Chapter 7 Family Relationships

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Family Systems Approach

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An approach to understanding family functioning that emphasizes the family as a whole

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Dyadic Relationship

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A relationship between two people

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Disequilibruim

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In the family systems approach, this term is used in reference to a change that requires adjustments from family members

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Midlife Crisis

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The popular belief, largely unfounded according to research, that most people experience a crisis when they reach about age forty, involving intensive reexamination of their lives and perhaps sudden and dramtic changes if they are dissatifsfied

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Caregiver Relationship

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Between sibilings, a relationship in which one sibling serves parental functions for the other

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Buddy Relationship

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Between siblings, a relationship in which they trust each other as friends

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Critical Relationship

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Between sibilings, a relationship characterized by a high level of conflict and teasing

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Rival Relationship

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Between sibilings, a relationship in which they compete against each other and measure their success against one another

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Casual Relationship

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Between siblings, a relationship that is not emotionally intense, in which they have little to do with one another

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Autonomy

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The quality of being independent and self sufficient, capable of thinking for one's self.

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Reciprocal Effects

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In relations between parents and children, the concept taht children not only are affected by their parents but affect their parents in return

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Bidirectional effects

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Parents and children affect each other

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Differential Parenting

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When parents behavior differs toward siblings within the same family

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Nonshared enviromental influences

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Influences experienced differently among siblings within the same family

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Traditional Parenting Style

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The kind of parenting typical in traditional cultures, high in responsiveness and high in a kind of demanding that does not encourage discussion and debate but rather expects compliance by virtue of cultural beliefs supporting the inherent authority of the parental role

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Familismo

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Concept of family life characteristic of Latino cultures that emphasizes the love, cloesness, and mutual obligations of family life

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Attachment Theory

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Theory originally developed by British psychiatrist John Bowlby, asserting that among humans as among other primates, attachment between parents and children have an evolutionary basis in the need for vulnerable young members of the species to stay in close proximity to adults who will care for and protect them.

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Secure Attachment

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Type of aattachment to caregiver in which infants use the caregiver as a secure base fromwhich to explore when all is well but seek physical comfot and ssonsolation from her if frightened or threatedned

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Insecure Attachment

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Type of attachment to careiver in which infants are timid abu exploring the enviroment and resist or avoid the caregiver when she attempts to offer comfort or consolation

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Primary Caregiver

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The person mainly responsible for caring for an infant or young child

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Internal Working Model

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In attachment theory, the tem for the cognitive framework, based on interactions in infancy with the primary caregiver, that shapes expectations and interactions in relationships to others throughout life.

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Relatedness

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The quality of being emotionally close to another person.

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Affective functions

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Emotional functions of the family, pertaining to love, nurturance, and attachment.

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Custodial Parent

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The parent who lives in the same household as the children following a divorce

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Dual-Earner Family

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A family in which both parents are employed

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Family Structure

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The outward characteristics of a family, such as whether or not the parents are married

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Family Process

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The quailty of relationships among family members

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Divorce Mediation

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An arrangement in which a professional mediator helps divorcing parents negotiate an agreement that both will find acceptable