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16 Cards in this Set
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Types of Families |
natural family extended family blended family single parent family same sex parent family |
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Natural Family |
it consists of just that one family |
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Extended Family |
if I'm successful then we are all successful, if someone in the family tree is unsuccessful then we are all unsuccessful |
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Blended Family |
adoption, stepparents, interracial marriage |
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Two Models of Family Interaction |
Circumplex Model Family Communication Patterns Model |
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Circumplex Model |
was developed to explain functional and dysfunctional family systems |
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Circumplex Model's 3 basic dimensions are |
adaptability cohesion communication |
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Adaptability |
can range from being very chaotic to being very rigid, has the ability to change and adapt |
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Cohesion |
how cohesion is the family, the bonding, the feeling of belonging, it goes from the extreme of being very tight to a place of being very enmeshed-your enabling and your blind to it |
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Communication |
depends on family pattern, some families are very conversational while some are very conformative |
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Family Communication Patterns Model |
is based on the idea that communication in families can be described in terms of two dimensions, the level of conversation and the level of conformity |
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Family Communication Patterns Model's two dimensions level of conversation and level of conformity produce 4 types of families |
Consensual Families pluralistic families protective families laissez faire families |
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Consensual Families |
tend to be more higher orientation to conversation and conformity, you grow up with certain values and norms however when something happens you are open to have a conversation and you do what mom and dad say |
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Pluralistic Families |
tend to be more higher orientation to conversation and lower to conformity, very loose open, can talk about anything |
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Protective Families |
real low in conversation but high in conformity because the whole idea is to protect |
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Laissez Faire Families |
very free, not much restriction on conversation or conformity |
