Test Questions for Chapter Seven:

1. Which of the following is a colleague who worked with Bowen?

A.Michael Kerr

B.Jorge Colapinto

C.Jean McLendon

D.All of the above

2.Which of the following is indicative of a differentiated self?

A.Emotional cutoff

B.Triangulation

C.Emotional fusion

D.Rational thought instead of emotional reactivity

3.A test of differentiation is:

A.Seeing the good in even difficult or emotionally damaging people

B.Returning to previous ways of being when one goes home and allowing parents to re-assert attachment activities even with grown adults

C.Being able to join family gatherings as an observer who does not get drawn into other family members’ patterns of interaction and emotional processing

D.All of the above

4.Bowen believed which of the following?

A.The cause of an individual’s problems can be understood only by viewing the role of the family as an emotional unit

B.A predictable pattern of interpersonal relationships connects the functioning of family members across generations

C.A family can best be understood from a three-generation perspective

D.All of the above

5.Which of the following did Bowen believe was an essential guide to family therapy?

A.Reflective practice

B.Theory

C.Recursive assessments

D.Social advocacy

6.Bowen incorporated the birth order theory of family constellation from:

A.Walter Toman’s ordinal approach

B.Alfred Adler’s phenomenological approach

C.Virginia Satir’s communication maps

D.Carl Whitaker’s order in chaos model

7.Triangulation means:

A.That a third person has been drawn into an interaction or relationship that should only be between two people

B.Two people work for the good of a third as in two parents working for the survival and development of a newborn

C.Getting a third source to corroborate one of the positions that two people are taking in an argument

D.All of the above are true

8.Which of the following is a Bowen conceptualization within multigenerational family therapy?

A.The nuclear family emotional system

B.The multigenerational transmission process

C.The family projection process

D.All of the above

9.Emotional cutoff means:

A.Removing oneself to an observer position within the family

B.Separating emotion from events through the application of reason

C.Having no emotional contact or reaction to people with whom one has formerly been emotionally reactive; the determination to not feel anything

D.Telling friends to go away if they cannot be supportive

10.A family member is suffering from alcoholism and substance abuse even though neither of the member’s parents ever drank alcohol.  An investigation of the genogram reveals that an uncle and three of four grandparents had “drinking problems” as did a great aunt and uncle.  This is an example of what Bowen would call:

A.The multigenerational transmission process

B.The nuclear family emotional system

C.The family projection process

D.All of the above

11.The goals that Bowen has for his model of therapy include:

A.Augmenting anxiety so that family problems will become apparent and transparent

B.Actively engaging in detriangulation processes with the family

C.Closing open family ties that are dysfunctional

D.Highlighting dysfunctional communication patterns through sculpting

12.Which of the following is a role that Bowen would assume in therapy?

A.Antagonist and fighter of emotional responses in families

B.Detective in charge of uncovering mistaken beliefs or irrational ideas

C.Coach who tries to help family members learn new ways of interacting

D.None of the above

13.Bowen therapists have contributed to multicultural stances in family therapy by:

A.Being the first to note the sexism involved in mainstream family therapy

B.Developing clear family descriptions from multiple cultures from around the world, including distinct cultures that are often lumped together as European or Caucasian

C.Creating cultural identity models

D.Challenging the dominance of collectivist cultures in the United States

14.In the role of teacher or coach, a Bowen therapist might:

A.Stage family situations that are more extreme than the family is facing to help them work through even harder processes

B.Use a series of questions designed to help family members figure out their own role in the family emotional process

C.Work to uncover irrational ideas in one family member as a model for how other family members might think more rationally

D.All of the above

15.A prerequisite for therapists who want to work within the Bowen mode is:

A.Being aware of how they have been influenced by their own families of origin

B.A determination to practice from what is called a virtue ethics perspective in family therapy

C.A willingness to use misdirection in adjusting the family system so that the presenting problem is resolved

D.All of the above