marriage and family final exam review

marriage and family final exam review According to postmodernists: - All of these Postmodernists place considerable emphasis on: - Language used to exchange views of the outside world Postmodernists agree that what we call reality: - none of these The umpire who insists he "calls 'em as he sees 'em" is taking a: - constructivist view According to postmodern thinking, "romantic love" is a: - Social invention Constructivism emphasizes: - The subjective construction of reality Postmodern therapists are apt to be: - None of these Postmodern therapists attend particularly to a family's: - Assumptions regarding their problems According to the text, the postmodern outlook permits: - The therapist to not be an expert Postmodern views can be linked to: - Boscolo and Cecchin In contrast to postmodernism, the modernist places emphasis on: - All of these Therapists influenced by postmodern thinking help clients: - Find new meanings in their life situations Social constructionist therapies: - Reject the traditional therapist-client hierarchy The family therapist most closely identified with solution-focused brief therapy is: - De Shazer Solution-focused brief therapy argues that: - Client families have run out of ways of dealing with their problems In solution-focused brief therapy, "skeleton keys" refer to: - interventions that work for a variety of "locks" The notion of client resistance to change: - Is challenged by solution-focused therapists The "miracle question" allows clients to: - Speculate on their future once the problem is gone Exception-finding questions: - Build on past successes in dealing with a problem Clients who describe their unhappiness but wait for their partner to change first are called what by solution-focused therapists? - Complainants The Milwaukee Brief Therapy Center makes use of: - One-way mirrors and intercom systems Solution-oriented therapy is based on all but one of the following sources. Which one does NOT fit? - Create a collaborative dialogue with families Solution-oriented therapy is based on all but one of the following sources. Which one does Not fit? - The ideas of Salvador Minuchin Possibility therapy is the invention of: - O'Hanlon Hudson and O'Hanlon help couples recognize that: - They can rewrite the story of their relationship According to collaborative therapists, problems are created through: - Language Anderson and Goolishian believe: - All of these The Houston-Galveston Institute is known for: - It's language systems approach In the Goolishian-Anderson approach, therapist and clients are: - Conversational partners "Problems are stories that people have agreed to tell themselves." This statement is consistent with the viewpoint of all of the following except one. Which one does NOT fit? - Hare-Mustin Anderson and Goolishian view therapy as: - A linguistic event Hermaneutics represents an approach to knowledge that emphasizes: - Individual interpretation of events influenced by the observer's beliefs A major goal of the linguistic approach is: - Dis-solvig the family's problem Reflecting teams demonstrate: - All of these reflecting teams make use of: - Two-way mirrors Narrative therapists use reflecting teams to: - Support the family's development of new narratives about themselves The belief that our view of reality is based on the stories by which we circulate knowledge about ourselves is called: - Narrative metaphor Narrative therapists believe our current lives are directed by the __ we have woven together about ourselves. - Dominant stories A common goal of narrative therapy is: - Creating and internalizing new stories The authors contend taht narrative therapy emerged from: - poststructuralism Who among the following is NOT a forerunner of narrative therapy? - Ellis White refers to seeking to discover a person's underlying traits as relying on: - Thin descriptions Calling another person lazy is making use of a __ description: - Thin According to White, a comprehensive understanding of a person calls for: - Thick descriptions In working with families, narrative therapists consider themselves: - Collaborating partners Deconstruction, according to narrative therapists, refers to disassembling: - Family assumptions about themselves Narrative therapists believe we attempt to make sense of our lives through: - Self-narratives Which of the following statements is true? - Cultural stories often provide dominant narratives to a family White views stories that oppress people's lives through a political lens, largely due to the influence of: - Foucault Foucault viewed language as: - An instrument of power