In the context of family systems theory, what is meant by the term fusion?

a) Being able to separate our own reactions from those of others.
b) Being able to separate our own identity from those of others.
c) A child’s process of abandoning his or her parents’ goals and expectations and adopt his or her own.
d) The ability to distinguish between emotion and reason.
e) Emotion and thought being tangled up together.


Answer: e

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