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HDFS 2300: Exam #1 questions withverified solutions
4 perceptions of family - correct answer ✔✔1. self
2. other (public)
3. history & folklore
4. law and policy
family as a system - correct answer ✔✔task-oriented /performing systems
2 dimensions of a family system - correct answer ✔✔1. structure
2. tasks
subsystem - correct answer ✔✔a system within a system
environment - correct answer ✔✔everything surrounding the family system
wholeness - correct answer ✔✔the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
organizational complexity - correct answer ✔✔family systems are made up of smaller subsystems
interdependence - correct answer ✔✔a change in one part of the system effects other parts of the
system
adaptive self-regulation - correct answer ✔✔adjustments made by a system to identify and aptly
respond to environmental changes
inputs - correct answer ✔✔anything that goes into a system
, outputs - correct answer ✔✔anything that the system produces
feedback - correct answer ✔✔process of monitoring the info process and patterns of interaction
deviation amplifying feedback loop - correct answer ✔✔responses maintain/increase desirable change
deviation dampening feedback loop - correct answer ✔✔responses decrease/eliminate change
equinfinality - correct answer ✔✔many beginnings can lead to the same outcome
equipotentiality - correct answer ✔✔the same beginnings can result in different outcomes
reductionism - correct answer ✔✔to make something simpler
morphostasis - correct answer ✔✔the ability of a family system to hold its form
morphogenesis - correct answer ✔✔the ability of a family system to change its form
family processes - correct answer ✔✔strategies families use to attain goals - routines, rituals, rules,
decision-making styles, etc.
2 main themes of family theories - correct answer ✔✔1. theories of external control
2. theories that emphasize power of the people
structural functionalism - correct answer ✔✔orderly pattern in families that's important for them to
function properly
conflict theory - correct answer ✔✔conflict in families is normal and inevitable
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