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The term group therapy was coined in 1931 by - Answer✔Jacob Moreno, the father of
psychodrama
A group has - Answer✔a membership which can be defined
some degree of unity and interaction
a shared purpose
All of the above
The first mutual aid, self help support group, AA was founded in 1935 by stock broker -
Answer✔Bill Wilson
In 1940 the two organizations for group therapy were created. The groups are -
Answer✔American society for group psychotherapy and psychodrama
Moreno in 1942 and the American Group Psychotherapy Association
Which theorists (or theorists) work has been classified as a preface to the group movement? -
Answer✔Alfred Adler and Jesse B. Davis
Primary groups are - Answer✔A primary group attempts to stop a problem before it occurs.
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Secondary Groups are - Answer✔a problem or disturbance is present but not usually severe.
Tertiary group deals more with - Answer✔Individual difficulties that are more serious and
longstanding
Strategic family counseling - Answer✔The authority is often the person with the power to
enforce rules. Strategic therapy often is pragmatic and focuses on abating symptoms
Incongruous hierarchy - Answer✔Normally the caregiver is in control but when a child is in
control it is considered incongruous hierachy
Symptom substitution - Answer✔When a symptom is difficult for a family member to express
Restraining - Answer✔A therapist may warn the family or individual about the negative
consequences of change.
Positioning - Answer✔Occurs when helper accepts the client's predicament and then
exaggerates the condition
Culturally encapsulated - Answer✔Counselor imposing goals from their own culture on people
from another culture.
Fusion - Answer✔One's intellect and emotional self-combine
Histogram - Answer✔a diagram consisting of rectangles whose area is proportional to the
frequency of a variable and whose width is equal to the class interval.
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sociogram - Answer✔a diagram that represents relationships with one's social links
Family Sculpting - Answer✔A nonverbal experiential technique that consists of physically
arranging members of a family in space, which reveals significant aspects of their perceptions
and feelings about one another.
Miracle Question - Answer✔A solution-focused technique that asks clients to imagine how their
life would be different if they woke up tomorrow and they no longer had their problem.
Albert Ellis - Answer✔father of Rational Emotive Therapy, which focuses on altering client's
patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotion (like, "if I fail the AP
exam my life will come to an end")
Salvador Minuchin - Answer✔Structural Family Therapy: uses joining, enactment, boundary
making, and mimesis techniques
Joining - Answer✔The therapist meets, greets, and attempts to bond with the family. The
therapist will use language similar to that of the family and mimesis which means that they will
mimic communication patterns
Mimesis - Answer✔The therapist will mimic communication patterns from clients and family.
Also known as permeable boundaries
Ackerman - Answer✔:father of family therapy" - primarily used a psychoanalytic approach,
insight-oriented
Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy - Answer✔discusses the importance of give and take, fairness and
relational ethics in the family; used term "family legacy;" known for ledger technique
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NCE Exam Prep Questions And Answers
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The term group therapy was coined in 1931 by - Answer✔Jacob Moreno, the father of
psychodrama
A group has - Answer✔a membership which can be defined
some degree of unity and interaction
a shared purpose
All of the above
The first mutual aid, self help support group, AA was founded in 1935 by stock broker -
Answer✔Bill Wilson
In 1940 the two organizations for group therapy were created. The groups are -
Answer✔American society for group psychotherapy and psychodrama
Moreno in 1942 and the American Group Psychotherapy Association
Which theorists (or theorists) work has been classified as a preface to the group movement? -
Answer✔Alfred Adler and Jesse B. Davis
Primary groups are - Answer✔A primary group attempts to stop a problem before it occurs.
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Secondary Groups are - Answer✔a problem or disturbance is present but not usually severe.
Tertiary group deals more with - Answer✔Individual difficulties that are more serious and
longstanding
Strategic family counseling - Answer✔The authority is often the person with the power to
enforce rules. Strategic therapy often is pragmatic and focuses on abating symptoms
Incongruous hierarchy - Answer✔Normally the caregiver is in control but when a child is in
control it is considered incongruous hierachy
Symptom substitution - Answer✔When a symptom is difficult for a family member to express
Restraining - Answer✔A therapist may warn the family or individual about the negative
consequences of change.
Positioning - Answer✔Occurs when helper accepts the client's predicament and then
exaggerates the condition
Culturally encapsulated - Answer✔Counselor imposing goals from their own culture on people
from another culture.
Fusion - Answer✔One's intellect and emotional self-combine
Histogram - Answer✔a diagram consisting of rectangles whose area is proportional to the
frequency of a variable and whose width is equal to the class interval.
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sociogram - Answer✔a diagram that represents relationships with one's social links
Family Sculpting - Answer✔A nonverbal experiential technique that consists of physically
arranging members of a family in space, which reveals significant aspects of their perceptions
and feelings about one another.
Miracle Question - Answer✔A solution-focused technique that asks clients to imagine how their
life would be different if they woke up tomorrow and they no longer had their problem.
Albert Ellis - Answer✔father of Rational Emotive Therapy, which focuses on altering client's
patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotion (like, "if I fail the AP
exam my life will come to an end")
Salvador Minuchin - Answer✔Structural Family Therapy: uses joining, enactment, boundary
making, and mimesis techniques
Joining - Answer✔The therapist meets, greets, and attempts to bond with the family. The
therapist will use language similar to that of the family and mimesis which means that they will
mimic communication patterns
Mimesis - Answer✔The therapist will mimic communication patterns from clients and family.
Also known as permeable boundaries
Ackerman - Answer✔:father of family therapy" - primarily used a psychoanalytic approach,
insight-oriented
Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy - Answer✔discusses the importance of give and take, fairness and
relational ethics in the family; used term "family legacy;" known for ledger technique
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