Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Hare-Mustin contend that, as opposed to men, a woman's greater reliance on
relationships can be explained as a need to please others when one lacks:
Selected
Answer:
powe
r
Question 2
2 out of 2 points
"Objectivity per se does not exist; each member has his or her legitimate viewpoint
regarding family reality." This statement is likely to be made by an adherent of:
Selected
Answer:
Constructivist
theory
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
Lesbian parents:
Selected
Answer:
all the
above
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is an example of a sudden, disruptive, and discontinuous life
change?
Selected
Answer:
death of a young
child
Question 5
2 out of 2 points
Dyads and triads normally refer to:
Selected
Answer:
a couple or a three-person
relationship
Question 6
2 out of 2 points
Children living with unmarried mothers are:
Selected
Answer:
more likely to be
poor
Question 7
2 out of 2 points
In the case presented by the authors of a Latino family seeking counseling, the presenting
problem involved:
Selected
Answer:
irregular school
attendance
Question 8
2 out of 2 points
Life-cycle concepts should be seen within the context of issues such as:
Selected
Answer:
all of the
above
Question 9
2 out of 2 points
Many early family therapists operated in a gender-free fashion, and:
Selected
Answer:
saw men and women as having equal power and control
in the family
Question 10
2 out of 2 points
An example of a vertical stressor is:
Selected
Answer:
attitudes passes down over
generations
Question 11
2 out of 2 points
By marital quid pro quo, Jackson was referring to:
Selected
Answer:
well-formatted rules between marital partners in that something is given
and received in return
Question 12
2 out of 2 points
Adopting a family psychology framework permits one to
Selected
Answer:
focus on the family context for understanding individual
functioning
Question 13
2 out of 2 points
Developmentally speaking, gay and lesbian adolescents
Selected
Answer:
both a
and b
Question 14
2 out of 2 points
In the view of family therapists with a functional outlook, the appearance of symptoms in
a family member serves as a:
Selected
Answer:
family re-stabilizing
device
Question 15
2 out of 2 points
The "identified patient" is the person in the family who:
Selected
Answer:
all the
above
Question 16
2 out of 2 points
A general cultural sensitivity to families characterizes (best answer):
Selected
Answer:
the multicultural
approach
Question 17
2 out of 2 points
Reciprocal determinism refers to
Selected
Answer:
adopting a relationship
outlook
Question 18
2 out of 2 points
In the case of single-parent families led by a teenage mother:
Selected
Answer:
grandmother-mother-daughter relationships are likely to
predominate
Question 19
2 out of 2 points
Hardy & Laszloffy have proposed a ____________ to help people trace their heritage
Selected
Answer:
a cultural
genogram
Question 20
2 out of 2 points
In the view of the authors, entrance into a family can occur:
Selected
Answer:
through birth, adoption, or other committed
relationships.
Question 21
2 out of 2 points
Families that live in relative isolation, communicating primarily among themselves, are
apt to become
Selected
Answer:
relatively closed
systems
Question 22
2 out of 2 points
According to the view of narrative therapists, symptomatic behavior in a family member
Selected
Answer:
oppresses rather than protects a
family
Question 23
2 out of 2 points
The leading advocates today of a multidimensional, multicultural view of the life cycle
concept are:
Selected
Answer:
Carter and
McGoldrick
Question 24
2 out of 2 points
Reinsertion into a system of the results of past performances is called:
Selected
Answer:
feedba
ck
Question 25
2 out of 2 points
Ethnicity and cultural background:
Selected
Answer:
affect how we think, feel, express
anxieties, etc.
Question 26
2 out of 2 points
In the view of second-order cyberneticists, which of the following is apt to see family
systems as analogous to mechanical systems?
Selected
Answer:
first-order
cyberneticists
Question 27
2 out of 2 points
In a joint legal custody arrangement, both parents:
Selected
Answer:
share decision-making regarding child
raising issues
Question 28
2 out of 2 points
A family will have a number or coexisting subsystems. According to the text, which
subsystem is executive and basic in a family?
Selected
Answer:
husband-
wife
Question 29
2 out of 2 points
Gender differences in perception and behavior result from:
Selected
Answer:
both biological and cultural
forces
Question 30
2 out of 2 points
Who has been credited for developing the theory of "double bind"?
Selected Bateso
Answer: n
Question 31
2 out of 2 points
According to the postmodern view:
Selected
Answer:
families collectively construct a sense
of reality
Question 32
2 out of 2 points
The family life-cycle approach focuses upon the family's:
Selected
Answer:
life
stages
Question 33
2 out of 2 points
For most families, engagement with larger systems are
Selected
Answer:
time-
limited
Question 34
2 out of 2 points
Coontz views marriage as a
Selected
Answer:
all of the
above
Question 35
2 out of 2 points
Metarules are:
Selected
Answer:
unstated family
directives
Question 36
2 out of 2 points
Anthropologist Bateson has defined _________________ as "a difference that makes a
difference."
Selected
Answer:
informati
on
Question 37
2 out of 2 points
In families labeled as pathogenic, or poor functioning, demands by an adolescent for a
rule change would likely to be met with:
Selected
Answer:
increased rigidity attempting to maintain the
retention of rules
Question 38
2 out of 2 points
Homeostasis refers to:
Selected
Answer:
the family’s self-regulating efforts to maintain stability and
resist change
Question 39
2 out of 2 points
Systems theory:
Selected
Answer:
encompasses cybernetics and general
systems theory
Question 40
2 out of 2 points
The developmental framework for studying families, in the 1940s, was first proposed by:
Selected
Answer:
family
sociologists
Question 41
2 out of 2 points
What Carter and McGoldrick refer to as "launching children and moving on" is called what
by Gerson?
Selected
Answer:
contracti
on
Question 42
2 out of 2 points
Combrinck-Graham suggests that three generational family development frequently
alternates between:
Selected
Answer:
centripetal and centrifugal
periods
Question 43
2 out of 2 points
Each family system:
Selected
Answer:
all of the
above
Question 44
2 out of 2 points
According to Gilligan, women are more apt than men to:
Selected
Answer:
define themselves within the context of
relationships
Question 45
2 out of 2 points
A central idea in a process-based approach (vs. linear approach) is
Selected circular
Answer: causality
Question 46
2 out of 2 points
According to the text, the major credit for applying cybernetic principles to human
communication belongs to:
Selected
Answer:
Bateso
n
Question 47
2 out of 2 points
An idiosyncratic family pattern refers to:
Selected
Answer:
a pattern unique to a specific
family
Question 48
2 out of 2 points
Feminists are critical of the cybernetic concept of circular causality in male-female
relationships because of the implication of:
Selected
Answer:
equal power and
control
Question 49
2 out of 2 points
Closed systems tend to become disorganized and go into disorder. This is known as:
Selected
Answer:
entrop
y
Question 50
2 out of 2 points
Nuclear family refers to:
Selected
Answer:
husband, wife, and offspring living
together
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