FAML 400 Tested Exam Guide Questions Exam A+ 2025/2026
Homan's Value Proposition - The more valuable the result of an action is, the more
likely someone is to perform that action.
Homan's Deprivation/Satiation Proposition - If someone has received a certain reward
often in the past, that reward becomes less valuable when there's more of it.
Homan's Aggression/Approval Proposition - A) When someone's action does not result
in the expected rewards, they get angry and more likely to be aggressive - the results of
such behavior become more valuable to them.
B) When someone's action does result in expected rewards - especially greater than
expected or they don't receive expected punishment - they will be pleased and more
likely to repeat the action. Results of such behavior become more valuable to them.
Homan's Rationality Proposition - People will choose the alternative with the greater
reward of greater likelihood when choosing between two.
Stage 1 FDT - Married Couple
Stage 2 FDT - Childbearing
Stage 3 FDT - Preschool age
Stage 4 FDT - School age
Stage 5 FDT - Teenage
Stage 6 FDT - Launching center
Stage 7 FDT - Middle-age parents
Stage 8 FDT - Aging family members
Roles in married couple stage - Wife, husband
Roles in childbearing stage - Wife/mother, husband/father, daughter or son
Roles in preschool age stage - Wife/mother, husband/father, daughter/sister,
son/brother
Roles in school age stage - Wife/mother, husband/father, daughter/sister, son/brother
Roles in teenage stage - Wife/mother, husband/father, daughter/sister, son/brother
Homan's Value Proposition - The more valuable the result of an action is, the more
likely someone is to perform that action.
Homan's Deprivation/Satiation Proposition - If someone has received a certain reward
often in the past, that reward becomes less valuable when there's more of it.
Homan's Aggression/Approval Proposition - A) When someone's action does not result
in the expected rewards, they get angry and more likely to be aggressive - the results of
such behavior become more valuable to them.
B) When someone's action does result in expected rewards - especially greater than
expected or they don't receive expected punishment - they will be pleased and more
likely to repeat the action. Results of such behavior become more valuable to them.
Homan's Rationality Proposition - People will choose the alternative with the greater
reward of greater likelihood when choosing between two.
Stage 1 FDT - Married Couple
Stage 2 FDT - Childbearing
Stage 3 FDT - Preschool age
Stage 4 FDT - School age
Stage 5 FDT - Teenage
Stage 6 FDT - Launching center
Stage 7 FDT - Middle-age parents
Stage 8 FDT - Aging family members
Roles in married couple stage - Wife, husband
Roles in childbearing stage - Wife/mother, husband/father, daughter or son
Roles in preschool age stage - Wife/mother, husband/father, daughter/sister,
son/brother
Roles in school age stage - Wife/mother, husband/father, daughter/sister, son/brother
Roles in teenage stage - Wife/mother, husband/father, daughter/sister, son/brother
