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social environment

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all the factors, both positive and negative, in society that impact individuals and their relationships, such as mass media, the Internet, changing gender roles, and growing urban crowding

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stress

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the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it

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gender role

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the traits and behaviors assigned to males and females in a culture

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conjugal family system

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a family consisting of a husband, wife, and children; also called a nuclear family

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consanguineal family system

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a family system that emphasizes blood ties more than marital ties

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polygyny

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a man has more than one wife

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polyandry

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a woman has more than one husband

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monogamy

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a relationship in which a man or a woman has only one mate

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pseudo-kin group

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a type of kinship group in which relationship resembling kinship ties develop among unrelated individuals

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matrilineal society

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a society in which descent, or lineage, is traced through females

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matrilocal society

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a society that encourages newly married couples to live with or near the wife’s kin, especially her mother’s kinship group

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neolocal society

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norms encourage newly married couples to establish a separate, autonomous residence, autonomous of either partner’s kinship group

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four major components of the sociocultural context in which families live

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belief system
family system
social system
extended-family system

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ethnocentrism

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the assumption that one’s own culture is the standard by which to judge other cultures

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etic perspective

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the analysis of a society from the outside

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emic perspective

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the analysis of a society from the inside

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acculturation

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the intermeshing of cultural traits and values with those of the dominant culture

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assimilation

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adopting the cultural traits and values of the dominant culture

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segregation

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isolation of an ethnic group within the dominant culture

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refugee

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a person who comes to the united states to avoid persecution because his or her native country is unsafe

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ethnic group

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embedded within a larger cultural group or society

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conceptual framework

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a set of interconnected ideas, concepts, and assumptions that helps organize thinking from a particular perspective. the field of family science includes a variety of major conceptual frameworks

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theory

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systematically organized knowledge applicable in a wide variety of circumstances; especially a system of assumptions, accepted principles, and rules of procedure devised to analyze, predict, otherwise explain the nature or behavior of a specified set of phenomena

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hypothesis

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an assertion subject to verification or proof; a presumed relationship between variables

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idiographic research
a theoretical approach that focuses on the study of individuals and individual differences
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nomothetic approach
a theoretical approach that focuses on developing a theory that works for a great number of cases. researchers using this approach believe it is possible to develop a general family theory
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eugenics
breeding to improve inherited characteristics
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family systems framework
a conceptual framework that views everything that happened to any family member as having an impact on everyone else in the family, because family members are interconnected and operate as a group, or family system
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family system
focuses on the interconnectedness of family members
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general systems theory
a set of principles and concepts that can be applied to all types of system, living and nonliving
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suprasystem
in the general systems theory, a large system that incorporates smaller subsystems
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wholeness
the whole is more than the sum of its parts
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open/morphogenic system
a family system that is open to growth and change
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closed/morphostatic system
has the capacity to maintain the status quo and avoids change
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centrifugal interaction
behavior that pushes system components away from one another, decreasing the system's connectedness
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centripetal interaction
behavior that pulls system components toward one another, resulting in the system's increasing connectedness
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negative feeback
intended to minimize change in a system
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international family strengths framework
a conceptual framework proposing that if researchers study only family problems, they will find only problems in families, but that if they are interested in family strengths, they must study strong families.
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six qualities that strong families demonstrate
Commitment, appreciation and affection, positive communication, enjoyable time together, spiritual well-being and shared values, and the ability to manage stress and crisis effectively
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family development framework
focuses on how family members deal with roles and development tasks within the family unit as they move through the stages of the lift cycle
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symbolic interaction framework
a conceptual framework that focuses on the internal perceptions of family members and examines how they learn roles and rules in society through interaction and shared meaning
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definition of the situation
the concept that a situation is based on a person's subjective interpretation; hence, people can have different views of the same situation
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looking glass self
the idea that you learn about yourself based on the feedback you receive from others
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social construction framework
proposes that human beings are profoundly immersed in the social world and that our understanding of this world and beliefs about this world are social products
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postmodernism
emphasizes multiple perspectives or "truths". postmodernists are extremely skeptical in regard to questions of truth, meaning, and historical interpretation
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feminist framework
emphasizes the value of women's perspectives on society and the family, that recognizes women's subordination, and that promotes change in that status
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gender
learned characteristics and behaviors associated with biological sex in a particular culture
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instrumental role
according to the parsons and bales model of the modern family, the husband-father's role- being the breadwinner, the manager, and the leader of the family
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expressive role
according to the parsons and bales model of the modern family, the wife-mother's role is to be expressive: caring for the emotional well-being of the family, providing nurturing and comfort
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ecofeminism
politics that focuses on human beings' domination of nature
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personification
the belief that everything one's partner does is a reflection of oneself; leads to attempts to control the partner's behavior
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three dimensions of couple and family map
cohesion (togetherness) flexibility (ability to change) communication (helps families move between the extremes on the cohesion and flexibility) 16 types of families
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balanced families
families who fit into the four central categories of the couple and family map: Flexibly connected, flexibly cohesive, structurally connected, or structurally cohesive
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midrange families
extreme on one dimension of the couple and family map but balanced on the other dimension
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unbalanced families
families who fall at the extremes on both the flexibility and cohesion dimensions of the couple and family map

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