Questions
Who is considered the founder of Structural Family Therapy?
- Carl Rogers
- Virginia Satir
- Salvador Minuchin
- Murray Bowen
What is the primary focus of Structural Family Therapy?
- Exploring individual psychopathology
- Resolving unconscious conflicts
- Examining family structure and interactions
- Enhancing communication and empathy
According to Structural Family Therapy, what is the basic unit of analysis?
- The individual
- The couple
- The family
- The extended family
What is the concept of 'family structure' in Structural Family Therapy?
- The hierarchical organization of the family
- The emotional bonds between family members
- The communication patterns within the family
- The cultural context in which the family exists
What is the role of the therapist in Structural Family Therapy?
- To provide emotional support
- To interpret unconscious dynamics
- To facilitate structural changes in the family
- To teach communication and problem-solving skills
What is the concept of 'family boundaries' in Structural Family Therapy?
- The physical and emotional limits between family members
- The rules and expectations that govern family interactions
- The degree of closeness or distance between family members
- The extent to which family members are enmeshed or disengaged
What is the concept of 'family subsystems' in Structural Family Therapy?
- The different generations within the family
- The different roles and functions within the family
- The different emotional bonds between family members
- The different cultural backgrounds within the family
What is the concept of 'family homeostasis' in Structural Family Therapy?
- The tendency of families to maintain a stable equilibrium
- The tendency of families to change and adapt over time
- The tendency of families to resist change and maintain the status quo
- The tendency of families to become dysfunctional over time
What is the concept of 'family triangles' in Structural Family Therapy?
- The emotional bonds between three family members
- The power dynamics between three family members
- The communication patterns between three family members
- The conflictual relationships between three family members
What is the concept of 'enmeshment' in Structural Family Therapy?
- The excessive closeness and lack of boundaries between family members
- The excessive distance and lack of emotional connection between family members
- The conflictual and hostile relationships between family members
- The rigid and inflexible family structure
What is the concept of 'disengagement' in Structural Family Therapy?
- The excessive closeness and lack of boundaries between family members
- The excessive distance and lack of emotional connection between family members
- The conflictual and hostile relationships between family members
- The rigid and inflexible family structure
What is the concept of 'rigidity' in Structural Family Therapy?
- The excessive closeness and lack of boundaries between family members
- The excessive distance and lack of emotional connection between family members
- The conflictual and hostile relationships between family members
- The inability of the family to adapt and change in response to new situations
What is the concept of 'pseudomutuality' in Structural Family Therapy?
- The appearance of harmony and agreement in the family despite underlying conflict
- The excessive closeness and lack of boundaries between family members
- The excessive distance and lack of emotional connection between family members
- The conflictual and hostile relationships between family members
What is the concept of 'scapegoating' in Structural Family Therapy?
- The process of blaming one family member for the problems of the entire family
- The process of excluding one family member from family activities
- The process of isolating one family member from the rest of the family
- The process of assigning one family member the role of the 'problem child'
What is the concept of 'triangulation' in Structural Family Therapy?
- The process of involving a third person in a conflict between two people
- The process of forming a coalition between two people against a third person
- The process of using one person to communicate with another person
- The process of using one person to control another person