The primary goal of Bowen family therapy is to: Correct Answer: increase differentiation
The "differentiated" individual: Correct Answer: approaches life
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An increase in chronic anxiety in the nuclear family system will tend to cause an increase in
symptoms in less differentiated families, while it will ________ more highly differentiated families.
Correct Answer: can be absorbed by
Murray Bowen developed his ideas about family therapy while at the NIMH, studying which of the
following types of families. Based on his observations of these families'_intense clinging
interdependence, he concluded that a lack of differentiation was responsible for all family pathology.
Correct Answer: psychotic
According the Bowen theory, the flight from an unresolved emotional attachment to one's parents is
known as: Correct Answer: emotional cutoff
The central premise of Bowen theory is that unresolved ________ must be resolved before one can
differentiate a mature, healthy personality. Correct Answer: emotional reactivity to one's family of
origin
From a Bowenian perspective, optimal development in the family occurs when all members are
relatively differentiated, anxiety is low, and parents ________. Correct Answer: remain in emotional
contact with family of origin
People tend to marry spouses at ________ levels of differentiation. Correct Answer: opposite
Which of the following 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. Correct Answer: relationship experiments
The two counterbalancing life forces defined by Bowen are Correct Answer: individuality and
togetherness
A triangle is when two people align together against a third, or when one person aligns with an
activity against a third person to reduce anxiety. An example would be: Correct Answer: Evelyn's
sister defending Evelyn against Tom every time Evelyn and Tom argue
Bill wants to move out of state from his parents, but he feels guilty doing so. During therapy, he
indicates that his parents have similar struggles with their own parents and have found it difficult to
lead their own separate lives. This is an example of Correct Answer: Levels of differentiation and how
parents transmit it to their children
In relation to sibling positions in a family, Bowen thought that Correct Answer: The functional
expectations of the oldest, the youngest, the middle, etc. child are built into the structure of families
throughout generations
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