Family Theory & Dynamics Exam 1
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Positivism - CORRECT ANSWER - Things that just are. Cause and effect. Includes
Exchange Theory, and Family Development Systems
Interpretive - CORRECT ANSWER - Opposite of Positivism. It depends. Includes
Symbolic Theory, Structural Functionalism Theory, Systems Theory
Conflict/Critical - CORRECT ANSWER - Two groups-haves and have nots. Feminist
Theory and Conflict Theory
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - A set of interrelated propositions plus assumptions and
definitions.
Theory Cnstruction - CORRECT ANSWER - A procedure used to invent a theory,
sometimes to turn a set of findings into a smaller set of propositions. The researcher looks for
common content and indications of more general constructs in a set of varied research findings.
Generalizations - CORRECT ANSWER - A statement of relations between variables.
deductive reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - goes from general to specific, from top to
bottom
-IE: all men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is mortal.
inductive reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - Specific to general."The coin I pulled from
the bag is a penny. ... Therefore, all the coins in the bag are pennies."
, confict theory - CORRECT ANSWER - conflict over control of scarce resources ie.
Power, money,
Exchange theory - CORRECT ANSWER - theory that holds that people are motivated by
self-interests in their interactions with other people
Feminist Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - - a woman's experience is central to our
understanding of families, and that there is value in viewing a family through a woman's
perspective.
structural functional theory - CORRECT ANSWER - examines how a family's
interdependent parts work together to ensure its survival. There are needs that must be met and
patterns emerge to meet those needs
Symbolic Interactionism - CORRECT ANSWER - people will react to something
according to the meaning that that thing has for them. That meaning is influenced society and
culture and our interactions with others.
3 parts of a theory - CORRECT ANSWER - assumptions, concepts, propositions
assumptions - CORRECT ANSWER - a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to
happen, without proof.
concepts - CORRECT ANSWER - The building blocks—the primary elements—of a
theory
propositions - CORRECT ANSWER - a unit of meaning that is made up of concepts and
expresses a single idea. statement showing the relationship between concepts
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER - A statement of relations between variables. A
hypothesis is a prediction that a particular relation will be found.)
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Positivism - CORRECT ANSWER - Things that just are. Cause and effect. Includes
Exchange Theory, and Family Development Systems
Interpretive - CORRECT ANSWER - Opposite of Positivism. It depends. Includes
Symbolic Theory, Structural Functionalism Theory, Systems Theory
Conflict/Critical - CORRECT ANSWER - Two groups-haves and have nots. Feminist
Theory and Conflict Theory
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - A set of interrelated propositions plus assumptions and
definitions.
Theory Cnstruction - CORRECT ANSWER - A procedure used to invent a theory,
sometimes to turn a set of findings into a smaller set of propositions. The researcher looks for
common content and indications of more general constructs in a set of varied research findings.
Generalizations - CORRECT ANSWER - A statement of relations between variables.
deductive reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - goes from general to specific, from top to
bottom
-IE: all men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is mortal.
inductive reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - Specific to general."The coin I pulled from
the bag is a penny. ... Therefore, all the coins in the bag are pennies."
, confict theory - CORRECT ANSWER - conflict over control of scarce resources ie.
Power, money,
Exchange theory - CORRECT ANSWER - theory that holds that people are motivated by
self-interests in their interactions with other people
Feminist Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - - a woman's experience is central to our
understanding of families, and that there is value in viewing a family through a woman's
perspective.
structural functional theory - CORRECT ANSWER - examines how a family's
interdependent parts work together to ensure its survival. There are needs that must be met and
patterns emerge to meet those needs
Symbolic Interactionism - CORRECT ANSWER - people will react to something
according to the meaning that that thing has for them. That meaning is influenced society and
culture and our interactions with others.
3 parts of a theory - CORRECT ANSWER - assumptions, concepts, propositions
assumptions - CORRECT ANSWER - a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to
happen, without proof.
concepts - CORRECT ANSWER - The building blocks—the primary elements—of a
theory
propositions - CORRECT ANSWER - a unit of meaning that is made up of concepts and
expresses a single idea. statement showing the relationship between concepts
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER - A statement of relations between variables. A
hypothesis is a prediction that a particular relation will be found.)
