Which of the following is NOT an example of a “relational currency”?

Lori Peterson’s son Milo recently texted her a message and ended by saying “I love you.”  Touched, by hearing from her favorite son, Lori deposited some money into his bank account. Positive verbal statements, staying in touch, and money are all examples of relational ____________.

Family __________ are recurring patterns of behavior developed through the social interactions that family members enact in order to fulfill family functions. 

Multigenerational communication patterns frequently involve protecting family secrets.

To fully understand a family system the focus is placed on individual family members first.

“Everyone probes into everyone’s business” is indicative of a(n) _______ family function.

Kennedy’s parents always taught her that saying “Yes Ma’am” and “Yes Sir” is a sign of respect. But, Kennedy is NOT required to refer to her parents using these words.  The instructions on when and how (and to whom) to speak respectfully represent:

A deep knowledge and understanding developed from close personal attention and shared experience; A familiar, easy, affectionate relationship; and sexual relations are all characteristics of marital _____________.

The following description of a couple is an example of a ________ ritual?  “Lori’s husband always makes fun of her cooking in front of the extended family.  He’s done it for years even after Lori —and other people—told him it wasn’t funny.”  

Milo performs well in school and his parents stay off his case about schoolwork, his grades start slipping, his parents get on his case about schoolwork, Milo performs well in school and his parents stay off his case about schoolwork. We can only analyze this scenario depending on how we __________ it.