AMFTRB Exam 3 2024/2025 fully solved &
updated
Interactional patterns - ANSWER-Pursuer-distancer or attacker-blamer patterns
(EFT)
Interpretation - ANSWER-The therapist's attempts to explain the inner
significance of the client's thoughts, feelings, memories, and behaviors.
Introject - ANSWER-Internalized objects become _________________, and are
split into being either all-good or all-bad. (Object Relations)
Isomorphism - ANSWER-Two or more systems or subsystems exhibit similar or
parallel structures - structures or patterns are repeated (therapist who sees a
family and they reject his suggestions becomes rejecting of his supervisor's
suggestions) (Cybernetics)
Kinesthetic communication - ANSWER-Refers to body motion. (Communications
Theory)
Landscape of action questions - ANSWER-Questions that explore meanings
within the preferred narrative. How does the preferred narrative reflect on them as
a person for example (Narrative)
Ledger - ANSWER-the manner in which individuals within a family keep track of
and balance debts and entitlements (Contextual)
Legacy - ANSWER-Attributes or qualities received from his or her parents
Levelers - ANSWER-Those demonstrating functional and effective
communication styles. (Satir's Communications Approach)
, Loyalty - ANSWER-Central theory of contextual family therapy. Internalized
expectations of and obligations to his or her FOO. Exerts a powerful influence
over the person's functioning.
Mapping the Influence of the Person - ANSWER-Exploring the role the person has
had on the life of the problem. (Narrative)
Mapping the influence of the problem - ANSWER-Exploring the role that the
problem has had in the person's life (Narrative)
Marital Schism - ANSWER-The parents are overly focused on their own problems
which harms the marriage, the individuals and the children. (Theodore Lidz)
Marital Skew - ANSWER-"One parent dominates the family and the other is
dependent;
children often torn between parents; deficits in addressing kids' needs that
dysfunction or schizophrenia result" (Theodore Lidz)
Merit - ANSWER-Earned when parents are responsible, ethical, and fair. Earns
loyalty from maturation from childhood to adulthood (Contextual)
Metaphoric Task - ANSWER-Prescribing a directive to a family that engages them
in a conversation or activity that is easier or more accessible than talking about
the problem directly (Strategic)
Mimesis - ANSWER-The therapist attempts to replicate the family's observable
behaviors, joining through mimic (Structural)
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.
Model Integration Analysis - ANSWER-From Satir, the child's method for making
sense of his/her parents' differences and selecting those aspects of parental
male/female role models that become a blueprint for his/her behavior and
expectations in other relationships.
Modeling Communication - ANSWER-A key component to Satir's approach to
working with families was the therapist's capacity to effectively model functional,
healthy communication.
updated
Interactional patterns - ANSWER-Pursuer-distancer or attacker-blamer patterns
(EFT)
Interpretation - ANSWER-The therapist's attempts to explain the inner
significance of the client's thoughts, feelings, memories, and behaviors.
Introject - ANSWER-Internalized objects become _________________, and are
split into being either all-good or all-bad. (Object Relations)
Isomorphism - ANSWER-Two or more systems or subsystems exhibit similar or
parallel structures - structures or patterns are repeated (therapist who sees a
family and they reject his suggestions becomes rejecting of his supervisor's
suggestions) (Cybernetics)
Kinesthetic communication - ANSWER-Refers to body motion. (Communications
Theory)
Landscape of action questions - ANSWER-Questions that explore meanings
within the preferred narrative. How does the preferred narrative reflect on them as
a person for example (Narrative)
Ledger - ANSWER-the manner in which individuals within a family keep track of
and balance debts and entitlements (Contextual)
Legacy - ANSWER-Attributes or qualities received from his or her parents
Levelers - ANSWER-Those demonstrating functional and effective
communication styles. (Satir's Communications Approach)
, Loyalty - ANSWER-Central theory of contextual family therapy. Internalized
expectations of and obligations to his or her FOO. Exerts a powerful influence
over the person's functioning.
Mapping the Influence of the Person - ANSWER-Exploring the role the person has
had on the life of the problem. (Narrative)
Mapping the influence of the problem - ANSWER-Exploring the role that the
problem has had in the person's life (Narrative)
Marital Schism - ANSWER-The parents are overly focused on their own problems
which harms the marriage, the individuals and the children. (Theodore Lidz)
Marital Skew - ANSWER-"One parent dominates the family and the other is
dependent;
children often torn between parents; deficits in addressing kids' needs that
dysfunction or schizophrenia result" (Theodore Lidz)
Merit - ANSWER-Earned when parents are responsible, ethical, and fair. Earns
loyalty from maturation from childhood to adulthood (Contextual)
Metaphoric Task - ANSWER-Prescribing a directive to a family that engages them
in a conversation or activity that is easier or more accessible than talking about
the problem directly (Strategic)
Mimesis - ANSWER-The therapist attempts to replicate the family's observable
behaviors, joining through mimic (Structural)
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.
Model Integration Analysis - ANSWER-From Satir, the child's method for making
sense of his/her parents' differences and selecting those aspects of parental
male/female role models that become a blueprint for his/her behavior and
expectations in other relationships.
Modeling Communication - ANSWER-A key component to Satir's approach to
working with families was the therapist's capacity to effectively model functional,
healthy communication.
