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 t...
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
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
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