavioral model had good initial results, but poor long-
term results. They made several changes to the model which
significantly improved long-term results. Which was one of these
changes as discussed in class? -
correct answer ✅Directly addressing not just the stimuli, but also
the meaning people applied to various stimuli
Which of the following are commonly used CBT interventions? -
correct answer ✅Downward arrow and Collaborative Empiricism
,Alliant Comp Exam (MFT) Questions And
Answers
You are working with a family to help each of them explore the
cognitions underlying each of their stances in the system, starting
with surface-level cognitions, and proceeding to deeper,
fundamental assumptions about self and others. As a CBT therapist,
you're most likely using which intervention? -
correct answer ✅Downward arrow
Sarah and James notice that their son, William, hasn't been eating
his vegetables. Sarah wants to let him eat dessert only if he eats his
vegetables. James wants to take away his video games unless he
eats his vegetables. According to principles of operant conditioning,
which approach is the most likely to produce long-term behavioral
change? -
correct answer ✅Sarah's
Which of the following is NOT a communication stance described by
Virginia Satir? -
correct answer ✅Fatalistic
This theory explicitly downplays the importance of an elaborate
theory, and states that people have problems primarily when they
are emotionally "stuck" or incongruent, and that they will self-heal
,Alliant Comp Exam (MFT) Questions And
Answers
if obstructions to congruent emotional experiencing are removed. -
correct answer ✅Experiential
You find yourself hugging clients, crying, moving people (and
yourself) around the room a lot, having clients talk to absent family
members in session, and spending the weekends sitting on the
beach with your fellow soul-children at the Esalen Institute in
Northern CA. You most likely use which theory? -
correct answer ✅Experiential
What is the term used in structural family therapy to describe
bringing the problematic sequences into the treatment room by
having clients act them out so that the therapist can observe and
change them? -
correct answer ✅Enactment
Early in structural therapy the therapists gets to know the family by
essentially becoming a part of it. This process is known as? -
correct answer ✅Joining
Contemporary CBT downplays the importance of emotions? -
correct answer ✅False
, Alliant Comp Exam (MFT) Questions And
Answers
According to the experiential approach, human beings are
essentially? -
correct answer ✅Good and growth-oriented
According to experiential family therapy, what is the main
characteristic of a healthy family environment? -
correct answer ✅The freedom for each family member to be
themselves
In an attempt to help Meg understand how Christina experienced
her,the therapist had them take turns physically arranging
themselves in relation to their partner. Christina chose to lay down
while having Meg stand over her with her hands on her hips. Which
experiential therapy intervention did the therapist use? -
correct answer ✅Sculpting
According to structural family therapy, what is the most
comprehensive component of a healthy family? -
correct answer ✅Having a family structure that responds
appropriately to the developmental needs of each family member
