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MFT602 FINAL EXAM
MMFT602 Final Exam Study Stack
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ACCOMMODATION | Elements of a system automatically adjust to coordinate their functioning |
| BOUNDARY | Emotional barriers that protect and enhance the integrity of individuals |
| CIRCULAR QUESTIONING | Developed by the Milan group; questions are asked to highlight differences among family members |
| CUSTOMER | A client who not only complains about a problem but is motivated to solve it |
| COPING QUESTIONS | Questions that are intended to draw attention to the clients resilience; "How did you manage that?" |
| COMPLAINANTS | Client who complains about a problem |
| CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING | Written agreement between family members specifying expectations and consequences of meeting/not meeting those expectations |
| DETRIANGULATION | Process by which one removes himself from the emotional field of two others |
| DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF | Ability to distinguish between thoughts and feelings; ability to choose between being guided by intellect or emotions |
| DECONSTRUCTION | Process of freeing clients from a tyranny of entrenched beliefs; unpacking assumptions |
| EXISTENTIAL ENCOUNTER | The healing force in a psychotherapuetic process; Process in which the therapist joins with the family to promote healing |
| EXTERNALIZATION | Technique used to separate clients from their symptoms |
| EXCEPTION | Times when the client is temporarily free from his/her problem |
| EXTINCTION | Eliminating behavior by not reinforcing it |
| LEAVING HOME STAGE (FAMILY LIFE CYCLE) | Stress increases as children are faced to utilize skills learned from parents to live independently. |
| JOINING OF FAMILIES THROUGH MARRIAGE (FAMILY LIFE CYCLE) | Stress increases due to joining of two family systems |
| FAMILIES W/ YOUNG CHILDREN (FAMILY LIFE CYCLE) | Stress increases as couples are challenged to cooperate in new ways |
| LAUNCHING OF CHILDREN STAGE (FAMILY LIFE CYCLE) | Stress increases as parents are challenged to let children go, trust instincts and relearn how to live as a couple |
| FAMILIES IN LATER LIFE (FAMILY LIFE CYCLE) | Stress increase as families are challenged with tasks of retirement and caring for elders |
| FAMILY STRUCTURE | Organization of family that determines how family members interact |
| FAMILY SCULPTING | A technique in which the therapist asks one member to arrange the others in a tableau; the arrangement depicts the arrangers view of the family and their place in it |
| FIRST-ORDER CHANGE | When only a specific behavior in a system changes |
| POSITIVE FEEDBACK | Information that confirms and reinforces the direction that a system is going in |
| NEGATIVE FEEDBACK | Information that signals a system to correct a deviation and restore status quo |
| FAMILY RITUAL | Prescribing a specific act for family members to perform with an intention to change the system's rules |
| HOMEOSTASIS | A balanced, steady state of equilibrium |
| INTENSITY | Changing maladaptive transactions by using strong affect, repeated interventions and prolonged pressure |
| MIRACLE QUESTION | asking clients how things would be if they woke up tomorrow and the problem was solved |
| MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS | The emotional processes that occur within a family and operate over the years in an interconnected pattern |
| MAPPING THE INFLUENCE OF THE PROBLEM | Getting the story of the toll the problem has taken on the client |
| MYSTIFICATION | Concept that many families distort their children's experience by denying or relabeling it |
| OPERANT CONDITIONING | Form of learning where a subject is rewarded for performing a certain behavior |
| ORDEAL | Intervention in which the client is instructed to do something that is more of a hardship than the symptom |
| PRETEND TECHNIQUES | Intervention in which family pretends to engage in symptomatic behavior |
| POSITIVE CONNOTATION | Ascribing positive motives to family behaviors to promote cohesion and avoid resistance |
| PARADOXICAL DIRECTIVE | A therapist encourages client to continue symptomatic behavior in efforts to bring the behaviors under control |
| PREMACK PRINCIPLE | Using a pleasurable activity to reinforce a less probable behavior |
| PROCESS QUESTIONS | Questions used to explore how people are reacting and behaving in a relationship |
| REFRAMING | Relabeling a families behavior to make it more susceptible to therapeutic change |
| RELATIVE INFLUENCE QUESTIONS | Questions used to determine how much the symptom has dominated the client versus how much he/she has been able to control it |
| REINFORCEMENT RECIPROCITY | Exchanging rewarding behaviors between family members |
| SCALING QUESTIONS | Questions used to gauge how much clients want to resolve their problem |
| SHAPING | Reinforcing change in small steps |
| SCHEMAS | Underlying core beliefs |
| SIBLING POSITION | Sibling's placement within the birth order thought to effect how the child's role in the family emotional process |
| SOCIETAL EMOTIONAL PROCESS | Emotional processes created by social influence |
| SHAPING COMPETENCE | Reinforcing positives rather than confronting deficiencies |
| SUBSYSTEM | Smaller units in families |
| TOKEN SYSTEM | A system of rewards using points |
| TRIANGLES | Three person systems; most stable unit of human relations |
| UNIQUE OUTCOME | Times when clients acted free of their problems |
| VISITOR | Person who's not really interested in therapy |
| I-POSITION | Communicating from a place of personal responsibility |
| CONTINGENCIES OF REINFORCEMENT | The behaviors and patterns that reinforce negative behavior |
| INTERMITTENT REINFORCEMENT | Reinforcing negative behaviors within the moment |
| ARBITRARY INFERENCE (COGNITIVE DISTORTION) | Conclusions drawn from events in the absence of supporting evidence |
| SELECTIVE DISTRACTIONS (COGNITIVE DISTORTION) | Certain information is highlighted while other information is ignored |
| OVERGENERALIZATION (COGNITIVE DISTORTION) | Isolated incidents are taken as general patterns |
| EXAGGERATION AND MINIMIZATION (COGNITIVE DISTORTION) | The significance of events is either unrealistically magnified or diminished |
| PERSONALIZATION (COGNITIVE DISTORTION) | Events are arbitrarily interpreted in reference to oneself |
| DICHOTOMOUS THINKING (COGNITIVE DISTORTION) | Experiences are interpreted as "all good" or "all bad" |
| LABELING (COGNITIVE DISTORTION) | Behavior is attributed to undesirable behavior trait |
| MIND READING (COGNITIVE DISTORTION) | People fail to communicated because they feel they know what the other is thinking |
| BEHAVIOR EXCHANGE PROCEDURE | Behaviors that both parties agree to that increase frequency or desired behaviors |
| A-B-C THEORY | Families blame behaviors on an activating behavior (A) and are taught to look for irrational beliefs (B) which are then challenged (C). |
| How do behaviorist view symptoms? | As learned behaviors |
| PRESCRIBING THE SYMPTOM | A technique used to which forces the patient to give up a symptom or admit that it is under voluntary control |
| STEPS OF STRATEGIC THERAPY | 1) Identify a resolvable complaint; 2) Identify attempted outcomes; 3) Intervention |
| MANAGER | One attempts to control the inner and outer environment to keep "exile" part at bay |
| EXILE | The young and vulnerable parts of the self that carry memories of trauma and pain |
| FIREFIGHTER | The part of one's self that rushes in to rescue the exile |
| RECONSTRUCTION | Weaving narrative into more coherent histories |
| REAUTHORING | Sifting through a clients history to establish a past, present and future |
| REINFORCING THE NEW STORY | Process by which clients are encouraged to seek out a support system to confirm the new story |
| DECONSTRUCTING DECONSTRUCTIVE CULTURAL ASSUMPTIONS | The process of unpacking cultural assumptions that effect a client's narrative |
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