HDFS 2300 structural models of family
functioning exam 2 FULLY SOLVED
models of family functioning - correct answer ✔✔Various models explore family functioning
-Three of the most widely recognized in the field of family studies are: Structural, Intergenerational,
Contextual
structural family functioning - correct answer ✔✔Salvador Minuchin was a pioneer in the field of
structural family therapy
-3 main assumptions:
1. Operate within social context that defines behavior parameters
2. Context organized into a structure
3. Some structures are better than others
what is structure - correct answer ✔✔according to minuchin (1974)
-Invisible set of functional demands that organize way family members interact with one another over
time
-2 dimensions: composition and organization
composition - correct answer ✔✔people that make up family
organization - correct answer ✔✔unique set of rules governing patterns of interaction found within the
extended family system
family organization - correct answer ✔✔-Manner in which subsystems organized
-Hierarchical relationships between subsystems
-Clarity of boundaries
minuchins 11 main concepts - correct answer ✔✔1. subsystems
functioning exam 2 FULLY SOLVED
models of family functioning - correct answer ✔✔Various models explore family functioning
-Three of the most widely recognized in the field of family studies are: Structural, Intergenerational,
Contextual
structural family functioning - correct answer ✔✔Salvador Minuchin was a pioneer in the field of
structural family therapy
-3 main assumptions:
1. Operate within social context that defines behavior parameters
2. Context organized into a structure
3. Some structures are better than others
what is structure - correct answer ✔✔according to minuchin (1974)
-Invisible set of functional demands that organize way family members interact with one another over
time
-2 dimensions: composition and organization
composition - correct answer ✔✔people that make up family
organization - correct answer ✔✔unique set of rules governing patterns of interaction found within the
extended family system
family organization - correct answer ✔✔-Manner in which subsystems organized
-Hierarchical relationships between subsystems
-Clarity of boundaries
minuchins 11 main concepts - correct answer ✔✔1. subsystems
