Chapter 11
The intangible emotional quality that holds groups together and gives members a sense of common identity. Emotional bonding (i.e. affection, warmth) of couples and family members with one another.
Family Cohesion
__________ power, also known as autonomy, is power exercised over oneself
Personal
Individuals responses to stress can result in the actions of ______, _______, or _______.
Fighting, Flight, or Freezing
______________ includes portions of the population—children and the unmarried—who are not at risk for divorce.
Crude Divorce Rate
Lower ambiguity = ______ remarital satisfaction
Higher
______ ______ not family structure is an important indicator of positive child outcomes.
Family warmth
Crystal is a Marriage and Family Therapist therefore she has _________ power in situations where she is not around individuals who are also therapists.
Informational
According to the Structure-Functional perspective, failing to meet basic family needs leads to...
Dysfunction
The _______ ________ is the idea that woman’s earnings provide economic power, increased independence, and self-confidence for a woman to divorce.
Independence Effect
________ _______ refers to lack of guidelines for stepfamily responsibilities, behaviors, and emotions which leads to variable relationship and communication patterns.
Role ambiguity
Researchers classified heterosexual, marital relationships into four types. This type of relationship is low on affection and low on antagonism...
Bland or empty shell
Jenn is admired and respected as a manajer by her subordinates and seen as a role model. In difficult situations, employees consider what she would do and try to take her example.
This is an example of _________ power.
Referent Power
When applied to a family, _____________ is a situation in which it is unclear who is in and who is out of the family.
Boundary ambiguity
________ _________ refers to marriages based on affection, friendship, and sexual gratification.
Compassionate Marraige
_____________ is a set of socially prescribed and understood guidelines for defining responsibilities and obligations and for relating to each other
Cultural script
What are the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
Contempt, Criticism, Defensiveness, Stonewalling
The ________________ posits that the partner with more resources has more power in the relationship. Resources mainly include earnings and education.
Resource hypothesis
According to the Family Crisis Timeline the phase after the low point following a crisis is known as....
Reorganization
Levinger’s model of divorce decisions suggests that spouses assess their marriage in terms of:
Barriers to divorce
Alternatives to the marriage
______ __ ________
Rewards of Marriage
Society expects almost mythical loving relationships between stepmothers and children. Yet stepmothers are stigmatized and seen as cruel, vain, selfish, competitive, and even abusive. What is this describing?
Stepmother trap
John Gottman's Four Horseman of the Apocalypse label the "refusal to listen to complaints and withdrawing" as characteristics of _______.
Stonewalling
This phase of the cycle of violence is where the perpatrating partner engages in blaming and manipulative behaviors.
Tension Building Phase
What does the B in the ABC-X model of family crisis stand for?
(A-Stress Event)(B-_______)(C-Family Assessment)=X
Familly Resiliance
______ _______ refers to ruptures of relationships and changes in social networks that come about as a result of divorce.
Divorce Fallout
When the stepparents and stepchildren forge a “real” relationship, this is know as the ______ stage of the step family cycle.
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