Deck 7: Listening

Question 1

Conformity orientation refers to the degree to which families stress cohesion and homogeneity or alignment of values, beliefs, and attitudes.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Explain the bi-directionality hypothesis.

Answer 2

The bi-directionality hypothesis states that although parents have control over and influence their children, certainly children can also influence and at some level control parents (e.g. a temper tantrum will illicit particular parental behaviors).

Question 3

Functional definitions of family are based on which of the following?

A)communication
B)resources
C)biological ties
D)sociological categories

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A family that values homogeneity, but also encourages interaction would be classified as what type of family?

A)protective
B)pluralistic
C)consensual
D)laissez-faire

Question 5

Some families are more discourse-dependent than others, having to account for how they are family or why their family is different from the traditional family form.

Question 6

Why is the study of family communication important?

Question 7

Power is always formally structured in families, with parents regarded as the figure of power.

Question 8

How is it that the family considered a cybernetic system?

Question 9

Rules that guide family communication and relationships are called:

A)rituals
B)prescriptions
C)norms
D)scritps

Question 10

Aaron's family was very laid back and almost distant. They never had clear-cut rules and never talked about their attitudes or beliefs. There was no core set of values that bound them together, so everyone pretty much did their own thing. In which kind of family did Aaron grow up?

A)pluralistic
B)protective
C)laissez-faire
D)consensual

Question 11

The most useful definitional approach for family communication scholars is the transactional approach.

Question 12

The act of praying before dinner represents which of the following features of family communication?

A)family ritual
B)high conformity
C)low conversation
D)family norm

Question 13

The term that describes the larger family clan from which you descended is called your:

A)extended family
B)family of origin
C)family of generativity
D)family of descent

Question 14

Those who self-define as family and whose family relationships exist outside of blood ties or legal ties are called:

A)transacted families
B)social networks
C)friend-families
D)kin networks

Question 15

According to Koerner and Fitzpatrick's typology of families, family communication can be classified on what two dimensions?

A)control and nurturing
B)conversation and conformity
C)autonomy and connection
D)integration and separation

Question 16

Explain why privacy management might be a salient issue for blended families.

Question 17

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a system (and consequently, a family system)?

A)synergy
B)mutual interdependence
C)self-regulating
D)goal-oriented

Question 18

Explain how family communication and relationships might change over time.

Question 19

Aunts and uncles are considered part of the family of origin.

Question 20

The bi-directionality hypothesis concerns which of the following?

A)a promise of a future vacation
B)a planned holiday activity
C)a picture frame containing a picture of the parent and child
D)a phone call

Question 21

A tool that shows not only family structure, but also gives information about how family relationships are conducted is called a(an):

A)family tree
B)angagraph
C)relationship map
D)genogram

Question 22

Children are influence not only by their families, but by schools, classmates, and the families of their friends. In addition to their family cultures, they are immersed in:

A)external network
B)peer culture
C)kid culture
D)social network

Question 23

Which of the following is not one of the ways Segrin and Flora argue families can be defined?

A)functionally
B)transactionally
C)structurally
D)psychologically

Question 24

The fact that religion is strongly connected to family and legitimate meanings of family are debated in politics and mandated by law illustrates how families are:

A)interconnected
B)institutionalized
C)private entities
D)transacted

Question 25

A grandparent, mother, and daughter together make up what kind of family?

A)nuclear family
B)family of choice
C)family of generativity
D)extended family

Question 26

What is the defining characteristic of the traditional concept of family?

A)transgenerational caretaking
B)marriage
C)heterosexuality
D)blood ties

Question 27

What family communication genre gives a sense of what the family is like and also how the family deals with difficult or traumatic experiences?

A)family identity
B)family secret
C)family transaction
D)family narrative

Question 28

The ways families change to adapt to their environment or external situations is due to which characteristic of a system?

A)goal-oriented
B)mutually interdependent
C)hierarchical
D)self-regulating