UNIT 1 PSYC 426 ATHABASCA exam
with answers
DEMONSTRATE COMPLEXITY OF FAMILY. HOW ARE FAMILIES DIVERSE? -
ANSWERS✔✔Different types of family units Family is diverse.
5 different diversities in families:
-organizational
-cultural
-social class
-cohort( people born in different time periods)
- family life course : collective life of family changes as different events occur
DESCRIBE IMPORTANCE OF USING MULTIPLE METHODS OF CONDUCT ing family
RESEARCH - ANSWERS✔✔Different research methods extract and reveal different information.
-CAN USE PARENT DIARIES, DIRECT OBSERVATION , or INTERVIEW WITH PARENTS.
-DIARIES ARE HIGH LEVER OF SPECIFIC. OBSERVATION GIVES WINDOW INTO CULTURE.
PARENT DESCRIPTION OFFERS IMPLICIT INFO. STRATEGY of seeking general through specific
Articulate tension between bowlby's attachement theory and bronfenbrenners ecological theory OF
DEVELOPMENT - ANSWERS✔✔
MYTHS ABOUT family: - ANSWERS✔✔families in the past were better; certain forms of family are
more natural; families should be self sufficient; family is a loving refuge; the perfect marriage and
family.
-Bernardes report very few families have male bread winners, for only 4 decades men made all the
money and that still was only 57 percent of house hold. Traditional families never existed
IS THERE A DEFINITION OF FAMILY - ANSWERS✔✔Paul Amato: objective and subjective
definition
with answers
DEMONSTRATE COMPLEXITY OF FAMILY. HOW ARE FAMILIES DIVERSE? -
ANSWERS✔✔Different types of family units Family is diverse.
5 different diversities in families:
-organizational
-cultural
-social class
-cohort( people born in different time periods)
- family life course : collective life of family changes as different events occur
DESCRIBE IMPORTANCE OF USING MULTIPLE METHODS OF CONDUCT ing family
RESEARCH - ANSWERS✔✔Different research methods extract and reveal different information.
-CAN USE PARENT DIARIES, DIRECT OBSERVATION , or INTERVIEW WITH PARENTS.
-DIARIES ARE HIGH LEVER OF SPECIFIC. OBSERVATION GIVES WINDOW INTO CULTURE.
PARENT DESCRIPTION OFFERS IMPLICIT INFO. STRATEGY of seeking general through specific
Articulate tension between bowlby's attachement theory and bronfenbrenners ecological theory OF
DEVELOPMENT - ANSWERS✔✔
MYTHS ABOUT family: - ANSWERS✔✔families in the past were better; certain forms of family are
more natural; families should be self sufficient; family is a loving refuge; the perfect marriage and
family.
-Bernardes report very few families have male bread winners, for only 4 decades men made all the
money and that still was only 57 percent of house hold. Traditional families never existed
IS THERE A DEFINITION OF FAMILY - ANSWERS✔✔Paul Amato: objective and subjective
definition
