The nurse is counseling a young couple who in 2 months are having their third baby. The nurse uses Von Bertalanffy's general system theory applied to families to analyze the family structure
Which best describes the main emphasis of this theory and its application to family dynamics?
A) It emphasizes the family as a system with interdependent, interacting parts that endure over time to ensure the survival, continuity, and growth of its components.
B) It emphasizes the social system of family, such as the organization or structure of the family and how the structure relates to the function.
C) It emphasizes the developmental stages that all families go through, beginning with marriage; the longitudinal career of the family is also known as the family life cycle.
D) It addresses the way families respond to stress and how the family copes with the stress as a group and how each individual member copes.
Ans: A
Von Bertalanffy emphasizes the family as a system with interdependent, interacting parts that endure over time to ensure the survival, continuity, and growth of its components. Friedman emphasizes the social system of family, such as the organization or structure of the family and how the structure relates to the function. Duvall emphasizes the developmental stages that all families go through, beginning with marriage; the longitudinal career of the family is also known as the family life cycle. The family stress theory addresses the way families respond to stress and how the family copes with the stress as a group and how each individual member copes.
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