FAML 400 EXAM II TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
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FAML 400 EXAM II TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
critiques of Structural Functionalism Theory - Answer-never reached popularity as it was never fully developed as a "formalized theory"
The normal family of the 1950's is no longer true
Just because something is functiona...
FAML 400 EXAM II TEST BANK
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critiques of Structural Functionalism Theory - Answer-never reached popularity as it was
never fully developed as a "formalized theory"
The normal family of the 1950's is no longer true
Just because something is functional , it does not deserve to be maintained
Does not allow for family forms found today
Feminists are offended by women being defined by expressive tas
Identified Patient - Answer-a person in the family believed by the others to be the major
cause of the family problems.
in reality is the symptom bearer in a dysfunctional family or the one that carries much of
the family burden.
T/F Family boundaries can be categorized by their degree of permeability and
interaction with the outside environment - Answer-TRUE
Double Bind - Answer-Joy tells her husband that she wants him to be more open in his
communication with her and share his feelings with her. When her husband, Kevin,
does open up to her, she gets really upset and yells and screams at him for his
insensitivity to her feelings.
How do families maintain or move to a new homeostasis? - Answer-Through feedback
loops
Which of these best exemplifies what a family "system" is? - Answer-All family members
related by blood marriage or adoption
What does it mean that "the locus of pathology is not within the person, but is a system
dysfunction?" - Answer-My understanding is that this is similar to the identified patient.
The identified patient is the one that the family agrees is having problems (such as
drugs, depression, etc.) However, the identified patient is simply showing the symptoms
of a dysfunctional family.
, First and second order change - Answer-first order change is surface; second order
change is deep. In a first order change things appear to change, but the underlying
patterns stay the same. In a second order change, real change occurs.
Boundaries - Answer-lines that define what is allowed/ok or not. Can be open, closed,
rigid, enmeshed, or permeable. Exist within a family and between the family and outside
systems.
Equifinality - Answer-equal finishing points. Because of circular causality, you don't have
to find the perfect place to start for intervention. You can start anywhere (it's all
connected)
Positive Feedback loop - Answer-creates change
Kids are issued an iPad by their middle school for schoolwork use. They are also
allowed to take it home. Jill has never had her own personal device before, and parents
don't think to set up new rules around it. Jill is allowed to set her own rules. She is soon
up late at night texting friends, losing sleep, not doing well at school
Negative Feedback loop - Answer-Resists change
John sneaks out of the house to see his girlfriend, and is caught by his dad when
coming home. Dad and Mom discuss together and with John, and he is given
consequences. John stops sneaking out, obeying the previously established rule that
his parents need to know and approve of where he is going and when
The locus of pathology is not within the person but is a system dysfunction - Answer-
"The locus of pathology, or the location of the problem, is not within the person. Rather
than saying that an individual has a disease, we say that they system of which he or she
is a part is dysfunctional."
Rules result from the redundancy principle and are critical in defining a family - Answer-
Couples begin to create the rules of their relationship as soon as they meet. Families
cannot have an infinite reservoir of possible behavioral responses for every situation, so
a few are selected and used over and over again. This is the redundancy principle,
which results in family rules. These repetitive patterns of interaction are the rules by
which a family lives."
Equilibrium - Answer-Tendency for any system to seek balance between stability and
change in the variety of its behaviors and rules." Our natural inclination to stay within the
status quo is known as
homeostasis which means that this system has an equilibrium.
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