SYSTEMS THEORY
In Systems Theory, what level refers to the individual and their immediate relationships.
What is the micro system
What relationship does Attachment Theory primarily explore?
What is the relationship between caregiver and child
What does SFBT focus on?
What is identifying strengths, solutions, and what’s already working.
CBT highlights the connection between which three components?
What is thoughts, feelings and behaviors
What is a crisis?
What is a temporary state of disequilibrium where coping is overwhelmed
Which level of the system focuses on the interactions between settings or groups the client belongs to?
What is the meso system
What does “secure base” mean in Attachment Theory?
What is a caregiver who provides consistent safety and emotional reliability.
Which question helps clients imagine resolution of the concern?
What is the miracle question
Define cognitive distortions.
What are inaccurate, rigid, or unhelpful thinking patterns.
What is the primary goal of crisis intervention?
What is stabilization and restoring basic functioning
Which system level examines broader structures such as laws, policies, socio-economic conditions, and institutional forces affecting the client?
What is the macro system
A child avoids comfort from adults and appears overly independent. Which attachment style is this?
What is avoidant attachment
This SFBT question helps clients notice times when the problem is less intense or missing.
What are exception questions.
Give an example of a common cognitive distortion.
What are catastrophizing, all-or-nothing thinking, mind reading, or overgeneralizing
What is assessed first during a crisis?
What is immediate safety or risk of harm
What Systems Theory concept describes a system’s tendency to maintain stability and resist change?
What is homeostasis
This caregiver behaviour, responding consistently and warmly, supports the development of what type of attachment?
What is secure attachment.
“What will be the first small sign that things are moving in the right direction?” is an example of what type of SFBT tool?
What are preferred future/future focused questions.
This cognitive distortion involves assuming you know what others are thinking without evidence.
What is mind reading?
This type of crisis is related to normal developmental transitions such as adolescence, parenthood, or aging.
What is a developmental crisis.
A change in one part of a client’s environment (e.g., loss of housing, new school, illness in a family member) creates changes throughout the entire system. What Systems Theory principle does this demonstrate?
What is interdependence (the idea that all system parts influence one another).
This term refers to a child seeking closeness when distressed and using a caregiver as a base from which to explore.
What is proximity seeking.
In SFBT, when a client says, “Everything went wrong this week,” the social worker might reply, “How did you keep things from getting worse?” This is an example of what?
What is a coping question.
This CBT intervention helps clients gradually face feared situations to reduce avoidance over time.
What is exposure therapy.
How does culture impact crisis assessment?
What is influencing how distress is expressed and interpreted?