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MFT national exam sample questions1. Out of earshot of Dad, Mom points out one of his parenting inadequacies
to the children. From a Contextual Family Therapy perspective, Mom's
actions are evidence for: split filial loyalty
2. Bob (45) and Marianne (38) argue about what is the proper age for their
daughter Jill (14) to begin dating. Jill hears the fighting and enters the
room. Marianne draws Jill into the argument to side with her against Bob.
From a Bowen Systems perspective, what has occurred?: triangulation
3. Creation of a sufficient holding environment is a critical part of
which theoretical approach?: Object Relations
4. Which theory believes that relative birth order is significant in
determining specific characteristics?: Bowen Systems
5. Bill (50) and Alexandria (43) present for therapy because their son Ralph
(13) has developed school phobia. The phobia emerged after a trial
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,separation between Bill and Alexandria. Bill moved back into the home when
it became apparent that the only way to get Ralph to attend school was with
both parents working together to help him. From Bozormenyi-Nagy's
perspective, this is an example of: invisible loyalties
6. Jonathan (47) and Samantha (46) present for help with their daughter
Michelle (12) who has a history of depression. The family has also recently
moved and Michelle will be entering a new high school this fall. The family
spends some time animatedly describing recent events in their lives that
they believe deepened Michelle's depression. The conversation begins to
wind down. An Object Relations therapist would be most likely to: request
details of their earlier histories
7. The following therapist is most associated with multigenerational
process of psychopathology: Bowen
8. Introjection can only be detected by: trained therapists
9. Anita (23) has had a conflictual relationship with her mother, Sarah (43)
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, throughout her teens. She was rebellious and angry with her mother much
of the time. Sarah is a single mother and very anxious about her daughter,
so much so that she frequently screamed and used inappropriate
punishments in an attempt to get her daughter to "behave". After Anita left
home for college, she rarely wrote or called home and only visited on
holidays. Now that she has graduated, she took a job several states away
from her hometown and continues her pattern of not phoning or calling. A
Bowenian therapist would say that Anita is engaged in: emotional cutoff
10.In object relations theory, the latent meaning behind attitudes,
behaviors, or feelings that is detected by therapists through analyzing
personal reactions to session materials is knows as: derivatives
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