FAML 400 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Theories: - CORRECT ANSWER - Are a set of propositions which explain a social
phenomena
Inform research
Examples of the inductive process - CORRECT ANSWER - Observations of 3 families
with troubled teens leads to empirical generalization about all families with teens
Research on a group of individuals leading to a new theory
Your hypothesis (eating Twinkies twice a day will make people gain weight) was supported in
your research study. Based on this finding, you suggest that it's not just Twinkies that make you
fat; it's probably all Hostess snack cakes that make you fat.
Are hypotheses constructed using inductive or deductive thinking in the Wallace Wheel? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Hypothesis is on the deductive side of the wheel
Give an example of how theory could inform research: - CORRECT ANSWER - Theories
are weeded out through history. The good ones that help society stay while the others are
forgotten. These good theories are ones that researches go back to when they have new questions
or problems they want to solve. By using knowledge (or theories) that have already been
established as a base will give researchers a place to jump from instead of starting from ground
zero.
There are 3 major parts of theories: - CORRECT ANSWER - Assumptions: non-tested,
foundations of a theory (beliefs that are taken for granted or believed to be true.)
Concepts: the building blocks of a theory
, Propositions: how the concepts of a theory affect one another (The relationships between the
concepts, the "glue" holding the theory together.)
Positivism: - CORRECT ANSWER - Truth is truth and will always be. For example,
someone may really dislike gravity and try to defy it by jumping off a roof, but no matter how
hard they try that truth (gravity) cannot be overcome or changed.
What is NOT an assumption of the Family Developmental Theory - CORRECT
ANSWER - Successful families have several common character traits.
Assumption of the Family Developmental Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Families
undergo stages of development.
There are tasks associated with different points along the family life cycle.
Families should be viewed over time.
What is FALSE statment about FDT? - CORRECT ANSWER - Failure to successfully
accomplish the tasks at one stage makes it unlikely the family will move to the next stage
FDT Truths - CORRECT ANSWER - The theory is one of the first and only ones that was
developed specifically out of an interest in families and thus focuses exclusively on the family.
Developmental tasks are norms arising at a particular stage of the family life cycle
Not all families follow the cycle from beginning to end.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Theories: - CORRECT ANSWER - Are a set of propositions which explain a social
phenomena
Inform research
Examples of the inductive process - CORRECT ANSWER - Observations of 3 families
with troubled teens leads to empirical generalization about all families with teens
Research on a group of individuals leading to a new theory
Your hypothesis (eating Twinkies twice a day will make people gain weight) was supported in
your research study. Based on this finding, you suggest that it's not just Twinkies that make you
fat; it's probably all Hostess snack cakes that make you fat.
Are hypotheses constructed using inductive or deductive thinking in the Wallace Wheel? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Hypothesis is on the deductive side of the wheel
Give an example of how theory could inform research: - CORRECT ANSWER - Theories
are weeded out through history. The good ones that help society stay while the others are
forgotten. These good theories are ones that researches go back to when they have new questions
or problems they want to solve. By using knowledge (or theories) that have already been
established as a base will give researchers a place to jump from instead of starting from ground
zero.
There are 3 major parts of theories: - CORRECT ANSWER - Assumptions: non-tested,
foundations of a theory (beliefs that are taken for granted or believed to be true.)
Concepts: the building blocks of a theory
, Propositions: how the concepts of a theory affect one another (The relationships between the
concepts, the "glue" holding the theory together.)
Positivism: - CORRECT ANSWER - Truth is truth and will always be. For example,
someone may really dislike gravity and try to defy it by jumping off a roof, but no matter how
hard they try that truth (gravity) cannot be overcome or changed.
What is NOT an assumption of the Family Developmental Theory - CORRECT
ANSWER - Successful families have several common character traits.
Assumption of the Family Developmental Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Families
undergo stages of development.
There are tasks associated with different points along the family life cycle.
Families should be viewed over time.
What is FALSE statment about FDT? - CORRECT ANSWER - Failure to successfully
accomplish the tasks at one stage makes it unlikely the family will move to the next stage
FDT Truths - CORRECT ANSWER - The theory is one of the first and only ones that was
developed specifically out of an interest in families and thus focuses exclusively on the family.
Developmental tasks are norms arising at a particular stage of the family life cycle
Not all families follow the cycle from beginning to end.
