Adulthood: Normal Behavior & Marriage Flashcards
A covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole, is by its nature ordered toward the good of spouses and the procreation and education of offspring. _________ & _______.
Marriage. Unity & Indissolubility of marriage.
What binds two people in the state of ______ is the marital rights and duties exchanged by the ________.
Matrimony. Marriage contract.
A new structural unit. Mr & Mrs., invited as one, regarded as one by relatives & friends. Think & act as one; _______.
Husband-wife. Conjugal properties.
Creates a new series of statuses and network of relationships: individuals & families.
Marriage
Marital role: societal expectations or status.
Structural-functional framework
Marital role: where one adjust his/her behavior and reactions to what he/she thinks the other person will do.
Interactional framework
Marital role: the expected role and the role behavior are integrated and compatible.
Dependent
Marital role: couples relate and adjust to one another on the basis of roles.
Reciprocal and complimentary.
The husband’s role is better understood in terms of the _____ and vice versa.
Wife’s role
Each _______ evaluates him/herself and the other on the basis of how well each role is performed.
Spouse
Change continually throughout the life cycle of the family
Role relations
Roles change over ____. Need ____ & ______.
Time. Adjustments & Agreements.
Traditional Husband and Wife Roles
Biological view, Instrumental-expressive roles, Traditional role differentiation & Socio-cultural view “BITS”
Domestic mgt, housekeeper, cook, laundress, seamstress. Responsible for the family’s internal needs. Traditional role of whom?
Wives
Livelihood preoccupation. Expected to be responsible for supporting the family. Responsible for the family’s relationship with the outside world.
Husbands
Instrumental expressive role: manipulation of external environment to attain specific goals.
Instrumental character trait
Associated with feminity
Expressive character trait
Instrumental expressive role: Warmth, sensitivity to the needs of others.
Expressive character trait
Instrumental expressive role: Associated with masculinity
Instrumental character trait
Instrumental expressive role: competitiveness, self confidence, logic & non-emotionality.
Instrumental character trait
Instrumental expressive role: Emotional support and tension mgt.
Expressive character traits
The more enduring relationship is one which rejects polarized ____ and integrates the masculine & feminine by combining both ______ & ______ qualities. Ex: combining care and practical assistance with ______ & _______. By whom?
Gender roles. Expressive & instrumental. Affection & emotional closeness. Cancian.
Is rooted in the biophysical differences between male & female.
Biological view
Believes in the malleability of the individual and the influence that the external environmental factors have in molding and directing behavior: socialization experiences, peer group standards, situational factors and cultural norms.
Socio cultural view
Assume the role of being economically independent as co-breadwinner. Pursue a career and attain a high status for herself and her family. Commitment to active political, civic and community service.
Changing roles of the Wife
Is co-manager and family treasurer.
Wife
Who formulated traditional role differentiation
Parson & Bales
Who formulated Instrumental-expressive roles
Bales & Slater
NCRFW
National Commitment for the Role Filipino Women
According to NCFRW, state recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall ensure fundamental ______ before the law.
Equality
According to NCFRW, ______ of women(providing safe & healthful working conditions), provide ______(establishment of day centers), provide ______ & realize their _______(practical art subjects).
Protection, facilities, opportunities & potentials.
Economic provider, general handyman around the house, symbolic household head, representative of the family in the community.
Husband’s role
Husband’s chief role is to
Support his family
To provide economic security to his wife and children.
Man’s moral obligation
Husband’s role issues
Upsurge of women labor/work, Reversal of roles or “house-band” & OFWs
Refers to the ability to affect the behavior of others
Power
Two dimensions of Power
Authority & Influence
Power which emanates from an individual’s own abilities, skills, charisma, or some other personal characteristics.
Influence
Power which is legitimated or cultuy prescribed
Authority
Indicators of conjugal power
Who wins in disagreement, which spouse needs permission, task allocation/division of labor & decision making “WWTD”
Bases of conjugal power
Personality & BG, Power structure in the family, Family & Kinship structure, Amount of resources each individual spouse brings into the marriage & Situational factors “PPFAS”
Adaptation of each spouse to each other and to various tasks and situations of living together.
Adjustment in marriage
A continuing process for the couple which means working out a ______ relationship.
Adjustment in marriage. Dynamic.
Adjustment in marriage requires _______ and ________ in status, role & lifestyles.
Flexibility & Adaptability
Refers to the achievement of one or more goals including permanence, companionship, fulfilling expectations.
Marital status
In marital success for the couple, it is achieved when they perceive that their marriage is _______, that their experiences are _______, and that they have adequately ______ to each other in the various aspects of their married life.
Happy. Satisfying. Adjusted.
____________: 9 tasks for a Happy Marriage
Pillars for success
Task for a Happy marriage: First, to separate _______ from the family of one’s childhood so as to invest fully in the marriage and, at the same time, to redefine the _________ with both families of origin.
Emotionally. Lines of connection.