David Reiss Developed Concepts About How a Family Constructs Reality

question 48

Multiple Choice

David Reiss developed concepts about how a family constructs reality. With regard to family paradigms (his term for ideologies) he says:

• A) Multiple levels of abstraction are a means to explore how families organize their beliefs.
• B) A family paradigm is the meta-level interaction that allows families to think about what they are doing.
• C) A family paradigm is a shared, deeply felt, enduring meaning about themselves and the world that families create.
• D) A family paradigm is the specific and concrete behaviors that makes up the everyday interaction in the family

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