Question 1

All of the following are examples of metacommunication EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   voice tone.
B)   eye glances.
C)   gestures.
D)   content.

Question 2

Multisystemic family therapy, an evidence-based treatment developed to treat serious juvenile offenders, places emphasis on each of the following during the adolescent's treatment EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   imprisoning the adolescent for an extended period of time.
B)   removing the offender from problematic social networks.
C)   improving the adolescent's school performance.
D)   developing a strong support network for the adolescent and the family.

Question 3

Internalized other interviewing is a process in which a therapist:

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A)   interviews a client's extended family and friends to understand their motives.
B)   interviews him or herself to demonstrate appropriate communication to clients.
C)   interviews a client's internalized image of his or her partner.
D)   interviews a client's externalized image of his or her partner.

Question 4

Which of the following was a major development of Karl Tomm's IPscope therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)   He developed the concept of maneuverability in family therapy.
B)   He realized that in a different context, a person's problem behaviors would be different.
C)   His approach provides opportunities for the family to reorganize itself.
D)   He developed internalized other interviewing.

Question 5

MRI therapists view the problematic interactional sequences in families as families attempting to do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Assert independence from each other
B)   Destroy the family dynamics
C)   Sabotage parent-child relationships
D)   Maintain family homeostasis

Question 6

When working with a family in therapy, Caitlin, a strategic therapist, requests that dad disciplines the child instead of mom when the child breaks the house rules. What technique is Caitlin using with her clients?

Accepted Answer

A)   An indirect directive
B)   A paradox
C)   A straightforward directive
D)   A metaphorical task

Question 7

Which of the following most accurately reflects how MRI systemic therapists target change in therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)   Help the family to create a new game or dance without symptoms.
B)   Help the family to create a problem-free family homeostasis.
C)   Help the family to develop a new set of interaction patterns.
D)   All of these are correct.

Question 8

Which of the following best describes the basic component of a reframe?

Accepted Answer

A)   Therapists seeing the problem not as an individual problem, but as a relational one.
B)   Therapists discussing what the client has been doing to solve his/her problem.
C)   Therapists identifying the interactional behavioral sequences that constitute the problem.
D)   Therapists finding an alternative yet equally plausible explanation for the same set of facts.

Question 9

Josiah is working with a family of six in therapy. The two oldest daughters are struggling with competition for everything-the best grades, making sports teams, and their parents' attention. Josiah works with the family over a period of time and decides to use an ordeal with the oldest daughters. Which of the following is an example of an effective ordeal?

Accepted Answer

A)   Josiah tells the daughters to each write in their journal for 20 minutes before coming to their parents with their most recent argument/competition.
B)   Josiah tells the daughters to fake not wanting to compete with each other for one evening.
C)   Josiah tells the daughters to compete at a designated time each day for 30 minutes.
D)   Josiah tells the daughters that they need to compete more; if they stop, things might get worse than they are currently between them.

Question 10

When a Milan therapist requests that the family not change, even though they have come in for change, the therapist is using what technique?

Accepted Answer

A)   Circular questions
B)   Counterparadox
C)   Ritual
D)   Invariant prescription

Question 11

Strategic therapists pay attention to and respect family hierarchy. When observing the hierarchy between parents and children, when a parent makes a request and the child complies willingly, this is known as what type of hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

A)   An effective hierarchy
B)   An ineffective hierarchy
C)   An equilateral hierarchy
D)   An excessive hierarchy

Question 12

Milan therapists are not interested in the best or most accurate description, but rather how the multiple stories fit together-the pattern that connects. This means the therapist has a stance of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Boredom
B)   Disbelief
C)   Curiosity
D)   Multiplicity

Exam 4: Systemic and Strategic Therapies

Internalized other interviewing is a process in which a therapist:

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Strategic therapists pay attention to and respect family hierarchy. When observing the hierarchy between parents and children, when a parent makes a request and the child complies willingly, this is known as what type of hierarchy?

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Multisystemic family therapy, an evidence-based treatment developed to treat serious juvenile offenders, places emphasis on each of the following during the adolescent's treatment EXCEPT:

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Which of the following best describes the basic component of a reframe?

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Which of the following was a major development of Karl Tomm's IPscope therapy?

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MRI therapists view the problematic interactional sequences in families as families attempting to do which of the following?

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Which of the following most accurately reflects how MRI systemic therapists target change in therapy?

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All of the following are examples of metacommunication EXCEPT:

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When a Milan therapist requests that the family not change, even though they have come in for change, the therapist is using what technique?

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When working with a family in therapy, Caitlin, a strategic therapist, requests that dad disciplines the child instead of mom when the child breaks the house rules. What technique is Caitlin using with her clients?

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Milan therapists are not interested in the best or most accurate description, but rather how the multiple stories fit together-the pattern that connects. This means the therapist has a stance of which of the following?

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Internalized other interviewing is a process in which a therapist:

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Strategic therapists pay attention to and respect family hierarchy. When observing the hierarchy between parents and children, when a parent makes a request and the child complies willingly, this is known as what type of hierarchy?

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Multisystemic family therapy, an evidence-based treatment developed to treat serious juvenile offenders, places emphasis on each of the following during the adolescent's treatment EXCEPT:

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Which of the following best describes the basic component of a reframe?

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Which of the following was a major development of Karl Tomm's IPscope therapy?

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MRI therapists view the problematic interactional sequences in families as families attempting to do which of the following?

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Which of the following most accurately reflects how MRI systemic therapists target change in therapy?

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When a Milan therapist requests that the family not change, even though they have come in for change, the therapist is using what technique?

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When working with a family in therapy, Caitlin, a strategic therapist, requests that dad disciplines the child instead of mom when the child breaks the house rules. What technique is Caitlin using with her clients?

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