Fad 2230 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Power - Answer-The capacity or ability to direct or influence the behaviors of others or the course of events. What does power affect in relationships? - Answer-Authority Hierarchy Decision making Interdependence Intimacy Coercive Power - Answer-based on the dominant persons' ability and willingness to punish the partner: abuse or withholding Reward Power - Answer-Give gifts, favors, supports, material things, emotional support Expert Power - Answer-based on dominant person's superio...

FAD 2230 Theories Exam Questions and Answers Self-identification theory - Answer-majority of children categorize themselves as. male or female by age 3 and then identify behaviors that are appropriate to their sex and adopt these behaviors Gender schema theory - Answer-Children develop a framework of knowledge about what girls and boys typically do, and then use this framework to interpret and think about gender chodrows theory of gender - Answer-children develop a primary identification...

Functional - Answer-purpose for which a thing exists (what it does) Structural - Answer-a form that a thing takes (what it actually is) Family Functions - Answer--raising children responsibly -providing economic & other practical support -offering emotional security Extended family - Answer-the family structure that involves a whole kinship group in traditional societies Nuclear family - Answer-husband, wife, children Postmodern family - Answer-families today exhibit a multiplicity of fo...

Commune - Answer-Group of adults and perhaps children who live together, sharing aspects of their lives. Some communes are group marriages, in which members share sex; others are communal families, with several monogamous couples, who share everything except sexual relations and their children Domestic Partnership - Answer-Arrangement in which an unmarried couple registers their partnership with a civil authority and then enjoys some rights, benefits, and entitlements, traditionally reserv...

What is stress? ★: a state of tension that results from the need to respond to change. ★Americans are among the most stressed people in the world. ★Families continually balance the demands put upon them against their capacity to meet those demands. Defining Family Stress, Crisis and Resilience ★Individual stress is physically and emotionally experienced. ★Family stress: State of tension that arises when demands test or tax a family's capabilities ★Family crisis: Situation in which ...

Defining Love -more than "romantic love" -measured by concepts such as attachment, intimacy, compassion, and infatuation -involves acceptance of partners and is viewed as primary reason someone decides to get and stay married Requirements of love empathy and commitment Commitment defined as willingness to work through problems and conflicts instead of calling it quits when problems arise... Consciously investing in the relationship Sternberg's Triangular Love Theory 3 components make up co...

Household labor: - Answer-in general, the unpaid work done to maintain family members and/ or a home. Routine Household labor - Answer-nondiscretionary routine tasks that cannot be postponed, such as cooking, washing dishes, or cleaning Occasional labor - Answer-household tasks that are more time-flexible and more discretionary, such as household repairs, yard care, or paying bills. increased, although women still have the majority - Answer-Men's share of domestic work has increased or d...

Commune Group of adults and perhaps children who live together, sharing aspects of their lives. Some communes are group marriages, in which members share sex; others are communal families, with several monogamous couples, who share everything except sexual relations and their children Domestic Partnership Arrangement in which an unmarried couple registers their partnership with a civil authority and then enjoys some rights, benefits, and entitlements, traditionally reserved for marrieds. Civil...