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A tool used to understand and describe the world; a general framework of ideas and how they relate to each other.
Component of theories; beliefs that are taken for granted or believed to be true.
The terms and specific ideas used in building the theory.
Statements that demonstrate how concepts fit together in a context
A theory's ability to help us generate questions
Moving from specific bits of information toward a general idea.
Taking a general idea from a theory and testing it to tease out details
Radical changes or shifts in scientific views
What are the 5 functions of theories?
List 5 ways to evaluate theories.
What 4 ways do families differ from other social groups?
A social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation, and reproduction
This theory is based on the "organic analogy"; that society is like the human body (society is also composed of many parts that must function together to work properly)
The view that social science should be based on empirical observations
PERSON: Comparative sociology, helped with the framework of SF; worked in Australia and Africa on economic circumstances and kinship ideas
PERSON: Believed that behaviour was driven by our efforts to conform the moral code of society; applied SF to family life and concluded that husbands and wives must play certain roles
What are the two central components of SF?
What are the 5 patterns variables that reflect the value orientation of individuals and societies as they make decisions about what actions to take?
Explain each:
Ascription/Achievement
Diffuseness/Specificity
Particularism/Universalism
Affectivity/Affective Neutrality
Collectivity/Self
The composition of the family
Tasks that need to be performed within a family to ensure its physical survival (who does this go to?)
The relationship interactions necessary for the psychological satisfaction of family members (who does this go to?)
Refers to the traditional nuclear family composed of a husband, wife and children
A person who rejects both the normative goals and the means to obtain them
What are the 4 essential functions that the family provides to all societies?
Use theory to explain data --> "top down"
What is the standard way of research?
Use data to develop theory --> "grounded theory" from ground up
_______ is based on _________, which are comprised of ____________, which can be linked together to form ____________.
PERSON: Tries to categorize deviation for SF
What are some critiques of SF?
How might SF be different if created in today's society?
In the same way that a family must ______ in order to continue itself, a wheelchair basketball team must _______ new members. This is termed the _______ of the system.
What 2 types of socialization was mentioned in the wheelchair basketball study and the main agents of each?
What are two fundamental weaknesses of the Family Development Theory?
Family development can be analyzed at what 4 different levels?
Who were the primary scholars of Family Development Theory?
What are some assumptions of Family Development Theory?
Behaviours and attitudes shaped by society, internalized, affected by our personalities and experiences
Childbearing after marriage; early education precedes marriage
What are the stages of the Family Life Cycle Theory?
What are the 4 stages of Family Career Theory?
Who expanded on FDT ideas with the concept of time?
Who expanded on FDT & developed B&A's work with the concepts of historical and geographic location?
Who applied FDT to family therapy?
Who developed Systemic FD and what is it?
What are some critiques of Family Development Theory?
Methodology associated with Symbolic Interactionism Theory; individuals' responses, subjective experiences are highlighted. Theory generated from data; interview-heavy data, very descriptive. Not a theory
Seeking evidence to support claims
What is impulsive, selfish, unorganized, and demanding? It is instinctive.
What has incorporated other or generalized other? (how society views my actions; moderates behaviour, attitudes, expectations). It is learned.
PERSON: For SI, we learn about ourselves through interacting with others; self develops through early childhood stages of "I" and "Me"
PERSON: (SI) We use what others think about to form ideas about ourselves (internalized racism, sexism, homophobia, etc.)
PERSON: (SI) One of the first to apply these ideas to families: social location - must understand families' subjectivity
PERSON: Synthesizes prior thought into "symbolic interactionism"
Something that represents something else, shorthand
Different roles have different importance at different times
Characteristics that make an individual recognizable
What are the 3 categories of the 7 basic assumptions of SI?
What are the 3 of the 7 basic assumptions that go under the first category, Meaning?
What are the 2 of the 7 basic assumptions that go under the second category, Humans develop a sense of self?
What are the 2 of the 7 basic assumptions that go under the third category, Humans' society shapes them significantly?
What are some critiques of SI?
How close or unified a family feels and how economically independent they are
What are the 4 stages that families go through when faced with a stressful situation?
What are a, b, c, and X in the abc-x model?
What are the 3 types/kinds of stressor events?
A stressor that you expect to last a long time
A stressor that happens quickly and does not last very long, but it is intense when it is happening
What 3 categories do resources fall into?
Cognitively reframing the problem so that it does not seem so overwhelming
Who created the abc-x model from the 1940s?
What are the 8 criteria that affect the degree to which a stressor will impact a family?
Who came up with the 8 criteria that affect the degree to which a stressor will impact a family?
Who came up with the 3 categories of resources?
What are the 3 ways to use resources (coping)?
Who created the Double ABC-X model?
What is the MEES?
What is the FAAR?
The inherited practices, codes, beliefs, and traditions that shape what families do on a daily basis but that are often hidden from view
What is being family?
What are the 3 recommendations for family theories?
