FACS 475 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Definition of stress - Answers - stress that affects us personally is a physological or
physiological response to events that upset our personal balance in some way
Stressor - Answers - anything that forces us to adjust
Everyday hassles - Answers - 1. Stresses, strains and transactions of day-to-day life
that can be viewed as common annoyances. Events are relatively minor and come out
of routinized daily activities- maintaining a home, caring for family members, working a
paid job, participating in community activities
2. Ex: arguments, routines at home, work stressors.
Can be anticipated or unanticipated
Vulnerability stress adaptation model - Answers - 1. Adaptive processes: ways in which
an individual/family copes, buffer the impact of everyday hassles, impact how family
members perceive daily hassles, positively associated with family well-being
2. Enduring vulnerabilities
- family member's stable interpersonal characteristics contribute to how they will
respond
- personality
- temperament
- family functioning
What a person considers stressful depends on - Answers - - personality
- general outlook on life
- problem-solving abilities
- social support system
How a family responds is going to be influenced by - Answers - - living in a particular
historical period
- cultural identification
- economic conditions of societty
- genetic stamina and resistance
- how they respond to the normal stressors of the life cycle
- stage in thye family life cycle
- how they handle unpredictable events
- spirituality
- values and beliefs (mastery orination/ fatalistic orientation)
Mastery orientation - Answers - person needs to solve/control everything
Fatalistic orientation - Answers - all events are under higher power; predetermined and
not in their control
, Stressor characteristics - Answers - normative, nonnormative, ambiguous loss
Normative stress - Answers - expected but still disturbs family equilibrium; short
duration; crisis ensues if family does not adapt
Nonnormative stress - Answers - unexpected and not predictable; can be longer term
disruptions
Ambiguous loss - Answers - physically absent but still part of the family; physically
present but emotionally absent; blocks normal grieving and adjustment, increases
stress
ABC-X model of family crisis and stress - Answers - A- provoking or stressful event
B- family resources or strengths
C- definition or meaning attached to the event by the family
X- resulting stress or crisis
Definition of family stress - Answers - pressure or tension on the status quo; it is a
disturbance of the familys steady state; it comes with change which will bring
disturbance and pressure
Definition of crisis - Answers - a disturbance in the equilibrium that is very
overwhelming; pressure that is very severe; or change that is so acute that the family
system is blocked, immobilized, and incapacitated. Webster dictionary: a crucial time
and a turning point in the course of anything; usuakky involves a temporary loss of
coping abilities and the assumption that the emotional dysfunction is reversible
Definition of trauma - Answers - the response to any event that shatters your safe world
so that it's no longer a place of refuge
Definition of resiliency - Answers - the capacity to rebound from adversity strengthened
and more resourceful... An active process of endurance, self righting, and growth in
response to crisis and challenges; the ability to stretch or flex in response to the
pressures and strains of life
Definition of family adaptation - Answers - the degree to which a family system alters its
behaviors, rules, role, perceptions or external reality to achieve an individual or family
system fit
How redefining marriage impacts the world - Answers - - harms children
- forced closures
- legal/public challenges
- parental rights
- tax-exempt status
- accrediting/licensing
Definition of stress - Answers - stress that affects us personally is a physological or
physiological response to events that upset our personal balance in some way
Stressor - Answers - anything that forces us to adjust
Everyday hassles - Answers - 1. Stresses, strains and transactions of day-to-day life
that can be viewed as common annoyances. Events are relatively minor and come out
of routinized daily activities- maintaining a home, caring for family members, working a
paid job, participating in community activities
2. Ex: arguments, routines at home, work stressors.
Can be anticipated or unanticipated
Vulnerability stress adaptation model - Answers - 1. Adaptive processes: ways in which
an individual/family copes, buffer the impact of everyday hassles, impact how family
members perceive daily hassles, positively associated with family well-being
2. Enduring vulnerabilities
- family member's stable interpersonal characteristics contribute to how they will
respond
- personality
- temperament
- family functioning
What a person considers stressful depends on - Answers - - personality
- general outlook on life
- problem-solving abilities
- social support system
How a family responds is going to be influenced by - Answers - - living in a particular
historical period
- cultural identification
- economic conditions of societty
- genetic stamina and resistance
- how they respond to the normal stressors of the life cycle
- stage in thye family life cycle
- how they handle unpredictable events
- spirituality
- values and beliefs (mastery orination/ fatalistic orientation)
Mastery orientation - Answers - person needs to solve/control everything
Fatalistic orientation - Answers - all events are under higher power; predetermined and
not in their control
, Stressor characteristics - Answers - normative, nonnormative, ambiguous loss
Normative stress - Answers - expected but still disturbs family equilibrium; short
duration; crisis ensues if family does not adapt
Nonnormative stress - Answers - unexpected and not predictable; can be longer term
disruptions
Ambiguous loss - Answers - physically absent but still part of the family; physically
present but emotionally absent; blocks normal grieving and adjustment, increases
stress
ABC-X model of family crisis and stress - Answers - A- provoking or stressful event
B- family resources or strengths
C- definition or meaning attached to the event by the family
X- resulting stress or crisis
Definition of family stress - Answers - pressure or tension on the status quo; it is a
disturbance of the familys steady state; it comes with change which will bring
disturbance and pressure
Definition of crisis - Answers - a disturbance in the equilibrium that is very
overwhelming; pressure that is very severe; or change that is so acute that the family
system is blocked, immobilized, and incapacitated. Webster dictionary: a crucial time
and a turning point in the course of anything; usuakky involves a temporary loss of
coping abilities and the assumption that the emotional dysfunction is reversible
Definition of trauma - Answers - the response to any event that shatters your safe world
so that it's no longer a place of refuge
Definition of resiliency - Answers - the capacity to rebound from adversity strengthened
and more resourceful... An active process of endurance, self righting, and growth in
response to crisis and challenges; the ability to stretch or flex in response to the
pressures and strains of life
Definition of family adaptation - Answers - the degree to which a family system alters its
behaviors, rules, role, perceptions or external reality to achieve an individual or family
system fit
How redefining marriage impacts the world - Answers - - harms children
- forced closures
- legal/public challenges
- parental rights
- tax-exempt status
- accrediting/licensing
