GSG Chapter 2

Question 1

Family life cycle

Answer 1

Evolves in stages
Periods of change and stability
Roles and relationships are constantly redefined

Question 2

Family Life Cycle Stage 1

Answer 2

Leaving home single young adults

(Accepting emotional and financial responsibility for self)

Question 3

Family life cycle stage 2

Answer 3

Marriage & young couples

Commitment to new system

Question 4

Family life cycle stage 3

Answer 4

Families with young children - making room and Accepting new members

Question 5

Family life cycle stage 4

Answer 5

Families with adolescents

Increasing flexibility - permit children’s independence and grandparents frailties

Question 6

Family life cycle stage 5

Answer 6

Launching children and moving on

Accepting a multitude of exits and entries

Question 7

Family life cycle stage 6

Answer 7

Families in later life

Accepting shifting generational roles

Question 8

Rigid familyinteractive pattern

Answer 8

Less likely members will negotiate differences
Struggle against need for change
Symptoms more likely to develop

Question 9

Family transitions

Answer 9

Appearance of symptoms say family might not be able to move on to next stage

Anxiety and distress can be highest at transitions

Question 10

Vertical stressors

Answer 10

Transgenerational
Patterns passed through generations
Could be biological

Question 11

Horizontal stressors

Answer 11

Developmental

Events experienced as family moves forward in time (expected or not)

Question 12

Coping with adolescence

Answer 12

Interactive processes restructure

Parents lose some authority but not all

Question 13

Period of contraction

Answer 13

Launching children and moving on

Parent creates adult to adult relationship with child

Question 14

Binuclear family

Answer 14

After divorce parents are caring cordial committed to child - equal parenting