All of the Following Would Be Considered Examples of Late-Phase

question 51

Multiple Choice

All of the following would be considered examples of late-phase treatment goals in cognitive-behavioral family therapy EXCEPT:

• A) developing a positive mutual reinforcement cycle to reduce negativity and labeling.
• B) replacing perfectionist beliefs about a child school performance with more realistic expectations.
• C) redefining family schemas to increase tolerance of difference between members.
• D) redefining couple schemas to reduce pressure for perfection and increase tolerance of weaknesses in the other.

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Definitions:

Pythagoras

An ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician known for formulating the Pythagorean theorem in geometry.

Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza, a philosopher of Portugese-Jewish origin, who proposed that God and Nature were two names for the same reality, leading to his excommunication from the Jewish community.

Substance

The essential reality of a thing or things that underlies the various properties and changes of properties. Its most common definitions: “that which is independent and can exist by itself”; “the essence of a thing which does not and cannot change.” In traditional metaphysics, substance is the same as “ultimate reality,” and the study of substance is that branch of metaphysics that studies reality—namely, ontology.

Independent

Describes a state or condition of being free from outside control or not depending on something else.