Faml 400 quiz - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Paradigms/ philosophies of science - Answer-"Radical changes or shifts in scientific views are known as paradigm shifts (Kuhn 1970). These shifts occur after significant data that do not fit the current theory have been gathered. Thus, a new theory is needed to explain the data According to Kuhn, in the natural sciences, paradigm shifts change science dramatically, as did Einstein's theory of relativity or the fact that Columbus did not, in face, fall off the end of the earth. In the socia...

Double ABC-X Model - Answer-a model designed to help us understand the effects of the accumulation of stresses and crises and how families adapt to them Assumptions about stress - Answer--stress is normal -stress is relative -stress upsets equilibrium -dis-equilibrium activates coping mechanisms -inadequacy of coping mechanisms--> quality of family's adaptation Stressor events (a) - Answer-any life event that changes the family social system (disrupts the equilibrium) -stressors...

Interpretive (Symbolic Theory, Structural Functionalism Theory, Systems Theory)- - ANSWER Opposite of Positivism. "It depends." What is important is how each person interprets it regardless of fact. For example: Fact: Someone smiled at me. Possible Interpretations: They like me, They want a date OR They are just being polite. In other words, it's the book we write, which may or may not be based on the actual but rather because we believe it is our truth. Conflict/Critical (Feminist T...