HDFS 3920 Exam 1
As family roles become more _____, social norms and support decline
a. unchangeable
b. fluid
c. rigid
d. solid - correct answer ✔✔b.
Families increasingly experience stressors like: Urbanization, finances, violence
a. true
b. false - correct answer ✔✔a.
There are _________ diverse families
a. increasing
b. decreasing - correct answer ✔✔a.
Families experience stress as a result of:
a. change or pressure to change
b. stability or pressure to stability - correct answer ✔✔a.
The impact of stress depends on what?
a. Family's perception
,b. Family's resources
c. Coping abilities
d. All of the above - correct answer ✔✔d.
- Pressure or tension on the status quo (guideline, what family's norms and expectations are)
- Disturbance in the families' steady state
- Disruption or change
a. social support
b. moderation
c. family stress
d. communication - correct answer ✔✔c.
Family stress perceived as inevitable / normal / desirable since people must develop, mature, and
change over time
a. true
b. false - correct answer ✔✔a.
changes the relationship between the two variables of stress and wellbeing - it interjects itself and
changes the relationship
a. boundaries
b. moderate
c. coping
d. communication - correct answer ✔✔b.
Disturbance in the family system and pressure' changes can be internal or external
,a. stress
b. hierarchy
c. systems theory
d. triangulation - correct answer ✔✔a.
_______ can be caused by events or changes in our environment that requires us to adjust in response
--> Death, kid leaving for college, financial
a. coping
b. stressors
c. attachment
d. boundaries - correct answer ✔✔b.
Stressors are not always _________ can be ________ too
a. positive, negative
b. negative, positive - correct answer ✔✔b.
Ex. Starting a new job can be a __________ stressor
a. positive
b. negative - correct answer ✔✔a.
change
If family wellbeing is positive then it _____ problematic
a. is
, b. is not - correct answer ✔✔b.
the problem with change is _________ functioning of family members; When there are symptoms that
things are not working
a. increased
b. decreased - correct answer ✔✔b
change depends on the context _________
a. sometimes
b. never
c. occasionally
d. always - correct answer ✔✔d.
Origins of studying stress
Originally focused on _________...
- About 1930s -inclusion of _______ focus
-Great Depression/ World War II time
a. groups, work
b. individuals; family
c. groups; family
d. individuals; work - correct answer ✔✔b.
As family roles become more _____, social norms and support decline
a. unchangeable
b. fluid
c. rigid
d. solid - correct answer ✔✔b.
Families increasingly experience stressors like: Urbanization, finances, violence
a. true
b. false - correct answer ✔✔a.
There are _________ diverse families
a. increasing
b. decreasing - correct answer ✔✔a.
Families experience stress as a result of:
a. change or pressure to change
b. stability or pressure to stability - correct answer ✔✔a.
The impact of stress depends on what?
a. Family's perception
,b. Family's resources
c. Coping abilities
d. All of the above - correct answer ✔✔d.
- Pressure or tension on the status quo (guideline, what family's norms and expectations are)
- Disturbance in the families' steady state
- Disruption or change
a. social support
b. moderation
c. family stress
d. communication - correct answer ✔✔c.
Family stress perceived as inevitable / normal / desirable since people must develop, mature, and
change over time
a. true
b. false - correct answer ✔✔a.
changes the relationship between the two variables of stress and wellbeing - it interjects itself and
changes the relationship
a. boundaries
b. moderate
c. coping
d. communication - correct answer ✔✔b.
Disturbance in the family system and pressure' changes can be internal or external
,a. stress
b. hierarchy
c. systems theory
d. triangulation - correct answer ✔✔a.
_______ can be caused by events or changes in our environment that requires us to adjust in response
--> Death, kid leaving for college, financial
a. coping
b. stressors
c. attachment
d. boundaries - correct answer ✔✔b.
Stressors are not always _________ can be ________ too
a. positive, negative
b. negative, positive - correct answer ✔✔b.
Ex. Starting a new job can be a __________ stressor
a. positive
b. negative - correct answer ✔✔a.
change
If family wellbeing is positive then it _____ problematic
a. is
, b. is not - correct answer ✔✔b.
the problem with change is _________ functioning of family members; When there are symptoms that
things are not working
a. increased
b. decreased - correct answer ✔✔b
change depends on the context _________
a. sometimes
b. never
c. occasionally
d. always - correct answer ✔✔d.
Origins of studying stress
Originally focused on _________...
- About 1930s -inclusion of _______ focus
-Great Depression/ World War II time
a. groups, work
b. individuals; family
c. groups; family
d. individuals; work - correct answer ✔✔b.
