Chapters 1-3 Flashcards
What is a family?
Units in which members strive to meet the needs of of all members over a period of time
What are smart goals
An acronym for a goals that are specific, measurable, adjustable, relevant, and time based
What are resources?
Commodities and human resources used in the production of goods and services
What us the five step decision making process?
Incorporates existing needs, identifies alternatives, evaluating the alternatives, selecting alternatives, reflecting on selection
What is polygny
Man has more than one wife
What is a modern family?
Breadwining husband with a housewife and their children
What is companionate family?
Husbands and wives were partners who married because they loved each other
What is postmodern family?
More diverse than past family
What is the traditional family?
A married couple and their biological children
Nuclear family
A married couple with multiple children
What is a family?
Two parents supporting child or children
What is the family systems theory?
Says when one thing happens to one family member it affects all
What is the social exchange theory?
Individual motivations Infleuicing behaviors they select
What is symbolic interactionism?
Analyzes patterns of communication,interpretations,and adjustment between individuals
Shared activities build bonds
Conflict theory?
Problems we run into shape us