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27 Cards in this Set
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Family |
Self-defined unit made up of any number of persons who live or have lived in relationship with one another over time in a common living space and who are usually, but not always, united by marriage and kinship |
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Natural or nuclear family |
Mother, father, and their biological children |
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Extended family |
Relatives such as aunts, uncles, cousins, or grandparents and/or unrelated persons who are part of a family unit |
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Blended family |
Two adults and their children. Because of divorce, separation, death, or adoption, the children are the offspring of other biological parents or of just one of the adults who are raising them |
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Single-parent family |
One parent raising one or more children |
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Family of orgin |
Family in which a person is raised |
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Voluntary (fictive) kin |
Individuals considered family regardless of their legal or blood connection |
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Circumplex model of family interaction |
Model of the relationships among family adaptability, cohesion, and communication |
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Adaptability |
A family's ability to modify and respond to changes in the family's power structure and roles |
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Cohesion |
Emotional bonding and feelings of togetherness that families experience |
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Family communication patterns model |
A model of family communication based on two dimensions: Conversation and conformity |
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Consensual families |
Families with a high orientation toward both conversation and conformity |
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Pluralistic families |
Families with a high orientation toward conversation but a low orientation toward conformity |
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Protective families |
Families with a low orientation toward conversation but a high orientation toward conformity |
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Laissez-faire families |
Families with low orientation toward both conversation and conformity |
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Traditional couples |
Married partners who are interdependent and who exhibit a lot of sharing and companionship |
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Independent couples |
Married partners who exhibit sharing and companionship and are psychologically interdependent but allow each other individual space |
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Separate couples |
Married partners who support the notion of marriage and family but stress the individual over the couple |
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Mixed couples |
Married couples in which the two partners each adopt a different perspective (traditional, independent, separate) on the marriage |
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Quid pro quo harassment |
Implied or explicit promise of reward in exchange for sexual favors or threat of retaliation if sexual favors are withheld, given to an employee by a cowroker or a superior. The Latin phrase quid pro quo roughly means "You do something for me and I'll do something for you." |
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Upward communication |
Communication that flows from subordinates to superiors |
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Pelz effect |
Subordinates' feeling more satisfied in their jobs the more their supervisors are able to influence higher-level decisions |
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Downward communication |
Communication that flows from superiors to subordinates |
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Leader-member exchange (LMX) theory |
Theory that supervisors develop different types of relationships with different subordinates and that seeks to exlpain those differences |
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Hostile environment |
Type of sexual harassment in which an employee's rihgts are threatened through offensive working conditions or behavior on the part of other workers |
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Horizontal communication |
Communication among colleagues or coworkers at the same level within an organization |
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Outward communication |
Communication that flows to those outside an organization (such as customers) |
