TEST BANK
Couples and Family
N
Therapy: A Case Approach
U
1st Edition
R
SE
Nancy L. Murdock
D
O
All Chapters Included
C
S
All Answers Included
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TEST ITEMS
Short-Answer Questions
1. Why is it important for therapists to operate from a particular theoretical approach?
Explain.
2. Briefly explain the author’s purpose for writing this book.
3. Define the term identified patient and briefly explain how this concept relates to the
N
practice of couple and family therapy.
Multiple-Choice Questions
U
1. Theories offer therapists a roadmap for how to help clients get from the presenting
problem to the:
a. desired goal
R
b. fastest fix
c. easiest outcome
SE
d. all of the above
2. Most observers locate the distant beginnings of family therapy in the:
a. 1920s
b. 1930s and 1940s
D
c. 1940s and 1950s
d. 1960s
O
3. In the 1940s and 1950s, the primary leaders of the family therapy movement came
from each of the following backgrounds except:
a. social workers
C
b. psychologists
c. psychiatrists
S
d. pediatricians
4. Systems theory was developed by:
a. Nathan Ackerman
b. Gregory Bateson
c. Ludwig von Bertalanffy
d. Murry Bowen
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5. Each of the following individuals were members with the Palo Alto Group except:
a. Jay Haley
b. Murry Bowen
c. John Weakland
d. Virginia Satir
6. Gregory Bateson was largely responsible for contributing each of the following
concepts to couples family therapy except:
a. systems thinking
N
b. cybernetics
c. feedback
U
d. social constructionism
7. The best way to approach helping individuals, from a family systems perspective, is
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to view them as:
a. distinct from a particular system
b. part of a larger system
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c. unique individuals
d. a and c
8. A form of communication in which contradictory messages are given to a family
member who is unable to protest or escape the situation is described by the theory
D
of the:
a. double bind
b. double speak
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c. circular causality
d. relational paradox
C
9. Since a system is an interlocking chain of events, the causes of a given behavior or
problem are irrelevant. The term used by systems theorists to describe this view of
interaction is:
S
a. double bind
b. causal relationship
c. circular causality
d. cybernetics
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10. Each of the following theories emerged during the “golden age of family therapy”
except:
a. strategic
b. structural
c. experiential
d. social constructivist
11. Couple and family therapy traditionally views problems as people.
a. between
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b. within
c. outside
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d. a and b
12. Family systems theorists are more interested in:
R
a. content over process
b. problems over process
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c. process over content
d. process over problems
13. The constructivist movement influenced which of the following theories?
a. narrative
D
b. solution-focused
c. Bowenian
d. a and b
O
14. Homeostasis refers to the idea that systems:
a. are constantly changing
C
b. tend to self-regulate
c. are rigid and incapable of change
S
d. prevent information flowing in or out
15. Each of the following are important criteria for choosing a theory except:
a. research support
b. fits your assumptions about the world
c. can be easily combined with other theories
d. fits your style of relating to others
Couples and Family
N
Therapy: A Case Approach
U
1st Edition
R
SE
Nancy L. Murdock
D
O
All Chapters Included
C
S
All Answers Included
jhgfds
, jhgfds
TEST ITEMS
Short-Answer Questions
1. Why is it important for therapists to operate from a particular theoretical approach?
Explain.
2. Briefly explain the author’s purpose for writing this book.
3. Define the term identified patient and briefly explain how this concept relates to the
N
practice of couple and family therapy.
Multiple-Choice Questions
U
1. Theories offer therapists a roadmap for how to help clients get from the presenting
problem to the:
a. desired goal
R
b. fastest fix
c. easiest outcome
SE
d. all of the above
2. Most observers locate the distant beginnings of family therapy in the:
a. 1920s
b. 1930s and 1940s
D
c. 1940s and 1950s
d. 1960s
O
3. In the 1940s and 1950s, the primary leaders of the family therapy movement came
from each of the following backgrounds except:
a. social workers
C
b. psychologists
c. psychiatrists
S
d. pediatricians
4. Systems theory was developed by:
a. Nathan Ackerman
b. Gregory Bateson
c. Ludwig von Bertalanffy
d. Murry Bowen
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5. Each of the following individuals were members with the Palo Alto Group except:
a. Jay Haley
b. Murry Bowen
c. John Weakland
d. Virginia Satir
6. Gregory Bateson was largely responsible for contributing each of the following
concepts to couples family therapy except:
a. systems thinking
N
b. cybernetics
c. feedback
U
d. social constructionism
7. The best way to approach helping individuals, from a family systems perspective, is
R
to view them as:
a. distinct from a particular system
b. part of a larger system
SE
c. unique individuals
d. a and c
8. A form of communication in which contradictory messages are given to a family
member who is unable to protest or escape the situation is described by the theory
D
of the:
a. double bind
b. double speak
O
c. circular causality
d. relational paradox
C
9. Since a system is an interlocking chain of events, the causes of a given behavior or
problem are irrelevant. The term used by systems theorists to describe this view of
interaction is:
S
a. double bind
b. causal relationship
c. circular causality
d. cybernetics
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10. Each of the following theories emerged during the “golden age of family therapy”
except:
a. strategic
b. structural
c. experiential
d. social constructivist
11. Couple and family therapy traditionally views problems as people.
a. between
N
b. within
c. outside
U
d. a and b
12. Family systems theorists are more interested in:
R
a. content over process
b. problems over process
SE
c. process over content
d. process over problems
13. The constructivist movement influenced which of the following theories?
a. narrative
D
b. solution-focused
c. Bowenian
d. a and b
O
14. Homeostasis refers to the idea that systems:
a. are constantly changing
C
b. tend to self-regulate
c. are rigid and incapable of change
S
d. prevent information flowing in or out
15. Each of the following are important criteria for choosing a theory except:
a. research support
b. fits your assumptions about the world
c. can be easily combined with other theories
d. fits your style of relating to others
