COUC 601 EXAM 2 2023 ANSWERED, Exams of Psychology

Download COUC 601 EXAM 2 2023 ANSWERED and more Exams Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! Homeostasis Homeostasis: not a fixed, static condition, however, is a dynamic equilibrium -- there is movement and activity, but within a certain acceptable range. When activities move towards the outer limits of that acceptable range, the SELF--REGULATING MECHANISMS are triggered to pull the system's functioning back within tolerable limit  The inherent nature of systems is that they like to remain balanced or stable  Systems (Families) resist change and after something changes they try to revert back to the old status quickly.  Systems only create a new balance if they are unable to return to their old balance. someone who has traditionally been a people pleaser and they've always just kind of got along with everything if they go to therapy and they start learning to express their wants or to speak up for themselves people in the family are going to resist them by acting like they're being very rude or wondering what's happened or confronting them and pushing back on their attempts to assert themselves so the family seeks that old balance that old status quo that they were used to even if it's unhealthy in Take Test: Chapter 2 Quiz (25 points) 23/25 QUESTION 1 The way a family organizes and maintains itself at any given time refers to its: a. general systems theory. b. structure c. power. d. processes. 1 points QUESTION 2 General systems theory is considered by the authors to: a. arise from research at the Mental Research Institute. b. be too narrow a concept because of its specific references to feedback mechanisms. c. be interchangeable with cybernetic theory d. provide the underpinning for much of family therapy theory. 1 points QUESTION 3 A systems perspective: a. supports linear explanations of behavior. b. stresses wholeness or unity. c. views component parts as greater than the whole. d. emphasizes S-R connections 1 points QUESTION 4 The notion that there is an objectively knowable world to be observed and measured represents which viewpoint? a. None of the answers are correct b. Postmodernism 1 points QUESTION 10 Family therapist Virginia Satir helped families: a. de-emphasize their feelings and avoid topics causing family pain. b. follow rules she establishes for them. c. recognize their unwritten rules. d. set up written contracts stating agreed-upon family rules 1 points QUESTION 11 Homeostasis refers to: a. the inclination of a system to maintain a dynamic equilibrium around a central tendency. b. roles within a family being assigned according to traditional sex roles c. the tendency within a family for persons of the same sex to band together. d. None of the answers are correct 1 points QUESTION 12 In families labeled as pathogenic, demands by an adolescent for a rule change would likely be met with: a. a reexamination of all family rules. b. encouragement since it showed independence c. increased rigidity regarding the retention of rules d. increased flexibility because all members sought changes 1 points QUESTION 13 “Attenuated feedback loops” is suggested in the text as a better term for: a. positive feedback. b. negative feedback. c. alternating positive and negative feedback. d. None of the answers are correct. 1 points QUESTION 14 Another name for an amplifying loop is: a. positive feedback b. negative feedback. c. alternating positive and negative feedback. d. None of the answers are correct. 1 points QUESTION 15 Negative and positive feedback loops are: a. neither intrinsically good or bad. b. good and bad respectively. c. invariably destabilizing. d. bad and good respectively. 1 points QUESTION 16 Anthropologist Bateson has defined ______________ as “a difference that makes a difference.” a. the environment b. information c. family life patterns d. love 1 points QUESTION 17 According to the text, which subsystem is most basic in a family? b. Jackson. c. Bronfenbrenner. d. Dell. 1 points QUESTION 23 Which of the following is a school-related intervention program based upon a social ecological viewpoint? a. Multiphasic therapy b. Psychosocial therapy c. Family-school therapy d. Multisystemic therapy 1 points QUESTION 24 In the example offered in the text by Imber-Black, a family interacted with five larger systems. One negative consequence of such an arrangement is: a. differences in approaches might surface. b. All of the answers are correct. c. competing definitions of the problem might occur d. differences in beliefs among the helpers might surface 1 points QUESTION 25 Ecomaps are: a. devices for depicting a family’s connection to a larger system. b. a child’s depiction of his or her family c. school learning projects. d. drawings by adult family members. 1 points