Deck 3: Diversity in Family Functioning

Question 1

Feminists are critical of the cybernetic concept of circular causality in male-female relationships because of the implication of:

A)flawed family structures.
B)family dysfunction.
C)equal power and control.
D)unequal power and control.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to Gilligan,women are more apt than men to:

A)define themselves within the context of relationships.
B)view nurturing as a sign of weakness.
C)strive for positions of power in relationships.
D)appreciate the value of isolation.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Men's studies draw attention to:

A)female role restrictions.
B)curtailed emotional expressiveness in men.
C)remarriage rates in men and women.
D)gender blindness toward women but not men.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is not characteristic of working wives today:

A)are more likely to receive help from their husbands regarding domestic chores than in the past.
B)continue to bear the major brunt of household chores.
C)are more likely than their husbands to take responsibility for maintaining contact with parents.
D)are likely to quit their work once children come along.

Question 5

Gender differences in perception and behavior result from:

A)biological factors.
B)cultural factors.
C)both biological and cultural factors.
D)neither biological or cultural factors.

Question 6

Gender,power,and control issues are involved in:

A)multicultural approaches to family therapy.
B)family violence.
C)sexist counseling.
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 7

Feminist-informed therapists are especially critical of:

A)the viewpoint of men's studies.
B)the view that feeling is less mature than thinking.
C)gender analysis.
D)feminist family therapy.

Question 8

Hare-Mustin contends that,as opposed to men,a woman's greater reliance on relationships can be explained as a need to please others when one lacks:

A)affiliation.
B)coalitions.
C)social experiences.
D)power.

Question 9

Many early family therapists:

A)were feminists.
B)saw men and women as having equal power.
C)were especially attuned to family politics.
D)acknowledged inequality between marital partners.

Question 10

Gender-sensitive family therapy:

A)tacitly accepts cultural stereotypes of men and women.
B)advocates therapist neutrality.
C)is built upon feminist family therapy.
D)increasingly is becoming unnecessary as parity between men and women continues.

Question 11

The role that her relationships with others plays in a woman's life is emphasized by:

A)Whitaker.
B)Levant.
C)Miller.
D)Minuchin.

Question 12

According to Bem,which of the following is an example of a gender schema?

A)What is considered masculine in society
B)Aggressiveness in women
C)Passivity in men
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 13

Women are especially vulnerable if divorced later in life because of:

A)their embeddedness in relationships.​
B)their orientation toward interdependence.
C)their lifelong subordination of achievement to caring for others.
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 14

Which of the following statements is true?

A)Women complete graduate educations at an equal or greater rate than men.
B)Pay inequalities between men and women doing the same job no longer exist.
C)The modal American family today has a stay-at-home mom.
D)The number of women in the professions will likely decrease.

Question 15

A general cultural sensitivity to families characterizes the:

A)culture-specific approach.
B)ethnicity approach.
C)multicultural approach.
D)family functioning approach.

Question 16

Which of the following is considered a gender issue?

A)Patriarchal behavior
B)Sexist attitudes
C)Sex-based role assignments
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 17

The Women's Project in Family Therapy:

A)helped introduce a feminist perspective to the field of family therapy.
B)stressed the influence of gender on relationship patterns throughout a woman's life.
C)addressed conditions that help shape women's experiences.
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 18

The Women's Project in Family Therapy was insistent upon:

A)developing special therapeutic procedures for women.
B)refusing to work with individual male clients.
C)developing a nonsexist therapy.
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 19

One goal of gender-sensitive family therapy is to:

A)enable clients to move beyond prescribed sex roles.
B)empower women but not men.
C)eliminate all differences between men and women.
D)reduce nonsexist thinking.

Question 20

Gender-sensitive family therapy emphasizes:

A)blurring differences between men and women.
B)multicultural considerations.
C)overcoming sex-role stereotyping.
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 21

Which of the following is not one of the competencies Constantine,Hage,Kindaichi,and Bryant believe therapists should acquire in training and practice throughout their professional lives?

A)An awareness of oppression and social inequities
B)Ongoing self-reflection with regard to race,ethnicity,oppression,power,and privilege
C)Active questioning and challenging of inappropriate or exploitative intervention practices
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 22

When therapists are concerned about this,they assert that practitioners need professional competencies to work toward universal access to justice and equity for marginalized individuals and groups.

A)Social justice
B)Family violence
C)None of these answers are correct.
D)Both social justice and family violence

Question 23

Understanding the male/female interactive patterns among Turkish-American families represents an effort to be:

A)multinational.
B)international.
C)multicultural.
D)culture-specific.

Question 24

_____________________ A therapeutic perspective,regardless of theoretical persuasion,that examines the impact of gender socialization on the outlooks,attitudes,behaviors and interpersonal relationships of men and women;its aim is to empower clients to make sexist-free role choices rather than be limited by roles determined by their biological status as male or female.

Question 25

An idiosyncratic family pattern refers to a pattern:

A)unique to the culture.
B)unique to a specific family.
C)common to all groups.
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 26

Which of the following is not an issue Sarmiento and Cardemil relate to family functioning and the experience of depression in immigrant Latino families?

A)Ethnic background
B)Socioeconomic status
C)Immigration status
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 27

Children living with unmarried mothers are:

A)probably middle-class as a whole.
B)probably poor.
C)likely to be self-sufficient.
D)likely to seek therapy when needed.

Question 28

In working with acculturational and adaptational issues with immigrant families,therapists need to take care to distinguish between:

A)Recently arrived immigrant families.
B)Immigrant American families.
C)Immigrant descendent families.
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 29

_____________________ Shared behaviors,meanings,symbols,and values transmitted from one generation to the next.

Question 30

Which of the following is not a factor in understanding the cultural background of client families?

A)Kinship networks
B)Communication styles
C)The role of extended family
D)Feedback loops

Question 31

_____________________ The defining characteristics of a social grouping sharing cultural traditions transmitted over generations and reinforced by the expectations of the subgroup in which the individual or family maintains membership.

Question 32

In the case of single-parent families led by a teenage mother:

A)the parent-child relationship predominates.
B)extended family involvement is rare.
C)sufficient money is available through welfare checks.
D)grandmother-mother-daughter relationships are likely to predominate.

Question 33

This term blames mothers for family problems:

A)overinvolved mother.
B)enmeshed family.
C)None of the answers are correct.
D)both overinvolved mother and enmeshed family are correct.

Question 34

The erosion of family structure among economically impoverished families often leads to:

A)increased efforts to reorganize or strengthen family ties.
B)learning to view their own impotence as normal.
C)reduced dependence on the community's social institutions.
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 35

Aponte contends that power is largely determined by:

A)gender.
B)age.
C)class membership.
D)ethnic background.

Question 36

Which of the following statements is true?

A)Family therapists are likely to be middle-class in background.
B)Family therapists are likely to be middle-class in viewpoint.
C)Structural poverty is usually of recent origin.
D)Most members of the underclass make their living legally.

Question 37

_____________________ A form of collaborative,egalitarian,nonsexist intervention,applicable to both men and women,addressing family gender roles,patriarchal attitudes,and social and economic inequalities in male-female relationships.

Question 38

Hardy & Laszloffy have proposed a ____________ to help people trace their heritage:

A)genealogy search on the Internet
B)a cultural genogram
C)a three-generation family conference
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 39

Cultural specificity refers to:

A)knowledge about who makes up a society.
B)detailed knowledge regarding unfamiliar groups.
C)appreciation of the immigrant experience.
D)therapist self-awareness of cultural influences.

Question 40

_____________________ A learned set of culturally prescribed attitudes and behaviors as masculine or feminine,associated with but distinct from the biological status of being male or female.

Question 41

Comment on the role of poverty in relation to gender,cultural,or ethnic identity and oppression.

Question 42

Answer the question,"Can money buy happiness?" Include in your response a discussion of marginalization of oppressed groups and the role of the dominant culture in a market driven society.

Question 43

Discuss the appropriateness of a therapist approaching a client from a different cultural background and asking,"I don't know much about being ____________ and would like to know more about how you feel as a ___________ person." Would this ever be appropriate? When? What is the client's likely response?

Question 44

Explain the differences between universal,cultural-specific,and idiosyncratic family patterns. How might this apply when providing family therapy,both to the family and to the therapist,and the therapist's own "cultural filters?"

Question 45

Discuss the contributions that feminist family therapists have provided to the field. What have been the ramifications and how has it influenced gender sensitive counseling?