AMFTRB EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
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Psuedomutality s- scorrect sanswerdescribes sa ssystemic spretense sof sharmony sand scloseness sthat shides
sconflict sand sinterferes swith sintimacy s(Lyman sWynne, s1940s)
Psuedohostility s- scorrect sanswerArguing sand sbickering sthat shides s"pathological salignments" sin sfamilies
A svolatile sand sintense sway sof sdisguising sand sdistorting sboth saffection sand ssplits
Prevents sopen scommunication sand squality srelationships s(Lyman sWynne, s1940s)
Rubber-Fence sBoundary s- scorrect sanswerFamilies sare sseemingly syielding, sbut sare sin sfact snearly
simpermeable sto sinformation sfrom sthe soutside; sboundaries sbind sthem stogether sin stheir sresistance sto
sseparation" sAppear sopen sand sflexible sbut sare sclosed. s(Lyman sWynne, s1940s)
John sBowlby s- scorrect sanswerAttachment stheory. sIdentified sthe scharacteristics sof sa schild's
sattachment sto shis/her scaregiver sand sthe sphases sthat sa schild sexperiences swhen sseparated sfrom sthe
scaregiver.
Different sattachment sstyles s(Bowlby, s1949) s- scorrect sanswer- sSecure sAttachment s
- sInsecure sAttachment s(Anxious-Avoidant)
- sInsecure sAttachment s(Ambivalent-Resistant)
- sDisorganized/Disoriented sAttachment
Theodore sLidz s- scorrect sanswerProfessor sout sof sYale, sresearched sschizophrenia sand sthe smarital
scouple's sinfluence son sthe sdevelopment sof sschizophrenia sin sa schild s(1950s)
-Marital sSchism: sParents soverly sfocused son stheir sown sproblems swhich sharms sthe smarriage,
sindividuals, sand sthe schildren.
,-Marital sSkew: sOne sparent sdominates sthe sfamily sand sthe sother sis sdependent.
"Family sprocess" s(peer-reviewed sjournal) s- scorrect sanswerFounded sby sDon sJackson sand sNathan
sAckerman, sedited sby sJay sHaley s(1962)
Mental sResearch sInstitute s(MRI) s- scorrect sanswerMRI; sMental sResearch sInstitute sA scenter sfor sthe
sstudy sof sfamilies sin sPalo, sAlto, sCA swhose sresearchers sand spractioners- sBateson, sJackson, sSatir,
sWeakland, sFry, sand sHaley sstudied sschizophrenia sand sfamily sinteractions, scommunication, sand
scybernetic stheory. sThey semphasized sprocess sand sinteractional ssequences srather sthan sstructure, sand
sdistinguished sbetween sfirst-order sand ssecond-order schange. sThey sdeveloped sa sversion sof sBrief
sFamily sTherapy sbased son sthe snotion sthat sthe s"problem" sor stx sfocus, sstems sfrom sthe sfailed ssolution
spreviously sattempted sby sthe sfamily.
Norbert sWiener s- scorrect sanswerCoined sthe sterm sand stheory s"cybernetics"
General sSystems sTheory s- scorrect sanswerliving ssystems sare slike scybernetic ssystems sthat sare sequipped
sw/ scomplex sfeed ssystems scapable sof smaintaining sa sdesired sstate sof saffairs s(i.e. shomeostasis) s→
sleads sto sBowlby's ssystem sof sbehavior scontrol
Double sbind stheory s- scorrect sanswerdistinct spattern sof scommunication sin swhich sone sindividual
sreceives scontradictory scommands sfrom swhich sthere sis sno sescape s(lose, slose ssituation)
6 scharacteristic sof sa sdouble sbind s- scorrect sanswer1) sCommunication sinvolves s2 sor smore speople swho
sare sinvolved sin san simportant semotional srelationship.
2) sThe spattern sof scommunication sand sthe srelationship sis sa srepeated sexperience.
3) sThe scommunication sinvolves sa sprimary snegative sinjunction--or sa scommand snot sto sdo s(some sact) sor
snot sto sNOT sdo s(some sact), seither sof swhich scome swith sa sthreat sof spunishment.
4) sA ssecond sabstract sinjunction sis sgiven sthat scontradicts sthe sprimary sinjunction sbut sat sa smore
sabstract slevel sand sis susually snonverbal. sThis salso soccurs sunder sthe sthreat sof spunishment.
5) sA sthird snegative sinjunction sboth sdemands sa sresponse sand sprevents sescape, seffectively sbinding sthe
srecipient sto sthe senvironment sin swhich sthese spatterns sexist.
,6) sWhen sthe sabove sdouble sbind smessages shave sbeen scommunicated senough stimes, sthe sindividual
shas sbecome sconditioned swhich sno slonger srequires sall sof sthe sabove smentioned scriteria sto sbe spresent
sin sorder sto selicit sthe ssame sintensity sin sresponse s(panic, srage, sschizophrenia).
Bertrand sRussell s- scorrect sanswerTheory sof sLogical sTypes
Ludwig svon sBertalanffy s- scorrect sanswerGeneral sSystems sTheory
Milton sErickson s- scorrect sanswerHypnosis sand sparadox
Gregory sBateson s- scorrect sanswerHuman sCommunication sProcesses s(influenced sby sRussell, sVon
sBertalanffy, sWiener, sErickson)
MRI sSystemic sTherapy s- scorrect sanswer
Strategic sFamily sTherapy s- scorrect sanswerJay sHaley
Emphasizes schange stechniques sover stheory. sInfluenced sby sMilton sErickson
Therapist sis svery sdirective, sespecially suseful swith schange-resistant sfamilies
Techniques: sTake scharge srole, sdirectives, sparadoxical sdirectives, sordeals, sout-positioning, sreframing
Milan sSystemic sFamily sTherapy s- scorrect sanswerA stheory sand stherapeutic smodel sinfluenced sby
sBateson sand sthe sMRI sGroup, soriginally sdeveloped sin sItaly sby sSelvini sPalazzoli, sBoscolo, sCecchin, sand
sPrata. sThe sprimary stechniques sassociated swith sthe searly sMilan sgroup swere srituals sand spositive
sconnotations. sThe sMilan sGroup ssplit sin sthe searly s1980s swith sSelvini sPalazzoli sand sPrata sforming sone
sgroup, sadhering sto sthe sstrategic smodel sand sdeveloping sa sritualistic stechnique, sinvariant sprescription,
sto scounteract sthe sdirty sgame, sor spower sstruggle sbetween sthe sparents sand stheir schild. sBoscolo sand
sCecchin smoved saway sfrom sthe sstrategic sapproach, sdeveloping sa scollaborative sstyle sof stherapy. sIn
sthis smodel, sproblems sare smaintained swhen sthe sfamily sholds sto san sold sepistemology sthat sdoes snot sfit
sits scurrent scircumstance. sThe stherapist sintroduces snew sinformation sindirectly sby sasking squestions
sand sthe sfamily ssolves sproblems sthemselves sas sthey sdevelop sa snew sepistemology. sThe
stherapist/client sinteractions swithin sthe ssession sare sthe streatment. sIn stheir sinterviews sthey sdisplayed
, sa scurious sattitude sabout sthe sfamily sand sthe smeanings sthey sderived sfrom stheir sexperiences sand
sinterchanges.
General sSystems sTheory sdefinition s- scorrect sanswerGST sproposed sthat sall sliving ssystems sshare
suniversal scharacteristics. sFundamental sprinciple sis sidea sthat sthe swhole sof sthe ssystem sis smore sthan
sthe ssum sof sits sparts. sTo sunderstand sthe ssystem sas sa swhole, smust sunderstand sthe sdynamic, scircular
sfunctioning sbetween sthe sparts.
Cybernetics s- scorrect sanswerthe sstudy sof sinformation sprocessing, sfeedback, sand scontrol sin
scommunication ssystems
Boundaries s- scorrect sanswertheoretical slines sof sdemarcation sin sa sfamily sthat sdefine sa ssystem sas san
sentity sand sseparate sthe ssubsystems sfrom sone sanother sand sthe ssystem sfrom sits senvironment.
Boundary sInterface s- scorrect sanswerThe sregions sbetween seach ssubsystem sof sthe sfamily sand sbetween
sthe sfamily sand sthe ssupra-system. sIn sfamily ssystems stherapy sthis sinterface sis sreferred sto sas sthe
sfamilial sboundary.
Familial sBoundary s- scorrect sanswerthe sterm sused sto srepresent sthe sconcept sof sBoundary sInterface
swithin sliterature sof sFT
Open ssystems s- scorrect sanswerinteract sregularly swith sthe senvironment swith srelatively sno sinhibition
Jay sHaley s- scorrect sanswerStrategic sFamily sTherapy
founding seditor sof s1st sjournal sin sfamily stherapy
schism s(Theodore sLidz) s- scorrect sanswerfamily sdivision sinto scompeting sgroups
