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Which of the following is NOT one of the dimensions of the Circumplex Model?

A) equilibrium
B) cohesion
C) flexibility
D) communication

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According to system's theory, the locus of pathology is within the person.

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Sam's family has an unwritten rule that you do not invite people over without approval from his parents. One day at school Sam has a friend, Charlie, whose dad was supposed to pick him up but got stuck at the airport and is going to be a few hours late. The school buses have already left, so Sam tells Charlie he can come home with him until his dad gets home, even though Sam could not get in touch with his parents to seek permission. While Sam's parents are polite to Charlie, they tell Sam in private that he is grounded for a week for inviting Charlie over without their permission. What is Sam's punishment an example of?

The way in which a family system changes its relationship rules, power structure, and role expectancies in response to either normal developmental changes or crises depends upon its

According to Smith and Hamon, a double bind

From the family systems perspective, psychopathology or dysfunctional behavior results from a struggle

All families have boundaries.

Match: Based on David Kantor and William Lehr's (1975) classic work Inside the Family, match the "four player parts" with their correct definition. -The follower

Without intentionality, families have a natural tendency toward entropy.

Within human social interactions, there are a number of forces moving in many directions simultaneously.

All systems, including the family, are based on a power structure or a hierarchy.

Which family role is most likely to be played by the eldest child?

Sometimes a family is compared to a mobile. What Dad does affects his son Blair; what Blair does affects his sister Michaela, etc. These family members keep establishing some form of balance. This mobile and example illustrate that families operate as

Family enmeshment is always a positive family environment.

Have students write down some of their family rules. Then have them indicate if those rules are implicit or explicit. How did they learn about each of the rules? What happens if they break a rule?

You can change the family role of one member without the other family members having to change their roles.

Write about contexts in which family systems theory is a useful lens within therapeutic contexts. For instance, describe how a family systems perspective would be useful to a school counselor in dealing with a child's acting out behavior or how a family systems perspective would be helpful to a clinician trying to help a client lose weight or deal with the impending death of a loved one.

Adopting a family systems perspective means

While a pizza has its individual ingredients like sauce, pepperoni, crust, and cheese, the product you get when you put them all together and bake them is different than the individual ingredients with which you started. This is an example of which basic assumption?

FACES is a multi-item instrument designed to measure family cohesion and family adaptability.