FAML 400 Exam Questions Correct Answers New Update (A+ Pass)
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FAML 400 Exam Questions Correct Answers New Update (A+ Pass)
What is a theory? - Answers -1. set of ideas that guide our thinking
2. set of concepts and propositions that allow us to describe and explain some aspect of an experience
3. theorizing is the process of systematically formulating an...
FAML 400 Exam Questions Correct
Answers New Update (A+ Pass)
What is a theory? - Answers -1. set of ideas that guide our thinking
2. set of concepts and propositions that allow us to describe and explain some aspect of
an experience
3. theorizing is the process of systematically formulating and organizing ideas to
understand a particular phenomenon. In addition, a theory is a set of interconnected
ideas that emerge from this process.
What are the basic functions of a theory? - Answers -1. Increase knowledge:
meets goals of science
basic theory
2. Apply knowledge:
practical knowledge applied by practitioners
applied theory
What do theories do? - Answers -EXPLAIN:
-offer different explanations for observations
-family theories explain observations of families
GENERATE KNOWLEDGE:
-focuses thinking
-it is a lens that allows new perspectives (what we view)
PREDICT:
-helps us solve problems
-helps us know where/how to intervene
Functions of theory: Practical application - Answers -1. therapy
2. education
3. social policy
4. social movements
what are the components of a theory? - Answers -1. Assumptions
2. Concepts
3. Propositions
4. Critiques:
Note: relationship between concepts, relationships between propositions and
connections between propositions and the empirical world of observation
Assumptions - Answers -Beliefs accepted as givens or self evident
accepted as true without being tested
Concepts - Answers -Provide mutually agreed upon definitions of terms
when operationalized become measurable variables
, Propositions (theories) - Answers --suggested relationships or outcomes that might be
expected if our theory correctly defines reality
-scientific theory is a systematic collection of propositions and the relationship between
them
-Must have at least two propositions, otherwise it's just a hypothesis and not a theory
-propositions are statements that show relationship between concepts
*causal
*covariational
Deductive - Answers -general to specific
work from top down
1. theory
2. tentative hypothesis
3. pattern
4. observation
inductive reasoning - Answers -specific to general
moves from observed data to a generalized explanation
grounded theories
relationship between theory and research - Answers -inductive and deductive reasoning
inductive goes from data to ideas; research to theory
deductive goes from ideas to data; theory to research
what are the roots of family theories in social sciences? - Answers -sociology
economics
psychology
*macro or micro approaches
Uniqueness of family theory - Answers -application to the social group knows as the
family
characteristics differ from other social groups such as:
length of association
intergenerational
biological/affinal lines
large kinship organization
What are the characteristics of a good theory? - Answers -the simplest explanations are
the best
explains the greatest amount of behavior with the fewest numbers of principles
falsifiable or verifiable: identify potential situations that would occur if theory is not
correct
heuristic: stimulates new research techniques and the discovery of new knowledge
does a theory generate new testable questions?
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