HDFS 444 exam Questions with Latest Update

external boundary management - ANSWER-involves using communication strategies to reveal or conceal information about the family to outsiders. Labeling, legitimising, explaining, defending. internal boundary management - ANSWER-refers to the use of communication strategies to create maintain members' internal sense of we-ness or being a family. Naming, discussing (ambiguity), narrating, and ritualizing 4 levels of cohesion - ANSWER-disengaged, connected, cohesive, enmeshed disengaged - ANSWER-extreme separateness and independence, with little belonging or loyalty to family. connected - ANSWER-emotional independence, but some sense of involvement and belonging to the family. cohesive - ANSWER-emotional closeness, loyalty, and togetherness all while maintaining some sort of individuality. enmeshed - ANSWER-almost no individuality, extreme closeness, loyalty, and dependence on one another heavily. 4 levels of adaptability - ANSWER-1. Rigid 2. Structured 3. Flexible 4. Chaotic rigid - ANSWER-family members experience very low levels of change, authoritarian leadership, strict roles and rules. structured - ANSWER-more moderate levels of change, limited share decision-making and leadership. Relatively stable roles and rules. flexible - ANSWER-high levels of change, shared decision-making, shifting rules and roles chaotic - ANSWER-very high levels of change, nonexistent leadership, confused and variable family themes - ANSWER-Statements that describe the member's values and collective identity. Beliefs that capture and guide family members and their actions.