FAML 400 Quiz And 100% Correct,
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Symbolic interactionism assumes which of the following? - Answer - ✔✔We act toward
people and things based on the meaning they have for us.
The Looking-Glass Self can be observed in which of the following? - Answer -
✔✔Andrea is speaking in front of the class when the class begins to giggle. Andrea
admonishes herself for being a poor speaker.
Which of the following is a criticism of symbolic interaction? - Answer - ✔✔Concepts are
vague and poorly defined.
A married couple was engaged in a heated argument. When one of them suddenly
called the other a vicious name, the other turned and slapped the face of the name-
caller. Mead would say the slapping behavior was a result of which of the following? -
Answer - ✔✔The I
symbolic Interactionism is strongly deterministic (for example, linear causality), therefore
it can be assumed that this theory takes a positivistic view of knowledge. - Answer -
✔✔False
A teenaged parent wanting to spend more time with their friends than their child is
experiencing which of the following? - Answer - ✔✔Role Conflict
You are an author who is writing a book on disciplining children. Supposing you also
subscribe to symbolic interactionism, what would likely be one of the topics of your
book? (Don't think too deeply on this one. Just focus on the main points of the theory.) -
Answer - ✔✔Active Listening: Understanding things from a child's viewpoint.
In the movie The Sound of Music, who was the identified patient, according to the
family? - Answer - ✔✔The Governesses
The Strausberg family likes to make decisions themselves. When Brother Strausberg
lost his job, his ministering brother suggested several possible steps to take and leads
to explore. Brother Strausberg and his wife counsel together and decide that it would be
more self-reliant if they found their own job leads. How would you describe the
boundaries of this family system? - Answer - ✔✔Closed
With the above family, let's also assume that they have marital problems, and the oldest
son is now being defiant, cussing at his parents at home, and refusing to participate in
family activities. The concept of equifinality would suggest that you should focus on
, which issue in order to heal the family and make things better? - Answer - ✔✔It doesn't
really matter what you fix first.
Rebecca tells her mother that her friend, Erin, can stay out until midnight on the evening
of the homecoming dance. Rebecca requests that the rule that she be home by eleven
be changed for the homecoming dance so that she can also stay out until midnight.
Which of the following concepts apply? - Answer - ✔✔Positive Feedback
A child is taken to the principal's office several times because of cussing at the teacher
in school and acting out in other ways. The principal calls the parents each time the
child has problems. The parents have their own marriage problems and are thinking
about divorce, but they both agree that while their child is having so many problems,
they should not pursue the divorce idea because it would likely cause their child even
more problems. Systemically, this is an example of . - Answer - ✔✔a problem or
symptom which maintains the family homeostasis.
Which of the following could be a first order change in an alcoholic family? - Answer -
✔✔The parents put their marital and alcoholic problems on the back burner and focus
on their teenage son who is having problems.
The family forces the alcoholic to go to treatment where she just goes through the
motions so she can get out of the program as soon as possible.
The alcoholic quits drinking but falls into pornography addiction
All of the Above
The father dies in a family of three boys ages 17, 15, and 11 (yes, this is our beloved
Stokes family, and yes, Dad really did die about two or three years ago). Mom goes
back to work to make ends meet but takes a job working afternoons and evenings. She
is only there to parent her children on some weekends. Using structural functionalism,
what could we hypothesize for their future now that Dad is dead and Mom is working
afternoons and evenings? - Answer - ✔✔In order for the family to survive even
minimally, the boys could step up and do a lot more of the cleaning around the house.
The family could incorporate someone or something apart from the boys to provide
some stability for them (the police, another adult, the Church, or neighbors).
The oldest son could take on a father role and take charge of things and keep the other
two from getting into serious trouble, even though this might not be ideal.
All of the above could be predictions using this theory.
The family in the last question decides that rather than washing their clothes, they will
just throw out the dirty clothes after they've been worn several times, and since Mom is
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Symbolic interactionism assumes which of the following? - Answer - ✔✔We act toward
people and things based on the meaning they have for us.
The Looking-Glass Self can be observed in which of the following? - Answer -
✔✔Andrea is speaking in front of the class when the class begins to giggle. Andrea
admonishes herself for being a poor speaker.
Which of the following is a criticism of symbolic interaction? - Answer - ✔✔Concepts are
vague and poorly defined.
A married couple was engaged in a heated argument. When one of them suddenly
called the other a vicious name, the other turned and slapped the face of the name-
caller. Mead would say the slapping behavior was a result of which of the following? -
Answer - ✔✔The I
symbolic Interactionism is strongly deterministic (for example, linear causality), therefore
it can be assumed that this theory takes a positivistic view of knowledge. - Answer -
✔✔False
A teenaged parent wanting to spend more time with their friends than their child is
experiencing which of the following? - Answer - ✔✔Role Conflict
You are an author who is writing a book on disciplining children. Supposing you also
subscribe to symbolic interactionism, what would likely be one of the topics of your
book? (Don't think too deeply on this one. Just focus on the main points of the theory.) -
Answer - ✔✔Active Listening: Understanding things from a child's viewpoint.
In the movie The Sound of Music, who was the identified patient, according to the
family? - Answer - ✔✔The Governesses
The Strausberg family likes to make decisions themselves. When Brother Strausberg
lost his job, his ministering brother suggested several possible steps to take and leads
to explore. Brother Strausberg and his wife counsel together and decide that it would be
more self-reliant if they found their own job leads. How would you describe the
boundaries of this family system? - Answer - ✔✔Closed
With the above family, let's also assume that they have marital problems, and the oldest
son is now being defiant, cussing at his parents at home, and refusing to participate in
family activities. The concept of equifinality would suggest that you should focus on
, which issue in order to heal the family and make things better? - Answer - ✔✔It doesn't
really matter what you fix first.
Rebecca tells her mother that her friend, Erin, can stay out until midnight on the evening
of the homecoming dance. Rebecca requests that the rule that she be home by eleven
be changed for the homecoming dance so that she can also stay out until midnight.
Which of the following concepts apply? - Answer - ✔✔Positive Feedback
A child is taken to the principal's office several times because of cussing at the teacher
in school and acting out in other ways. The principal calls the parents each time the
child has problems. The parents have their own marriage problems and are thinking
about divorce, but they both agree that while their child is having so many problems,
they should not pursue the divorce idea because it would likely cause their child even
more problems. Systemically, this is an example of . - Answer - ✔✔a problem or
symptom which maintains the family homeostasis.
Which of the following could be a first order change in an alcoholic family? - Answer -
✔✔The parents put their marital and alcoholic problems on the back burner and focus
on their teenage son who is having problems.
The family forces the alcoholic to go to treatment where she just goes through the
motions so she can get out of the program as soon as possible.
The alcoholic quits drinking but falls into pornography addiction
All of the Above
The father dies in a family of three boys ages 17, 15, and 11 (yes, this is our beloved
Stokes family, and yes, Dad really did die about two or three years ago). Mom goes
back to work to make ends meet but takes a job working afternoons and evenings. She
is only there to parent her children on some weekends. Using structural functionalism,
what could we hypothesize for their future now that Dad is dead and Mom is working
afternoons and evenings? - Answer - ✔✔In order for the family to survive even
minimally, the boys could step up and do a lot more of the cleaning around the house.
The family could incorporate someone or something apart from the boys to provide
some stability for them (the police, another adult, the Church, or neighbors).
The oldest son could take on a father role and take charge of things and keep the other
two from getting into serious trouble, even though this might not be ideal.
All of the above could be predictions using this theory.
The family in the last question decides that rather than washing their clothes, they will
just throw out the dirty clothes after they've been worn several times, and since Mom is
