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FAMILY THERAPY:

AN OVERVIEW

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Copyright © 2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved.64 This'manual'contains'over'700'multipleT choice'questions,'arranged'so'that'there' are'35T 40'questions'for'each'chapter'in'the'textbook.'The'designation'of'a'test' item'(for'example,'5.7)'provides'information'about'the'pool'from'which'it'is'drawn' (in'this'example,'Chapter'5)'and'the'item'within'that'pool'(question'7).'There'is' one'best'answer'for'each'item,'and'it'is'marked'by'an'asterisk.'' CHAPTER 1 Adopting a Family Relationship Framework

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1.1 A family member’s longest set of relationships are likely to be with:

a.parents if a family remains intact.*b. siblings.c.friends and co-workers.

• children and grandchildren.

A-Head: Family Systems: Fundamental Concepts

1.2 A family’s influence over its members is likely to cease upon:

a.death of the patriarch.

• death of the matriarch.

c.physical separation by large distances.*d. none of the answers are correct.A-Head: Family Systems: Fundamental Concepts

1.3. In the view of the authors, entrance into a family can occur:

a.only through marriage.

• through birth but not adoption.

*c. through birth, adoption, or other committed relationships.

• only through parenthood.

A-Head: Today’s Families: A Pluralistic View

Learning Objective: Describe the diversity of contemporary families

1.4 By definition, a nuclear family refers to:

*a. husband, wife, and offspring living together.

• a married couple, children, and nearby relatives.

c.one’s suprafamily.

• a stepfamily.

A-Head: Family Structure

Learning Objective: Explain the importance of family structure and interactive patterns Note 2 / 4

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1.5 The risk of not growing up in an intact family:

• is a new phenomenon first appearing in the second half of the 20th century.
• has been part of American life for a long period of time.
• is largely the result of teenage pregnancies.
• is largely the result of widespread adoptions by single women.

A-Head: Today’s Families: A Pluralistic View

Learning Objective: Describe the diversity of contemporary families

1.6 Family narratives:

• negate family myths.
• challenge family stories.

*c. help explain and justify family patterns.

• none of the answers are correct.

A-Head: Family Narratives and Assumptions

1.7 Which of the following statements is true?

• Families that show dysfunctional behavior lack strengths and resources.
• Families that show dysfunctional behavior lack those interactive processes that

strengthen hardiness.

• Members of functional families never engage in damaging behavior with one

another.*d. All families have resources to call upon.

A-Head: Family Resiliency

Learning Objective: Justify a resiliency-based understanding of family dynamics

1.8 Which of the following has not been identified by Walsh as a key process in family resiliency?

• Family’s positive belief system
• Family’s organizational processes
• Family’s life cycle stage
• Family’s communication and problem-solving processes

A-Head: Family Resiliency

Learning Objective: Justify a resiliency-based understanding of family dynamics

1.9 Increased interest in cultural factors in family functioning has led to renewed interest

in:

• genetic differences between men and women.
• medication to reduce symptomatology.
• spirituality in family life.
• none of the answers are correct.

A-Head: Family Resiliency

Learning Objective: Justify a resiliency-based understanding of family dynamics 3 / 4

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1.10 As the result of differing socialization experiences, men and women typically:

• develop distinct behavioral expectations.
• are granted disparate opportunities.
• have different life experiences.

*d. All of the answers are correct.

A-Head: Gender, Race, and Ethnicity and Family Therapy

Learning Objective: Explain how gender, race, and ethnicity influence families and family therapy

1.11 Two-income families represent:

• mostly working class people.
• successful efforts to balance work and family responsibilities.
• families in which men enjoy child care-giving.

*d. women who spend less time doing household chores than in the past.

A-Head: Gender, Race, and Ethnicity and Family Therapy

Learning Objective: Explain how gender, race, and ethnicity influence families and family therapy

1.12 Clinical theories that focus on the individual probably emphasize:

• transaction events.
• interactional events.
• interpersonal events.

*d. intrapsychic events.

A-Head: Shifting Perspectives of Family Therapy

1.13 From a family systems perspective, the appearance of symptoms in a family member

represents the manifestation of:

*a. a current family transaction pattern.

• a past family transaction pattern.
• genetic vulnerabilities.
• pervasive physical deficits.

A-Head: Shifting Perspectives of Family Therapy

1.14 Epistemology refers to:

*a. rules for gaining knowledge and drawing conclusions about the world.

• the anthropological investigation of tribal family customs.
• the practice of family therapy rather than individual therapy.
• none of the answers are correct.

A-Head: Shifting Perspectives of Family Therapy

1.15 An ecosystemic approach to family assessment and treatment focuses on:

• the family’s immigration status.
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