2024 – 2025 MFT EXAM : CHAPTER 3
TRANSGENERATIONAL MODELS EXAM
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY
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The general goals of object relations are... - ANSWERS-insight and working
through
- Goals change as growth occurs
- Therapy is not directed towards symptom relief, but toward helping the family
move through its developmental phases with improved ability to work as a family
to differentiate between the needs of each family member
Libidinal system - ANSWERS-characterized by need, excitement, and longing
Antilibidinal system - ANSWERS-characterized by aggression, rage, and contempt
,Ideal object - ANSWERS-a neutral object freed from exciting and rejecting aspects
Which concepts are central to the object relations theorists? Which theorists? -
ANSWERS-- projection
- projective identification
Fairbairn, Paul, Framo, and Nagy
Who asserted that the fundamental human drive was the need to be in
relationship, not the gratification of drives - ANSWERS-Fairbairn
Who worked as a child analyst exploring the function of Freudian instincts? -
ANSWERS-Melanie Klein
- another influential theorist of object relations
Who extended Klein's work from individuals to groups? - ANSWERS-Bion, Ezriel,
and Turquet
Insights must lead to: - ANSWERS-New and more productive ways of behaving
and interacting
, The transgenerational models take into account... - ANSWERS-The relationships
with prior generations as a mean to understanding and improving relationships
with the nuclear family.
Best way to treat a symptomatic child
(transgenerational model) - ANSWERS-- Treat the parents.
- Treatment tends to last 2 years (longer than other family therapy models).
Transgenerational vs Psychoanalytic - ANSWERS-1. Do not subscribe to a linear
model of causality
2. Problems are maintained in ongoing patterns through generations.
3. Model views individuals across generations rather than focus on the individual.
What is the hallmark of the transgenerational model of family therapy? -
ANSWERS-The powerful influences that past generations have on the present.
The quality of family of origin interactions are thought to influence: - ANSWERS--
One's choice of mate and marital expectations for marriage.
- Each mate interacts according to their internalized unconscious needs, longings
and fantasies.
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