Chapter 11 Flashcards
Marriage, Blood, Adoption, or Choice
Different ways individuals can become part of a family unit. Marriage and blood relations are traditional forms, while adoption and choice include stepfamilies and chosen families.
Family Roles:
The specific roles or responsibilities each member has within the family, such as caregiver, provider, or disciplinarian.
Common Culture:
Shared beliefs, values, customs, and practices that members of a family follow.
Economic Cooperation:
How family members work together economically, whether through shared finances or joint efforts to provide for the family.
Children:
The presence of children in the family and their impact on family dynamics.
Established Boundaries:
The rules and limits set by the family to define acceptable behavior and privacy.
Love and Trust:
The emotional foundation of the family, based on mutual affection and reliability.
Socio-Orientation:
Focuses on the social aspects of communication, emphasizing conformity and family loyalty.
Concept-Orientation:
Emphasizes the exchange of ideas and encourages open discussion and individual opinions.
Consensual:
High socio-orientation and high concept-orientation; open communication but with agreement.
Protective:
High socio-orientation and low concept-orientation; closed communication, following rules.
Pluralistic:
Low socio-orientation and high concept-orientation; open communication and individual expression.
Laissez-faire:
Low socio-orientation and low concept-orientation; minimal communication and independence.
Interdependence:
Members of a family affect each other and cannot be understood in isolation.
Wholeness:
The family is more than the sum of its parts; the whole system has its own characteristics.
Patterns/Regularities:
Families have predictable patterns of interaction and behavior.
Interactive Complexity:
Many factors interact in complex ways within a family system.
Openness:
Families interact with their environment and are influenced by external factors.
Complex Relationships:
Families have intricate relationships that are not always straightforward.
Equifinality
A family can reach the same end state through different pathways or processes.
Young Singles:
Individuals who are single and typically young, focusing on personal development and independence.
Young Couples (No Children):
Couples who are not yet parents, focusing on establishing their relationship and possibly planning for future children.
Full Nest One (Pre-School Children):
Families with young children who are not yet in school, focusing on child-rearing and adjusting to parenthood.
Full Nest Two (School-Aged Children):
Families with children who are attending school, balancing work and family responsibilities.
Full Nest Three (Older Children):
Families with older children who may be teenagers or young adults, dealing with issues of independence and future planning.
Empty Nest One (Still Working, Launched Children):
Parents whose children have left home but are still working, adjusting to an empty house.
Empty Nest Two (Retired):
Retired parents whose children have left home, focusing on retirement and adjusting to life without daily family responsibilities.
Solitary Survivor (Retired):
A retired individual who has lost a spouse and is living alone, dealing with loneliness and life changes.
