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what is the definition of a family system? |
A group of interrelated people, plus the way they function together |
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what is the best way to approach helping individuals? |
To see them in context, as a part of a larger system |
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What is the focus of FST? |
the relationships among individuals who are members of the system |
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Influences on one part of the system will... |
affect other parts |
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moving one member of a family in any way will... |
create movement in other parts of the system |
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most families present with an individual who has been labeled as the |
identified patient |
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systems can be _________ or _________ |
open or closed |
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what is an open system? |
those systems in which the parts are interactive and information flowers into and out of the system easily |
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What is a closed system? |
don't allow information in or out, and this impermeability leads to rigidity and thus the inability to change and adjust with the environment |
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what is homeostasis from a systems perspective? |
systems tend to self-regulate, and therefore resist change |