FAML 400 EXAM 1 (QUESTIONS+ANSWERS) SOLVED 100% CORRECT

FAML 400 EXAM 1 (QUESTIONS+ANSWERS) SOLVED 100% CORRECT Tasks in middle-age parents stage - Answer-Refocus on marriage Maintain kin ties with older and younger generations Tasks in aging family members stage - Answer-Cope with bereavement and living alone Closing family home or adapting it to aging Adjusting to retirement Assumptions - Answer-Part of a theory: beliefs accepted as givens or self-evident; accepted as true without testing Concepts - Answer-Part of a theory: mutually agreed upon definitions of terms Propositions - Answer-Part of a theory: hypotheses; suggested relationships/outcomes if the theory correctly defines reality; statements showing relationship between the theory's concepts (causal or covariational) Positivism Paradigm - Answer-- There are processes/phenomena that operate independently of human awareness - Laws govern those processes - Knowledge of these laws help humans predict and control - Linear cause and effect - "Facts don't care about your feelings" - Ex: social exchange theory, family development theory Interpretive Paradigm - Answer-- Scientific method is not always appropriate for gaining insight into human interaction - There is no single reality of life - Connection between symbols (shared meanings) and interactions - Not about the facts, but how we interpret facts - Multiple realities can be true for different people - Ex: symbolic interactionism, family systems theory Conflict Paradigm - Answer-- Haves vs Have Nots - Competition for scarce resources - Primary goal is to raise consciousness about oppression - Ex: conflict theory, feminist theory Wallace Wheel - Answer-Theory - Hypothesis - Design Research - Observation - Generalizations - Theory Construction - back to theory Inductive Reasoning - Answer-- "Bottom up" - Begin by making specific observations and work toward generalizations - Ex: Sherlock Holmes clip Deductive Reasoning - Answer-- "Top down" - Begin with generalizations and work toward specific confirmations - Ex: Princess Bride Clip Purpose of Theories - Answer-- Explain - Generate knowledge - Predict - Increase knowledge Assumptions of Family Development Theory - Answer-- There is some order in the developmental patterns of families - Belief that people/families can be improved through healthy maturation or growth - Families change over time - There are tasks associated with each stage - Institutional norms regulate family behavior - Development is reciprocal - Families must be viewed in multiple levels of analysis - Families must be viewed over time Assumptions of Social Exchange Theory - Answer-- People are influenced a lot by what happens in their environment - Humans are rational - Humans are profit-seeking/motivated by self-interest - Nature of profit is determined by social values - Individuals are constrained by their choices - Social relationships are also characterized by interdependence and reciprocity Concepts of Family Development Theory - Answer-- Family - Family Development - Stages - Transitions - Change - Developmental tasks - Norms - Timing Cycle of Violence - Answer-1. Building - anger builds 2. Violence 3. Honeymoon phase - apologies and increased intimacy, promise to be better Homan's Success Proposition - Answer-The more a particular action is rewarded, the more likely the person is to perform that action Homan's Stimulus Proposition - Answer-If a stimulus or stimuli in the past happened when a person got rewarded, they will be more likely to do something similar when similar stimulus/stimuli happen. Homan's Value Proposition - Answer-The more valuable the result of an action is, the more likely someone is to perform that action. Homan's Deprivation/Satiation Proposition - Answer-If someone has received a certain reward often in the past, that reward becomes less valuable when there's more of it. Homan's Aggression/Approval Proposition - Answer-A) When someone's action does not result in the expected rewards, they get angry and more likely to be aggressive - the results of such behavior become more valuable to them. B) When someone's action does result in expected rewards - especially greater than expected or they don't receive expected punishment - they will be pleased and more likely to repeat the action. Results of such behavior become more valuable to them. Homan's Rationality Proposition - Answer-People will choose the alternative with the greater reward of greater likelihood when choosing between two. Stage 1 FDT - Answer-Married Couple Stage 2 FDT - Answer-Childbearing Stage 3 FDT - Answer-Preschool age Stage 4 FDT - Answer-School age Stage 5 FDT - Answer-Teenage Stage 6 FDT - Answer-Launching center Stage 7 FDT - Answer-Middle-age parents Stage 8 FDT - Answer-Aging family members Roles in married couple stage - Answer-Wife, husband Roles in childbearing stage - Answer-Wife/mother, husband/father, daughter or son