chapter

Question 1

What is a family

Answer 1

A family is a unit where members strive to meet the needs of other members while maintaining the family for a period of time

Question 2

Why do we study family

Answer 2

The family is always in transition, due to it being politicized.

Question 3

What are the two types of family

Answer 3

Traditional and Non traditional

Question 4

What are resources

Answer 4

Resources are goods used to get a need

Question 5

What are basic needs

Answer 5

Food, water, shelter, clothing

Question 6

The identification of resources to meet specific needs is guided by ____ _____ and ______

Answer 6

culture, availability and accesibility

Question 7

What is availability

Answer 7

the ability to be used as needed

Question 8

What is accesibility?

Answer 8

the ability to obtain something when needed

Question 9

The larger the pool of resources, the higher the probability that needs will be met with ____ and ____

Answer 9

efficiency and effectiveness

Question 10

What is efficiency

Answer 10

being or involving the immediate agent in producing an effect

Question 11

What is effectiveness

Answer 11

producing a decided, decisive or desired effect

Question 12

What is sufficiency

Answer 12

judged as being adequate

Question 13

What is substitute

Answer 13

to replace something with another another similar product

Question 14

What is cohabitation?

Answer 14

To live together as if you are married couple

Question 15

What are the three decision making processes

Answer 15

1. Janis: rationale model: involves searching for alternatives, assesing concequences, for high and long lasting impacts of the family. eg which college are we going to.
2. Pfeffer: bureaucratic model: relies on habitual way of doing things, for low risk and uncontested decision situations. eg grocery shopping
3. Pfeffer: Political method: Produces outcomes related to power of individuals within the group. Not everyone will agree with decision. example of this is relocating of the family

Question 16

What is the five step decision making process

Answer 16

it is flexible

1. recognize the need
2. identify alternatives for that need
3. evaluate identified alternatives
4. select and implement alternatives
5. reflect and evaluate alternative selected.

Question 17

What are contextual influences?

Answer 17

1. Historical influences: things like war, recession, terrorist attacks can impact the family moving forward. like industrial revolution forced women to work resulting in the way family shifted, immigration
2. Environmental influences: factor deals with avaiabiity
3. Cultural influences

Question 18

What is culture

Answer 18

Culture is a set of learned beliefs, values and behaviors of the way of life shared by a particular group of people

Question 19

What is diversity

Answer 19

The inclusion of different races or cultures in a group or organization

Question 20

What is Worldview

Answer 20

Created by Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck, The common concept of reality shared by a paticular group of people.

Question 21

What are the assumptions underlying( Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck’s work)

Answer 21

1. Limited number of common human problems for which all people at all times must find a solution
2. There is variability in solutions to all problems
3. All alternatives of all solutions are present in all societies, but are differentially preffered

Question 22

What is orientation

Answer 22

an awareness of self in relation to time, place and person, integrated set of attitudes and beliefs.

Question 23

what are the 5 orientations

Answer 23

1. Human Nature: evil, good or both
2. Humans and nature: subjugated, harmony or mastery
3. Time orientation: Past, present or future
4. Human Activity: being, becomming or accomplishments
5. Human relations: Lineal, collaborative or individualistic decision making.