FAML 400: Family Theories Exam 1
questions with answers
Positivism - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Very objective world view/ scientific paradigm. There is
only one truth and it does not depend on beliefs or opinions.
Example: Social Exchange Theory
Interpretive - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔There is no real one truth, it depends because everyone
sees it in their own perspective ex: Symbolic Interactionism
Conflict Paradigm - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Oppressor wants to keep things the same, the
oppressed want to change things ex: Feminist Theory (have and have not)
What do theories do for us? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔They help us predict, describe, and
explain behavior.
What is the purpose of theory? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔To increase knowledge, accumulate
research, guidance, connectedness, interpretation, prediction, and explanation
What makes up a theory? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Assumptions, Concepts,
Propositions
Assumptions - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Beliefs, or things that we assume are true, accepted as
true without being tested, basic beliefs
Concepts - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Building Blocks of a theory, different variables
Propositions - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔How the concepts relate together
, Negative Correlation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔As variable x goes up, variable y goes down.
OR As variable x goes down, variable y goes up.
Positive Correlation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔As variable x goes up, variable y goes up.
OR As variable x goes down, variable y goes down.
Which is broader, scientific paradigms or theories? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Scientific
Paradigms- because theories fit into specific paradigms.
Deductive Reasoning - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Theories inform our research
THEORY>HYPOTHESIS>OBSERVATION>CONFIRMATION
Broad to specific
Inductive Reasoning - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Research can form our theories.
INFORMATION>PATTERN>TENTATIVE HYPOTHESIS>THEORY
Specific to Broad
Ways in which families differ from other social groups - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔- Length of
association
- Intergenerational
- Biological/affinal (affectionate) ties
- Large Kinship Organization
Know what the Assumption of Universality means (from Family
Development Theory) - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔- FDT assumes all families go through the
stages in the same way.
What are the benefits/advantages of Family Development Theory? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔-
Can help us see what the family is struggling with
ex: Failure to complete a task within a stage.
questions with answers
Positivism - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Very objective world view/ scientific paradigm. There is
only one truth and it does not depend on beliefs or opinions.
Example: Social Exchange Theory
Interpretive - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔There is no real one truth, it depends because everyone
sees it in their own perspective ex: Symbolic Interactionism
Conflict Paradigm - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Oppressor wants to keep things the same, the
oppressed want to change things ex: Feminist Theory (have and have not)
What do theories do for us? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔They help us predict, describe, and
explain behavior.
What is the purpose of theory? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔To increase knowledge, accumulate
research, guidance, connectedness, interpretation, prediction, and explanation
What makes up a theory? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Assumptions, Concepts,
Propositions
Assumptions - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Beliefs, or things that we assume are true, accepted as
true without being tested, basic beliefs
Concepts - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Building Blocks of a theory, different variables
Propositions - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔How the concepts relate together
, Negative Correlation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔As variable x goes up, variable y goes down.
OR As variable x goes down, variable y goes up.
Positive Correlation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔As variable x goes up, variable y goes up.
OR As variable x goes down, variable y goes down.
Which is broader, scientific paradigms or theories? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Scientific
Paradigms- because theories fit into specific paradigms.
Deductive Reasoning - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Theories inform our research
THEORY>HYPOTHESIS>OBSERVATION>CONFIRMATION
Broad to specific
Inductive Reasoning - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Research can form our theories.
INFORMATION>PATTERN>TENTATIVE HYPOTHESIS>THEORY
Specific to Broad
Ways in which families differ from other social groups - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔- Length of
association
- Intergenerational
- Biological/affinal (affectionate) ties
- Large Kinship Organization
Know what the Assumption of Universality means (from Family
Development Theory) - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔- FDT assumes all families go through the
stages in the same way.
What are the benefits/advantages of Family Development Theory? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔-
Can help us see what the family is struggling with
ex: Failure to complete a task within a stage.
