HDFS 2300 Exam #2 questions well
answered to pass
need to achieve adequate separation from their family of origin - correct answer ✔✔This enables them
to have control of their own lives and take personal responsibility for their actions and behaviors
Individuation - correct answer ✔✔The developmental process through which a person comes to see the
self as separate and distinct within the relational (family, social, cultural) context.
-Individual builds a background of knowledge about the self in relationship to others
-•Must successfully balance (in an age-appropriate manner) autonomy and interdependence.
The three parts of individuation process - correct answer ✔✔- Functional autonomy
- Financial autonomy
- psychological autonomy
Functional autonomy - correct answer ✔✔Managing their own personal affairs without help from family
Example of functional autonomy - correct answer ✔✔•Making and managing own doctor appointments
•Managing own school/college schedule
•Doing own laundry/household tasks
•Buying/cooking own food
•Keeping up on personal hygiene
•Running own household
Financial autonomy - correct answer ✔✔•Being able to support their own life financially
,example of financial autonomy - correct answer ✔✔•Paying for own housing
•Paying other bills (utilities, cell phone, etc.)
•Creating and managing a budget
•Keeping a job to ensure money continues to come in
Psychological autonomy - correct answer ✔✔•Having the capacity to have own identity, autonomy, and
personal relationships while still being emotionally connected to family of origin
Examples of psychological autonomy - correct answer ✔✔•Being able to make decisions on own
•Not needing approval from parents for decisions
•Being able to successfully enter into and manage romantic relationships and friendships
•NOT being emotionally dependent(Excessive need for approval, closeness, and emotional support; "I
must make my parents proud of me")
•Not being emotionally reactive
(Having excessive guilt, anxiety, mistrust, resentment, or anger towards parents)
Well individuated adults - correct answer ✔✔1. Behave in ways that promote health intimacy and
relationships
2.Allow themselves personal authority and fulfillment
3.Respond in healthy ways to disapproving remarks from parents
Poorly individuated adults - correct answer ✔✔1.Respond in ways that interfere with mature decision
making
2.Respond in ways that threaten or damage family relationships
3.Respond in rebellious or defiant ways-cutting off the family
, pseudo-individuation - correct answer ✔✔- expressions of individuality appear to be successful but
instead leave the person dependent on the family; conforming to parents' wishes at the expense of
personal autonomy and individuality; need for autonomy is sacrificed in response to family's demand for
loyalty and connectedness.
Individuation success - correct answer ✔✔can be measured to the extent to which the individual has
established (1) coherent personal identity and (2) capacity for intimate relationships
identity development - correct answer ✔✔Theories state: to be a functional adult requires formation of
mature identity during late adolescence and early adulthood.
what is identity development influenced by? - correct answer ✔✔- Emergency of a mature ego
- Maturing of cognitive abilities
- Ability to view themselves and others more critically
- Capable of taking multiple perspectives
- Movement into a peer group
Capacity for intimacy - correct answer ✔✔-the capacity to commit oneself to concrete affiliations and
partnerships to develop the ethical strategies to abide by such commitments even though they call for
-Reasonable sense of identity must be established for real intimacy to occur
drug/alcohol abuse - correct answer ✔✔•The persistent use of the substance
•The experiencing of a cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms that indicate that the
person has impaired control of the substance use and continues to use despite adverse consequences
•Multidimensional problem; most families with an adolescent with a drug/alcohol abuse problem have
high levels of conflict and have experienced a break-down in the individuation process
Eating Disorders - correct answer ✔✔Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia
Binge eating disorder
answered to pass
need to achieve adequate separation from their family of origin - correct answer ✔✔This enables them
to have control of their own lives and take personal responsibility for their actions and behaviors
Individuation - correct answer ✔✔The developmental process through which a person comes to see the
self as separate and distinct within the relational (family, social, cultural) context.
-Individual builds a background of knowledge about the self in relationship to others
-•Must successfully balance (in an age-appropriate manner) autonomy and interdependence.
The three parts of individuation process - correct answer ✔✔- Functional autonomy
- Financial autonomy
- psychological autonomy
Functional autonomy - correct answer ✔✔Managing their own personal affairs without help from family
Example of functional autonomy - correct answer ✔✔•Making and managing own doctor appointments
•Managing own school/college schedule
•Doing own laundry/household tasks
•Buying/cooking own food
•Keeping up on personal hygiene
•Running own household
Financial autonomy - correct answer ✔✔•Being able to support their own life financially
,example of financial autonomy - correct answer ✔✔•Paying for own housing
•Paying other bills (utilities, cell phone, etc.)
•Creating and managing a budget
•Keeping a job to ensure money continues to come in
Psychological autonomy - correct answer ✔✔•Having the capacity to have own identity, autonomy, and
personal relationships while still being emotionally connected to family of origin
Examples of psychological autonomy - correct answer ✔✔•Being able to make decisions on own
•Not needing approval from parents for decisions
•Being able to successfully enter into and manage romantic relationships and friendships
•NOT being emotionally dependent(Excessive need for approval, closeness, and emotional support; "I
must make my parents proud of me")
•Not being emotionally reactive
(Having excessive guilt, anxiety, mistrust, resentment, or anger towards parents)
Well individuated adults - correct answer ✔✔1. Behave in ways that promote health intimacy and
relationships
2.Allow themselves personal authority and fulfillment
3.Respond in healthy ways to disapproving remarks from parents
Poorly individuated adults - correct answer ✔✔1.Respond in ways that interfere with mature decision
making
2.Respond in ways that threaten or damage family relationships
3.Respond in rebellious or defiant ways-cutting off the family
, pseudo-individuation - correct answer ✔✔- expressions of individuality appear to be successful but
instead leave the person dependent on the family; conforming to parents' wishes at the expense of
personal autonomy and individuality; need for autonomy is sacrificed in response to family's demand for
loyalty and connectedness.
Individuation success - correct answer ✔✔can be measured to the extent to which the individual has
established (1) coherent personal identity and (2) capacity for intimate relationships
identity development - correct answer ✔✔Theories state: to be a functional adult requires formation of
mature identity during late adolescence and early adulthood.
what is identity development influenced by? - correct answer ✔✔- Emergency of a mature ego
- Maturing of cognitive abilities
- Ability to view themselves and others more critically
- Capable of taking multiple perspectives
- Movement into a peer group
Capacity for intimacy - correct answer ✔✔-the capacity to commit oneself to concrete affiliations and
partnerships to develop the ethical strategies to abide by such commitments even though they call for
-Reasonable sense of identity must be established for real intimacy to occur
drug/alcohol abuse - correct answer ✔✔•The persistent use of the substance
•The experiencing of a cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms that indicate that the
person has impaired control of the substance use and continues to use despite adverse consequences
•Multidimensional problem; most families with an adolescent with a drug/alcohol abuse problem have
high levels of conflict and have experienced a break-down in the individuation process
Eating Disorders - correct answer ✔✔Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia
Binge eating disorder
