FAML 400 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT A GRADED SOLUTIONS

FAML 400 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT A GRADED SOLUTIONS When do you use the hedonistic theories? - Answer-Used by family scientists, in marriage and family therapy, and "home management" Critique of Hedonistic Theories: - Answer-Most useful in helping with very specific or limited phenomena, less helpful with broader topics like teaching values; most helpful when the pleasures and pains are fairly easy to control/identify Developmental Theories: Assumptions - Answer-There is order to the developmental patterns of individuals and families, belief that people and individuals can improve through healthy maturation and growth (general onward and upward feel to these theories) Developmental Theories: Concepts - Answer-developmental task, family life cycle, stages, transitions, norms, roles, positions, role sequence, structure, career, boundaries, epigenesis, and families being stuck, or arrested, in their development Developmental Theories: How it works? - Answer-It explains variations and patterns in family and individual development Developmental Theories: Critique - Answer-narrow, less general theory; not widely used in research Humanistic Theories: Assumptions - Answer-humans are normally inherently good, Humanistic Theories: Concepts - Answer-self, real self, perceived self, ideal self, self-actualization, active listening (reflective listening), I-statements, and You- statements Humanistic Theories: Propositions - Answer-Humans have an inherent drive to improve, grow, and develop, Humanistic Theories: How is works? - Answer-The best way to "Help" a family is to create an atmosphere of safety and Love - this environment will free people to continue to progress, includes active listening concept. Humanistic Theories: Critique - Answer-This theory is reaction to the hedonistic and mechanical approaches, optimistic view of humans - human condition consists of peace and growth Symbolic Interaction Theories: Assumptions - Answer-1. Humans live in a symbolic environment as well as a physical environment, and they acquire complex sets of symbols in their minds. 2. Humans value. 3. Symbols are important in understanding human behavior. 4. Humans are reflexive (they think about themselves), and their introspection gradually creates a definition of self. Symbolic Interaction Theories: Concepts - Answer-self, society, mind, the "I" and "me," values, roles, norms, meaning, perceptions, definitions, role expectations, role behavior, role making, and identity Symbolic Interaction Theories: Propositions - Answer-The more clear a persons expectations are about a new role, the more easily they move into that role; the stronger people value something, the more they will be influenced by it; in relationships there should be a consensus on their perceptions; role enactment = level of satisfaction in relationship Symbolic Interaction Theories: How is Works? - Answer-helps explain complicated behavior by taking the individuals perceptions into account Symbolic Interaction Theories: Critique - Answer-Very popular, basic philosophy of life Family-systems Theory: Assumptions - Answer-holistic perspective, there are enough regularities in the the functioning of parts and wholes that it's beneficial to study them, focuses on studying the complexities of relationships Family-systems Theory: Concepts - Answer-input, output, feedback, rules of transformation, and boundaries, individuation, mystification, paradoxical bonding, double bind, complementary and parallel relationships, metacommunication, rules and metarules, boundaries, openness, pseudomutuality, coalition, and triangulation, information and energy flows, resources, mesosystem, adaptation, goals, standards, consumption, and styles of decision-making, microsystem, mesosystem, and macrosystem Family-systems Theory: Propositions - Answer-Homeostasis hypothesis (resistance to change), paradoxical communication: emotional upset when influential members of the family send mixed messages Family-systems Theory: How is works? - Answer-For practitioners seeking to make a difference in family life, the ecological branch is useful in government and industrial settings Family-systems Theory: Critique - Answer-Downside: gender issues and abusive processes in family systems were ignored in this perspective; little attention was paid to the "ego" aspect of the family system; large focus on the internal processes of family; focuses on complex patterns of life Feminist Theory: Assumptions - Answer-women are oppressed, familial issues are also political issues, Feminists need to have double vision: success in the social system and attention to change in social institutions; it is ethical to work towards emancipation Feminist Theory: Concepts - Answer-gender, oppression, discrimination, emancipation, political, connectedness, personal experience, enlightenment, and power Feminist Theory: Propositions - Answer-Gender inequality is present at many levels in society; emancipation is imperative; works to promote gender equality Feminist Theory: How is works: - Answer-Seeks to eliminate gender bias on every level, takes an activist orientation Feminist Theory: Critique - Answer-Useful theory to promote social action; seen as an inspiring alternative to positivism; these ideas are revolutionizing academia (slowly but surely) What are the stages of the Family Development Theory? - Answer-1. Married Couple 2. Childbearing 3. Preschool age 4. School age 5. Teenage 6. Launching Center 7. Middle-age parents 8. Aging Family Members Family Development Theory: Tasks for Married Couple stage: - Answer-- Establish mutually satisfying marriage - Adjusting to pregnancy - fitting into kin network