Family Systems Theory
Persecutor, victim and rescuer are all positions in this basic unit of interaction.
Triangles
Ethnicity, race, social class, spirituality, environment
Context
The family life cycle model was created by...
Betty Carter and Monica McGoldrick
Eating, sleeping, preparing meals, injections or dressing changes are examples of ...
Instrumental Functioning
The three categories of the Calgary Family Assessment Model
Structural, Developmental, Functional
Just like her mother and grandmother, Lucia cooks dinner for her husband every night. What is this an example of?
Multigenerational transmission
A visual diagram of family’s contact and relationships with entities outside the nuclear family.
Ecomap
The developmental stage of the family is based on the age of whom?
The oldest child
When an individual of a certain position perceives that he/she is confronted with incompatible expectations
Role Conflict
Who came up with Family Systems theory?
Murray Bowen
Janine and her mother had a falling out and haven’t talked in years. What is this an example of?
Emotional Cutoff
What are the three sub-divisons of the structural component of CFAM?
Internal, External, Context
The original Family life cycle stages were developed considering what type of family?
American Middle Class Families
Degree to which formal/informal pressure exerted by one family member on another is successful in changing that person’s point of view
Influence
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Nonsummativity
Michael is the youngest of 4 children and is considered spoiled because he is the baby. What is this an example of?
Sibling Position
Describes differentiation in the family, dyads (parent-parent, parent-child, sibling-sibling)
Subsystem
"Realignment of relationships with extended family, friends, and larger community and social system to include new partners" is a task of which developmental stage?
Joining of Families Through Marriage or Union
Reciprocal and responsive communication between people involving interpreting behaviors and inferences.
Circular Communication
What does a square shape on the genogram represent?
Male
John has been arguing with his wife at home and they often end up shouting. He recently got into a disagreement with a co-worker and began shouting in the office in front of customers. What is this an example of?
Societal Emotional Process
Social agencies and people in the family’s community that the family interacts with (ex. school, job, foster care)
Broader/larger system
List the developmental stages associated with divorce
1. The decision to divorce, 2. Planning the breakup of the system, 3. Separation, 4. The divorce
When neither consensus or accommodation can be reached, so a single person makes the overriding decision
Defacto
What theory is the Family Systems Theory based off?
General Systems Theory