Chapter 1-2
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?
Focuses on different trajectories/ transitions of families at different points in time
What is a lifecourse approach?
Create belonging and sense of history
What are family stories?
Essential type of everyday, lived communication behavior
What is a ritual?
Relies on the enactment of laws & regulations to define family
What is a socio-legal lens?
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?
how, when, where, and with whom to talk
What are regulative family rules?
Communication validates/ accepts/ respects the other person
What is confirmation?
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?
Critical periods of change, or life stages, from birth until death
What are developmental stages?
Bonding, evaluation, maintenance, privacy, defense, and communication
What are functions of family secrets?
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?
Images, themes, boundaries, biosocial issues
What are supporting functions?
Children begin to est. relationships outside the family
What is early childhood?
When real or imagined power differences affect interactions
What is vertical communication?
Behaviors that promote family affection & caring
What are relational currencies?
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?
Occurs during transitions in life stages (especially when unexpected events occur)
What is stress?
Information purposely hidden or concealed by one or more members
What is a family secret?
Relational maintenance strategies
What is positivity, openness, assurances, social networks, and sharing tasks