Defining Family
Family relationships based on blood ties are known by this term.
What are genetic ties?
Family communication primarily serves this function rather than creating the family itself.
What is nurturing relationships?
This family role avoids responsibility by blaming others.
What is the blamer?
Repeated activities, such as holiday or birthday traditions, are known as these.
What are family rituals?
Families are considered this because members are interdependent.
What is a system?
Families formed through adoption, guardianship, or marriage fall under this category.
What are legal ties?
This theory explains how family messages shape beliefs, values, and worldview.
What is Standpoint Theory?
This role tries to smooth over conflict and maintain harmony.
What is the placater?
Stories told repeatedly within families that convey values are called this.
What are family stories?
When one family member experiences stress, this often spreads to others.
What is the ripple effect?
This term describes people who act like family despite no genetic or legal connection.
What are role behaviors?
Early family messages are especially influential because they occur during this stage of life.
What is childhood?
This role relies heavily on logic and facts, sometimes ignoring emotions.
What is the computer?
These family narratives often teach moral lessons implicitly.
What are family stories?
Smaller groupings within a family system are called this.
What are subsystems?
The immediate family you grow up with is known as this.
What is the family of origin?
As adults, individuals often must do this when their views differ from their family’s.
What is disagree while maintaining relationships?
This role changes the subject or redirects attention to avoid discomfort.
What is the distracter?
Information intentionally kept within the family unit is known as this.
What are family secrets?
Stress that originates outside the family, such as work or school, is called this.
What are external stressors?
Families that individuals create later in life through parenting are called this.
What is the family of procreation?
Family expectations about roles and behavior are reinforced mainly through this process.
What is communication?
Satir’s family roles can shape these long-term patterns in children.
What are family communication patterns?
Family secrets often involve topics associated with this social factor.
What is stigma?
This theory explains how changes in one family member affect the whole family.
What is Systems Theory?