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FAML 400: Family Theories Final ExamWith Verified Study Solutions
Positivism CORRECT ANSWERS Very 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 CORRECT ANSWERS There is no real one truth, it depends because
everyone sees it in their own perspective
ex: Symbolic Interactionism, Family Systems Theory
Conflict Paradigm CORRECT ANSWERS Oppressor wants to keep things the same,
the oppressed want to change things
ex: Feminist Theory (have and have not), Conflict Theory
Inductive Reasoning CORRECT ANSWERS Research can form our theories.
INFORMATION>PATTERN>TENTATIVE HYPOTHESIS>THEORY
Specific (observation) to Broad (Theory)
Deductive Reasoning CORRECT ANSWERS Theories inform our research
THEORY>HYPOTHESIS>OBSERVATION>CONFIRMATION
Broad (theories) to specific (observation)
Assumption CORRECT ANSWERS Are basic beliefs that are taken for granted or
believed to be true or to be taken as true without being tested
Theory CORRECT ANSWERS 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 CORRECT ANSWERS 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 CORRECT ANSWERS 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 CORRECT ANSWERS 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? CORRECT ANSWERS Interpretive
Assumptions of Family Systems Theory CORRECT ANSWERS - 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? CORRECT ANSWERS
Recurring patterns of behavior developed through interaction that family members use
to fulfill family functions
Boundary ambiguity CORRECT ANSWERS Inability to determine who is in or out
Different types of families with boundaries CORRECT ANSWERS Open- Flexible
Random- Chaotic disengaged
Closed- Enmeshed
Entropy and Energy CORRECT ANSWERS Entropy: Natural tendencies move from
order to disorder
Energy: Effort to move to order
Feedback Loops CORRECT ANSWERS - guide behavior
Morphogenesis- positive feedback (make change)
Morphostasis -negative (stick to status quo)
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