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CA MFT Exam Study Guide.
Intrapsychic differentiation - Answers✔Separate one's feelings from thinking
Interpersonal differentiation - Answers✔Separate one's intellectual & emotional functioning
from other's, esp family members
Fusion - Answers✔Opposite of differentiation
Pseudo-self - Answers✔an expression of values or opinions that other family members may find
acceptable rather than one's own values or opinions.
Undifferentiated Family Mass - Answers✔A family whose members are highly fused
Emotional triangle - Answers✔When a 2 person system experiences stress, a 3rd may be
recruited to increase stability. Impedes resolution of problems between the pair.
Nuclear Family Emotional System - Answers✔Family's structure, rules and rituals
Emotional cutoff - Answers✔emotional/physical distancing to avoid pain of unresolved
conflicts, anxiety, and lack of diff. False solution to problem.
Sibling position - Answers✔the birth order of chilren in a family, which influences their
personalities as well as their interactions with future spouses
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
CA MFT Exam Study Guide.
Intrapsychic differentiation - Answers✔Separate one's feelings from thinking
Interpersonal differentiation - Answers✔Separate one's intellectual & emotional functioning
from other's, esp family members
Fusion - Answers✔Opposite of differentiation
Pseudo-self - Answers✔an expression of values or opinions that other family members may find
acceptable rather than one's own values or opinions.
Undifferentiated Family Mass - Answers✔A family whose members are highly fused
Emotional triangle - Answers✔When a 2 person system experiences stress, a 3rd may be
recruited to increase stability. Impedes resolution of problems between the pair.
Nuclear Family Emotional System - Answers✔Family's structure, rules and rituals
Emotional cutoff - Answers✔emotional/physical distancing to avoid pain of unresolved
conflicts, anxiety, and lack of diff. False solution to problem.
Sibling position - Answers✔the birth order of chilren in a family, which influences their
personalities as well as their interactions with future spouses
1|Page
