COUC601_Quiz1.pdf.pdf

Score for this quiz: 98 out of 100

Question 1

2 / 2 pts

The view that there are multiple versions of

reality, or narratives, within a family comes

from the:

constructionists

Question 2

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The key to understanding how system theory

operates:

stresses wholeness and organization

Question 3

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Which of the following has not been identified

by Walsh as a key process in family resiliency?

family's life cycle stage

Question 4

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Closed systems tend to become disorganized

and go into disorder. This is known as:

entropy

Question 5

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Reinsertion into a system of the results of past

performances is called:

feedback

Question 6

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Cybernetics refers to a system's method of:

feedback mechanisms

Question 7

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Metarules are:

unstated family directives

Question 8

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Many early family therapists operated in a

gender-free fashion, and:

saw men and women as having equal power

and control in the family

Question 9

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The consultant who takes the interaction of

two systems into account is using which

approach?

ecosystemic

Question 10

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An example of a vertical stressor is:

attitudes passes down over generations

Question 11

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Men's studies draw attention to the

socialization of men toward:

female role restrictions

curtailed emotional expressiveness in men

Question 12

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A family member's longest set of relationships

are likely to be:

with siblings

Question 13

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The developmental framework for studying

families, in the 1940s, was first proposed by:

family sociologists

Question 14

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Which group of family therapists is most apt to

study family transitions?

structuralists

Question 15

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Families that live in relative isolation,

communicating primarily among themselves,

are apt to become

relatively closed systems

Question 16

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Which of the following is an example of a

sudden, disruptive, and discontinuous life

change?

death of a young child

Question 17

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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:

power

Question 18

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Families interact in repetitive behavioral

sequences. This is known as:

the redundancy principle

Question 19

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In families labeled as pathogenic, or poor

functioning, demands by an adolescent for a

rule change would likely to be met with:

increased rigidity attempting to maintain the

retention of rules

Question 20

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Anthropologist Bateson has defined

_________________ as "a difference that makes a

difference."

information

Question 21

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Life-cycle concepts should be seen within the

context of issues such as:

all of the above

Question 22

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Homeostasis refers to:

the family’s self-regulating efforts to maintain

stability and resist change

Question 23

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Which of the following constitutes a horizontal

stressor?

birth of a handicapped child

Question 24

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The family therapist who joins a family and

engages in a dialogue rather than observing

from outside is probably an advocate of:

second-order cybernetics

Question 25

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The "identified patient" is the person in the

family who:

all the above

Question 26

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Lesbian parents:

all the above

Question 27

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Family therapist Virginia Satir helped families

recognize their unwritten rules

Question 28

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Families coping with an adolescent frequently

must deal with:

all of the above

Question 29

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Gender-sensitive family therapy emphasizes:

empowering beyond their biological status

Question 30

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The erosion of family structure among

economically impoverished families often

leads to:

learning to view their impotence as normal

Question 31

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If content is the language of linear causality,

then _________________ is the language of

circular causality:

process

Question 32

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"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:

Constructivist theory

IncorrectQuestion 33

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Question 34

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One goal of gender-sensitive family therapy is

to:

enable clients to move beyond prescribed sex

roles

Question 35

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When family therapists refer to first-order

cybernetics, they are attending to:

patterns of structure and feedback control that

govern systems

Question 36

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Gender differences in perception and behavior

result from:

both biological and cultural forces

Question 37

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Advocates of a new epistemology, such as

Dell, view the therapist's role as helping the

family:

searching for new levels of stability through

reorganization

Question 38

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Dyads and triads normally refer to:

a couple or a three-person relationship

Question 39

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The theory of social ecology, including four

levels of influence, was proposed by

Bronfenbrenner

Question 40

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The _________ of subsystem boundaries is

more important for effective familiy function

than the composition of the family

subsystems.

clarity

Question 41

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a

sudden, disruptive and discontinuous life cycle

change event in a family's history?

father's retirement

Question 42

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In a joint legal custody arrangement, both

parents:

share decision-making regarding child raising

issues

Question 43

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Stepfamilies typically:

all of the above

Question 44

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According to Gilligan, women are more apt

than men to:

define themselves within the context of

relationships

Question 45

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The leading advocates today of a

multidimensional, multicultural view of the life

cycle concept are:

Carter and McGoldrick

Question 46

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Children living with unmarried mothers are:

more likely to be poor

Question 47

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Nuclear family refers to:

husband, wife, and offspring living together

Question 48

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According to the postmodern view:

families collectively construct a sense of

reality

Question 49

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The term "suprasystem" refers to:

husband, wife, children, and extended family

members

Question 50

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According to Bern, which of the following is an

example of a gender schema?

what is considered masculine or feminine in

society

Quiz Score: 98 out of 100

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