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Bowenian/Family Systems Theory
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1Family Systems Theory: info on Murray Bowen (select 5) -
- Aa pharmacist
- Ba psychiatrist
- CMental Research Institute
- D1940s Menninger Clinic
- E1950s NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health)
- F1959 Georgetown University
- GFamily Systems Theory
- HContextual Theory
2Family Systems Theory: humans and human families are guided by the family's [blank_start]emotional[blank_end] system.
- Aemotional
- Bstructural
- Chierarchical
3Family Systems Theory: [blank_start]TOGETHERNESS[blank_end] vs. [blank_start]INDIVIDUALITY[blank_end]
- ATOGETHERNESS
- BLEDGERS
- CREDACTION
- DINDIVIDUALITY
- EALTRUITION
4Family Systems Theory: Unresolved family issues are repeated.
- ATrue
- BFalse
5Family Systems Theory: this is the concept of repeating unresolved issues from your family of origin with your own nuclear family.
- ARepetition
- BCycling
- CIntergenerational Transmission
6Family Systems Theory GOALS:
- Abalance the ledger
- Bdecrease anxiety
- Cincrease differentiation
7Family Systems Theory/Bowenian: TRIANGLES
- Asmallest, most stable relationship
- B3 people
- C2 people
- Dcan be beneficial
- Ecan be used to divert attention from one person onto another
8Family Systems/Bowenian: ___________ tension in triangles - the uncomfortable person seeks comfort/closeness with an outsider.
- AMILD
- BMODERATE
- CHIGH
9Family Systems/Bowenian: ___________ tension in triangles - 1 side is in conflict; 2 sides in harmony.
- AMILD
- BMODERATE
- CHIGH
10Family Systems/Bowenian: ___________ tension in triangles - outside position is desirable; most uncomfortable insider gets the outsider to fight with the other insider.
- AMILD
- BMODERATE
- CHIGH
11Family Systems/Bowen: the less developed the self, the less influence others have.
- ATrue
- BFalse
12Family Systems/Bowen: a person with a low developed sense of self tries to control others.
- ATrue
- BFalse
13Family Systems/Bowen: [blank_start]Families[blank_end] determine how much the self gets to develop.
- AFamilies
- BIndividuals
14Family Systems/Bowen: poorly differentiated individuals...
- Aneed approval
- Bare people pleasers
- Care dogmatic
- Dpressure others to conform
- Ehave chronic anxiety
15Family Systems/Bowen: highly differentiated individuals...
- Ahave a good balance of I and We
- Brealistic dependence on others
- Cseparate emotion from rational thinking
- Dcan be selfless (by choice)
- Econfident/supportive of others
16Family Systems/Bowen: the Nuclear Family Emotional System has 5 relationship patterns.
- ATrue
- BFalse
17Family Systems/Bowen: NFES pattern #1 - as tension increases, spouses externalize their anxiety onto the relationship (what's wrong with YOU!)
- Amarital conflict
- Bdysfunction in 1 spouse
- Cimpairment in 1 or more children
- Demotional distance
18Family Systems/Bowen: NFES pattern #2 - pressure from 1 spouse, other yields but has high anxiety which leads to dysfunction ("I lost myself in the relationship)
- Amarital conflict
- Bdysfunction in 1 spouse
- Cimpairment of 1 or more children
- Demotional distance
19Family Systems/Bowen: NFES pattern #3 - with anxiety in the marriage, the focus shifts to a child (can be with a positive or negative view of the child). Child is reactive to parents' expectations, and can't differentiate. Internalizes family tension, acts out, is anxious.
- Amarital conflict
- Bdysfunction in one spouse
- Cimpairment of 1 or more children
- Demotional distance
20Family Systems/Bowen: NFES pattern #4 - (associated w/ other 3 patterns) more distance = less tension & anxiety, but the risk is isolation and depression
- Amarital conflict
- Bdysfunction in one spouse
- Cimpairment of 1 or more children
- Demotional distance
21Family Systems/Bowen: FAMILY [blank_start]PROJECTION[blank_end] PROCESS - children (usually 1 child) inherit relational sensitivities that lead to [blank_start]impaired[blank_end] functioning. [Treatment: 1) focus 2) interpret 3) treat]
- APROJECTION
- BINITIATION
- CINTUITION
- Dimpaired
- Eheightened
22Family Systems/Bowen: 3 STEPS OF FAMILY PROJECTION PROCESS
1) Parent [blank_start]focuses[blank_end] on child (fear of something wrong)
2) Parent [blank_start]interprets[blank_end] behaviors as confirming their fears
3) Parent [blank_start]treats[blank_end] child as if something is really wrong- Afocuses
- Bprovides
- Crelies
- Drejects
- Einterrupts
- Finterprets
- Gtreats
- Hignores
23Family Systems/Bowen: The process of an unresolved issue perpetuating through upcoming generations is called ____________________. (We choose mates w/ the same level of differentiation as us.)
- AUndifferentiation Process
- BMultigenerational Transmission Process
- CSelf-Perpetuating Transmission Process
24Family Systems/Bowen: Emotional Cutoff, the attempt to manage family issues by cutting the family off, can be accomplished by which of the following?
- AFamily Meetings
- BMoving away physically
- CAvoiding deep conversations
- DSweeping things under the rug/dormant problems
25Family Systems/Bowen: Birth order/sibling position is an important element of this theory.
- ATrue
- BFalse
26Family Systems/Bowen: Societal Emotional Process is when the culture is healthier than the typical family units.
- ATrue
- BFalse
27Family Systems/Bowen: THERAPIST JOBS
- AControl the emotional tone of the session
- BMaintain a de-triangulated stance
- CHave the family take "I" positions to promote differentiation
- DDiscourage digging up old issues
- ETeach how emotional systems operate; help to differentiate from family of origin
28Family Systems/Bowen: When a family is emotionally "stuck" together, they are [blank_start]fused[blank_end].
- Afused
- Bfrozen
- Cflippant
29These two dudes were Bowen's students, who joined to form the Center for Family Learning.
- AThomas Payne
- BPhilip Guerin
- CThomas Fogarty
- DVirginia Satir
30Family Systems/Bowen: These women were responsible for the exposition of the FAMILY LIFE CYCLE and championed FEMINISM in family therapy.
- ABetty Carter
- BEmily Coinack
- CMonica McGoldrick
- DJoyce Encklestat
31Family Systems/Bowen: Frank Sulloway wrote this book in 1996 on the importance of birth order.
- ABorn to Rebel
- BWho Were You Born to Be?
- CLife Down the Middle
- DTop Down Birth Order
32Family Systems/Bowen: the development of behavior disorders comes from being highly differentiated and not caring if other's feelings are hurt.
- ATrue
- BFalse
33Family Systems/Bowen: GOALS of therapy
- AChange
- BInsight
- Ctaking responsibility for their own problems
34Family Systems/Bowen: Patterns of emotional reactivity are called __________________.
- AStructure
- BProcess
- CDifferentiation Patterns
35Family Systems/Bowen: Interlocking networks of triangles are called _________________ in this theory.
- AStructure
- BProcess
- CForm
36Family Systems/Bowen: Bowen thought it was better to address individuals, and not the group as a whole.
- ATrue
- BFalse
37Family Systems/Bowen: GENOGRAMS are an important technique in this theory.
- ATrue
- BFalse
38Family Systems/Bowen: Getting someone to try something new within their family ("What would it look like if you...") is called
- AOpen Door Possibilities
- BStructural Shifts
- CRelationship Experiment
39Family Systems/Bowen: These are the 6 techniques of this theory -
- A"I" position
- BEnacting
- CGenograms
- DProcess questions
- ENeutralizing triangles
- FBalancing ledgers
- GExamining hierarchies
- HRelationship experiments
- ICoaching
40Family Systems/Bowen: He used displacement stories (like Samuel w/ the story of the rich man and the sheep).
- APhilip Guerin
- BIvan Bozormenyi-Nagy
- CGeraldine Spark
41Family Systems/Bowen: He founded EPPI to study schizophrenia. His theory was on INVISIBLE LOYALTY within the family.
- APhilip Guerin
- BIvan Bozormenyi-Nagy
- CGeraldine Spark
42Family Systems/Bowen: This psychologist/social worker with psycho-analytic background and experience in child guidance centers formed a theory on INVISIBLE LOYALTY within the family.
- APhilip Guerin
- BIvan Bozormenyi-Nagy
- CGeraldine Spark
43Family Systems/Bowen: The theory of [blank_start]INVISIBLE LOYALTY[blank_end] within the family (formed by Spark and Bozormenyi-Nagy) defines these terms -
1) [blank_start]LEGACY[blank_end] - an expectation from a previous generation
2) [blank_start]FAMILY LOYALTY[blank_end] - allegiances in kids based on parental fairness
3) [blank_start]FAMILY LEDGER[blank_end] - who owes what, to whom- AINVISIBLE LOYALTY
- BGENERATIONAL LOYALTY
- CLEGACY
- DTRUST
- EFAMILY LOYALTY
- FGENERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS
- GFAMILY LEDGER
- HFAMILY BANK ACCOUNT
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