CFT Exam #1 Questions and Answers
Graded A+
________ is a technique where family members demonstrate closeness and distance
by moving people into specific bodily positions
A. reframing
B. I statements
C. family sculpting
D. affective confrontation - ANSWER-C.
A genogram includes all of the following except:
A. emotional dynamics
B. relationships
C. family rules
D. dates of birth - ANSWER-C.
A therapist working with a young mother and her sister, whom she currently lives with,
would be considered doing intergenerational therapy
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-B.
According to Dr. Thomas' lecture, parents who learn filial therapy should use those skills
whenever they interact with their children.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-A.
According to the lecture on Bowen's Family Systems Theory, what the the two drives
that underlie all relationships:
A. Individuality and differentiation
B. anxiety and differentiation
C. individuality and togetherness
D. genograms and multigenerational family system - ANSWER-C.
According to the lecture, what are two common types of patterned behaviors in
relationships?
A. Triangulation and pursue-withdraw patterns
B. communication problems and affairs
C. anxiety and depression
D. differentiation and individuality - ANSWER-A.
According to the text, Whitaker believed that therapists were most effective at helping
families when the therapist addressed symptoms directly.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-B.
, According to the video, which of the following is NOT one of the 5 moves EFT therapists
do when working with couples?
A. focus on the present process
B. looks to expand and deepen emotion
C. practice communication with I statements
D. use an enactment to explore emotion and change interactions - ANSWER-C.
Bowen proports that anxiety is the mechanism that can lead to patterned behavior in
relationships
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-A.
Bowen's family systems theory suggests that your family of origin experiences do not
affect your current relationships
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-B.
Childrens perceptions of the world are not that much different from adults
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-B.
Couple and family therapy interventions are less effective than the individual and
medical treatments.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-B.
Covert rules help to maintain stability in the family.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-A.
Cybernetics is:
A. the science of acquiring knowledge
B. associated with Gregory Bateson who applied cybernetics to communication patterns
in living organisms
C. the science of communication and control in human machines
D. Both B. and C. - ANSWER-D.
Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples is based on which theoretical concept?
A. attachment theory
B. imago theory
C. mirror neurons
D. psychoanalysis - ANSWER-A.
Family therapy started with the idea that the individual caused the problems with the
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Graded A+
________ is a technique where family members demonstrate closeness and distance
by moving people into specific bodily positions
A. reframing
B. I statements
C. family sculpting
D. affective confrontation - ANSWER-C.
A genogram includes all of the following except:
A. emotional dynamics
B. relationships
C. family rules
D. dates of birth - ANSWER-C.
A therapist working with a young mother and her sister, whom she currently lives with,
would be considered doing intergenerational therapy
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-B.
According to Dr. Thomas' lecture, parents who learn filial therapy should use those skills
whenever they interact with their children.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-A.
According to the lecture on Bowen's Family Systems Theory, what the the two drives
that underlie all relationships:
A. Individuality and differentiation
B. anxiety and differentiation
C. individuality and togetherness
D. genograms and multigenerational family system - ANSWER-C.
According to the lecture, what are two common types of patterned behaviors in
relationships?
A. Triangulation and pursue-withdraw patterns
B. communication problems and affairs
C. anxiety and depression
D. differentiation and individuality - ANSWER-A.
According to the text, Whitaker believed that therapists were most effective at helping
families when the therapist addressed symptoms directly.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-B.
, According to the video, which of the following is NOT one of the 5 moves EFT therapists
do when working with couples?
A. focus on the present process
B. looks to expand and deepen emotion
C. practice communication with I statements
D. use an enactment to explore emotion and change interactions - ANSWER-C.
Bowen proports that anxiety is the mechanism that can lead to patterned behavior in
relationships
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-A.
Bowen's family systems theory suggests that your family of origin experiences do not
affect your current relationships
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-B.
Childrens perceptions of the world are not that much different from adults
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-B.
Couple and family therapy interventions are less effective than the individual and
medical treatments.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-B.
Covert rules help to maintain stability in the family.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER-A.
Cybernetics is:
A. the science of acquiring knowledge
B. associated with Gregory Bateson who applied cybernetics to communication patterns
in living organisms
C. the science of communication and control in human machines
D. Both B. and C. - ANSWER-D.
Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples is based on which theoretical concept?
A. attachment theory
B. imago theory
C. mirror neurons
D. psychoanalysis - ANSWER-A.
Family therapy started with the idea that the individual caused the problems with the
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