Question 1

According to Bowen theory, a lack of differentiation in the nuclear family will tend to be expressed in one of three ways. List and give an example of each.

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Question 2

In Bowen theory, the flight from a conflictual emotional attachment to one's parents is known as

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A)   emotional cutoff
B)   enmeshment
C)   disengagement
D)   fusionE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

The primary goal of Bowen family therapy is to

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A)   heighten emotional experiencing in family members
B)   increase the family's repertoire of problem-solving skills
C)   improve communication between family members
D)   increase the level of self-focus in family membersE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

According to Bowen theory, more highly differentiated individuals will likely

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A)   avoid the expression of intense emotions
B)   avoid contact with dysfunctional family members
C)   have parents who are well differentiated
D)   be firstborn children
E)   A and CF) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

What is the difference between Guerin's focus in family therapy versus Bowen's?

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Question 6

________ is a prominent technique in Bowen therapy designed to clarify emotional processes involved in altering key triangles. The technique is used in order to help family members become aware of systems processes and recognize their own roles in them--it was first developed for use with emotional pursuers and distancers.

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A)   relationship experiments
B)   coaching
C)   use of genograms
D)   use of displacement storiesE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

List the stages of the family life cycle (Carter and McGoldrick, 1988) and describe the primary tasks of each stage. Consider how the therapist would intervene from a Bowenian perspective with the family at each of these stages.

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The stages of the family life cycle, as ...

Question 8

An increase in chronic anxiety in the nuclear family system will tend to ________ less differentiated families, while it will ________ more highly differentiated families.

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A)   be absorbed by/promote growth in
B)   promote growth in/be absorbed by
C)   cause an increase in symptoms in/be absorbed by
D)   cause a decrease in symptoms in/promote growth inE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

In Bowen theory, this is a process wherein the projection of varying degrees of immaturity to different children in the same family occurs. The child who is most involved in the family emerges with the lowest level of differentiation, and passes on problems to succeeding generations.

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A)   societal emotional process
B)   family projection process
C)   nuclear family emotional process
D)   multigenerational transmission processE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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