Triangle - correct answer ✔✔Two units in the family system have problems with each other and involve
a third member as a way of stabilizing their own relationship
Homeostasis - correct answer ✔✔A family system's maintenance of customary organization and
functioning over time
Feedback loop - correct answer ✔✔When families introduce a change into their system and the family
reacts and responds in a way that indicated if the change was good or bad
Family system - correct answer ✔✔People who work together and develop regular and enduring
patterns
First order change - correct answer ✔✔Fixing a problem at surface level that returns family to
homeostasis
Second order change - correct answer ✔✔Creating a new homeostasic pattern to solve problems
Rules - correct answer ✔✔Guidelines that allow and restrict certain behaviors
Implicit rules - correct answer ✔✔Hidden rules. Ie taking shoes off when you enter a house
Explicit rules - correct answer ✔✔Known or stated rules. Ie a sign stating to take shoes off
Boundary - correct answer ✔✔Separates what is considered appropriate behavior and levels of intimacy.
Boundaries help the family maintain roles and structures within the family
Social exchange theory - correct answer ✔✔People interact for positive outcomes. The guiding force in
conflict is self-interest. People strive for more rewards than costs in relationships
Comparison level - correct answer ✔✔Kind of relationship expected
Comparison level with alternative - correct answer ✔✔Chances of a better relationship with someone
else; being happier alone
Family systems problems - correct answer ✔✔Undifferentiated self, triangles, maladaptive roles,
maladaptive rules
Family system solutions - correct answer ✔✔Seek differentiation, detriangle, change roles, change rules
Cognitive-behavioral therapy - correct answer ✔✔Psychotherapy based on dealing with a particular
individual/group's cognitive patterns
5 types of cognition - correct answer ✔✔Selective perception, attributions, expectancies/predictions
about relationship, assumptions about basic beliefs, standards involving beliefs
Cognitive distortion - correct answer ✔✔Maladaptive thoughts about situations
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