Families – Blair Midterm Practice Test

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• What role do schools play in supporting families in child development and family stress?
• What is the primary task of Stage 1 in the family life cycle as described?
• According to Bowen theory, unresolved emotional reactivity to which of the following must be resolved before differentiation of self can occur?
• A behavioral technique used to eliminate behavior by not reinforcing it is known as:
• Which statement best defines homeostasis in family systems?
• Intergenerational transmission refers to which of the following?
• What is Structural Mapping?
• Superficial change in a system while the system remains invariant is termed, while basic change in the structure of a system is called.
• Which option best illustrates negative work-family spillover?
• In structural family therapy, which technique involves using paradoxes or directives to modify family patterns?
• How do public welfare reform policies influence family structures and child well-being?
• Which therapist's personal resolution of emotional reactivity was significant for his approach to family therapy?
• In Bowen theory, unresolved emotional reactivity to one's family of origin tends to hinder which process?
• Kurt Lewin's concept that involves changing a system from one state to another, often described as an 'unfreezing' of patterns, is called:
• In Bowen theory, which process is described by the projection of immaturity onto different children in the same family, ultimately affecting generations?
• Which family life-cycle stage focuses on caregiving and legacy?
• What is the primary task of Stage 4 in the family life cycle?
• In Bowen theory, which process describes projecting varying degrees of immaturity to different children in the same family?
• The Bateson group is best remembered for the double bind and which other concept?
• How does intergenerational trauma manifest in families, and what interventions can mitigate it?
• Differentiate between biological and sociocultural theories of gender roles within families.
• Which option does NOT reflect trauma-informed care?
• Which two strategies illustrate family resilience?
• According to the material, treating families as generic groups neglects what essential aspect?
• What is custody evaluation, and what factors do courts consider in determining child custody arrangements?
• Identify the difference between cohabitation and marriage in terms of legal recognition and implications for family stability.
• What is an example of intergenerational transmission in parenting?
• What is the purpose of restructuring family schemas?
• In interracial and transracial adoption, cultural socialization refers to which practice?
• Which factor most directly contributes to family stability in welfare policy design?
• During families with adolescents, a key developmental task is which of the following?
• Experiential therapists believe which factor is the primary cause of dysfunction in families?
• Which term refers to balancing closeness and autonomy as a hallmark of a well-differentiated individual in Bowen theory?
• Which of the following is the first element of the CRIB mnemonic for crucial conversations?
• Which of the following is a strategy to prevent caregiver burnout?
• What term describes beliefs shared by family members that distort historical reality?
• A collection of beliefs based on a distortion of historical reality and shared by all family members that shape family functioning are known as:
• Describe the role of social support networks (friends, extended family, community) in buffering family stress, with two mechanisms.
• What does metacommunicate refer to?
• What does Start With Heart mean?
• What ethical considerations should researchers take when conducting family interviews with minors?
• What is the primary task of Stage 2 in the family life cycle?
• What is known as basic change in the structure and functioning of a system in general systems theory?
• In behavior therapy, extinction refers to which of the following?
• The 'differentiated' individual:
• In interracial and transracial adoption, which considerations are important for child development?
• A non-verbal experiential technique in which family members position themselves in a tableau that reveals significant aspects of their perceptions and feelings is known as:
• Which factor is emphasized by sociocultural theories in shaping gender roles?
• Narrative therapy differs from solution-focused therapy in being more focused on ______________ than ______________.
• Structural therapists attempt to alter the family's view of reality by which action?
• What is "feminist family theory," and how does it critique traditional family models?
• In general systems theory, second-order change refers to changes in what aspect?
• In structural family therapy, what is the term for the therapist's process of blending with the family to establish rapport?
• A balanced steady state of equilibrium is known as:
• Why is intersectionality important in families research?
• What is the role of grandparents in family dynamics and what challenges do they face in modern contexts?
• According to Bowen theory, more highly differentiated individuals will likely:
• What is the purpose of Enact New Behaviors in the eight-step process?
• Which of the following is the first step in Structural Family Therapy?
• What term describes communication about communication itself?
• One problem with treating families as though they were groups like any other group is that:
• Which of the following is a protective factor that reduces the risk of intimate partner violence?
• Which statement best completes Start With Heart?
• Which of the following is the fourth component of CRIB?
• Structural family therapists use which method to observe and then change transactions that comprise family structure?
• What is the key difference between the structural-functional and ecological approaches to family analysis?
• What is a key difference between fostering and adoption?
• Paid leave can improve child health and bonding, support parental mental health, and increase labor force participation; uptake depends on coverage and wage replacement. Which statement best captures this idea?
• People tend to marry spouses at which level(s) of differentiation?
• Differentiate intimate partner violence risk factors by gender; what protective factors reduce risk?
• In the A-B-C model of cognitive family therapy, what do A, B, and C represent?
• Which is the second component of CRIB?
• What is a common barrier to accessing respite care for family caregivers?
• Which statement best describes how gender influences caregiving roles at the family level?
• Which of the following is NOT among the eight steps used to uncover and reexamine family schemas?
• What is a key purpose of safety planning in addressing intimate partner violence (IPV)?
• What is attachment theory, and how does early caregiver responsiveness influence later relationships?
• Which environmental levels are included in Bronfenbrenner's ecological model?
• Which of the following is a step in solving solvable problems?
• Work-family spillover refers to which of the following?
• In family systems theory, the term cybernetic refers to which idea?
• How can culture influence parenting values and discipline practices?
• The use of high probability behavior to reinforce low-probability behavior is known as:
• What is the primary task of Stage 5 in the family life cycle?
• Which therapy would place genograms as a primary assessment tool?
• Which of the following is NOT one of the three questions to ask yourself when preparing to step up to a crucial conversation?
• What is the purpose of respite care for caregivers?
• Poverty affects family processes and child development through two primary mechanisms.
• A therapist who greets each family member by name and asks for their view of the problem demonstrates which strategy?
• What is caregiver burnout?
• In experiential therapy, dysfunction is attributed to which factor?
• Ecological approaches to family analysis emphasize which of the following?
• Which tool is used by structural therapists to map family structure and intergenerational patterns?
• Which scenario best exemplifies a crucial conversation?
• Which nonverbal technique involves arranging family members to convey perceptions and feelings?
• In Structural Family Therapy, which statement about problem solving is correct?
• What is IPV, and what are effective safety planning steps for families?
• Why is it important for clinicians to understand culture when discussing parenting practices?
• Which option best captures the Start With Heart approach in crucial conversations?
• Which statement best captures the difference between automatic thoughts and schemas?
• What term describes the end-state in which different initial conditions lead to a similar outcome in a system?
• Which concept describes families as units that resist change and became a defining metaphor in early family therapy?
• Which stage of the family life cycle involves departing the nest and fostering independence?
• Experiential family therapy is designed to:
• Don D. Jackson is associated with which concept describing family resistance to change?
• How many stages are described in the family life cycle model presented?
• Which of the following describes a crucial conversation with high stakes and strong emotions?
• What tool is commonly used in Bowen theory to map relationships across generations?
• Explain the "parental stress model" and its implications for child outcomes.
• The only means to effectively escape a double bind is
• How many steps are there in Structural Family Therapy?
• The primary goal of Bowen family therapy is to:
• How does cultural capital influence family outcomes and access to resources?
• The stages of a family's life from separation from one's parents to marriage, having children, growing older, retirement, and finally death are known as the:
• What is a core principle of trauma-informed care?
• Which therapy is most closely associated with reorganizing family structure, subsystems, and boundaries?
• Which factor predicts better child adjustment in post-divorce co-parenting?
• In Bowen theory, differentiation of self refers to which description?
• What is the primary task of Stage 6 in the family life cycle?
• Which thermostat behavior illustrates a negative feedback loop in a home system?
• A conflict created when a person receives contradictory messages on different levels of abstraction in an important relationship, and cannot leave or comment is known as a
• What is a repair attempt?
• Which stage is associated with families with school-age children balancing activities and schooling?
• What are ethical considerations in researching families, particularly with vulnerable populations?
• Which factor most influences uptake of paid family leave?
• Describe the concept of resilience in families and identify two factors that support family resilience.
• Which of the following is a core element of a crucial conversation?
• In the discussed framework, how is problem solving related to structural change?
• What is a limitation of cross-sectional studies in family research?
• Which option best represents family diversity?
• Which parenting style is most consistently linked to higher academic achievement and better self-regulation in children?
• What is the term for a communication pattern described as a person receiving conflicting messages on multiple levels and being unable to escape?
• Explain "parental monitoring and supervision" and its association with adolescent risk behavior.
• Identify two common measurement tools used to assess family functioning in research.
• Which stage is associated with accepting new members into the system?
• Caregiving burden refers to what?
• What is the primary goal of Structural Family Therapy?
• Relabeling a family's description of behavior to make it more amenable to therapeutic change is called?
• Describe the differences among adoption, foster care, and kinship care in terms of permanence and legal rights.
• The most commonly used techniques in behavior therapy fall into which category?
• Which concept describes the influence of social networks and community resources on family outcomes?
• What are two mechanisms by which social support networks buffer family stress?
• Which of the following is one of the steps used to uncover and reexamine family schemas?
• What is the primary premise of family systems theory and how does it apply to understanding a strained parent-child relationship?
• The goal in structural family therapy when working with enmeshed families is to:
• Describe two methods for assessing family well-being in a clinical or research setting.
• What is the primary task of Stage 3 in the family life cycle?
• Which of the following is a step in Structural Family Therapy?
• What is the concept of internal working models in attachment theory?
• In Bowen theory, which are the smallest stable units of human relations?
• The goal of family group therapy was to:
• What are child development milestones, and why are they important in family practice?
• The techniques of structural family therapy fall into two general categories, joining and ______
• Which factor in custody evaluations is least relevant for determining child custody arrangements?
• In family systems theory, which term describes the smaller units within a family, such as the couple or parent-child dyad?
• In family systems theory, what best describes a negative feedback loop?
• To discern a family's structure, two elements are necessary: a theoretical system that explains the structure and which of the following?
• Which statement best differentiates emotional labor from general caregiving tasks in family life?
• Which of the following is NOT a dishonest Satir communication style?
• A relationship in which husband and wife both pursue careers and share housekeeping and childrearing responsibilities is:
• What does the term parentification describe?
• Kurt Lewin's idea described in the context of family process is best represented by which term?
• Functional families are secure enough to support and encourage what?
• The notions of complementarity, structuralism, and general systems theory are all embraced by which family theory?
• In family systems theory, what is triangulation and why is it considered destabilizing?
• Define emotional labor and its role in gender dynamics in family relationships.
• Minuchin's term for psychological isolation due to overly rigid boundaries around individuals and subsystems in a family is which of the following?
• The primary treatment goal of structural family therapy is to:
• Explain how structural inequality and personal responsibility shape family outcomes, and provide an example.
• In the assessment of family well-being, which method involves observing behavior or collecting time-based reports from families?
• What is divorce mediation and how does it influence outcomes for children in post-divorce families?
• Which of the following is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Gottman's framework?
• Which parenting style is characterized by warmth and responsiveness with firm limits and is generally associated with well-adjusted children?
• What determines the success of a repair attempt?
• The group therapy model was not entirely appropriate for families for what reason?
• Which of the following is a result of shared meaning growing in a conversation?
• Identify two common sources of data bias in family research and how to mitigate them.
• Which of the following is NOT a dishonest way Satir identifies in communication styles?
• LGBTQ+ families illustrate variation in family processes. What challenges might they face in policy and research?
• In structural family therapy, which statement best describes how to address an enmeshed family?