Deck 1: The Family As a System

Question 1

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A) Today the typical family is composed of a working father, a homemaker mother, and their biological children.
B) Less than ¼ of all U.S. households are comprised of married parents and their biological children.
C) Today, approximately one out of every four children in the U.S. is living in a single-parent family.
D) Currently, divorce has replaced death as the most common endpoint for a marriage.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

social systems.

A) Open
B) External
C) Permeable
D) Internal boundaries regulate the flow of information between the family and other

Answer 2

B

Question 3

When a family holds an image of itself that is incongruent with what outsiders consider to be true of the family, it can be considered a:

A) family legacy
B) family myth
C) family theme
D) family strategy

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Refers to both the family's composition and its organization.

A) Wholeness
B) Interdependence
C) Structure
D) Function

Question 5

refers) to the concept used to delineate one system or subsystem from other systems or subsystems.

A) Boundaries
B) Adaptability
C) Interdependence
D) Organizational Complexity

Question 6

a term used to refer to the idea that a family is more than the simple sum of its members.

A) Adaptability
B) Interdependence
C) Wholeness
D) Internal boundaries

Question 7

husband/wife relationship and the parent/child relationship are examples of

A) family functions
B) family hierarchies
C) family subsystems
D) family themes

Question 8

family system property of is reflected in the assertion that a "change in one part of the family system reverberates throughout the rest of the system."

A) wholeness
B) organizational Complexity
C) adaptability
D) interdependence

Question 9

The formation of family themes and the regulation of boundaries are examples of

A) second-order tasks.
B) family goals
C) first-order tasks
D) family adaptations

Question 10

boundaries influence the degree of autonomy and individuality permitted within the family.

A) Open
B) External
C) Permeable
D) Internal

Question 11

is the term used to refer to the specific methods and procedures used within a family to accomplish its tasks

A) Strategies
B) Themes
C) Adaptability
D) Meta-rule

Question 12

Refers) to the recurring patterns of interaction that define the limits of acceptable and appropriate behavior in the family.

A) Family functions
B) Rules
C) Family themes
D) Adaptability

Question 13

term refers to the people in the family.

A) structure
B) wholeness
C) composition
D) interdependence

Question 14

refers) to those elements of the family experience that become organizing principles for family life.

A) Covert Rules
B) Boundary Patterns
C) Family Themes
D) Organizational Complexity

Question 15

refers to those processes operating within systems that resist changes in existing strategies.

A) Morphogenesis
B) Openness
C) Enmeshment
D) Morphostasis

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT an example of an identity task?

A) constructing family themes
B) gender socialization
C) regulating autonomy
D) establishing a satisfactory congruence of images

Question 17

An) rule is one that all family members know but one that is not openly stated or expressed.

A) meta
B) overt
C) covert
D) dysfunctional

Question 18

fact that "Mom makes all the decisions in spite of the fact that Dad maintains that he makes all of the decisions" is an example of

A) a metarule
B) a family function
C) a family theme
D) a family hierarchy

Question 19

Refers to the fact that family systems are comprised of smaller subsystems.

A) Organizational Complexity
B) Structure
C) Wholeness
D) Interdependence

Question 20

refers) to the family system's capacity to change its rules and strategies in response to situational or developmental stress.

A) Covert Rules
B) Metarules
C) Strategies
D) Adaptability

Question 21

According to the text, judgments regarding family functioning are tied to

A) the composition of the family
B) family dynamics
C) family tasks
D) family support

Question 22

How families adapt their strategies and rules in response to stress refers to which of the following family system concepts?

A) first-order tasks
B) organizational complexity
C) wholeness
D) second-order tasks

Question 23

refers) to information transmitted to the system about whether established interactional patterns require alteration.

A) Morphostasis
B) Stress
C) Adaptability
D) Strategies

Question 24

refers) to the processes operating within systems that foster systemic growth and development.

A) Metarules
B) Morphogenesis
C) Morphostasis
D) Stress

Question 25

A "closed" or "rigid" family system

A) makes adaptations when none are required
B) is highly adaptable
C) fails to make adaptations when they are required
D) is organizationally simple