THERAPY THEORIES Quiz - TDC

Question 1

A/an __________ therapist would join the family system to blend in with the family and adapt
their affect, style, and language.

Answer 1

Structural Family

Question 2

As a/an __________ therapist, you may use a therapeutic paradox as an intervention when
working with families.

Answer 2

Strategic

Question 3

A/an __________ therapist would utilize positive reinforcement in order to increase the frequency of a behavior by rewarding that behavior.

Answer 3

Behavioral

Question 4

A/an __________ therapist would utilize the empty chair technique as an intervention with
clients.

Answer 4

Gestalt

Question 5

A/an __________ therapist would observe the feedback loops that occur in the family system.

Answer 5

Cybernetics

Question 6

A/an __________ therapist would use self-disclosure as a way to demystify therapy and equalize the power imbalance in the therapeutic relationship.

Answer 6

Feminist

Question 7

One of the main goals of a/an __________ therapist is detriangulation.

Answer 7

Bowenenian

Question 8

A/an __________ therapist would utilize brief, goal-directed therapy that focuses the
conversation toward developing solutions rather than on the problems.

Answer 8

Solution-Focused

Question 9

A/an __________ therapist believes in the concept of multidirectional partiality and the idea that a well-functioning family is not necessarily free of symptoms but is relationally
balanced.

Answer 9

Contextual

Question 10

As a/an __________ therapist, you would help clients examine their story and look at other ways the story could be told or understood differently.

Answer 10

Narrative

Question 11

Emotion regulation and mindfulness are types of interventions that a/an __________ therapist
would use.

Answer 11

DBT

Question 12

A/an __________ therapist would use mirroring as an intervention tool with couples.

Answer 12

Imago

Question 13

A/an __________ therapist assists families in navigating the healthcare system and accepts
that there is an identified patient within the family.

Answer 13

Medical Family Therapy

Question 14

A/an __________ therapist believes that increased self awareness, released blocked resources and improved communication must occur in order to help facilitate change.

Answer 14

Human Validation Process Model
(Satir)

Question 15

A/an __________ therapist may use socratic questioning to explore a client’s maladaptive
thoughts or beliefs.

Answer 15

CBT

Question 16

As a/an __________ therapist, you believe that there is no identified patient within the family
system, but rather the family system is the problem and thus the prime focus.

Answer 16

General Systems

Question 17

Activating stress or conflict within a family system to facilitate change and assist a family in
moving out of conflict is an intervention that a/an __________ therapist would use.

Answer 17

Symbolic-Experiential

Question 17

Teaching couples about flooding and training them to take their pulse as a way to decrease
conflict is an intervention that a/an __________ therapist would use.

Answer 17

Gottman

Question 18

In __________, the therapist is viewed as a process consultant and believes that emotion is an
agent of change.

Answer 18

EFT

Question 19

A/an __________ therapist would utilize basic centering techniques, problem-solving skills,
pattern work, and role-playing as interventions.

Answer 19

Constructivist

Question 20

A/an __________ therapist believes that stable relationships are characterized by a ratio of
negative to positive behaviors of 1:5.

Answer 20

Gottman

Question 21

A/an __________ theorist believes in the therapeutic goal of increasing balance and harmony between the sub-personalities or parts that exist in the internal system.

Answer 21

Internal Family Systems

Question 22

A/an __________ theorist believes that problems are socially constructed through language and become a narrative that the client has agreed to believe.

Answer 22

Collaborative Language

Question 23

A/an __________ therapist believes that the ability to trust and depend on another via a
secure attachment cultivates autonomy and confidence.

Answer 23

Attachment Theory

Question 24

A/an __________ therapist believes that psychopathology develops from early childhood experiences.

Answer 24

Psychoanalytic

Question 25

1. Painful intercourse/sexual pain disorder _________________________________

Answer 25

Genito-Pelvic Pain Disorder

Question 26

2. According to Piaget, this begins around 8 months of age and allows a child to recognize that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight________________

Answer 26

Object Permanence

Question 27

3. This recovery model proposes the idea of taking small steps towards reducing risky behavior_________

Answer 27

Harm Reduction

Question 28

4. A process by which unacceptable impulses are expressed as their opposites_______

Answer 28

Reaction Formation

Question 29

5. A directive style that focuses on a client’s ambivalence about changes, names it, and helps to resolve it ____________

Answer 29

Motivational Interviewing

Question 30

6. An emotional dependency on sexually-oriented internet and internet-related sites___________

Answer 30

Cybersex Addiction/Dependence

Question 31

7. A situation in which an individual experiences an overwhelming event that upsets one’s psychological equilibrium or baseline level of functioning________

Answer 31

Crisis

Question 32

8. This served as the philosophic foundation on which the MFT field was built and emphasized tangible or knowledgeable sets of observable facts________________________________

Answer 32

Modernism

Question 33

9. A crisis precipitated by normal stress during the course of life________

Answer 33

Maturational Crisis

Question 34

10. A crisis precipitated by a sudden traumatic event that is unexpected______

Answer 34

Situational Crisis

Question 35

11. A defense process where an individual will displace unacceptable instincts for constructive and socially acceptable behaviors____________

Answer 35

Sublimation

Question 36

12. The ability of an instrument to measure what it was designed to measure; the degree to which correct inferences can be based on the results of an instrument________________

Answer 36

Validity

Question 37

13. Intensely arousing stimuli, which may include fetishes, suffering, humiliation of oneself or one’s partner, pedophilia, and exhibitionism_____________

Answer 37

13. Paraphilia

Question 38

14. The postmodern school that includes models such as narrative, solution-focused, and collaborative language systems________________________________

Answer 38

Social Constructionist

Question 39

15. A defense process by which plausible reasons justify an action or opinion______

Answer 39

Rationalization

Question 40

16. A phobia defined as an aversion to, or avoidance of, genital sexual contact with a partner___

Answer 40

Sexual Aversion Disorder

Question 41

17. A schematic diagram of the family system over three generations___

Answer 41

Genograms

Question 42

18. Telling potential research participants about all aspects of the research that might reasonably influence their decision to participate________________________________________________

Answer 42

Informed Consent

Question 43

19. Research data that comes in the form of words, pictures, narratives, and descriptions rather than numbers ________________

Answer 43

Qualitative Research

Question 44

20. A measure’s ability to yield consistent results each time it’s applied_______

Answer 44

Reliability

Question 45

21. Research in the 1950s reported the schizophrenic symptoms that stem from this pattern of communication in which one person receives two seemingly contradictory messages, which may result in confusion or schizophrenic behavior____________

Answer 45

Double Bind

Question 46

22. Brief treatment initiated when an individual is in a crisis to help restore one’s pre-crisis biopsychosocial functioning_______________

Answer 46

Crisis Intervention

Question 47

23. A group-based model of recovery that uses meetings, a sponsor, and a community setting__

Answer 47

Alcoholics Anonymous

Question 48

24. A desensitization technique where the goal is to lower anxiety levels in couples through a series of exercise by replacing anxiety with pleasure during sexual intimacy; developed by Masters and Johnson ______________

Answer 48

Sensate Focus

Question 49

25. A defense process where an individual distorts reality and does not acknowledge emotion__

Answer 49

Denial

Question 50

26. Used by structural family therapists as an assessment technique that helps depict the family’s organizational structure_______

Answer 50

Family Maps

Question 51

27. An understanding that the quantity, length, or number of items is unrelated to the arrangement or appearance of the items_________

Answer 51

Conservation

Question 52

28. A defense mechanism in which affect is transferred from one object to another___

Answer 52

Displacement

Question 53

29. 4. A maladaptive pattern of using certain drugs, alcohol, medications, and toxins despite their adverse consequences_______________

Answer 53

Substance Abuse

Question 54

30. Used in research, this is an average score for a set of observations____

Answer 54

Mean

Question 55

31. This indicates the average spread of the scores from the mean____

Answer 55

Standard Deviation

Question 56

32. The understanding by a child that actions can be reversed or objects can be changed and then returned to their original state__________________________________

Answer 56

Reversibility

Question 57

33. A defense process characterized by rigor and self-denial_____

Answer 57

Asceticism

Question 58

34. This limits the child’s understanding of cause and effect and is evidenced by magical thinking and animism; occurs during the preoperational stage_______

Answer 58

Precausal Reasoning

Question 59

35. A client creates a hierarchy of anxiety-provoking situations and/or images. Each situation is then gradually faced (from least stressful to most) until the level of anxiety no longer interferes with pleasure__________________

Answer 59

Systematic Desensitization

Question 60

36. The cognitive process of revising existing cognitive schemas, perceptions, and understanding so that new information can be incorporated______

Answer 60

Accommodation

Question 61

37. A viral infection with over 40 types that can infect the genitals, anus, and throat_____

Answer 61

Human Papillomavirus

Question 62

38. 13. A defense mechanism by which qualities of an external object are absorbed into one’s personality_____

Answer 62

Identification

Question 63

39. The inability of a child to realize that an action can be done and undone________________________________

Answer 63

Irreversibility

Question 64

40. The incorporation of new information into an existing schema_________

Answer 64

Assimilation

Question 65

41. Used to evaluate a client’s current mental functioning_______

Answer 65

Mental Status Examination

Question 66

42. 17. Continued use, cravings, and other cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms that occur through the use of certain drugs, alcohol, medications, and toxins_______

Answer 66

Substance Dependence

Question 67

43. 18. According to Piaget, this occurs around 10 months of age and allows the child to recognize that certain events cause other events_______

Answer 67

Causality

Question 68

44. 19. A variable whose changes are being measured________________________________________________

Answer 68

Dependent Variable

Question 69

45. This limits a child’s ability to take the perspective of another person___________

Answer 69

Egocentrism

Question 70

46. The internalization of outside events or characteristics of other people_______

Answer 70

Introjection

Question 71

47. 22. A commonly debated term often used to describe hypersexuality_______

Answer 71

Compulsive Sexual Behavior

Question 72

48. A study done over time that observes trends in the same population__________

Answer 72

Longitudinal

Question 73

49. A measured characteristic of a unit that is capable of taking on more than one value_______

Answer 73

Variable

Question 74

50. During the 1990s, this period emphasized that there are no universal truths and only one point of view______

Answer 74

Postmodernism