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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1 : The developmental approach to family life focuses upon the familys:
A : organization and structure.
B : pathology patterns.
C : life cycle.
D : operations as a social system
Correct Answer : C
2 : Developmental tasks:
A : always involve children.
B : occur at all stages of the life cycle.
C : rarely involve family conflict.
D : always impede family functioning.
Correct Answer : B
3 : A family stage marker refers to:
A : a particular life event.
B : a stage of life.
C : the final decade of life.
D : All of the answers are correct.
Correct Answer : A
4 : Family stage markers are events in a familys life that:
A : demand a new adaptation.
B : differentiate one stage of life from the next.
C : mark the close of the childbearing years.
D : None of the answers are correct.
Correct Answer : A
5 : Which of the following is an example of a discontinuous life change?
A : Death of a grandparent
B : Death of a young child
C : Becoming parents
D : None of the answers are correct.
Correct Answer : B
6 : Family therapists with a transgenerational view:
A : attend to a familys intergenerational issues.
B : reject the notion of therapist as outside expert.
C : are less interested in a familys stuck places than are the social constructionists.
D : are sometimes referred to as structuralists.
Correct Answer : A
7 : Which of the following is not an example of a discontinuous life style change event in a
familys history?
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A : Birth of aTHE Test Bank
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B : Fathers retirement
C : Birth of a child to midlife parents
D : Birth of a child to a teenage girl
Correct Answer : B
8 : From a family life cycle perspective, psychiatric symptoms in a family member represent:
A : intrapsychic distress.
B : interpersonal distress
C : a signal that the family is having problems mastering the tasks at that stage in the cycle
D : a learned response to anxiety.
Correct Answer : C
9 : The developmental framework for studying families was first proposed by family:
A : therapists.
B : counselors.
C : sociologists.
D : social workers.
Correct Answer : C
10 : The leading advocates today of a multidimensional, multicultural view of the life cycle
concept are:
A : Duvall and Hill.
B : Duvall and Miller.
C : Carter and Strauss.
D : Carter and McGoldrick.
Correct Answer : D
11 : The major transition to be achieved before launching children involves:
A : introducing them to school.
B : introducing them to social groups
C : experimenting with late teen independence.
D : parents letting go and facing each other.
Correct Answer : C
12 : Which of the following constitutes a horizontal stressor?
A : Family expectations
B : Birth of a handicapped child
C : Ethnic loyalties
D : Family secrets
Correct Answer : B
13 : An example of a vertical stressor is:
A : a family coping with changes over time
B : dealing with family transitions.
C : precocious physical development in a child.
D : attitudes passing down over generations.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1 : The developmental approach to family life focuses upon the familys:
A : organization and structure.
B : pathology patterns.
C : life cycle.
D : operations as a social system
Correct Answer : C
2 : Developmental tasks:
A : always involve children.
B : occur at all stages of the life cycle.
C : rarely involve family conflict.
D : always impede family functioning.
Correct Answer : B
3 : A family stage marker refers to:
A : a particular life event.
B : a stage of life.
C : the final decade of life.
D : All of the answers are correct.
Correct Answer : A
4 : Family stage markers are events in a familys life that:
A : demand a new adaptation.
B : differentiate one stage of life from the next.
C : mark the close of the childbearing years.
D : None of the answers are correct.
Correct Answer : A
5 : Which of the following is an example of a discontinuous life change?
A : Death of a grandparent
B : Death of a young child
C : Becoming parents
D : None of the answers are correct.
Correct Answer : B
6 : Family therapists with a transgenerational view:
A : attend to a familys intergenerational issues.
B : reject the notion of therapist as outside expert.
C : are less interested in a familys stuck places than are the social constructionists.
D : are sometimes referred to as structuralists.
Correct Answer : A
7 : Which of the following is not an example of a discontinuous life style change event in a
familys history?
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A : Birth of aTHE Test Bank
handicapped child for Family Therapy 9th Edition Goldenberg
B : Fathers retirement
C : Birth of a child to midlife parents
D : Birth of a child to a teenage girl
Correct Answer : B
8 : From a family life cycle perspective, psychiatric symptoms in a family member represent:
A : intrapsychic distress.
B : interpersonal distress
C : a signal that the family is having problems mastering the tasks at that stage in the cycle
D : a learned response to anxiety.
Correct Answer : C
9 : The developmental framework for studying families was first proposed by family:
A : therapists.
B : counselors.
C : sociologists.
D : social workers.
Correct Answer : C
10 : The leading advocates today of a multidimensional, multicultural view of the life cycle
concept are:
A : Duvall and Hill.
B : Duvall and Miller.
C : Carter and Strauss.
D : Carter and McGoldrick.
Correct Answer : D
11 : The major transition to be achieved before launching children involves:
A : introducing them to school.
B : introducing them to social groups
C : experimenting with late teen independence.
D : parents letting go and facing each other.
Correct Answer : C
12 : Which of the following constitutes a horizontal stressor?
A : Family expectations
B : Birth of a handicapped child
C : Ethnic loyalties
D : Family secrets
Correct Answer : B
13 : An example of a vertical stressor is:
A : a family coping with changes over time
B : dealing with family transitions.
C : precocious physical development in a child.
D : attitudes passing down over generations.
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