conflict theory key ideas
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In a world of scarce resources, conflict in inevitable.
Issues of age and gender influence who hold power within a family.
Understanding the underlying structure of a situation helps one see how
conflict develops.
Managing conflict is a key point in looking at the conflict theory as it
applies to the family.
The differences between the concepts of conflict resolution and conflict
management
Structure of the situation; whether competitive or cooperative.
positive feedback
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, rewarding response for the deviation, promoting change in the family. In
positive feedback the member is encouraged to break out of the
homeostatic balance. Therapists often will give positive feedback for
attempts to replace dysfunctional rules with functional ones.
equifinality
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the principle that in open systems a given end state can be reached by
many potential means. The term and concept is due to Hans Driesch, the
developmental biologist, later applied by Ludwig von Bertalanffy, the
founder of general systems theory.
Boundaries
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lines that define what is allowed or not.
Exist within a family and between the family and outside systems.
They distinguish a system from its environment.
Depending on how flexible the boundaries they fall under two extremes of
Highly interactive
Open
Permeable
Extremely Private
Rigid
Enmeshed
Closed
They have subgroups (between parents & siblings)
, role consensus or dissensus
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the agreement or disagreement on what constitutes that role. Does
everybody agree what your job is as the -- maybe you're the secretary at
work. Does everybody agree what your job is and what it isn't?
family systems theory critiques
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It is too vague for true testing and doesn't predict
Too General, too global and abstract
Lack of useful predictive propositions (lacks the math)
symbolic interaction
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Our thoughts are shaped by our social interaction, or our socialization, and
we learn meaning through these symbols. The way that we see something .
. . well. . .The reality for us will depend on how we see a thing.
humans act toward things based on the meanings that they have for them
Meanings can also be modified depending on an individual's interpretation
of the situation. Two people can see the same exact thing, interpret it
differently, and therefore have different meaning.
Patterns of action and interaction make up groups and societies. How do
you know who is in a group and who is out of a group? How do you know
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In a world of scarce resources, conflict in inevitable.
Issues of age and gender influence who hold power within a family.
Understanding the underlying structure of a situation helps one see how
conflict develops.
Managing conflict is a key point in looking at the conflict theory as it
applies to the family.
The differences between the concepts of conflict resolution and conflict
management
Structure of the situation; whether competitive or cooperative.
positive feedback
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, rewarding response for the deviation, promoting change in the family. In
positive feedback the member is encouraged to break out of the
homeostatic balance. Therapists often will give positive feedback for
attempts to replace dysfunctional rules with functional ones.
equifinality
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the principle that in open systems a given end state can be reached by
many potential means. The term and concept is due to Hans Driesch, the
developmental biologist, later applied by Ludwig von Bertalanffy, the
founder of general systems theory.
Boundaries
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lines that define what is allowed or not.
Exist within a family and between the family and outside systems.
They distinguish a system from its environment.
Depending on how flexible the boundaries they fall under two extremes of
Highly interactive
Open
Permeable
Extremely Private
Rigid
Enmeshed
Closed
They have subgroups (between parents & siblings)
, role consensus or dissensus
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the agreement or disagreement on what constitutes that role. Does
everybody agree what your job is as the -- maybe you're the secretary at
work. Does everybody agree what your job is and what it isn't?
family systems theory critiques
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It is too vague for true testing and doesn't predict
Too General, too global and abstract
Lack of useful predictive propositions (lacks the math)
symbolic interaction
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Our thoughts are shaped by our social interaction, or our socialization, and
we learn meaning through these symbols. The way that we see something .
. . well. . .The reality for us will depend on how we see a thing.
humans act toward things based on the meanings that they have for them
Meanings can also be modified depending on an individual's interpretation
of the situation. Two people can see the same exact thing, interpret it
differently, and therefore have different meaning.
Patterns of action and interaction make up groups and societies. How do
you know who is in a group and who is out of a group? How do you know
