FAML 400: Family Theories Final Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A)
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FAML 400: Family Theories Final Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A)FAML 400: Family Theories Final Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A)FAML 400: Family Theories Final Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A)Positivism - ANSWER-Very objective world view/ scientific paradigm. There is only one truth ...
FAML 400: Family Theories Final Exam
Questions and Answers (Graded A)
Positivism - ANSWER-Very objective world view/ scientific paradigm. There is only one
truth and it does not depend on beliefs or opinions.
Example: Social Exchange Theory, Structural Functionalism, Family Developmental
Theory
Interpretive - ANSWER-There is no real one truth, it depends because everyone sees it
in their own perspective
ex: Symbolic Interactionism, Family Systems Theory
Conflict Paradigm - ANSWER-Oppressor wants to keep things the same, the oppressed
want to change things
ex: Feminist Theory (have and have not), Conflict Theory
Inductive Reasoning - ANSWER-Research can form our theories.
INFORMATION>PATTERN>TENTATIVE HYPOTHESIS>THEORY
Specific (observation) to Broad (Theory)
Deductive Reasoning - ANSWER-Theories inform our research
THEORY>HYPOTHESIS>OBSERVATION>CONFIRMATION
, Broad (theories) to specific (observation)
Social norms - ANSWER-expected standards of conduct, which influence behavior
Rituals - ANSWER-Traditions/ Family norms
Roles in symbolic interaction - ANSWER-A set of social norms for a specific situation, or
a "part".
Salience - ANSWER-Amount of importance we attach to something
Assumption - ANSWER-Are basic beliefs that are taken for granted or believed to be
true or to be taken as true without being tested
Theory - ANSWER-Tool used to understand and describe the world
- a theory is a general framework of ideas and how they relate to each other. Theories
can be sued to ask and answer questions about particular phenomena
Different types of families with boundaries - ANSWER-Open- Flexible
Random- Chaotic disengaged
Closed- Enmeshed
Entropy and Energy - ANSWER-Entropy: Natural tendencies move from order to
disorder
Energy: Effort to move to order
Feedback Loops - ANSWER-- guide behavior
Morphogenesis- positive feedback (make change)
Morphostasis -negative (stick to status quo)
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