HDFS 2300 UConn Exam 1 (Ch 1-5)fully
solved 2024-2025 updated
1950's nuclear family - correct answer ✔✔nuclear- family, mother, child/2 children
how has the definition of family changed over time - correct answer ✔✔single parents
extended families
friends
etc.
all considered families
with ever-changing laws, policies, societal norms, the term "family" now has a much _____ ________
than in the 1950's - correct answer ✔✔broader definition
family definition - correct answer ✔✔complex structures consisting of an interdependent group of
individuals who (1) have a shared sense of history, (2) share emotional ties to one another, and (3) devise
strategies for meeting the needs of the individual family members and the family as a whole
multitude of family structures - correct answer ✔✔"nuclear" family
single parent families
adopted families
domestic partners (both gay and straight)
foster families
unrelated cohabitating adults
why has the last term "family" evolved so much over the last 70 years? - correct answer ✔✔-increase
divorce rates
-increase in women working outside the home
-increase in two-income households
,-increase in children born to never married parents
-changing laws regarding who can marry, who can adopt/foster
family "system" thinking is grounded in the notion that what makes a system are __________, not
_________ - correct answer ✔✔the relationships among its parts
not
the parts themselves
family as a system defined by 2 central dimensions: - correct answer ✔✔its structure and its tasks
structural properties of families include: - correct answer ✔✔wholeness
organizational complexity
interdependence
strategies and rules
wholeness as a structural property - correct answer ✔✔the whole is different/greater than the sums of
its parts
-the family system is made up of a group of individuals who together form a complex and unitary whole
-the whole is distinctly different from the simple sum of the contributions of the individual members
organizational complexity - correct answer ✔✔family systems are made up of various subsystems;
consider relationships between the individual members; between subsystems; between the family as a
whole and each subsystem
interdependence - correct answer ✔✔individuals and subsystems of family are mutually dependent and
mutually influenced
strategies and rules - correct answer ✔✔the methods used to execute the tasks of the family; patterns of
interaction
-rules must be overt or covert
-metarules
, metarules - correct answer ✔✔rules about the rules (exceptions or limits to rules; which rules are most
important; circumstances they apply or can be violated, etc.)
first order tasks of families - correct answer ✔✔identity tasks
boundary tasks
maintenance tasks
managing the family's emotional climate
first order task: identity task - correct answer ✔✔the development of a sense of identity for both
individual family members and the family as a whole
3 inter-related identity tasks: - correct answer ✔✔1- constructing family themes
2- socializing family members with respect to biological and social issues, such as sexuality and gender
(how are females/males supposed to act?)
3- establishing a *satisfactory congruence* of images for the individuals within the family
satisfactory congruence - correct answer ✔✔when the family holds and image of an individual that is
consistent with the image the individual holds of himself/herself
first order task: boundary tasks - correct answer ✔✔mark the limits of a system, and delineate one
system from other systems
internal boundaries - correct answer ✔✔regulates the flow of information within the family and
between the family members
external boundaries - correct answer ✔✔delineate the family from other systems; determine who is "in"
and who is "out" of the family system; regulates flow of information between the family and outside
systems
solved 2024-2025 updated
1950's nuclear family - correct answer ✔✔nuclear- family, mother, child/2 children
how has the definition of family changed over time - correct answer ✔✔single parents
extended families
friends
etc.
all considered families
with ever-changing laws, policies, societal norms, the term "family" now has a much _____ ________
than in the 1950's - correct answer ✔✔broader definition
family definition - correct answer ✔✔complex structures consisting of an interdependent group of
individuals who (1) have a shared sense of history, (2) share emotional ties to one another, and (3) devise
strategies for meeting the needs of the individual family members and the family as a whole
multitude of family structures - correct answer ✔✔"nuclear" family
single parent families
adopted families
domestic partners (both gay and straight)
foster families
unrelated cohabitating adults
why has the last term "family" evolved so much over the last 70 years? - correct answer ✔✔-increase
divorce rates
-increase in women working outside the home
-increase in two-income households
,-increase in children born to never married parents
-changing laws regarding who can marry, who can adopt/foster
family "system" thinking is grounded in the notion that what makes a system are __________, not
_________ - correct answer ✔✔the relationships among its parts
not
the parts themselves
family as a system defined by 2 central dimensions: - correct answer ✔✔its structure and its tasks
structural properties of families include: - correct answer ✔✔wholeness
organizational complexity
interdependence
strategies and rules
wholeness as a structural property - correct answer ✔✔the whole is different/greater than the sums of
its parts
-the family system is made up of a group of individuals who together form a complex and unitary whole
-the whole is distinctly different from the simple sum of the contributions of the individual members
organizational complexity - correct answer ✔✔family systems are made up of various subsystems;
consider relationships between the individual members; between subsystems; between the family as a
whole and each subsystem
interdependence - correct answer ✔✔individuals and subsystems of family are mutually dependent and
mutually influenced
strategies and rules - correct answer ✔✔the methods used to execute the tasks of the family; patterns of
interaction
-rules must be overt or covert
-metarules
, metarules - correct answer ✔✔rules about the rules (exceptions or limits to rules; which rules are most
important; circumstances they apply or can be violated, etc.)
first order tasks of families - correct answer ✔✔identity tasks
boundary tasks
maintenance tasks
managing the family's emotional climate
first order task: identity task - correct answer ✔✔the development of a sense of identity for both
individual family members and the family as a whole
3 inter-related identity tasks: - correct answer ✔✔1- constructing family themes
2- socializing family members with respect to biological and social issues, such as sexuality and gender
(how are females/males supposed to act?)
3- establishing a *satisfactory congruence* of images for the individuals within the family
satisfactory congruence - correct answer ✔✔when the family holds and image of an individual that is
consistent with the image the individual holds of himself/herself
first order task: boundary tasks - correct answer ✔✔mark the limits of a system, and delineate one
system from other systems
internal boundaries - correct answer ✔✔regulates the flow of information within the family and
between the family members
external boundaries - correct answer ✔✔delineate the family from other systems; determine who is "in"
and who is "out" of the family system; regulates flow of information between the family and outside
systems
