Marriage And Family

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How do families change over time?
What are these changes entitied?

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they add and lose members
have children go through stages
change their connection with other institutions
They're entitled the family life cycle

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Structural Functional Theory

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sees family as social institution

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Social institution

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patterned and predictable ways of thinking and behaving that are organized around vital aspects of group life and serve essential social functions

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Functions of a social institution

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socialization
sexual regulation
economic support
emotional support

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Interactionist Theory

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internal family dynamics
does not recognize a "natural" family structure
concerned with self and identity
self concepts are redefined

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Exchange theory

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resources are used to bargain and secure advantage in a relationship
cost benefit analysis

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Systems theory

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sees family unit as a system
whole is more than the sum of its parts
systems tend towards equilibrium
pressure on members to revert to previous behaviors
for change to occur, the whole system must change

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conflict theory

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doesnt believe all family practices are good
calls attention to unequal power
typically gender differences

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Feminist theory

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no single feminist theory
generalized set of ideas about basic features of society from a womans perspective

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Gender

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social factors or ideas
masculine/feminine

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Sex

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biological differences
male/female

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nature

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born that way
brain lateralization studies
testosterone
serotonin
inter-sexed
transsexuals

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nurture

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we socially create the differences

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agents of socialization

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parents/family
peers
education
mass media

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consequences of gender stereotyping

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lifestyle changes
self-esteem
age
sex typing
self confidence
mental health
friendship difference

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expressive traits

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focus on relationship building, empathy, and understanding
communal traits

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instrumental traits

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focus on completion of tasks, competition, and individuality
(agentic traits)

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transsexual

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persons who believe they are born with the body of the wrong sex

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Berdache

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third gender
certain asian, south pacific, and N. American Indian

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1935 Mead Concepts of gender

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1.Mundugumor-both sexes display aggressive behavior
2.Tchambull-women are dominant and impersonal and men emotionally dependent
3. Arapesh- both feminine

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Social learning Theory

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gender learned thru system of rewards and punishments
positive reinforcement and neg.
indirectly thru modeling others beh.
beh. followed by reward is repeated

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Social identity theory

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childs mind develops thru interaction with enviornment
as we experience, we process and categorize
identify sex by superficial means
gender develops later when we
understand permanency

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Chodorows theory of gender

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gender emerges from parenting roles
society is organized that women nurture and men do not
women primary caregiver
girls develop gender easily bc imitate moms beh.
boys struggle to detach from mother
boys supress

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romantic love

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tender or passionate affection for another person characterized by intense feeilngs and emotion

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conscious love

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rational reasoning love

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what is love?

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deep and vital emotion
satisfies personal needs
involves caring and acceptance
involves intimacy

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martyring

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maintaining a relationship by giving other more than is received in return

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manipulating

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seeking to control the feelings of your partner in underhanded ways

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framed relationships by john crosby

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examples of relationships people enter based on self esteem and self identity

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A framed

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martyrs and manipulators
couple identity is strong considered most important
individual identity is weak/nonexistent
"i cant go on without you"
typical teen first, unhealthy love

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H framed

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strong individual identity and little couple identity
individuals look at their partners in pragmatic terms
if one leaves the other is barely phased
the benefits are more materialistic

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M frame

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couples are interdependent
strong sense of self and self esteem as well as couple identity
partners are considered to be interdependent
good combo of practical and emotional
if one leaves the other would hurt

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triangle theory of love

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passion-short term
intimacy-psychic and sexual intimacy
decision/commitment

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passion

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a drive that leads to romance, physical attraction and sexual consummation

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intimacy

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close, connected and bonded feelings in a loving relationship

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decision/commitment

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short term (decision to love someone)
long term (commitment to sustain)