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FAML 400 FAMILY THEORIES FINAL EXAM
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FAML 400: FAMILY THEORIES FINAL EXAMPositivism - 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, Structural Functionalism, Family Developmental
Theory
Interpretive - Answers- There is no real one truth, it depends because everyone sees it
in their own perspective
ex: Symbolic Interactionism, Family Systems Theory
THEORY>HYPOTHESIS>OBSERVATION>CONFIRMATION
Broad (theories) to specific (observation)
Assumption - Answers- Are basic beliefs that are taken for granted or believed to be
true or to be taken as true without being tested
Theory - Answers- 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
Proposition - Answers- statements that demonstrate how concepts fit together in a
context. They are the relationships between the concepts, the "glue" holding the theory
together.
Blau's four conditions - Answers- I. The fewer services people can supply in return for
the receipt of particularly valued services, the more those providing these particularly
valued services can extract compliance.
II. The fewer alternative sources of rewards people have, the more those providing
valuable services can extract compliance.
III. The less those receiving valuable services from particular individuals can employ
physical force and coercion, the more those providing the services can extract
compliance.
IV. The less those receiving the valuable services can do without them, the more those
providing the services can extract compliance
Homan's rationality proposition - Answers- Rationality Proposition: In choosing between
alternative actions, a person will choose that one for which, as perceived by him or her
at the time, the value of the result, multiplied by the probability of getting that result, is
greater.
What paradigm is family systems theory in? - Answers- Interpretive
, Assumptions of Family Systems Theory - Answers- - The whole is greater than the sum
of its parts.
- Individual & family behavior must be understood in context.
- A family is a goal-seeking system
- A family is a self-reflexive and self-regulating system, continually influenced by
feedback.
- Family systems are "defined by their communication."
- The locus of the pathology is not within the person but is a system of dysfunction.
Conflict Paradigm - Answers- Oppressor wants to keep things the same, the oppressed
want to change things
ex: Feminist Theory (have and have not), Conflict Theory
Inductive Reasoning - Answers- Research can form our theories.
INFORMATION>PATTERN>TENTATIVE HYPOTHESIS>THEORY
Specific (observation) to Broad (Theory)
Deductive Reasoning - Answers- Theories inform our research
What are Roles according to Family Systems Theory? - Answers- Recurring patterns of
behavior developed through interaction that family members use to fulfill family
functions
Boundary ambiguity - Answers- Inability to determine who is in or out
Different types of families with boundaries - Answers- Open- Flexible
Random- Chaotic disengaged
Closed- Enmeshed
Entropy and Energy - Answers- Entropy: Natural tendencies move from order to
disorder
Energy: Effort to move to order
Feedback Loops - Answers- - guide behavior
Morphogenesis- positive feedback (make change)
Morphostasis -negative (stick to status quo)
Equilibrium - Answers- the natural inclination to maintain the status quo and resist
change is usually referred to as homeostasis
Identified Patient - Answers- the symptom-bearer or official patient as identified by the
family
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