Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The most appealing definitional approach for family communication scholars is the transactional approach.
2. Aunts and uncles are considered part of the family of origin.
3. Every nuclear family also is a small family subgroup within a larger family conceptual group.
4. Some families are more discourse dependent than others; having to account for how they are family or why their family is different from the traditional family form.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True

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