A family of four (two adults and two children) has a fairly stable life with set routines and ways of interacting and communicating that work for them. In another town, a parent of one of the adults dies, and the other parent comes to live with the family. The family of four is thrown into disarray and for several weeks, no one seems to know how to handle the situation. In this description, the

death of one parent and the incorporation of the surviving parent is called what in Satir’s process of change?

A. Status quo
B. Foreign element
C. Chaos
D. New possibility


ANS: B

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