COUC 601 Practice Questions with Verified
Correct Answers
The idea that events are related through a series of interacting loops is:
a. complementary relationships
b. circular causality
c. recursiveness
d. attachment
A conflict created when a person receives contradictory messages on different levels of
abstraction in an important relationship, and cannot leave or comment is a:
a. family box
b. boundary
c. double bind
d. relational trap
Narrative therapy differs from solution-focused therapy in being more focused on _____
than _____.
a. exceptions ; problems
b. cognitions; interactions
c. attitudes; behavior
d. individuals; families
The greatest conceptual influence on the early development of family therapy was:
,a. the family life cycle
b. constructivism
c. feminism
d. systems theory
The concept of the family life cycle was introduced by:
a. Salvador Minuchin
b. Betty Carter and Monica McGoldrick
c. Jay Haley
d. Don Jackson
A balanced steady state of equilibrium is known as:
a. metacommunication
b. homeostasis
c. morphogenesis
d. equifinality
Which is not a concept of von Bertalanffy's general systems theory?
a. "black box" metaphor
b. a system is more than the sum of its parts
c. equifinality
d. homeostatic reactivity vs spontaneous activity
, A biological model of living systems as a whole entities which maintain themselves
through continuous input and output from the environment, developed by Ludwig von
Bertalanffy's is known as:
a. attachment theory
b. cybernetics
c. constructivism
d. general systems theory
The stage of a family's life from separation from one's parents to marriage, having
children, growing older, retirement , and finally death, are known as the:
a. family structure
b. homeostasis
c. function of the system
d. family life cycle
Which phenomena are not a focus of cybernetics, as applied to families?
a. sequences of interaction
b. family hierarchy
c. family rules
d. negative feedback
All of the following are primary benefits of using genograms except:
a. they allow therapists to record complex family relationships and patterns clearly
Correct Answers
The idea that events are related through a series of interacting loops is:
a. complementary relationships
b. circular causality
c. recursiveness
d. attachment
A conflict created when a person receives contradictory messages on different levels of
abstraction in an important relationship, and cannot leave or comment is a:
a. family box
b. boundary
c. double bind
d. relational trap
Narrative therapy differs from solution-focused therapy in being more focused on _____
than _____.
a. exceptions ; problems
b. cognitions; interactions
c. attitudes; behavior
d. individuals; families
The greatest conceptual influence on the early development of family therapy was:
,a. the family life cycle
b. constructivism
c. feminism
d. systems theory
The concept of the family life cycle was introduced by:
a. Salvador Minuchin
b. Betty Carter and Monica McGoldrick
c. Jay Haley
d. Don Jackson
A balanced steady state of equilibrium is known as:
a. metacommunication
b. homeostasis
c. morphogenesis
d. equifinality
Which is not a concept of von Bertalanffy's general systems theory?
a. "black box" metaphor
b. a system is more than the sum of its parts
c. equifinality
d. homeostatic reactivity vs spontaneous activity
, A biological model of living systems as a whole entities which maintain themselves
through continuous input and output from the environment, developed by Ludwig von
Bertalanffy's is known as:
a. attachment theory
b. cybernetics
c. constructivism
d. general systems theory
The stage of a family's life from separation from one's parents to marriage, having
children, growing older, retirement , and finally death, are known as the:
a. family structure
b. homeostasis
c. function of the system
d. family life cycle
Which phenomena are not a focus of cybernetics, as applied to families?
a. sequences of interaction
b. family hierarchy
c. family rules
d. negative feedback
All of the following are primary benefits of using genograms except:
a. they allow therapists to record complex family relationships and patterns clearly
