MFR Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024/2025
ethnocentrism - ANSWERSbelieving one culture is superior to others
Family Ecology Perspective - ANSWERSfamilies are connected to and influenced by the social environment around them
Family Life Course Development Framework - ANSWERSassumes a nucle...
ethnocentrism - ANSWERSbelieving one culture is superior to others
Family Ecology Perspective - ANSWERSfamilies are connected to and influenced by the social
environment around them
Family Life Course Development Framework - ANSWERSassumes a nuclear family where everyone
follows the same sequence
Structure-Functional Perspective - ANSWERSidentifies the functions of a family
-responsible reproduction
-economic support
-emotional security
Interaction-Constructionist Perspective - ANSWERSsuggests that a family is created by the mix of
personalities that interact and blend together rituals are formed
Exchange Theory - ANSWERSindividuals use their personal resources to bargain in relationships
built on the ideas of economics
Family Systems Theory - ANSWERSfamilies are connected and function as a group or system
most used and highly regarded today
Conflict and Feminist Theory - ANSWERSgrew from a feeling that generations of male dominance in the
family oppressed women
created the need for new research on women within families and focuses on gender issues
, Family Strengths Perspective - ANSWERSviews families from the perspective of what is going right with
families rather than what's going wrong
becoming more popular, used for 35 years
quantitative - ANSWERSdata is collected with an instrument
the search is for correlation
results are reported using numbers and percentages
findings are generalized
qualitative - ANSWERSthe researcher is the instrument
the search is for a pattern
results are reported using words and descriptions
findings are centralized but specialized
gender - ANSWERSattitudes and behaviors that are expected of and associated with the two sexes
sex - ANSWERSmale and female anatomy and physiology
gender identity - ANSWERSthe degree to which we see ourselves as feminine, masculine, transsexual, or
non-gender
sexual identity/orientation - ANSWERSthe gender of individuals to whom one is sexually attracted to
gender expectations - ANSWERScharacteristics associated with being male or female
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