Exam #1 Review - No video revision

Question 1

International family strengths model

Answer 1

based on appreciative inquiry; looks at what is working in healthy families

Question 2

6 parts to the international family strengths model

Answer 2

1. Appreciation and Affection ; appreciative inquiry - way to guide asking questions, not looking at problems but the strengths of life, culture of expressing appreciation.
2. Communication ; not exclusively people advocating their own voice, but the reciprocation, ‘I’ statement - more productive / useful than ‘you’ statements.
3. Commitment ; feel that commitment and give it yourself.
4. Spending time together
5. Spiritual well being ; connection to something bigger than oneself
6. Effective coping with stress and crisis.

Question 3

Structural functional theory

Answer 3

A theory that emphasizes the function of the family as a social institution in meeting the needs of society

Question 4

Family developmental theory

Answer 4

Divides the family life cycle into phases or stages over the lifespan. Emphasizes the developmental tasks that must be done by family members at each stage

Importance of normative order

Question 5

Gender

Answer 5

Right on the surface, might not examine it though

Personality traits and behaviour that characterize an individual as masculine or feminine

Question 6

Gender role

Answer 6

A person’s outward expression of maleness or femaleness

Question 7

Gender identity

Answer 7

A persons personal, internal sense of maleness or femaleness, which is expressed in personality and behaviour

Question 8

Environmental influences on gender

Answer 8

1. Societal Expectations
2. Parental Influences (how they life their life, saturated with how they create a home)
3. The influence of popular press, television and movies (media)
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4. School Influences

Question 9

4 functions of dating

Answer 9

1. Recreation ; Expressive recreation is doing things for enjoyment/fun, not as a job.
   Instrumental recreation is like a staff party, not very fun.
2. Socialization ; Opportunity for us to learn how to navigate the world/take out place in society. Learn about ourselves.
3. Status grading or status achievement ; Through dating people claim/assign status, dating is a venue for status, opportunity to claim/be assigned status.
4. Mate selection; find someone as a spouse

Question 10

Parent image theory

Answer 10

A theory of mate selection that a person is likely to marry someone resembling his or her parent of the opposite sex.

Question 11

Ideal mate theory

Answer 11

A theory that people tend to marry someone who fulfills their fantasy of what an ideal mate should be like, based partly on early childhood experiences.

Question 12

Cognitive developmental theory

Answer 12

Once children categorize themselves as female or male, they will use this self categorization to figure out how to behave