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FAML 400 Family Theories Final Exam Questions and Answers
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FAML 400: Family Theories Final ExamQuestions and Answers
Positivism ii- iiAnswer ii-Very iiobjective iiworld iiview/ iiscientific iiparadigm. iiThere iiis iionly
iione iitruth iiand iiit iidoes iinot iidepend iion iibeliefs iior iiopinions. ii
Example: iiSocial iiExchange iiTheory, iiStructural iiFunctionalism, iiFamily iiDevelopmental
iiTheory
Interpretive ii- iiAnswer ii-There iiis iino iireal iione iitruth, iiit iidepends iibecause iieveryone
iisees iiit iiin iitheir iiown iiperspective ii
ex: iiSymbolic iiInteractionism, iiFamily iiSystems iiTheory
Conflict iiParadigm ii- iiAnswer ii-Oppressor iiwants iito iikeep iithings iithe iisame, iithe
iioppressed iiwant iito iichange iithings ii
ex: iiFeminist iiTheory ii(have iiand iihave iinot), iiConflict iiTheory
Inductive iiReasoning ii- iiAnswer ii-Research iican iiform iiour iitheories. ii
INFORMATION>PATTERN>TENTATIVE iiHYPOTHESIS>THEORY
Specific ii(observation) iito iiBroad ii(Theory)
Deductive iiReasoning ii- iiAnswer ii-Theories iiinform iiour iiresearch
THEORY>HYPOTHESIS>OBSERVATION>CONFIRMATION
Broad ii(theories) iito iispecific ii(observation)
Assumption ii- iiAnswer ii-Are iibasic iibeliefs iithat iiare iitaken iifor iigranted iior iibelieved iito
iibe iitrue iior iito iibe iitaken iias iitrue iiwithout iibeing iitested
Theory ii- iiAnswer ii-Tool iiused iito iiunderstand iiand iidescribe iithe iiworld ii
- iia iitheory iiis iia iigeneral iiframework iiof iiideas iiand iihow iithey iirelate iito iieach iiother.
iiTheories iican iibe iisued iito iiask iiand iianswer iiquestions iiabout iiparticular iiphenomena
, Proposition ii- iiAnswer ii-statements iithat iidemonstrate iihow iiconcepts iifit iitogether iiin iia
iicontext. iiThey iiare iithe iirelationships iibetween iithe iiconcepts, iithe ii"glue" iiholding iithe
iitheory iitogether.
Blau's iifour iiconditions ii- iiAnswer ii-I. iiThe iifewer iiservices iipeople iican iisupply iiin iireturn
iifor iithe iireceipt iiof iiparticularly iivalued iiservices, iithe iimore iithose iiproviding iithese
iiparticularly iivalued iiservices iican iiextract iicompliance. ii
II. iiThe iifewer iialternative iisources iiof iirewards iipeople iihave, iithe iimore iithose iiproviding
iivaluable iiservices iican iiextract iicompliance. ii
III. iiThe iiless iithose iireceiving iivaluable iiservices iifrom iiparticular iiindividuals iican
iiemploy iiphysical iiforce iiand iicoercion, iithe iimore iithose iiproviding iithe iiservices iican
iiextract iicompliance. ii
IV. iiThe iiless iithose iireceiving iithe iivaluable iiservices iican iido iiwithout iithem, iithe iimore
iithose iiproviding iithe iiservices iican iiextract iicompliance
Homan's iirationality iiproposition ii- iiAnswer ii-Rationality iiProposition: iiIn iichoosing
iibetween iialternative iiactions, iia iiperson iiwill iichoose iithat iione iifor iiwhich, iias iiperceived
iiby iihim iior iiher iiat iithe iitime, iithe iivalue iiof iithe iiresult, iimultiplied iiby iithe iiprobability iiof
iigetting iithat iiresult, iiis iigreater.
What iiparadigm iiis iifamily iisystems iitheory iiin? ii- iiAnswer ii-Interpretive
Assumptions iiof iiFamily iiSystems iiTheory ii- iiAnswer ii-- iiThe iiwhole iiis iigreater iithan iithe
iisum iiof iiits iiparts.
- iiIndividual ii& iifamily iibehavior iimust iibe iiunderstood iiin iicontext.
- iiA iifamily iiis iia iigoal-seeking iisystem
- iiA iifamily iiis iia iiself-reflexive iiand iiself-regulating iisystem, iicontinually iiinfluenced iiby
iifeedback. ii
- iiFamily iisystems iiare ii"defined iiby iitheir iicommunication."
- iiThe iilocus iiof iithe iipathology iiis iinot iiwithin iithe iiperson iibut iiis iia iisystem iiof
iidysfunction.
What iiare iiRoles iiaccording iito iiFamily iiSystems iiTheory? ii- iiAnswer ii-Recurring
iipatterns iiof iibehavior iideveloped iithrough iiinteraction iithat iifamily iimembers iiuse iito
iifulfill iifamily iifunctions
Boundary iiambiguity ii- iiAnswer ii-Inability iito iidetermine iiwho iiis iiin iior iiout
Different iitypes iiof iifamilies iiwith iiboundaries ii- iiAnswer ii-Open- iiFlexible
Random- iiChaotic iidisengaged
Closed- iiEnmeshed
Entropy iiand iiEnergy ii- iiAnswer ii-Entropy: iiNatural iitendencies iimove iifrom iiorder iito
iidisorder
Energy: iiEffort iito iimove iito iiorder
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