FAML 400: Family Theories Final Exam
Study Guide.
Positivism - answerVery 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 - answ...
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
Proposition - answer✔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 - answer✔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 - answer✔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? - answer✔Interpretive
Assumptions of Family Systems Theory - answer✔- 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.
What are Roles according to Family Systems Theory? - answer✔Recurring patterns of behavior
developed through interaction that family members use to fulfill family functions
Boundary ambiguity - answer✔Inability to determine who is in or out
Different types of families with boundaries - answer✔Open- Flexible
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