HDFS Final Exam
Limiting the amount and type of media exposure for children in a family would be most common is a: -
correct answer ✔✔Closed family
T/F: Most families have a clear awareness of their ideological orientation - correct answer ✔✔False
According to The Exaggeration Principle, during times of stress a family has a tendency to exaggerate its
own special character. This means that a closed family would seek extremes of which traits? - correct
answer ✔✔Continuity, stability, and consistency
David Reiss developed concepts about how a family constructs reality. With regard to family paradigms
(his term for ideologies) he says: - correct answer ✔✔A family paradigm is a shared, deeply felt,
enduring meaning about themselves and the world that families create
T/F: Families rarely call established paradigms into question during times of crisis - correct answer
✔✔False
Limiting the amount of and type of media exposure for children in a family would be most common is a: -
correct answer ✔✔Closed family
Paradigms are most conscious for families during: - correct answer ✔✔Formative periods of time when
relationships are being created
Which type of family ideology would have the motto: "nothing is constant in life but change?" - correct
answer ✔✔Random
T/F: The first paradigms of a new family are usually borrowed and invented - correct answer ✔✔True
T/F: According to Reiss (1981), when a family begins to address explicit rules of itself, it has begun to
show signs of disorganization - correct answer ✔✔True
, T/F: Most families know exactly how a simple rule (ex: how to fold laundry) emerged - correct answer
✔✔False
The adoption of rules from a family of orientation into a couple's new relationship: - correct answer
✔✔Is a process of discovery and negotiation
Families create rules that are effective for a given developmental age. Problems can arise when: - correct
answer ✔✔The family refuses to acknowledge a teen's need for increased independence
T/F: A healthy family has a clear understanding of the implicit rules regarding its boundaries - correct
answer ✔✔True
The tone and intent of the way we begin a conversation is: - correct answer ✔✔A sign of relationship
strength
Messages are comprised of: - correct answer ✔✔Covert and overt content
Research on communication in marriage has discovered that couples communicate most frequently
about: - correct answer ✔✔Work, home maintenance, and children
Communication begins when: - correct answer ✔✔Two people meet and begin to establish a
relationship
Covert messages are: - correct answer ✔✔More subtle and less obvious parts of the message
Which of the following is the best example of a covert message - correct answer ✔✔A nod, a wink, a
smile
T/F: Relationship self-disclosure is important for marital satisfaction - correct answer ✔✔True
Decoding a message involves: - correct answer ✔✔Overt and covert message content
Limiting the amount and type of media exposure for children in a family would be most common is a: -
correct answer ✔✔Closed family
T/F: Most families have a clear awareness of their ideological orientation - correct answer ✔✔False
According to The Exaggeration Principle, during times of stress a family has a tendency to exaggerate its
own special character. This means that a closed family would seek extremes of which traits? - correct
answer ✔✔Continuity, stability, and consistency
David Reiss developed concepts about how a family constructs reality. With regard to family paradigms
(his term for ideologies) he says: - correct answer ✔✔A family paradigm is a shared, deeply felt,
enduring meaning about themselves and the world that families create
T/F: Families rarely call established paradigms into question during times of crisis - correct answer
✔✔False
Limiting the amount of and type of media exposure for children in a family would be most common is a: -
correct answer ✔✔Closed family
Paradigms are most conscious for families during: - correct answer ✔✔Formative periods of time when
relationships are being created
Which type of family ideology would have the motto: "nothing is constant in life but change?" - correct
answer ✔✔Random
T/F: The first paradigms of a new family are usually borrowed and invented - correct answer ✔✔True
T/F: According to Reiss (1981), when a family begins to address explicit rules of itself, it has begun to
show signs of disorganization - correct answer ✔✔True
, T/F: Most families know exactly how a simple rule (ex: how to fold laundry) emerged - correct answer
✔✔False
The adoption of rules from a family of orientation into a couple's new relationship: - correct answer
✔✔Is a process of discovery and negotiation
Families create rules that are effective for a given developmental age. Problems can arise when: - correct
answer ✔✔The family refuses to acknowledge a teen's need for increased independence
T/F: A healthy family has a clear understanding of the implicit rules regarding its boundaries - correct
answer ✔✔True
The tone and intent of the way we begin a conversation is: - correct answer ✔✔A sign of relationship
strength
Messages are comprised of: - correct answer ✔✔Covert and overt content
Research on communication in marriage has discovered that couples communicate most frequently
about: - correct answer ✔✔Work, home maintenance, and children
Communication begins when: - correct answer ✔✔Two people meet and begin to establish a
relationship
Covert messages are: - correct answer ✔✔More subtle and less obvious parts of the message
Which of the following is the best example of a covert message - correct answer ✔✔A nod, a wink, a
smile
T/F: Relationship self-disclosure is important for marital satisfaction - correct answer ✔✔True
Decoding a message involves: - correct answer ✔✔Overt and covert message content
