Author Question: Using the McMaster Family Assessment Device (MFAD) with over 26,000 families in Ontario, Georgiades ... (Read 12 times)

aabwk4 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Using the McMaster Family Assessment Device (MFAD) with over 26,000 families in Ontario, Georgiades et al. (2008 ) found:

a) There were large discrepancies in perceived family functioning between parents, dependents, other household residents
b) There was substantial agreement across families in the amount of discrepancy
c) Families with lower socio-economic status reported higher family functioning
d) Families with lower family functioning tended to be middle class

Question 2

Ego analysis is a form of psychotherapy that:

a) Emphasizes people's ability to control both their environment and their instincts
b) Mainly includes people's childhood conditions to help them strengthen their ego
c) Assumes that people's inability to control their id instincts is present at birth
d) Involves strengthening one's ego to overcome the superego's drives