Solution to Final Family
Theories
Systems-oriented clinicians are most interested in?
a. why problematic behavior has arisen
b. family history.
c. the content of the family's problems.
d. the process that is taking place within a family. - answer ✅✅the
process that is taking place within a family
The " identified patient " is the person in the family who?
a. All of the answers are correct.
b. manifests the disturbed behavior
c. initially seeks or is sent for treatment
d. may be expressing family disequilibrium - answer ✅✅All the
answers a correct
The family therapist who joins a family and engages in a dialogue
rather than observing from outside is probably an advocate of:
,a. both first-order and second-order cybernetics.
b. second-order cybernetics
c. neither first-order nor second-order cybernetics.
d. first-order cybernetics - answer ✅✅second-order cybernetics
The risk of not growing up in an intact family:
a. has been part of American life for a long period of time.
b. is a new phenomenon first appearing in the second half of the
20th century.
c. is largely the result of widespread adoptions by single women.
d. is largely the result of teenage pregnancies. - answer ✅✅has
been part of American life for a long period of time.
Reciprocal determinism refers to:
a. linear causality
b. attending to content rather than process.
c. None of the answers are correct.
d. adopting a relationship outlook. - answer ✅✅adopting a
relationship outlook.
Epistemology refers to:
a. none of the answers are correct.
b. the anthropological investigation of tribal family customs.
c. the practice of family therapy rather than individual therapy.
,d. rules for gaining knowledge and drawing conclusions about the
world. - answer ✅✅rules for gaining knowledge and drawing
conclusions about the world.
In the view of family therapists with a functional outlook, the
appearance of symptoms in a family member serves as a:
a. manifestation of genetic predispositions.
b. None of the answers are correct.
c. sign of illness in the family.
d. family stabilizing device. - answer ✅✅family stabilizing device.
A central idea in family psychology is:
a. determining who in the family is most in need of therapy.
b. psychopathology
c. circular causality.
d. intrapsychic organization - answer ✅✅circular causality
A family's influence over its members is likely to cease upon:
a. physical separation by large distances.
b. death of the patriarch.
c. death of the matriarch.
d. none of the answers are correct. - answer ✅✅none of the
answers are correct
According to the text, the major credit for applying cybernetic
principles to human communication belongs to:
, a. Bateson.
b. Haley.
c. Sluzki.
d. Wiener. - answer ✅✅Bateson
A young adult's primary developmental task is:
a. realigning relationships with extended families
b. becoming a parent.
c. finding a suitable mate
d. separating from one's parents without cutting off from them. -
answer ✅✅separating from one's parents without cutting off from
them.
According to the authors, the most significant milestone in a
family's life cycle is usually:
a. deciding on a life style.
b. choosing a career
c. the arrival of children.
d. deciding to marry. - answer ✅✅the arrival of children.
An example of a vertical stressor is:
a. precocious physical development in a child.
b. dealing with family transitions.
c. a family coping with changes over time
d. attitudes passing down over generations. - answer ✅✅attitudes
passing down over generations
Theories
Systems-oriented clinicians are most interested in?
a. why problematic behavior has arisen
b. family history.
c. the content of the family's problems.
d. the process that is taking place within a family. - answer ✅✅the
process that is taking place within a family
The " identified patient " is the person in the family who?
a. All of the answers are correct.
b. manifests the disturbed behavior
c. initially seeks or is sent for treatment
d. may be expressing family disequilibrium - answer ✅✅All the
answers a correct
The family therapist who joins a family and engages in a dialogue
rather than observing from outside is probably an advocate of:
,a. both first-order and second-order cybernetics.
b. second-order cybernetics
c. neither first-order nor second-order cybernetics.
d. first-order cybernetics - answer ✅✅second-order cybernetics
The risk of not growing up in an intact family:
a. has been part of American life for a long period of time.
b. is a new phenomenon first appearing in the second half of the
20th century.
c. is largely the result of widespread adoptions by single women.
d. is largely the result of teenage pregnancies. - answer ✅✅has
been part of American life for a long period of time.
Reciprocal determinism refers to:
a. linear causality
b. attending to content rather than process.
c. None of the answers are correct.
d. adopting a relationship outlook. - answer ✅✅adopting a
relationship outlook.
Epistemology refers to:
a. none of the answers are correct.
b. the anthropological investigation of tribal family customs.
c. the practice of family therapy rather than individual therapy.
,d. rules for gaining knowledge and drawing conclusions about the
world. - answer ✅✅rules for gaining knowledge and drawing
conclusions about the world.
In the view of family therapists with a functional outlook, the
appearance of symptoms in a family member serves as a:
a. manifestation of genetic predispositions.
b. None of the answers are correct.
c. sign of illness in the family.
d. family stabilizing device. - answer ✅✅family stabilizing device.
A central idea in family psychology is:
a. determining who in the family is most in need of therapy.
b. psychopathology
c. circular causality.
d. intrapsychic organization - answer ✅✅circular causality
A family's influence over its members is likely to cease upon:
a. physical separation by large distances.
b. death of the patriarch.
c. death of the matriarch.
d. none of the answers are correct. - answer ✅✅none of the
answers are correct
According to the text, the major credit for applying cybernetic
principles to human communication belongs to:
, a. Bateson.
b. Haley.
c. Sluzki.
d. Wiener. - answer ✅✅Bateson
A young adult's primary developmental task is:
a. realigning relationships with extended families
b. becoming a parent.
c. finding a suitable mate
d. separating from one's parents without cutting off from them. -
answer ✅✅separating from one's parents without cutting off from
them.
According to the authors, the most significant milestone in a
family's life cycle is usually:
a. deciding on a life style.
b. choosing a career
c. the arrival of children.
d. deciding to marry. - answer ✅✅the arrival of children.
An example of a vertical stressor is:
a. precocious physical development in a child.
b. dealing with family transitions.
c. a family coping with changes over time
d. attitudes passing down over generations. - answer ✅✅attitudes
passing down over generations
