COUC 601 Quiz: Structural, Strategic, Milan Systemic, and Behavioral/Cognitive Modules
Modules 5—6: Weeks 5—6
- One of the primary objectives of structural interventions is for the psychosomatic family to achieve
 - Family coalitions
 - Labeling an anorectic’s refusal to eat as “stubborn” rather than “sick” is an example of
 - Attempting to change the hierarchical arrangement between parents calls for
 - Imitating a family’s manner, style, and affective range calls for a therapeutic technique called ________________ by structuralists.
 - One tactic employed by Minuchin in treating anorectics is to
 - Which of the following terms describes structural therapeutic tactics?
 - Family mapping refers to the use of
 - In an enmeshed family
 - A primary therapeutic goal for structuralists is
 - Which of the following is not characteristic of “psychosomatic families”?
 - Diffused boundaries are
 - Which of the following Milan techniques is a form of reframing?
 - All except one of the following are techniques introduced by the Milan systemic therapists.
 - “Prescribing the symptom” is a form of
 - Madanes contends that the basic tool of strategic therapists is
 - Starting to work with a family, the Milan therapist first
 - Circular questioning may reveal
 - In the original Milan format, the point at which the therapist leaves the consultation room to consult with colleagues is called
 - For Milan therapeutic intervention, family therapy begins with
 - Relationships are defined by ______________________ messages.
 - Communication theorists give greater credence to
 - Therapeutic double-binds
 - Systemicists usually assign rituals in the form of
 - Haley believes every relationship contains within it an implicit struggle for
 - Hypotheses used by Milan systemicists are
 - In the view of MRI family therapists
 - The major characteristic of strategic family therapy is that the therapist
 - Second-order changes call for
 - By neutrality, the Milan therapist attempt to
 - The person who receives a double-bind message
 - Paradoxical interventions are especially useful in attempting to change ______________ families.
 - Tom Sawyer’s effort to convince his friends that the drudgery of whitewashing a fence was a privilege is an example of
 - Brief therapy advocates attempting to change a family system rather than helping the family make changes within the existing system. This objective calls for
 - Uncovering the relationship between behavioral deficits and the client’s interpersonal environment is called
 - Donald Meichenbaum’s work to help clients change their assumptions and schemas about the world and their ability to manage stress is called
 - Albert Ellis employs the use of
 - Functional family therapists believe
 - Therapeutic contracts are
 - Contingency contracting, based on operant conditioning principles, is a behavioral procedure that has been shown to be useful in treating
 - The unique psychotherapeutic contributions of the behavioral approach is:
 - Meichenbaum’s work with distressed clients
 - Cognitive therapists work at three related levels. Which is not one of these levels?
 - Markman’s research on marital distress prevention found
 - Cognitive-behavioral family therapists gather data using three forms of clinical assessment:
 - A problem analysis
 - Gottman’s research indicates three types of stable couples. Which of the following is not one of those types?
 - Today’s child management and parent training programs frequently deal with behavior therapists using ___principles
 - Integrative couples therapy
 - Functional family therapy attempts to bring about ______________ changes in individuals and their families.