Family Therapy Would Probably NOT Be the Most Ideal Treatment

question 106

Multiple Choice

Family therapy would probably NOT be the most ideal treatment for which of the following situations?

• A)a family who has twin boys with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and a stressed-out mother
• B)a family who argues constantly about who is to blame for the parents' divorce
• C)a family who has a teenage daughter with an eating disorder and two younger daughters who are saddened by the situation
• D)a woman who has just lost her husband in a tragic car accident

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Definitions:

Self-Handicapping

A strategy where people avoid effort in the hopes of keeping potential failure from hurting self-esteem.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A belief or expectation that causes itself to become true due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency for observers to underestimate situational influences and overestimate dispositional influences upon others' behaviors.

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias where individuals attribute their successes to personal factors and their failures to external factors.