Question 1

The authors contend that narrative therapy emerged from:

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A)  poststructuralism.
B)  postmodernism.
C)  structural family therapy.
D)  experiential family therapy.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true?

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A)  Narrative therapists re-author people's lives.
B)  The main thrust of narrative therapists is in working with anorexics.
C)  Cultural stories often provide dominant narratives to a family.
D)  Narrative therapists act as "editors" who work on people's self-narratives.

Question 3

A person with a drinking problem allows two friends who have overcome a similar problem to sit behind a one-way mirror to observe him and his therapist during a session.Later,they change places.The original observers are:

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A)  unrevealing of their reactions.
B)  interpretive.
C)  hospital personnel only.
D)  an outside witness group.

Question 4

According to White,a comprehensive understanding of a person calls for:

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A)  thin descriptions.
B)  thick descriptions.
C)  intentional descriptions.
D)  multistoried descriptions.

Question 5

Redundancy letters refer to:

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A)  urging reluctant family members to attend sessions.
B)  termination of therapy announcements.
C)  urging specific family members to give up duplicate roles in the family.
D)  summarizing a previous month's worth of sessions.

Question 6

Narrative therapy was developed to help clients:

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A)  articulate their problems.
B)  gain insight.
C)  reexamine the stories that have shaped their lives.
D)  reconstruct early trauma.

Question 7

Unique outcomes pertain to the:

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A)  past and present.
B)  present and the future.
C)  past and future.
D)  past,present and future.

Question 8

Define problem saturated narratives and the role of subjugated or marginalized narratives in helping clients from a Narrative perspective.

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Question 9

_____________________ Following therapy,letters are written to the family that summarize the sessions,invite reluctant members to attend future sessions,and address the future. This serves the purpose of extending conversations while encouraging family members to record or map out their own futures.

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The answer of _____________________ Following therapy,letters are written to the...

Question 10

Define a "unique outcome" and give an example of how it might be used in the course of narrative therapy.

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A "unique outcome" in the context of nar...

Question 11

Outside witness groups represent:

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A)  reflecting teams.
B)  professionals familiar with the case.
C)  therapeutic leagues.
D)  a jury of one's peers.

Question 12

_____________________ In narrative therapy,those instances when the client did not experience the problem;such outcomes are intended to help contradict a client's problem-saturated outlook.

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The answer of _____________________ In narrative therapy,those instances when the...

Question 13

An example of banding together to deal with a common problem is:

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A)  The Possibility League.
B)  The Anti-Dysphoria League.
C)  The Anti Anorexia/Anti-Bulimia League.
D)  None of the answers are correct.

Question 14

Anthropologist Barbara Meyerhoff's work on _______________ has been adopted by narrative therapists.

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A)  possibility therapy
B)  anorexia and bulimia
C)  definitional ceremonies
D)  unique outcomes

Question 15

Unique outcomes typically _______________ the troubled family's dominant story.

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A)  contradict
B)  reinforce
C)  confirm
D)  are unrelated to

Question 16

_____________________ A postmodern procedure for gaining meaning by reexamining assumptions previously taken for granted,in the service of constructing new and unencumbered meanings.

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The answer of _____________________ A postmodern procedure for gaining meaning...

Question 17

A common goal of narrative therapy is:

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A)  self-actualization.
B)  anger management.
C)  creating and internalizing new stories.
D)  using myths and other powerful stories to impart meaning to our lives.

Question 18

A boy who gets into mischief at school is asked "How do you feel about what Mr.Trouble has done to you?" The therapist is probably:​

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A)  transgenerational.
B)  solution-focused.
C)  narrative.
D)  solution-oriented.

Question 19

White's therapeutic approach is based on:

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A)  making interpretations.
B)  employing therapeutic questions.
C)  issuing directives.
D)  using paradoxical interventions.

Question 20

In externalizing conversations,narrative therapists try to help clients:

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A)  attach new meanings to their experiences.
B)  recognize that the client with the symptom is the problem.
C)  recognize that the family is the problem.
D)  tell themselves they no longer have the problem.

Exam 14: Social Construction Models II: Narrative Therapy

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Which of the following statements is true?

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Anthropologist Barbara Meyerhoff's work on _______________ has been adopted by narrative therapists.

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Unique outcomes typically _______________ the troubled family's dominant story.

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