MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY
NICHOLS 1-3 QUESTIONS &
SOLUTIONS!!
Etiology - ANSWERcausation of a diseased or condition. What caused the problem?
Homeostasis - ANSWERA balanced steady state of equilibrium. Family resist
change keeping things the same.
Double Blind - ANSWERA conflict created when a person receives contradictory
messages on different levels of abstraction in an important relationship and cannot
leave or comment.
The science of feedback; how information, especially positive and negative feedback
loops, can help self-regulate a system. For example; the thermostat controls the air
conditioning if the room is too hot the air turns on to bring the temperature to be
cooler.
feedback loop - ANSWERone part of the system given correcting the direction of the
system. Feedback loop is the return of a portion of the output f a system especially
when used to maintain the output within predetermined limits (negative feedback), or
to signal a need to modify the system (positive feedback).
schism - ANSWERsplitting not working together, couples work together.
skew - ANSWERone partner dominates the other.
homogamy - ANSWERA marriage or union between partners that match according
to that criterion. A marriage between individuals who are in some culturally important
way similar to each other.
heterogamy - ANSWERRefers to a marriage between two individuals that differ in a
certain criterion and is contrasted with homogamy.
Triangle - ANSWERtriangle is a three-person system; according to bowen the
smallest stable unit of human relations.
scapegoating - ANSWERthe identifying patient is the problem, everything is blame
on them. A member of the family, usually the identified patient, who is the object of
displaced conflict or criticism.
paradox - ANSWERlogically inconsistence for example, Jumbo shrimp, self-
contradictory statement based on a valid deduction from acceptable premises.
termination - ANSWERwhen the session for counseling therapy is finished
