Question 1

Boss - Questions 1 - 12.

What is the definition of family stress, as stated in the Boss book?

a disturbance in the steady state of the family system

when something bad happens in a family and someone leaves

when someone in the family gets sick

when the family system is running smoothly

Question 2

Family is a continuing system of interacting persons bound together by processes of shared roles, rules, and rituals, even more than shared biology.

True

False

Question 3

What are the two main types of family contexts in the contextual model?

strict boundaries and diffuse boundaries

yours and mine

internal and external

whatever you want them to be

Question 4

The ABC-X model of family stress was formulated by:

Sigmund Freud

Alfred Kinsey

Reuben Hill

Brad Pitt

Question 5

Culture is NOT a social construction that includes numerous factors: identity, beliefs, history, traditions, and religion, for instance.

True

 False

Question 6

Ambiguous loss is a loss that remains unclear and thus without closure.

True  

False

Question 7

The two types of ambiguous loss are:

physical ambiguous loss and abandonment

physical ambiguous loss and psychological ambiguous loss

fight or flight

gone but not forgotten and "come here, go away"

Question 8

The construct of family boundary ambiguity was formulated in the 1970s, although its underlying them had a rich history before that.

True

False

Question 9

Psycheducation is based on the assumption that information empowers individuals and families to help themselves. It is therapeutic use of information about the stressor to help families increase their understanding of the stressor.

True

False

Question 10

Resilience is commonly understood as:

being able to hold one's own

doing one's best

flexibility and bouyancy

not possible

Question 11

Life Course Theory focuses on issues that occur over time and may have bearing on family experiences and family well-being.

True

False

Question 12

When mothers perceive neighborhoods as high risk, children DO NOTexperience more stress.

True

False

Question 13

Walsh - Questions 13-20.

Most research to date focused on individual resilience, but increasingly, research broadened to the wider social context.

True

False

Question 14

Family resilience is defined as:

the family's ability to go with the flow

family members having each other's backs

the family's ability to not kill each other

the ability of the family, as a functional unit, to withstand and rebound from adversity

Question 15

Over the centuries, in rural settings and preindustrial societies, families have had flexible structures and fluid boundaries with close-knit kinship and social ties:

since there were polyamorous families

facilitating resilience in weathering harsh and unstable life conditions

since there were polyamorous families

and everyone was involved in each other's business

Question 16

Over the centuries (and still today in many traditional cultures) marriage has been viewed in the functional terms, with matches made by families on the basis of economic and social position.

True

False

Question 17

Our beliefs are NOT socially constructed, evolving in a continuous process through transactions with significant others and the larger world.

True

False

Question 18

A transcendent value system, whether conventional or not, enables us to define our lives and our relationships with others as:

meaningful

altruistic

worthless

over the top

Question 19

In the upheaval of a crisis, disruptive transition, or pileup of stressors, family members yearn for calm and order.

True

False

Question 20

Clear and consistent verbal and behavioral messages yield:

conflict

peace and quiet

shared understanding

who knows?

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