A concept in family systems theory that could explain the resistance to change is called .

a. Information processing
b. The functional family system
c. Family rules
d. Family homeostasis


d. Family homeostasis

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Children and adolescent drawings can be used as an assessment procedure. Discuss the five characteristics to consider in these drawings and provide an example for each.

What will be an ideal response?

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How do family systems practitioners view knowledge of the family life cycle?

a. Each of the events in the family life cycle affects all family members. Understanding these predictable shifts in family dynamics provides useful insights to practitioners. b. Practitioners endeavor to understand each unique family system, ignoring generalizations such as family life cycles. c. Systems practitioners focus more on individual psychosocial development than on the family life cycle. d. Most crises that affect families are not related to life cycle development. As a result, systems practitioners study impacts of crime, violence, chronic illness, and so forth on family members.

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When making a report of child abuse or neglect, the counselor should be prepared to provide all of the following except:

a. Name of the child, parents, and perpetrator b. Client assessment history and diagnosis c. Addresses of the subjects of the report d. When and where the incident occurred

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Who constructed the five tenets of womanism?

a. Charlotte Kasl b. Jean Baker Miller c. Layli Phillips d. Alice Walker

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