NSG 527 Pre course Study Guide Exam Questions and Verified for Accuracy Answers 2024/2025
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NSG 527 Pre course Study Guide Exam Questions and Verified for Accuracy Answers 2024/2025
General systems theory - correct answer "a system theory constitutes a way of explaining a unit such as a family as it relates to and interacts with other systems....it explain how each variable affects the...
NSG 527 Pre course Study Guide Exam
Questions and Verified for Accuracy Answers
2024/2025
General systems theory - correct answer "a system theory constitutes a way of
explaining a unit such as a family as it relates to and interacts with other systems....it
explain how each variable affects the whole and how the whole affects each part"
Concepts of the general systems theory - correct answer system: one unit in totality for
analysis; interdependency; the structure is the organization of the parts needed for
effective function and measurable outcomes.
Holism or nonsummativity: the system is analyzed holistically and not in individual parts
Interconnectedness: the system is interconnected with the environment in which it exists
Social system: is a social organization with persons having interactions with defined
boundaries
Open system: all living systems must be interactive with the environment
Closed system: does not need interaction with the environment to survive
Hierarchy of systems: each unit has a hierarchy that transcends from a higher-level to a
lower-level system; an identified system of study is called a target system of focal
system.
Boundaries: are lines of demarcation from systems, subsystems, and suprasystems;
these boundaries can be porous or flexible to allow more or less interaction between the
system and the environment.
Input: is received from the environment and affects survival; it is the source of output in
the system.
Output: occurs when a system monitors and processes its output.
Feedback: ongoing monitoring of input and output in a system.
Self-regulation, homeostasis, steady state, and equilibrium: self-regulation is a
mechanism for managing the family's ability to balance and control input; when this
occurs there is homeostasis, steady state and equilibrium.
Differentiation: this process occurs for growth and change to occur; families need a
balance of stability (morphostasis) and change to grow as a unit.
, Energy: increased energy is needed from the environment for systems with increased
activity; energy is necessary for differentiation to occur.
Application of the general systems theory concepts to the family - correct answer -
family: living social system; interdependent; family members in a single unit for reaching
mutual goals.
- reciprocal determinism of the ripple effect: the ripple effect occurs when a significant
stressor impacts one family member and the effect "ripples" to the entire family unit;
circular causation.
- nonsummativity: the family unit is "greater than the sum of its parts"; a comprehensive
assessment of the family includes all components of the interrelatedness.
- self-reflexivity and goal seeking: families have an innate sense to focus on their
organizational structure and function and then to set goals accordingly; communication
is the key methodology for ensuring success of this process.
- hierarchy of systems: family as focal system: the family has a hierarchal structure with
its members; this also extends to the environment which encompasses institutions of
the suprasystem.
- open, closed and random family systems: open family-in an open system with the
environment; change is necessary and desirable; boundaries are permeable in the
family system. Closed-family-social control; rigidity; change is a stressor to the family
random-family-individual family members determine their boundaries; family dynamics
are in chaos
- family boundaries: adaptation within families occurs when boundaries can expand and
retract to regulate input and output; the degree of openness can act negatively and/or
positively on the stability of the family.
- family adaptation: family members have the ability to be flexible in altering behavior;
the family adapts by actively processing internal and external input; family homeostasis
occurs when there is balance.
- family subsystems: families have multiple subsystems comprising the family structure;
table 6-2, p. 162, provides an overview of family subsytems in the nuclear, two-parent
family.
Attachment theory - correct answer attachment theory is focused on the relationships
and bonds between people, particularly long-term relationships including those between
a parent and child and between romantic partners.
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