Exam 3: Types and Functionality of Families

A high degree of religious/spiritual orientation is a characteristic of healthy families.

Although healthy families do not always produce healthy individuals, being in a healthy family environment is an advantage.

The three least prevalent types of families in American culture are nuclear, single parent, and blended.

All healthy families have deficits and all dysfunctional families have strengths.

Members of healthy families often use humor, soothing comments, or changes of subject to steer difficult family conversations in positive directions. This process of redirecting difficult conversations is known as:

The Double ABCX Model differs from the ABCX Model in some significant ways, including:

Centrifugal families are more _____ than centripetal families.

Research on families is important because it helps identify healthy family characteristics, not just pathology

Horizontal stressors are:

Studies reveal that healthy and functional families in virtually all cultures are able to:

There are two levels of change, first-order and second-order. First-order change is characterized by:

Useful family characteristics for coping with stress include all the following except:

Vertical stressors are related to current events, are developmental and continually unfolding.

In the ABCX Model, the "C" is:

Cohesion, or emotional bonding, can be measured on four levels from low to high:

Symmetrical interaction is based on: