CO 502 QUIZ 3 Exam Questions and Answers
Bowen family therapy - Answer-Family members are driven to achieve a balance of internal and external differentiation, which causes anxiety, triangulation, and emotional cutoff.
Minuchin's Structural Family Therapy - Answer--Family dysfunction is the re...
CO 502 QUIZ 3 Exam Questions
and Answers
Bowen family therapy - Answer-Family members are driven to achieve a balance of
internal and external differentiation, which causes anxiety, triangulation, and emotional
cutoff.
Minuchin's Structural Family Therapy - Answer--Family dysfunction is the result of
inflexible family structure (rigid boundaries = disengagement; loose boundaries =
enmeshment)
-Goal of therapy is to unbalance or restructure the family (ideal structure = hierarchy
with strong parental coalition at top, clear boundaries with flexibility)
Adler & Dreikurs - Answer-first practitioners of systems theory, open-forum family
counseling
Emotion-focused therapy - Answer-developed by Johnson and Greenberg, entails the
practice of therapy being informed by understanding the role of emotion in
psychotherapeutic change
Christian critique of Systems theory - Answer-1. Consistent with Bible's emphasis on
community and body life of the church
2. Biblical perspective will retain balanced focus on individual and community
3. Some techniques may involve manipulating, tricking, and lying
4. Christian perspective on Marriage and Family Therapy will go beyond just balance,
healthy functioning, happiness or fulfillment and symptom alleviation to include
sacrificial love, servanthood, sacred marriage/parenting that strive more for holiness
and growing in Christlikeness
5. MFT doesn't give sufficient attention to inner part or "heart" of each family member
Cook's core concepts in systems theory - Answer-1. Triangulation
2. feedback loops
3. Differentiation
4. Boundaries
5. family roles
6. family rules
Triangulation - Answer-relationship dyad draws another individual in
circular causality
techniques of systems theory - Answer-1. Enactments
2. Assignments of task
3. Reframing
Feedback loops - Answer-process by which a system maintains homeostasis or
undergoes change (decision/action/reaction)
Boundaries - Answer-invisible barriers that regulate the amount of contact one has with
others. =Healthy, enmeshed, porous, rigid, etc.
family rules - Answer-unspoken beliefs, thought, values that govern family behavior
through feedback loops/interactions
reframing (in systems theory) - Answer-(seeing problems in a more constructive/positive
way)
genogram - Answer-A family diagram that depicts each member of the family and
shows connections between 3 generations.
Circular Questioning - Answer-interactions over pathology: ask all same question about
perceptions on same issue
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.
Externalization (systems theory) - Answer-taking an outside view of the issue ex.
depression is trying to control her life vs. she is depressed
Post modern therapy characteristics - Answer-1. include any approaches that are based
on constructivist philosophy, approaches that are centered around the constructions of
one's view of the world, power approaches rather than truth approaches, and views that
are based on narrative or discourse creation
2. the person is not the problem, the PROBLEM is the problem.
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