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_____________ is a masking effort to obscure the real nature of family conflict and thus maintain the status quo.

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Rather than providing an objective view regarding a conflict, a family therapist asks questions of each family member to obtain their perspective. This approach would be described as

A) reframing.
B) cognitive restructuring.
C) circular questioning.
D) the miracle question.

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A therapist employing paradoxical interventions most likely adheres to which of the following family therapy viewpoints?

To deal with their own sense of loneliness in a marriage, a couple becomes overly involved in the problems of their son. This model of interaction is

A family therapist employing a solution-focused approach asks the miracle question. The therapist wants to know what would happen if a miracle occurred and

A family argues constantly to avoid intimacy. This illustrates

Which of the following focuses on treatment of the family's presenting problem?

The manner in which a family arranges, organizes, and maintains itself is known as its

The redundancy principle refers to a family's

Second-order cybernetics focuses primarily on

To deal with their daughter's refusal to eat, previously controlling parents attempt to interact supportively and empower their daughter to make her own decisions. This scenario represents a change that is

In family therapy, the "client" is the whole family. Describe how family therapy would proceed without relieving individual family members of their responsibility for their own behavior.

Wynne coined the term ________________ to describe a false sense of family closeness in which the family gives the appearance of taking part in a mutual, open, and understanding relationship.

A family is encouraged to tell the "family story" with hope that a new family story can be developed to facilitate change. Which of the following therapy approaches is being used?

Rigid boundaries that permit limited emotional contact between members characterize families that are

Watzlawick, Weakland, and Fisch (1974) distinguished between first-order changes and second-order changes. _________________ can be demonstrated if two parents are concerned with the repeated school absences.

A mother tells her child "I know you're not hungry," despite the child's sense that he or she is hungry. This is an example of

Adlerian psychotherapy shares similarities with family therapy in the focus on the family constellation. What differentiates Adlerian psychotherapy from family therapy?

An alcoholic husband maintains an authoritative manner with his wife and children, while the wife acts as if nothing is wrong. This scenario illustrates

____________________ refers to an attempt by researchers to assess the strengths and limitations of the current research data on psychotherapy.