Family Systems Theory Quiz

According to Ernst Burgess, a family is defined as:

• A legal definition

• A dynamic, evolving collective personality

• A unity of interacting personalities

• A lack of rituals and discipline

Which family type is characterized by having rituals, discipline, and independence?

• Highly integrated family

• Unintegrated family

• Open family

• Random family

According to Bronfenbrenner, what does the mesosystem acknowledge?

• The interconnectedness of different environments

• The influence of broader cultural context

• The changes in the environment over time

• The role of family communication and therapy

Which system in the ecological environment indirectly affects a child's development?

• Microsystem

• Mesosystem

• Exosystem

• Macrosystem

What does the macrosystem refer to?

• Small, close-knit environments

• Interactions within different systems

• Institutions and settings indirectly related to the child's immediate environment

• Broader cultural context and customs

What does the chronosystem pertain to?

• Changes in the environment over time

• The interconnectedness of different environments

• The individual constituents of the system

• Implicit principles for managing various circumstances

Which family type is characterized by protecting the rights of individuals and being democratic?

• Open family

• Random family

• Closed family

• Highly integrated family

What are boundaries in a family system?

• The system's edges where external elements are filtered out

• The individual constituents of the system

• Implicit principles for managing various circumstances

• The interconnectedness of different environments

Which areas have seen the greatest research productivity and application of systems theory concepts?

• Family communication and family therapy

• Family rituals and discipline

• Individual identity and emotional illnesses

• Broader cultural context and customs

What is one of the critical views on the family systems theory?

• The systems are too global and abstract to be useful

• The theory only applies to highly integrated families

• The theory focuses too much on individual rights

• The theory is only applicable to certain cultural contexts