Couple and Family Counseling Solved Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Couple and Family Counseling is a course designed to introduce students to the foundational theories, principles, and practices of counseling within the context of couples and family systems. It examines the dynamics of interpersonal relationships, including communication patterns, conflict resolution, and the impact of family structures and cultural factors on mental health and well-being. Students will explore prominent counseling models, such as structural, strategic, and systemic approaches, and develop skills in assessment, intervention, and ethical considerations relevant to working with diverse family and couple populations. Through case studies and practical exercises, the course prepares students to support and facilitate healthy functioning and growth in couples and families.
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Family Therapy History Theory and Practice 6th Edition by Samuel T. Gladding
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Chapter 1: The History of Family Therapy: Evolution and Revolution
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Q1) A type of questioning developed by the Milan Associates, emphasized asking questions that highlighted differences among family members. This type of questioning is called:
A) linear questioning
B) triadic questioning
C) open ended questioning
D) circular questioning
Answer: D
Q2) The following family therapy pioneer utilized touch and nurturing of family members, emphasizing self-esteem, compassion, and affective congruence:
A) Ludwig Von Bertalanffy
B) Virginia Satir
C) Carl Whitaker
D) all of the above
Answer: B
Q3) The first family therapy license was granted in Michigan in 1963.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Theoretical Context of Family Therapy
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Q1) "The more a parent protects a shy child, the shyer the child becomes." This fact is an example of the concept of 'circular causality."
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Families may respond to change by using negative feedback loops, which are loops that:
A) promote a return to the status quo
B) promote change
C) promote appreciation for each other
D) accommodate to new situations and challenges
Answer: A
Q3) The three time dimensions referred to as the 'life course' are:
A) historical, evolutionary, predictable
B) developmental, historical, cultural
C) individual, social, historical
D) horizontal, vertical, transitional
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Types and Functionality of Families
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Q1) Although healthy families do not always produce healthy individuals, being in a healthy family environment is an advantage.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In the ABCX Model, the "C" is:
A) the crisis or stressor event
B) the combined effect of all factors
C) the resources available at the family's disposal
D) the meaning or significance of the event for the family
Answer: D
Q3) Studies reveal that healthy and functional families in virtually all cultures are able to:
A) adapt to change
B) set appropriate boundaries
C) express confidence in themselves and their children
D) all of the above
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Working With Single-Parent and Blended Families
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Q1) Noncustodial parents do not have the same legal, parental rights as custodial parents.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Healthy adjustment of children is strongly correlated with
A) pre-divorce/death levels of family functioning
B) mental and emotional anguish
C) taking sides
D) premarital counseling
Q3) Which of the following is not a recommended educational or behavioral strategy that can help strengthen aspects of single-parent families?
A) helping family members maintain negative communication patterns
B) encouraging weekly family conferences to talk about concerns, resolve problems and plan for the future
C) linking family members to needed sources of social support (e.g., Parents Without Partners)
D) suggesting educational methods such as reading books and newsletters
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Chapter 5: Working With Culturally Diverse Families
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Q1) In African American families, _____ has been an essential element for survival.
A) an emphasis on social stability and collectivity
B) a collectivistic culture
C) a strong emphasis on self-discipline, order, social etiquette, and hierarchy
D) the family
Q2) Ethnicity is
A) a term used to refer to the cultural groups within a region or nation
B) a family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same stock
C) the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
D) the dominant perception or view of a specific group
Q3) _____ is a term used to describe some counselor's tendency to treat everyone the same and make mistakes in so doing.
A) systematic change agent
B) WASP
C) culturally encapsulated
D) culturally diverse
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Chapter 6: Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Family Therapy
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Q1) What are the two accrediting bodies for marriage and family training programs?
A) COAMFTE and CACREP
B) COAFTA and NCFR
C) CORE and CACREP
D) CAPA and COAMFTE
Q2) Relationship ethics refer to ethics in a family that are based on the principles of:
A) values and culture
B) equitability and caring
C) behavior and values
D) mutuality and complementarity
Q3) When unethical behavior is observed, the behavior should first be
A) discussed with the person observed to act unethically
B) reported to the appropriate professional association
C) reported to the appropriate licensure/certification board
D) all of the above
Q4) Internet counseling can be a useful therapeutic medium for many client types, especially for hearing impaired clients and clients in remote areas.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: The Process of Family Therapy
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Q1) Third party reimbursement for private practitioners has changed over time from a _____ health care system to a _____ health care system.
A) managed care system; fee for service
B) capitated; utilization review
C) fee for service; managed care
D) preferred provider organization (PPO); health maintenance organization (HMO)
Q2) One way therapists can inform families about the conditions under which therapy will occur is by using a(n):
A) treatment plan
B) paradox
C) clinical note
D) written professional disclosure statement
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Q3) In managed care systems, submitting written justification for treatment and comprehensive treatment plans is called:
A) utilization review
B) capitation
C) fee for service
D) care pathway guidelines
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Chapter 8: Couple and Marriage Therapy and Enrichment
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Q1) There are three preventive approaches to working with couples. They are:
A) primary, secondary, tertiary
B) premarital, education, enrichment
C) universal, selective, indicated
D) premarital, psychoeducational, conflict resolution
Q2) Common topics for marriage encounter, enrichment, and education programs include communication skills and conflict resolution.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Mediation, when compared to divorce proceedings, is _____.
A) quicker
B) less costly
C) less hostile
D) all of the above
Q4) The overall goal of marriage enrichment, education, and enhancement programs is to
A) settle disputes or dissolve marriage in nonadversarial ways
B) improve the functioning and quality of marriages
C) explore intrapsychi processing
D) resolve family of origin issues
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Chapter 9: Transgenerational Theories: Psychodynamic
Family Theory and Bowen Family Systems Theory
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Q1) A key therapist role shared by psychoanalytic and Bowen family therapy is:
A) good enough mother
B) coach
C) catalyst
D) teacher
Q2) Psychodynamic and Bowen Family Therapy have many similarities, including:
A) both are based on psychoanalysis
B) both are focused on the here and now
C) theory and therapist cannot be separated
D) all of the above
Q3) The basic building block of any emotional system is the 'good enough mother.'
A)True
B)False
Q4) Psychodynamic family therapy may not be appropriate for families that are abstract in handling situations.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Bowen Family Therapy is systemic in nature.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Experiential Family Therapy
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Q1) A tool used in family reconstruction is:
A) conjoint family drawing
B) sculpting
C) wheel or circle of influence
D) all of the above
Q2) If successful, using _____ will reduce tension and promote insight. If unsuccessful, it may alienate some or all family members.
A) touch
B) props
C) choreography
D) humor
Q3) The major emphasis of experiential family therapy is:
A) behavior
B) interpersonal relations
C) affect and expression of feelings
D) irrational beliefs
Q4) There is strong research evidence for the efficacy of experiential family therapy.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapies
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Q1) _____ was the primary therapist to apply behavior theory to family problems in the 1960s.
A) B.F. Skinner
B) Gerald Patterson
C) Joseph LoPiccolo
D) Neil Jacobson
Q2) _____ is an age appropriate type of time out for adolescents and preadolescents.
A) acceptance
B) shame attack
C) squeeze technique
D) job card grounding
Q3) Behavioral and cognitive-behavioral family therapy are focused on
A) the present
B) the past
C) the future
D) all of the above
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Q4) The 'squeeze technique' is used for treating performance anxiety.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Structural Family Therapy
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Q1) The structural family therapy approach has been criticized for being too simple and lacking complexity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _____ are ways that family members join together or oppose one another in carrying out family activities.
A) enactments
B) dysfunctional sets
C) pragmatic fictions
D) alignments
Q3) This approach has a focus on:
A) the present
B) the past
C) the future
D) all of the above
Q4) Structural family therapy is said to be an approach that is sensitive to the effect of culture on families.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Strategic Family Therapies
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Q1) Strategic family therapy works well in combination with some other therapies, but particularly with experiential and Bowen family therapy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Use of a therapeutic team within Milan systemic family therapy is cost-efficient and ineffective.
A)True B)False
Q3) By giving positive connotations to behaviors, therapists simultaneously reduce resistance to treatment by the family and establish rapport.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The pretend technique that Cloe Madanes formulated is based on the idea that individuals change through experiencing control of a previously involuntary action.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and Narrative
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Q1) In Solution-focused family therapy, all families are believed to have the resources and strengths to resolve complaints.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In Solution-focused therapy, the best approach to use with 'complainants' is to:
A) respect them, try and establish rapport, and hope they will become customers eventually
B) assign them activities where they can focus on exceptions, respect them, and hope they will become customers eventually
C) engage them in solution oriented conversations and co-create assignments to reproduce behaviors that are exceptions to the problem
D) none of the above
Q3) "There are no universal principles or truths" is a theoretical premise most consistent with:
A) narrative family therapy
B) solution-focused family therapy
C) experiential family therapy
D) none of the above
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Chapter 15: Working With Substance-Related Disorders,
Domestic Violence, and Child Abuse
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Q1) An approach to treating domestic violence that is based on the ethical context of domestic violence in intimate relationships is called
A) Bowen family therapy
B) conjoint couples therapy
C) intimate justice
D) Adlerian therapy
Q2) Child sexual abuse is significantly underreported, especially for boys.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When families protect the abuser from the consequences of his or her actions and minimize the seriousness of the substance abuser's actions, this is called _____.
A) denial
B) shielding
C) enabling
D) scapegoating
Q4) Approximately half of all married couples experience physical aggression.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Research and Assessment in Family Therapy
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Q1) A _____ is used when the representiveness of a whole population is not as important as the information itself.
A) systematic random sample
B) convenience sample
C) probability sample
D) nonprobability sample
Q2) measures the degree of association or relatedness between two variables; usually conducted after the fact
A)exploratory research
B)descriptive research
C)developmental research
D)experimental research
E)correlational research
Q3) Tomm's acronym approach (i.e., the "HIPS and Slips" approach) is a systems-oriented approach to diagnosing pathology and health in families and helps to understand how families change with time, events, and circumstances
A)True
B)False
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