Family Structure
What is a nuclear family?
Just the parents + children
Most families have a power _____, and all members share a common fate and depend on one another for their outcomes and performance to some extent.
hierarchy
teenage years
What is a "norm"?
habitual rules for conducting any family activity.
What is the difference between family of origin and family of generativity?
Family of origin - the parents you were born too
Family of generativity - family you started for yourself, and you are the parent to at least one child
Who was the original theorist who developed systems theory?
Ludwig von Bertalanffy
definition of authority structure:
What is a ritual?
formalized ways for handling, saying the routines of mealtimes or gift giving.
What are the two types of changes that could occur?
Immediate change
Gradual change
Definition of a "family of choice"
The true family of your choosing, even if there is no genetic connection
What is systems theory?
Theory in which you think of a family as a system with many working parts. For example, working as a system. This system performs functions together that individuals could not do alone, and also creates an environment where these individuals must exist.
Give me an example of a communicative power.
Child performing a temper tantrum
Screaming child in front of neighbors
Parent taking toddler to the lake (toddler has no say)
What is the difference between boundary management and privacy management?
boundary management focuses on the way marital partners manage talking about private matters with each other
privacy management focuses on how they communicate boundaries in balancing a need for disclosure with the need for privacy
If changes in families aren't always due to conflict, what other reason would change occur?
developmental
What is the difference between a blended family and a binuclear family?
blended family - family where one parent has non genetic ties to a child (I.E. mom, step dad, mom's son, step dad's son)
binuclear family - two families based on nuclear form (I.E. children's father, step mother, step mother children + children's mother, step father, his kid etc.)
When a family group is not perceived as normal according to conventional family structure, the members of that family face issues of _____ ________.
discourse dependency
Are family communication styles more likely to stay the same as time passes and families age, or is the communication style more likely to change? Give me an example as to why you think that is.
Morel likely to change.
(As the kids get older, they get to have more say in what they want to wear, what activities they want to do, etc.)
Family storytelling is an important mechanism for the creation of sense of _____ ______.
Family identity
What are the five styles of conflict management?
Dominating, integrating, compromising, obliging, and avoiding
What do kin networks consist of?
cousins, second cousins, aunts, uncles, children of cousins, long term friends
Systems are ____ oriented and self-______; that is, they keep a check on their own activity and adjust themselves in response to input from the environment.
GOAL oriented and self REGULATING
What is bidirectionality hypothesis?
the idea that power can work in two directions. (I.E. how parents can control/influence kids, but kids can also control parents (temper tantrums)).
definition of kin keeping:
the act of serving as a reservoir for information about members of the family which is passed along to the other members of the network.
Why do communication dynamics change within a family?
As time progresses and families grow/age the needs for the family and the structure changes. Kids will still be kids, but as they grow older and more independent, they can be more helpful. Parents grow older and will need more assistance in the world and now can lean on their kids, just as their kids used to lean on them.