Role conflict can occur when Ashley has different expectations about the way Paul should be performing a role than Paul does.

A crisis is an unexpected, negative event that inhibits a family from functioning in their usual manner.

Family _________ are communication events that are voluntary, recurring, and patterned.  

In families, ____________ refers to the central mechanism through which family stressors, demands, and strains are eliminated, managed, or adapted to.

In Carter and McGoldrick’s model of stressors, some are classified as horizontal and others vertical.  Which of the following describes vertical stressors?

The life course approach recognizes all family members go through changes in similar ways at about the same time and in spite of economic or environmental factors.

Whew! Question 50.  This question is my favorite! (Answer: True!)

Which of the following is not one of the conflict styles discussed in class?

Families tend to shift on the cohesion/adaptability axis as children age.

Mom always sleeps on the left side of the bed and Dad on the right side.  This is an example of which couple ritual?