AMFTRB Exam Questions and Answers
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Psuedomutality -
[ANSWER]: describes a systemic pretense of harmony and closeness
that hides conflict and interferes with intimacy (Lyman Wynne, 1940s)
QUESTION: Psuedohostility -
[ANSWER]: Arguing and bickering that hides "pathological alignments"
in families
A volatile and intense way of disguising and distorting both affection
and splits
Prevents open communication and quality relationships (Lyman Wynne,
1940s)
QUESTION: Rubber-Fence Boundary -
,[ANSWER]: Families are seemingly yielding, but are in fact nearly
impermeable to information from the outside; boundaries bind them
together in their resistance to separation" Appear open and flexible but
are closed. (Lyman Wynne, 1940s)
QUESTION: John Bowlby -
[ANSWER]: Attachment theory. Identified the characteristics of a
child's attachment to his/her caregiver and the phases that a child
experiences when separated from the caregiver.
QUESTION: Different attachment styles (Bowlby, 1949) -
[ANSWER]: - Secure Attachment
- Insecure Attachment (Anxious-Avoidant)
- Insecure Attachment (Ambivalent-Resistant)
- Disorganized/Disoriented Attachment
QUESTION: Theodore Lidz -
,[ANSWER]: Professor out of Yale, researched schizophrenia and the
marital couple's influence on the development of schizophrenia in a
child (1950s)
-Marital Schism: Parents overly focused on their own problems which
harms the marriage, individuals, and the children.
-Marital Skew: One parent dominates the family and the other is
dependent.
QUESTION: "Family process" (peer-reviewed journal) -
[ANSWER]: Founded by Don Jackson and Nathan Ackerman, edited
by Jay Haley (1962)
QUESTION: Mental Research Institute (MRI) -
[ANSWER]: MRI; Mental Research Institute A center for the study of
families in Palo, Alto, CA whose researchers and practioners- Bateson,
Jackson, Satir, Weakland, Fry, and Haley studied schizophrenia and
family interactions, communication, and cybernetic theory. They
emphasized process and interactional sequences rather than structure,
, and distinguished between first-order and second-order change. They
developed a version of Brief Family Therapy based on the notion that
the "problem" or tx focus, stems from the failed solution previously
attempted by the family.
QUESTION: Norbert Wiener -
[ANSWER]: Coined the term and theory "cybernetics"
QUESTION: General Systems Theory -
[ANSWER]: living systems are like cybernetic systems that are equipped
w/ complex feed systems capable of maintaining a desired state of
affairs (i.e. homeostasis) → leads to Bowlby's system of behavior control
QUESTION: Double bind theory -
[ANSWER]: distinct pattern of communication in which one individual
receives contradictory commands from which there is no escape (lose,
lose situation)
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Psuedomutality -
[ANSWER]: describes a systemic pretense of harmony and closeness
that hides conflict and interferes with intimacy (Lyman Wynne, 1940s)
QUESTION: Psuedohostility -
[ANSWER]: Arguing and bickering that hides "pathological alignments"
in families
A volatile and intense way of disguising and distorting both affection
and splits
Prevents open communication and quality relationships (Lyman Wynne,
1940s)
QUESTION: Rubber-Fence Boundary -
,[ANSWER]: Families are seemingly yielding, but are in fact nearly
impermeable to information from the outside; boundaries bind them
together in their resistance to separation" Appear open and flexible but
are closed. (Lyman Wynne, 1940s)
QUESTION: John Bowlby -
[ANSWER]: Attachment theory. Identified the characteristics of a
child's attachment to his/her caregiver and the phases that a child
experiences when separated from the caregiver.
QUESTION: Different attachment styles (Bowlby, 1949) -
[ANSWER]: - Secure Attachment
- Insecure Attachment (Anxious-Avoidant)
- Insecure Attachment (Ambivalent-Resistant)
- Disorganized/Disoriented Attachment
QUESTION: Theodore Lidz -
,[ANSWER]: Professor out of Yale, researched schizophrenia and the
marital couple's influence on the development of schizophrenia in a
child (1950s)
-Marital Schism: Parents overly focused on their own problems which
harms the marriage, individuals, and the children.
-Marital Skew: One parent dominates the family and the other is
dependent.
QUESTION: "Family process" (peer-reviewed journal) -
[ANSWER]: Founded by Don Jackson and Nathan Ackerman, edited
by Jay Haley (1962)
QUESTION: Mental Research Institute (MRI) -
[ANSWER]: MRI; Mental Research Institute A center for the study of
families in Palo, Alto, CA whose researchers and practioners- Bateson,
Jackson, Satir, Weakland, Fry, and Haley studied schizophrenia and
family interactions, communication, and cybernetic theory. They
emphasized process and interactional sequences rather than structure,
, and distinguished between first-order and second-order change. They
developed a version of Brief Family Therapy based on the notion that
the "problem" or tx focus, stems from the failed solution previously
attempted by the family.
QUESTION: Norbert Wiener -
[ANSWER]: Coined the term and theory "cybernetics"
QUESTION: General Systems Theory -
[ANSWER]: living systems are like cybernetic systems that are equipped
w/ complex feed systems capable of maintaining a desired state of
affairs (i.e. homeostasis) → leads to Bowlby's system of behavior control
QUESTION: Double bind theory -
[ANSWER]: distinct pattern of communication in which one individual
receives contradictory commands from which there is no escape (lose,
lose situation)
