Family Therapy Exam 1 Questions with Latest Update
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Child therapy
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Child Therapy
What happened in Don Jackson's case as the woman got better? - Answer-The husband complained that she was getting worse as she get better, and he then lost his job as she continued to improve. When she became completely well, he killed himself. This is an example of a family always needing a sympto...
Family Therapy Exam 1 Questions with
Latest Update
What happened in Don Jackson's case as the woman got better? - Answer-The husband
complained that she was getting worse as she get better, and he then lost his job as she
continued to improve. When she became completely well, he killed himself. This is an example
of a family always needing a symptomatic member as if it were a game of hide-and-seek.
Why should the therapist not take the mother's side? - Answer-The therapist should not take the
mothers side because even though she may be right, that he needs to get an education, it is
important at that moment for the boy to learn to speak up for himself and express what he is
really struggling with, and for his mother to learn to listen.
What was the theory of "maternal protectiveness" - Answer-David Levy named maternal
protectiveness the chief cause of childhood psychological problems: mothers who had been
deprived of love growing up became overprotective of their children, some were domineering
and some were overindulgent. The children with domineering mothers were submissive at home
but had difficulty making friends and the children with indulgent mothers were disobedient at
home but well behaved at school.
How might the husband be responding to meta-communication? - Answer-He might be doing
what his wife asked him not to again in defiance of her telling him not to, as if she were his
mother
How might a teacher be double binding students? - Answer-Students tend to not speak up in
class when their comments get disparaged, but when nobody responds to the professor asking
for questions he gets angry and thinks the students are too passive. If anybody comments on
his lack of receptivity he may get angrier and then students will be punished for seeing that the
teacher really just wants his own ideas to be heard.
What is a rubber fence? - Answer-An invisible barrier that stretches to permit limited
extrafamilial involvement, such as going to school, but springs back if that involvement goes too
far (like too much time out after school), so the family's rigid structure is protected by isolation.
What does this mean: "Rules can describe regularity, not regulation?" - Answer-There are
redundant behavior patterns within any committed unit, and family members only use a fraction
of behavior available to them.
, How did Bowen discover "differentiation of self" in his own family? - Answer-He told his father
that "his wife told him stories about him" and that he wondered why he told him instead of not
coming to her, which made mom happy but then kept anyone from taking sides
Why does the book say that negative feedback is not negative? - Answer-It indicates that a
system is straying off the mark and that corrections are needed to get it back on course, it
signals the system to restore to status quo. Opposite of reinforcing the direction its going
(positive feedback).
How is a panic attack triggered by an asthma attack a "runaway process?" - Answer-You are
having an asthma attack and start to not be able to breathe then start to panic then it spirals.
How is a self-fulfilling prophecy a positive feedback loop? - Answer-If you are apprehensive and
fearful of a situation, then you justify your own fears, and it spirals
What happens when Marcus "blows up?" - Answer-He blows up because he has a curfew, his
mom cries, his father grounds him, which makes him more angry and he challenges their
authority, then mom cries more, dad yells more, escalates until marcus runs away.
What do you think the "control-rebel" cycle is? - Answer-Parent tries to control child too much,
child rebels, parent then tries to control more, kid still rebels harder
What is the "black box metaphor?" What is the advantage of thinking this way? - Answer-
Looking at the inside of someone to see what is going on inside their head, then ignoring the
inside hardware and looking at the inputs and outputs
What started "Constructivism?" What does it mean? - Answer-When family therapists realized
that the brain sees things subjectively, everybody has a different reality
Goes back to Kant, he believed people all had different realities
What difference does it make to say that parents are "ineffectual disciplinarians" or that they
have an "oppositional child?" - Answer-Parents try to discipline the child one way but its not the
right way to communicate with this child
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