Exam 10: Regulating Distance

Individuation is analogous to:

Differentiation results in teenagers with:

"When I was growing up, my mother would frequently come to me and want to talk about my father. She would really need answers from me about what to do. I felt very burdened by this. Sometimes she would ask me to try and talk with him and find out what was on his mind. When I did this, it felt like I was spying on him because my mother would always pry things out of me that my dad had said." Which of the following is the best title for the above paragraph?

Families who suffer from chronic family anxiety are usually characterized by:

When we try to teach families to have more appropriate levels of connection, we would try to have them:

Differentiation from the family ____________ system is the main process of being differentiated

What are three ways that dealing with invisible loyalties can enhance family functioning?

The most malignant combination of factors for a family is:

Differentiated individuals are more likely to possess the skills to manage challenging life events.

When a family encounters anxiety and distress:

With regard to the family emotional system:

Provide three examples of how families can decrease fusion in the family system?

Which type of family is more likely to produce an individual in which the emotional self overrides the intellectual or thinking part:

Poorly differentiated families are more likely to be:

Emotional triangles result when:

Family members can be too connected to the family emotional system, to the degree that it interferes with their ability to manage the other aspects of their lives.

What are three characteristics of a family with chronic anxiety?

What is fusion? What are two ways it impairs family functioning?

Which would be an effective way to manage emotional triangles?

According to you text, poorly differentiated families: