Chapter 1-2
Lens that says relationships are familial to the extent that people feel/act like a family
What is a role lens?
Occurs when we stereotype an individual/group based on how we think we should communicate with them
What is overaccomodation?
This approach focuses on different trajectories/ transitions of families at different points in time
What is a lifecourse approach?
These can foster belonging and sense of history in families
What are family stories?
Refers to an essential type of everyday, lived communication behavior
What is a ritual?
Lens that relies on the enactment of laws & regulations to define family
What is a socio-legal lens?
This theory states that families regulate private information using a system of privacy rules
What is Communication Privacy Management Theory?
Individual, generation, and historical
What are the types of time?
These family rules dictate how, when, where, and with whom to talk
What are regulative family rules?
Occurs when communication validates/ accepts/ respects the other person
What is confirmation?
Lens that says family depends on the extent to which a relationship is directly or potentially reproductive
What is a bio-genetic lens?
Inconsistencies between any of the layers of your identity, which causes tension
What are identity gaps?
Refer to critical periods of change, or life stages, from birth until death
What are developmental stages?
Includes bonding, evaluation, maintenance, privacy, defense, and communication
What are functions of family secrets?
This process includes actions/activities that preserve and/or improve a relationship
What is relational maintenance?
Operations that families must do/perform to establish identity & carry out family life
What are functions?
This theory focuses on the tensions inherent in family communication
What is Relational Dialectics Theory?
Stage where children begin to est. relationships outside the family
What is early childhood?
Occurs when real or imagined power differences affect interactions
What is vertical communication?
This concept refers to behaviors that promote family affection & caring
What are relational currencies?
The two central dimensions of family behavior (enabled through communication)
What are (1) cohesion and (2) adaptability/flexibility?
Occurs when people (1) pay attention, & (2) understand the perspectives of family members telling the story
What is communicated perspective taking?
Can occur during transitions in life stages (especially when unexpected events occur)
What is stress?
Refers to information purposely hidden or concealed by one or more members
What is a family secret?
Types of relational maintenance strategies
What is positivity, openness, assurances, social networks, and sharing tasks