FAML 400 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH REVISED AND UPDATED ANSWERS
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FAML 400 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH REVISED AND UPDATED ANSWERS
Social Exchange Theory Assumptions: - Answer-People are motivated by self- interest. In other words, We as humans seek things in a relationship that are beneficial to ourselves. We want rewards, but avoid punishments or cost.
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FAML 400 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
WITH REVISED AND UPDATED
ANSWERS
Social Exchange Theory Assumptions: - Answer-People are motivated by self- interest.
In other words, We as humans seek things in a relationship that are beneficial to
ourselves. We want rewards, but avoid punishments or cost.
Individuals are constrained by their choices. We enter into situations we believe will be
rewarding based on past experiences.
Humans are rational beings. We have the ability to counter and weigh our options and
calculate our rewards verses costs.
Social relationships are also characterized by interdependence and reciprocity. This
means that in order for us to gain something from a relationship we must provide the
other person with rewards, too. We expect others to meet our needs if we meet theirs.
Costs: - Answer-A cost is something that would deter activity. Cost is classified into
three categories.
1. Investment- time and energy expended in order to gain a new skill
2. Opportunity- rewarding feelings or positions that must be sacrificed.
3. Direct costs- resources that are used in an exchange. Such as money.
Profit: - Answer-Profit- People strive to gain the most rewards with the fewest costs.
When in exchange theory a person has to see a profit in it in some way in order to make
the cost worth it.
Theories: - Answer-Are a set of propositions which explain a social phenomena
Inform research
Examples of the inductive process - Answer-Observations of 3 families with troubled
teens leads to empirical generalization about all families with teens
Research on a group of individuals leading to a new theory
, Your hypothesis (eating Twinkies twice a day will make people gain weight) was
supported in your research study. Based on this finding, you suggest that it's not just
Twinkies that make you fat; it's probably all Hostess snack cakes that make you fat.
Are hypotheses constructed using inductive or deductive thinking in the Wallace Wheel?
- Answer-Hypothesis is on the deductive side of the wheel
Give an example of how theory could inform research: - Answer-Theories are weeded
out through history. The good ones that help society stay while the others are forgotten.
These good theories are ones that researches go back to when they have new
questions or problems they want to solve. By using knowledge (or theories) that have
already been established as a base will give researchers a place to jump from instead
of starting from ground zero.
There are 3 major parts of theories: - Answer-Assumptions: non-tested, foundations of a
theory (beliefs that are taken for granted or believed to be true.)
Concepts: the building blocks of a theory
Propositions: how the concepts of a theory affect one another (The relationships
between the concepts, the "glue" holding the theory together.)
Positivism: - Answer-Truth is truth and will always be. For example, someone may really
dislike gravity and try to defy it by jumping off a roof, but no matter how hard they try
that truth (gravity) cannot be overcome or changed.
What is NOT an assumption of the Family Developmental Theory - Answer-Successful
families have several common character traits.
Assumption of the Family Developmental Theory - Answer-Families undergo stages of
development.
There are tasks associated with different points along the family life cycle.
Families should be viewed over time.
What is FALSE statment about FDT? - Answer-Failure to successfully accomplish the
tasks at one stage makes it unlikely the family will move to the next stage
FDT Truths - Answer-The theory is one of the first and only ones that was developed
specifically out of an interest in families and thus focuses exclusively on the family.
Developmental tasks are norms arising at a particular stage of the family life cycle
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