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49 Cards in this Set
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Artificial/Planned Obsolescence
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a new need is created for consumers by industry that produces a demand by creating dissatisfaction with past models
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Budget/Budgeting
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a plan for the coordination of resources and expenditures; the amount of money that is available for, required for, or assigned to a particular purpose/ to allocate funds; to plan or provide for the use of in detail
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Cognitive Resources
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mental skill abilities such as the ability to concentrate, memory, problem solving, and reasoning
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Communication
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a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior
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Companionate Family
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a family where husbands and wives are partners who married because they loved each other, rather than out of a sense of moral duty
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Conceptual Framework
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used in research to outline possible courses of action or to present a preferred approach to a system analysis project; built from a set of concepts linked to a planned or existing system of methods, behaviors, functions, relationships, and objects
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Conflict Resolution
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the process of consensus arrived at after discussion of a disagreement between people
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Consensual Families
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families that stress both the socio and concept orientation dimensions of communication, with the result that children are encouraged to explore the world about them, but to do so without disrupting the family's established social harmony
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Consumer Protection
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government regulation to protect the interests of consumers, for example by requiring businesses to disclose detailed information about products
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Consumerism
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the promotion of the consumer's interests
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Contingency Plan
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a plan designed to deal with a particular problem, emergency, or state of affairs if it should occur
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Corporate Social Responsibility
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the awareness, acceptance, and management of the implications and effects of all corporate decision making
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Cultural Rituals
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practices that serve to unite a particular group by preserving cultural identity and heritage
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Culture
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a set of learned beliefs, values, and behaviors of the way of life shared by the members of a society
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Delayed Gratification
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the ability to wait in order to obtain something that one wants
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Demand
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the quantity of a commodity or service wanted at a specified price and time
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Democratic Family
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a family that emerged at the end of the 18th century as a separate and private group in society where they married for love and children were nurtured
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Economic Resources
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the basic inputs or component parts of an economy such as land, labor, and capital
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Economics
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a social science concerned chiefly with description and analysis of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
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Environmental Resources
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anything an organism needs that can be taken from the environment
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Esteem Needs
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a need to be respected, to have self-respect, and to respect others
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Family
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the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their children
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Family Goals
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broad statements of ideal future conditions that are desired by a family
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Family Values
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values especially of a traditional or conservative kind that are held to promote the sound functioning of the family and strengthen the fabric of society
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Five Step Decision Making Process
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a flexible decision-making framework that incorporates recognizing existing need, identifying alternatives to fulfill identified needs, evaluating identified alternatives, selecting and implementing alternatives, and reflecting and evaluating alternatives selected
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Goal
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something that somebody wants to achieve
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Hierarchy of Needs
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Maslow's theory of motivation that states that we must achieve lower level needs, such as food, shelter, and safety, before we can achieve higher level needs, such as belonging, esteem, and self-actualization
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Locus of Control
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theory in psychology that originally distinguised between two types of people- internals, who attribute events to their own control, and externals, who attribute events in their life to external circumstances
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Modern Family
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a family that consists of a breadwinning husband, a housewife, and their children
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Morals
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ethics, codes, values, principles, and customs of a person or society
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Motives
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a thought pattern with feelings and values that leads to energized behavior
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Needs
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the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a goal and the reason for the action, giving purpose and direction to behavior
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Needs Assessment
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Nontraditional Family
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the family that doesn't fit the social norm of the traditional family
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Nuclear Family
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the family group consisting of parents (usually a father and mother) and their children in one household
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Physiological Needs
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a person's most basic needs: food, shelter, and clothing
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Planning Process
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a process that begins with a decision and includes identification of a situation that requires action, a formulation of a plan, and the implementation of that plan
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Postmodern Family
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the contemporary family that is more diverse than in the past in terms of family structure and relationships
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Resource
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commodities and human resources used in the production of goods and services, anything identified to meet an existing or future need
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Safety Needs
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safety and security rank above all other desires and include physical security (safety from violence, delinquency, aggressions), moral and physiological security, family security, security of health, and security of personal property against crime
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Self actualization
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a driving life force that will ultimately lead to maximizing one's abilities and determine the path of one's life
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Social Responsibility
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consumers must act with concern and sensitivity, aware of the impact of their actions on others, particularly the disadvantaged
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Technostress
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the negative psychological link between people and introduction of new technologies
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Traditional Family
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a married couple and their biological child or children in one household
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Transactional Leadership
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guidance based in contingency, in that reward or punishment is contingent on performance
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Transformational Leadership
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behavior that is founded on the belief that leaders and followers can raise each other to higher levels of motivation and morality
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Value
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worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; a principle, standard, or quality considered worthwhile or desirable
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Value Congruence
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the degree to which all members of the group agree on values about group processes and group work
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Want
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something desired, but not necessary
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