CHAPTER 14 - FAMILY SYSTEMS THERAPY| QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED 100%| NEWEST EXAM UPDATE 2025/2026
1. Who was the first person of the modem era to do family therapy? (p. 410) -
CORRECT ANSWER a. Adler
2. Which family therapist made use of innovative interventions such as
metaphor, reframing, rules for interaction, parts party, family reconstructions,
family sculpting, and family maps? -CORRECT ANSWER c. Satir
3. Which of the following statements about strategic family therapy is not true?
(p. 416) -CORRECT ANSWER e. Presenting problems are viewed as being
symptomatic of a dysfunction within the system.
4. Alfred Adler was the first to notice that the development of children within
family constellations was heavily influenced by: (p.414) -CORRECT
ANSWER e. birth order.
5. Postmodern thought has contributed to family therapy by: (p.417) -
CORRECT ANSWER b. stimulating the therapist's view of clients as the
experts on their own lives.
6. Who was the person who refined Adler's concepts into a typology of mistaken
goals and an organized approach to family therapy? (p. 414) -CORRECT
ANSWER e. Rudolf Dreikurs
7. The concept of triangulation is most associated with: (p.415) -CORRECT
ANSWER b. Murray Bowen.
, 8. What type of boundaries results in disengagement? (p. 423) -CORRECT
ANSWER c. rigid boundaries
9. What is the technique in family therapy that casts a new light on a problem
and provides a different interpretation for a problematic situation? (p.421) -
CORRECT ANSWER d. reframing
10. A major contribution of Bowen's theory is the notion of: (p. 415) -
CORRECT ANSWER b. differentiation of the self.
11. They systems perspective implies: (p. 412) -CORRECT ANSWER c.
individuals are best understood through the context of their role in their family.
12. Which is(are) a key role (or roles) of most family therapists? (p. 419) -
CORRECT ANSWER e. all of the above
13. Which of the following techniques is a strategic family therapist least likely
to use? (p.419) -CORRECT ANSWER c. family sculpting
14. A tool for collecting and organizing key relationships in a three-generational
extended family is a: (p. 436) -CORRECT ANSWER c. genogram.
15. Which of the following roles and functions would be least interesting to a
structural family therapist? (p.419) -CORRECT ANSWER b. giving voice to
the therapist's own impulses and fantasies
16. Which of the following is least associated with Satir's human validation
process model? -CORRECT ANSWER d. storied lives and narratives
ANSWERS VERIFIED 100%| NEWEST EXAM UPDATE 2025/2026
1. Who was the first person of the modem era to do family therapy? (p. 410) -
CORRECT ANSWER a. Adler
2. Which family therapist made use of innovative interventions such as
metaphor, reframing, rules for interaction, parts party, family reconstructions,
family sculpting, and family maps? -CORRECT ANSWER c. Satir
3. Which of the following statements about strategic family therapy is not true?
(p. 416) -CORRECT ANSWER e. Presenting problems are viewed as being
symptomatic of a dysfunction within the system.
4. Alfred Adler was the first to notice that the development of children within
family constellations was heavily influenced by: (p.414) -CORRECT
ANSWER e. birth order.
5. Postmodern thought has contributed to family therapy by: (p.417) -
CORRECT ANSWER b. stimulating the therapist's view of clients as the
experts on their own lives.
6. Who was the person who refined Adler's concepts into a typology of mistaken
goals and an organized approach to family therapy? (p. 414) -CORRECT
ANSWER e. Rudolf Dreikurs
7. The concept of triangulation is most associated with: (p.415) -CORRECT
ANSWER b. Murray Bowen.
, 8. What type of boundaries results in disengagement? (p. 423) -CORRECT
ANSWER c. rigid boundaries
9. What is the technique in family therapy that casts a new light on a problem
and provides a different interpretation for a problematic situation? (p.421) -
CORRECT ANSWER d. reframing
10. A major contribution of Bowen's theory is the notion of: (p. 415) -
CORRECT ANSWER b. differentiation of the self.
11. They systems perspective implies: (p. 412) -CORRECT ANSWER c.
individuals are best understood through the context of their role in their family.
12. Which is(are) a key role (or roles) of most family therapists? (p. 419) -
CORRECT ANSWER e. all of the above
13. Which of the following techniques is a strategic family therapist least likely
to use? (p.419) -CORRECT ANSWER c. family sculpting
14. A tool for collecting and organizing key relationships in a three-generational
extended family is a: (p. 436) -CORRECT ANSWER c. genogram.
15. Which of the following roles and functions would be least interesting to a
structural family therapist? (p.419) -CORRECT ANSWER b. giving voice to
the therapist's own impulses and fantasies
16. Which of the following is least associated with Satir's human validation
process model? -CORRECT ANSWER d. storied lives and narratives
