COUC 601 Midterm Exam Questions and
Answers
complementary relationship - Answer-partners are different in ways that fit together, where qualities of
one make up for lacks in the other
attachment - Answer-the bond between infant and caregiver that is based on the biological drive for
proximity- J. Bowlby
the tendency to seek closeness to caretakers in the face of stress
double bind - Answer-A conflict created when a person receives contradictory messages on different
levels of abstraction in an important relationship, and cannot leave or comment is a:
boundaries - Answer-Emotional and physical barriers that protect and enhance the integrity of
individuals, subsystems, and families.
Narrative Therapy - Answer-helps create a shift in client's experiences by helping them re-examine how
they look at things. This therapy's aim is more attitudinal(behavioral) and involves the externalization
and reconstruction of defining problems not as properties of a person but as foreign entities causing
, oppression. An approach that emphasizes the role of the stories people construct about their
experience
Solution-Focused Therapy - Answer-This approach believes it is not necessary to define the problem in
order to make things better. This therapy help clients see that there are exceptions to their problems--
they don't happen all the time--and the exceptions are the solutions the clients already have. The
therapist pays less attention to the forces controlling family members because they see people as fluid
and changeable
Systems Theory - Answer-Central to this theory is the idea that the essential properties of a system arise
from the relationships among its parts.
A generic term for the study of a group of elements or a family that interacts as a whole entity.
family life cycle - Answer-stages of family life from separation from one's parents to marriage, having
children, growing older, retirement, and finally death
constructivism - Answer-a relativistic point of view that emphasizes the the subjective construction of
reality. Implies that what we see in families may be based as much on our preconceptions as on what's
actually happening
Betty Carter and Monica McGoldrick - Answer-introduced the concept of family life cycle into the field
of MFT
homeostasis - Answer-A balanced, steady state of equilibrium
metacommunication - Answer-Every message has two levels, report and command; the implied
command or qualifying message
morphogenesis - Answer-The process by which a system changes its structure to adapt to new contexts.
Answers
complementary relationship - Answer-partners are different in ways that fit together, where qualities of
one make up for lacks in the other
attachment - Answer-the bond between infant and caregiver that is based on the biological drive for
proximity- J. Bowlby
the tendency to seek closeness to caretakers in the face of stress
double bind - Answer-A conflict created when a person receives contradictory messages on different
levels of abstraction in an important relationship, and cannot leave or comment is a:
boundaries - Answer-Emotional and physical barriers that protect and enhance the integrity of
individuals, subsystems, and families.
Narrative Therapy - Answer-helps create a shift in client's experiences by helping them re-examine how
they look at things. This therapy's aim is more attitudinal(behavioral) and involves the externalization
and reconstruction of defining problems not as properties of a person but as foreign entities causing
, oppression. An approach that emphasizes the role of the stories people construct about their
experience
Solution-Focused Therapy - Answer-This approach believes it is not necessary to define the problem in
order to make things better. This therapy help clients see that there are exceptions to their problems--
they don't happen all the time--and the exceptions are the solutions the clients already have. The
therapist pays less attention to the forces controlling family members because they see people as fluid
and changeable
Systems Theory - Answer-Central to this theory is the idea that the essential properties of a system arise
from the relationships among its parts.
A generic term for the study of a group of elements or a family that interacts as a whole entity.
family life cycle - Answer-stages of family life from separation from one's parents to marriage, having
children, growing older, retirement, and finally death
constructivism - Answer-a relativistic point of view that emphasizes the the subjective construction of
reality. Implies that what we see in families may be based as much on our preconceptions as on what's
actually happening
Betty Carter and Monica McGoldrick - Answer-introduced the concept of family life cycle into the field
of MFT
homeostasis - Answer-A balanced, steady state of equilibrium
metacommunication - Answer-Every message has two levels, report and command; the implied
command or qualifying message
morphogenesis - Answer-The process by which a system changes its structure to adapt to new contexts.
