Question 1

_______ identified dysfunctional communication patterns and called these the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."

Accepted Answer

A)  Murray Bowen 
B)  John Gottman 
C)  Desmond Tutu 
D)  Clara Gerhardt 
A)  Murray Bowen 
B)  John Gottman 
C)  Desmond Tutu 
D)  Clara Gerhardt B

Question 2

Which two family system theories or therapies are often integrated?

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalytic and strategic 
B)  strategic and structural 
C)  bowenian and cognitive behavioral 
D)  gestalt and psychodynamic 
A)  psychoanalytic and strategic 
B)  strategic and structural 
C)  bowenian and cognitive behavioral 
D)  gestalt and psychodynamic B

Question 3

In what way do healthy families differ from dysfunctional families?

Accepted Answer

A)  Healthy families may take many years to recover from adversity and trauma. 
B)  Dysfunctional families often have extended support systems. 
C)  Healthy families show resiliency and explore ways to cope with adversity. 
D)  Healthy families strive for perfection and often achieve it. 
A)  Healthy families may take many years to recover from adversity and trauma. 
B)  Dysfunctional families often have extended support systems. 
C)  Healthy families show resiliency and explore ways to cope with adversity. 
D)  Healthy families strive for perfection and often achieve it. C

Question 4

_______ wrote about the family being shelter, as it is the place where we launch, return, and land.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bessel Van der Kolk 
B)  Mary Pipher 
C)  John Gottman 
D)  Sigmund Freud 
A)  Bessel Van der Kolk 
B)  Mary Pipher 
C)  John Gottman 
D)  Sigmund Freud

Question 5

________ is considered the most toxic way of stopping communication.

Accepted Answer

A)  Criticism 
B)  Name calling 
C)  Stonewalling 
D)  Defensiveness 
A)  Criticism 
B)  Name calling 
C)  Stonewalling 
D)  Defensiveness

Question 6

A ______ is often used to show the interconnected influence that family members have on each other.

Accepted Answer

A)  series of dashes 
B)  circle 
C)  decorative mobile 
D)  tree and its roots 
A)  series of dashes 
B)  circle 
C)  decorative mobile 
D)  tree and its roots

Question 7

What do researchers on family dynamics contend about the effects of growing up in an emotionally abusive family?

Accepted Answer

A)  It may help build resiliency for challenges later in life 
B)  It has little impact on one's ability to form attachments in adulthood 
C)  It has had limited consistent findings in research about impact on adult mental health 
D)  It may set the tone for adult relationships and parenting in the next generation 
A)  It may help build resiliency for challenges later in life 
B)  It has little impact on one's ability to form attachments in adulthood 
C)  It has had limited consistent findings in research about impact on adult mental health 
D)  It may set the tone for adult relationships and parenting in the next generation

Question 8

Family systems therapists search for the cause of the presenting problematic behavior that brings the family to therapy and work to rectify that causal dynamic in the family.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What is a helpful way to learn how to become responsive and responsible in healthy family interactions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Choose to have kids. 
B)  Read self-help books. 
C)  Develop a partnership with a person who was raised in a nurturing family. 
D)  Attempt to help friends who are from addictive or abusive families. 
A)  Choose to have kids. 
B)  Read self-help books. 
C)  Develop a partnership with a person who was raised in a nurturing family. 
D)  Attempt to help friends who are from addictive or abusive families.

Question 10

The importance of the circle of safety provided within family life is important for our survival and part of our ancestral human heritage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Addiction, domestic violence, poor communication patterns are often continued through what family systems dynamic?

Accepted Answer

A)  intergenerational transmission process 
B)  negative and positive feedback loops 
C)  dynamic equilibrium 
D)  equifinality 
A)  intergenerational transmission process 
B)  negative and positive feedback loops 
C)  dynamic equilibrium 
D)  equifinality

Question 12

Causality in family systems theories is viewed as ______ rather than ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  circular; linear 
B)  cause and effect; intrapsychic 
C)  psychodynamic; behavioral 
D)  linear; circular 
A)  circular; linear 
B)  cause and effect; intrapsychic 
C)  psychodynamic; behavioral 
D)  linear; circular

Question 13

Which of the following is characteristic of a healthy and functional family?

Accepted Answer

A)  members fulfilling their individual responsibilities without feeling any obligations to their family 
B)  members exhibiting the rugged individualism required by society 
C)  members being actively responsible for themselves and caring for family members 
D)  members being dependent on their family to meet their needs 
A)  members fulfilling their individual responsibilities without feeling any obligations to their family 
B)  members exhibiting the rugged individualism required by society 
C)  members being actively responsible for themselves and caring for family members 
D)  members being dependent on their family to meet their needs

Question 14

Ghosting is a form of _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  disengagement 
B)  engagement 
C)  stonewalling 
D)  communication 
A)  disengagement 
B)  engagement 
C)  stonewalling 
D)  communication

Question 15

Elise's dad hears her distressed cry in her crib in the middle of the night and he gets up to soothe her. Which one of this best describes the outcome for the one-year-old Elise?

Accepted Answer

A)  She continues to manipulate for attention. 
B)  She learns that she cannot trust anyone else. 
C)  She learns that she is safe and can trust her dad. 
D)  There is no effect on her feeling of safety. 
A)  She continues to manipulate for attention. 
B)  She learns that she cannot trust anyone else. 
C)  She learns that she is safe and can trust her dad. 
D)  There is no effect on her feeling of safety.

Question 16

What is a way to deal with blaming or abusive family interactions?

Accepted Answer

A)  When being attacked by another member, change the conversation to a neutral topic. 
B)  Refrain from reacting by asking yourself if your reaction would help the relationship. 
C)  Use stonewalling to escape the interaction. 
D)  End your relationship with that family member. 
A)  When being attacked by another member, change the conversation to a neutral topic. 
B)  Refrain from reacting by asking yourself if your reaction would help the relationship. 
C)  Use stonewalling to escape the interaction. 
D)  End your relationship with that family member.

Question 17

Responsive parenting is intuitive and requires little trial and error on the part of the parents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following statements is true about responsive parenting?

Accepted Answer

A)  It means that the parent is able to read and understand what their child is communicating. 
B)  It means that the parent reacts to the needs the child displays. 
C)  It implies that the parent understand commonly accepted childcare practices. 
D)  It implies that the parent follows their intuition in parenting decisions. 
A)  It means that the parent is able to read and understand what their child is communicating. 
B)  It means that the parent reacts to the needs the child displays. 
C)  It implies that the parent understand commonly accepted childcare practices. 
D)  It implies that the parent follows their intuition in parenting decisions.

Question 19

The social customs and culture of most families from the United States are ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  individualistic 
B)  socialistic 
C)  action oriented 
D)  collectivistic 
A)  individualistic 
B)  socialistic 
C)  action oriented 
D)  collectivistic

Question 20

How does communication play a role in healthy family functioning?

Accepted Answer

A)  Healthy families do not see a need to discuss rules within the family. 
B)  Healthy families will openly talk about intimate aspects of the parents' relationship. 
C)  Healthy families do not allow discussion about opportunities for correcting misbehavior. 
D)  Healthy families model safe and emotionally supportive ways of talking to each other. 
A)  Healthy families do not see a need to discuss rules within the family. 
B)  Healthy families will openly talk about intimate aspects of the parents' relationship. 
C)  Healthy families do not allow discussion about opportunities for correcting misbehavior. 
D)  Healthy families model safe and emotionally supportive ways of talking to each other.

_______ identified dysfunctional communication patterns and called these the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."

Which two family system theories or therapies are often integrated?

In what way do healthy families differ from dysfunctional families?

_______ wrote about the family being shelter, as it is the place where we launch, return, and land.

________ is considered the most toxic way of stopping communication.

A ______ is often used to show the interconnected influence that family members have on each other.

What do researchers on family dynamics contend about the effects of growing up in an emotionally abusive family?

Family systems therapists search for the cause of the presenting problematic behavior that brings the family to therapy and work to rectify that causal dynamic in the family.

What is a helpful way to learn how to become responsive and responsible in healthy family interactions?

The importance of the circle of safety provided within family life is important for our survival and part of our ancestral human heritage.

Addiction, domestic violence, poor communication patterns are often continued through what family systems dynamic?

Causality in family systems theories is viewed as rather than .

Which of the following is characteristic of a healthy and functional family?

Ghosting is a form of _______.

Elise's dad hears her distressed cry in her crib in the middle of the night and he gets up to soothe her. Which one of this best describes the outcome for the one-year-old Elise?

What is a way to deal with blaming or abusive family interactions?

Responsive parenting is intuitive and requires little trial and error on the part of the parents.

Which of the following statements is true about responsive parenting?

The social customs and culture of most families from the United States are ______.

How does communication play a role in healthy family functioning?

Family Dynamics: Setting Families in Motion

Dimensions That Influence Dynamics

Observing Family Dynamics

Explaining Dynamics With Theories

Communication and Family Relationships

Communication and Control

Changing Communication Patterns

Communication and Resilience

Communication and Lifes Journey

Dynamics of Loss

Dynamics of Power and Excess

Dynamics of Family Structure and Transactions

Dynamics of Culture and Change

Dynamics of Happiness

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Exam 3: Dynamic Family Commitments

_______ identified dysfunctional communication patterns and called these the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."

Which two family system theories or therapies are often integrated?

In what way do healthy families differ from dysfunctional families?

_______ wrote about the family being shelter, as it is the place where we launch, return, and land.

________ is considered the most toxic way of stopping communication.

A ______ is often used to show the interconnected influence that family members have on each other.

What do researchers on family dynamics contend about the effects of growing up in an emotionally abusive family?

Family systems therapists search for the cause of the presenting problematic behavior that brings the family to therapy and work to rectify that causal dynamic in the family.

What is a helpful way to learn how to become responsive and responsible in healthy family interactions?

The importance of the circle of safety provided within family life is important for our survival and part of our ancestral human heritage.

Addiction, domestic violence, poor communication patterns are often continued through what family systems dynamic?

Causality in family systems theories is viewed as ______ rather than ______.

Which of the following is characteristic of a healthy and functional family?

Ghosting is a form of _______.

Elise's dad hears her distressed cry in her crib in the middle of the night and he gets up to soothe her. Which one of this best describes the outcome for the one-year-old Elise?

What is a way to deal with blaming or abusive family interactions?

Responsive parenting is intuitive and requires little trial and error on the part of the parents.

Which of the following statements is true about responsive parenting?

The social customs and culture of most families from the United States are ______.

How does communication play a role in healthy family functioning?

Family Dynamics: Setting Families in Motion

Dimensions That Influence Dynamics

Observing Family Dynamics

Explaining Dynamics With Theories

Communication and Family Relationships

Communication and Control

Changing Communication Patterns

Communication and Resilience

Communication and Lifes Journey

Dynamics of Loss

Dynamics of Power and Excess

Dynamics of Family Structure and Transactions

Dynamics of Culture and Change

Dynamics of Happiness

Filters

Causality in family systems theories is viewed as rather than .