The feedback present within family systems that promote changes instrategies and rules is called:

True or False? The family is viewed as functional when the structure and strategies of the family support the physical, social, emotional, andpsychological well-being of its members.

True or False? Most families are either totally effective, or totally ineffective at managing their tasks.

_____________________________ requires the creation of strategies that distribute power in ways that allow family members to feel positive about their involvement in the family.

In poorly differentiated family systems the forces of ______________ are so strong to negate family member’s individuality, viewing it as disloyal and threatening to the family’s stability.

The successful resolution of separation-individuation during late adolescence and young adulthood is dfined by the establishment of all of the following EXCEPT:

Within Bowen’s theory, ________________ is a term used to refer to the ability of family members to express their own individuality and to act autonomously while remaining connected to others. At the family level, this same term refers to the degree to which difference is tolerated within the family system.

A “closed” or “rigid” famly system…

When boundaries are structured in a _________________ way, the strategy of the system is to promote the expression of autonomy.

According to the structural model, the organizational characteristics of the family refers to…