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9/7 and 9/14 class overview Flashcards

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What is Family?

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Any group of people united by ties of marriage, blood or adoption or any sexually expressive relationship in which:

  1. the adults cooperate financially for their mutual support
  2. the people are committed to one another in an intimate interpersonal relationship
  3. the members see their individual identities as importantly attached to the group
  4. group has an identity of its own
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Family of two (or more) individuals being childfree voluntarily

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Voluntarily Childless Family

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Family with one singular parent

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Single Parent Family

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Referring to a family made up of a married hetersexual couple and their children

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Nuclear Family

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Referring to the significant caretakers and siblings one grew up with; often biological or adoptive family

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Family of Origin

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Family that extends beyond nuclear family; includes grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.

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Extended Family

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Family consisting of a couple and children both from current and previous relationships

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Blended/Reconstituted Family

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Post-divorce family with children or nuclear family divided into two families

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Binuclear Family

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9
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One person with 2+ mates

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Polygamous

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One person with multiple women

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Polygynous

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One person with multiple men

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Polyandrous

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12
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Where the father has authority over the family

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Patriarchal Family

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13
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Where the mother has authority over the family

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Matriarchal Family

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Family with same-sex partners as the parents/caregivers

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Gay/Lesbian Family

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Individuals that live together yet are not married

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Cohabitating Family

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16
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What is the overall fertility rate?

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56.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15-44

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17
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What are the various reasons for entering workforce?

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Financial, employment opportunities, personal fulfillment

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18
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Single parents continue on a steady _____

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Incline

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19
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____ of those homes are headed by moms and ____ by fathers

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16%; 3%

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20
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About _____ of children live in single parent households (2022)

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25-30%

21
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___ of children (about __ million) live in households headed by grandparents

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6%; 6

22
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What are the current life expectancies?

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Men 76 and women 81

23
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What is a Genogram?

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A visual tool that allows you to visually map out and explore the intricate relationships, patterns, and influences within a family system

24
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Who introduced Genograms?

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M. McGoldrick and R. Gerson in 1970s

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When to use Genograms for Therapy/counseling

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As a diagnostic tool to help explore family patterns, unresolved issues, and better understand the client’s emotional well-being

26
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When to use Genograms for Medical/healthcare settings

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To gain insight into patients’ health history, genetic predispositions, and potential risk factors to make more informed diagnosis and treatment decisions

27
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When to use Genograms for social work/family services

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To guide interventions and develop effective strategies to address family issues

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When to use Genograms for research

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To study family systems, heredity traits, and the impact of relationships on individual well-being

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When to use Genograms for Education

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To help students understand their own backgrounds and promote self-reflection

30
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When to use Genograms for personal growth and self-reflection

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To understand relationships and explore the impact of one’s upbringing

31
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Most common, includes basic info about family members (ex. names, dates of birth, relationships)

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Standard or Family genogram

32
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Focuses on health-related info, such as illnesses and genetic factors that run in the family

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Medical genogram

33
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Emphasizes the emotional relationships, communication styles, and behavior patterns within the family

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Emotional genogram

34
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Explores cultural & ethnic background of the family, including traditions and values

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Cultural genogram

35
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Specialized type of genogram, focusing on mapping and exploring career paths, achievements and influences within a person’s family

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Career genogram

36
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Emphasizes the function of the family as a social institution in meeting the needs of society

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Structural-Functional Theory

37
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Includes the production, allocation, distribution, and management of resources; such as money, material goods, food services, skills, care, time and space

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Economic Cooperation

38
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Idea that the only universal function of the family is the nurturance and socialization of their children

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Nurture and socialization of children

39
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  • Common Residence
  • Economic Cooperation
  • Reproduction and sexual function
  • Nurture and socialization of their children
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Families Basic Functions

40
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  1. Family life cycle divides the family experience into phases/stages over the lifespan and describes changes in family structure and roles during each stage
  2. Developmental tasks are defined as “growth responsibilities” that arise within certain stages in family cycle
  3. Role sequence and normative order
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Family Development Theory

41
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  • Describes a family as a unit of interacting personalities
  • Focuses attention on the way that family members interact through words, gestures, rules, and roles
  • Family members develop roles
  • Theory widely used in family therapy to help understand how those perceive others and how they can modify perceptions to develop more meaningful relationships
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Symbolic Interaction Theory

42
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  • Emphasizes the interdependence of family members, and how those members affect one another
  • What one does affects all other members (ex. someone with emotional instability may affect others in the family)
  • Interdependence can involve money, shelter, food
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Systems Theory

43
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Parents act as role models for their children; children imitate their parents’ behavior, attitudes and perceptions

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Social Learning Theory

44
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  • Based on the principle that we enter into relationships, that will allow us to maximize the benefits to us and minimize any costs
  • People are usually satisfied with relationships that, at minimum, partially fulfill expectations
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(Social) Exchange Theory

45
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  • Task is not to eliminate conflict but to learn to control it so that it becomes constructive
  • Family disruption is only caused when conflict is not resolved constructively
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Conflict Theory

46
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  • Considered more of a perspective since it reflects thinking across the feminist movement, includes a variety of viewpoints with the focus on inequality of power
  • System that should not confine men and women to prescribed roles
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Feminist Theory

47
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Emphasizes the strengths of families rather than the problems

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International Family Strengths Theory

48
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  • Appreciation and Affection
  • Spiritual well being
  • Commitment
  • Communication and spending time together
    Effective coping with stress and crisis
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