Family Coms Midterm

Question 1

LePoire Ch.1

True Communication

Answer 1

Both the sender intended to send a message and the receiver percieved the intention of the communication

Question 2

LePoire Ch. 1

Communication Attempts

Answer 2

The sender intended to send the message but it was not received.

Question 3

LePoire Ch. 1

Attributed Communication

Answer 3

The receiver attributed communicative intent where there was none.

Question 4

LePoire Ch. 1

Behavior

Answer 4

Actions that were not intended to communicate, and no intention was perceived.

Question 5

LePoire Ch.1

Family Communication

Answer 5

Messages that are typically sent with intent, typically perceived as intentional, and have consensually shared meaning among individuals who are related biologically, legally, or through marriage-like commitments and who nurture and control each other.

Question 6

Braithewaite 2010 - Constructing family: A typology of voluntary kin

• Research Question
• Method
• Findings

Answer 6

• What are the discursive constructions of voluntary kin relationships in the talk of members of these relationships?
• In-depth interviews w/ members of voluntary kin relationships (participants who self-identified as voluntary kin)

Findings:

1. VK substitutes family (after death or estrangement)
2. Supplemental family (fulfills/ enacts needs unmet, underperformed, not present, or geographically dispersed)
3. Convenience family
4. Extended family

Question 7

Lannutti 2011 - Security, recognition, and misgivings: Exploring older same-sex couples’ experiences of legally recognized same-sex marriage

• Research Question
• Method
• Findings

Answer 7

• basically* since SSM (same-sex marriage) has only been an option in a limited number of states since 2004, what impact has this change had on older SS (same-sex) couples?
• Interviews

Findings:
Benefits:
-increased sense of security (financial, medical, relational)
-increased sense of recognition (personal, political)
Misgivings:
-SSM is mainstream, dangerous, unnecessary

Question 8

LePoire Ch. 1 & 2

Types of definitions of family (3)

Answer 8

1. Biological definitions - focus on biological relatedness.
2. Legal definitions - reflect the role of the legal system.
3. Sociological definitions - Consider reproduction, adoption, include various family forms.

Question 9

LePoire Ch. 1 & 2

Membership in a family includes (3)

Answer 9

1. Relatedness - biological relatedness/ legal ties/ commitment similar to marriage
2. Nurturing - behaviors that attempt to encourage development
3. Control - behaviors that attempt to influence

Question 10

LePoire Ch. 1 & 2

What are the various family forms?

Answer 10

Single parent family = 28%
Other (Cohabitations, gay couples, binuclear) = 25%
Nuclear = 24%
Step family = 14%

Question 11

LePoire Ch. 1 & 2

Cohabiting Couples

Answer 11

• Over 1/2 of all marriages are preceeded by cohabitation.
• Women suffer higher rates of violence/ abuse.
• Men report higher levels of depression & dissatisfaction

Question 12

LePoire Ch. 1 & 2

Couples w/ no children

Answer 12

• married opposite sex couples= (28.7%)
• marital STATUS related to well-being for men
• marital QUALITY related to well-being for women
• little research exists on this family form

Question 13

LePoire Ch. 1 & 2

Nuclear families

Answer 13

• 10% have moms working and dad at the house
• mom & dad raise biological offspring in same house
• 24% of US households

Question 14

LePoire Ch. 1 & 2

Gay couples

Answer 14

• 6% of households

- committed same-sex partners w/ or w/o children

Question 15

LePoire Ch. 1 & 2

Single-parent families

Answer 15

• at least one child and one parent at same residence
• 28% of children live in single parent homes
• 84% live with mother

Question 16

LePoire Ch. 1 & 2

Blended & Binuclear families

Answer 16

• Blended (step-families) - typically include one biological parent, one non-biological parent, and the biological child/children of one parent
• Binuclear - 2 households where children reside alternately with one biological parent and one non biological parent residing in both households