CAFS 432 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Koos, while employed by the Columbia University Department of Sociology, developed the first
conceptual framework of family stress: - Answers the "Profile of Trouble"
Koos used the term "trouble" for: - Answers stressor
Koos identified what in Profile of Trouble? - Answers 1. the families' normal interaction
2. the point in the initiating cause took effect
3. the point at which the families' interaction dropped
4. the point of recovery
5. the angle of recovery
a-a'- normal interaction/organization - Answers indicates the family's normal interaction or
organization. Koos began his research using the term family organization and then changed to family
interaction when discussing his graphic device, and he determined the level of family organization
using four criteria
Koos determined the level of family organization/interaction using four criteria: - Answers 1. The
amount of consciousness and acceptance by each family member of his or her and others' roles in the
family
2. The extent to which family members worked toward the good of the family and of each individual
3. How much the family members found satisfaction with the family unit
4. Whether the family had sense of direction and was moving in that direction
Comparing the families to each other, Koos ranked and divided the families into three categories of
family organization/interaction: - Answers better than average
average
below average
b-the point at which the initiating cause takes effect: - Answers the lower case b represent the point
at which the initiating cause takes effect. The lowercase b represents the point at which the stressor
takes effect, not the point at which the stressor occurs.
Koos also referred to initiating causes as: - Answers troubles or, in today's terminology, stressors.
Koo's model in fact indicates that the effects of the stressor may not be: - Answers immediate
c-the point at which the initiating cause takes effect: - Answers the lowercase c indicates the point at
which family interaction drops or, in today's terminology, the lowest point of the crisis.
d-the point of recovery - Answers d represents the point of recovery. Koos grouped the profiles into
four general types of variations found in the families he studied.
the variations found in the families Koos studied: - Answers 1. the families recovered to their pre-
trouble levels of interaction or organization
2. the families recovered to higher levels. FAmily interaction rose to a higher-than-pretrouble level.
3. the families did not recover to their previous levels of interaction. Interaction did not recover fully,
these families remained below the pre-trouble level
4. before the families had completely recovered from the initial "trouble", a second trouble occurred.
Only incomplete recovery from one trouble took place
e-the angle of recovery - Answers e represents the angle of recovery: the size of the angle depends on
the length of time that it takes to recover. the smaller the angle, the shorter the recovery period while
the larger the able, the longer the recovery period.
A criticism of Koo's presentation of the Profile of Trouble is the fact that he changed: - Answers
terminology during the course of his discussion of the device, as Koos began his discussion using the
term family organization and then changed to family interaction.
What are some other criticisms about Koo's presentation of the Profile of Trouble? - Answers Koos
used the term trouble to refer to both the stressor and the state of crisis. He used the term cause,
which we no longer use because it sounds deterministic. Although Koo's model refer to families, each
individual in the family may be at a different phase of the model at the same time.
ON the positive side of the Profile of Trouble: - Answers Besides being the first conceptual framework
in family stress theory, Koo's model takes us from before the stressor to after recovery from the crisis.
From his study of families experiencing the stressor of departure from and a reunion with the
husband because of war, Reuben Hill, grandfather of the study of family, drew upon Koo's Profile of
Trouble to describe: - Answers "the course of family adjustment in the face of crisis"
Hill was actually testing Koo's model in his research. He described Koo's Profile of Trouble as the
truncated form of a - Answers roller coaster
, Hill stated that "each responsible member" of the family "experiences a roller-coaster pattern of
personal shock, disorganization, recovery, readjustment", implying that the model can be used to
track: - Answers personal crises as well as family crises.
For Hill's Truncated Roller Coaster Profile of Adjustment, he broke down adjustment patterns into
periods: - Answers 1. represents the pre-crisis family level of organization
2. represents anticipatory reactions and preparation for the first stressor
3. represents reaction to the first stressor/the first disorganization; (crisis)
4. represents the adjustment process
5. represents the level of organization after reorganization/adjustment is complete
6. represents anticipatory reactions and preparation for the second impending stressor
7. represents reactions to the second stressor/the second disorganization
8. represents the reorganization/readjustment process
9. represents the level of reorganization
Like Koos, Hill found more than one pattern of adjustment: - Answers good adjustment to separation
and good adjustment to reunion,
good adjustment to separation and poor adjustment to reunion,
fair adjustment to to separation and good adjustment to reunion,
fair adjustment to separation and poor adjustment to reunion,
and poor adjustment to separation and good adjustment to reunion.
The first period of Hills Roller coaster model is the - Answers pre-crisis family organization. HIll
operationalized family organization as family adaptability and integration and marital adjustment.
Hill found that family adaptability, family integration, and marital adjustment constituted as the: -
Answers the most important statistically identifiable factors making for successful adjustment to crisis
How were adaptability, integration, and marital determined? - Answers Adaptability and integration
were determined with qualitative data while marital adjustment was quantitatively determined.
Adaptability - Answers included previous success in meeting family crises; predominance of
nonmaterialistic goals; flexibility and willingness to shift traditional roles of husband and wife or of
father and mother, if necessary; acceptance of responsibility by all family members in performing
family duties; and presence of equalitarian patterns of family control and decision making
Hill found adaptability to be: - Answers more importance than integration in adjustment to crisis. He
rated adaptability as high, medium, or low.
Integration - Answers means the "bonds of coherence and unity running through family life, of which
common interest, affection, and a sense of economic interdependence are perhaps the most
prominent"
Integration discussed by Hill included - Answers willingness to sacrifice personal interest to attain
family objectives, pride in the family tree and in the ancestral traditions, presences of strong patterns
of emotional interdependence and unity, and high participation as a family in joint activities.
Hill found families with any combination of medium integration to high integration and medium
adaptation to high adaptation tended to make a: - Answers good adjustment to a crisis.
Marital adjustment - Answers Locke defined marital adjustment as "the process of adaptation of the
husband and wife in such a way as to avoid or resolve conflicts" HIll used the Burgess-Cottrell Marital
Adjustment SCale to measure marital adjustment
HIll rated marital adjustment based on scores on the: - Answers Marital Adjustment Scale as good (70
and over), fair (40-69) or poor (0-39)
Koos, while employed by the Columbia University Department of Sociology, developed the first
conceptual framework of family stress: - Answers the "Profile of Trouble"
Koos used the term "trouble" for: - Answers stressor
Koos identified what in Profile of Trouble? - Answers 1. the families' normal interaction
2. the point in the initiating cause took effect
3. the point at which the families' interaction dropped
4. the point of recovery
5. the angle of recovery
a-a'- normal interaction/organization - Answers indicates the family's normal interaction or
organization. Koos began his research using the term family organization and then changed to family
interaction when discussing his graphic device, and he determined the level of family organization
using four criteria
Koos determined the level of family organization/interaction using four criteria: - Answers 1. The
amount of consciousness and acceptance by each family member of his or her and others' roles in the
family
2. The extent to which family members worked toward the good of the family and of each individual
3. How much the family members found satisfaction with the family unit
4. Whether the family had sense of direction and was moving in that direction
Comparing the families to each other, Koos ranked and divided the families into three categories of
family organization/interaction: - Answers better than average
average
below average
b-the point at which the initiating cause takes effect: - Answers the lower case b represent the point
at which the initiating cause takes effect. The lowercase b represents the point at which the stressor
takes effect, not the point at which the stressor occurs.
Koos also referred to initiating causes as: - Answers troubles or, in today's terminology, stressors.
Koo's model in fact indicates that the effects of the stressor may not be: - Answers immediate
c-the point at which the initiating cause takes effect: - Answers the lowercase c indicates the point at
which family interaction drops or, in today's terminology, the lowest point of the crisis.
d-the point of recovery - Answers d represents the point of recovery. Koos grouped the profiles into
four general types of variations found in the families he studied.
the variations found in the families Koos studied: - Answers 1. the families recovered to their pre-
trouble levels of interaction or organization
2. the families recovered to higher levels. FAmily interaction rose to a higher-than-pretrouble level.
3. the families did not recover to their previous levels of interaction. Interaction did not recover fully,
these families remained below the pre-trouble level
4. before the families had completely recovered from the initial "trouble", a second trouble occurred.
Only incomplete recovery from one trouble took place
e-the angle of recovery - Answers e represents the angle of recovery: the size of the angle depends on
the length of time that it takes to recover. the smaller the angle, the shorter the recovery period while
the larger the able, the longer the recovery period.
A criticism of Koo's presentation of the Profile of Trouble is the fact that he changed: - Answers
terminology during the course of his discussion of the device, as Koos began his discussion using the
term family organization and then changed to family interaction.
What are some other criticisms about Koo's presentation of the Profile of Trouble? - Answers Koos
used the term trouble to refer to both the stressor and the state of crisis. He used the term cause,
which we no longer use because it sounds deterministic. Although Koo's model refer to families, each
individual in the family may be at a different phase of the model at the same time.
ON the positive side of the Profile of Trouble: - Answers Besides being the first conceptual framework
in family stress theory, Koo's model takes us from before the stressor to after recovery from the crisis.
From his study of families experiencing the stressor of departure from and a reunion with the
husband because of war, Reuben Hill, grandfather of the study of family, drew upon Koo's Profile of
Trouble to describe: - Answers "the course of family adjustment in the face of crisis"
Hill was actually testing Koo's model in his research. He described Koo's Profile of Trouble as the
truncated form of a - Answers roller coaster
, Hill stated that "each responsible member" of the family "experiences a roller-coaster pattern of
personal shock, disorganization, recovery, readjustment", implying that the model can be used to
track: - Answers personal crises as well as family crises.
For Hill's Truncated Roller Coaster Profile of Adjustment, he broke down adjustment patterns into
periods: - Answers 1. represents the pre-crisis family level of organization
2. represents anticipatory reactions and preparation for the first stressor
3. represents reaction to the first stressor/the first disorganization; (crisis)
4. represents the adjustment process
5. represents the level of organization after reorganization/adjustment is complete
6. represents anticipatory reactions and preparation for the second impending stressor
7. represents reactions to the second stressor/the second disorganization
8. represents the reorganization/readjustment process
9. represents the level of reorganization
Like Koos, Hill found more than one pattern of adjustment: - Answers good adjustment to separation
and good adjustment to reunion,
good adjustment to separation and poor adjustment to reunion,
fair adjustment to to separation and good adjustment to reunion,
fair adjustment to separation and poor adjustment to reunion,
and poor adjustment to separation and good adjustment to reunion.
The first period of Hills Roller coaster model is the - Answers pre-crisis family organization. HIll
operationalized family organization as family adaptability and integration and marital adjustment.
Hill found that family adaptability, family integration, and marital adjustment constituted as the: -
Answers the most important statistically identifiable factors making for successful adjustment to crisis
How were adaptability, integration, and marital determined? - Answers Adaptability and integration
were determined with qualitative data while marital adjustment was quantitatively determined.
Adaptability - Answers included previous success in meeting family crises; predominance of
nonmaterialistic goals; flexibility and willingness to shift traditional roles of husband and wife or of
father and mother, if necessary; acceptance of responsibility by all family members in performing
family duties; and presence of equalitarian patterns of family control and decision making
Hill found adaptability to be: - Answers more importance than integration in adjustment to crisis. He
rated adaptability as high, medium, or low.
Integration - Answers means the "bonds of coherence and unity running through family life, of which
common interest, affection, and a sense of economic interdependence are perhaps the most
prominent"
Integration discussed by Hill included - Answers willingness to sacrifice personal interest to attain
family objectives, pride in the family tree and in the ancestral traditions, presences of strong patterns
of emotional interdependence and unity, and high participation as a family in joint activities.
Hill found families with any combination of medium integration to high integration and medium
adaptation to high adaptation tended to make a: - Answers good adjustment to a crisis.
Marital adjustment - Answers Locke defined marital adjustment as "the process of adaptation of the
husband and wife in such a way as to avoid or resolve conflicts" HIll used the Burgess-Cottrell Marital
Adjustment SCale to measure marital adjustment
HIll rated marital adjustment based on scores on the: - Answers Marital Adjustment Scale as good (70
and over), fair (40-69) or poor (0-39)
