Practice Quiz

Marital and Family Therapy

Category - Assessment

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The Allen family presents in your office in order to ask your help in resolving sibling conflict in the house. Brian and Vicky are brother and sister, 8 and 10 respectively. Where might you begin when assessing the family system?
  1. Begin with the parents; which behaviors are learned?
  2. Look at the outside influences first
  3. Try to find what gets the children upset
  4. Find out what cultural issues may be contributing
Explanation
Answer - A - While it is helpful to look at all of these pieces of information, it is perhaps most helpful to look for details as to where certain behaviors come from. Finding out what gets the children upset will solve one problem, but they may be able to restart the upset themselves, even as their parents continue with current patterns of reinforcement.
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