Lecture 1 what is family

Question 1

what is a family

Answer 1

a system of interconnected lives goverened by strict but unspoken rules (Nichols&Schwartz, 2008, p4)

Question 2

Definition of family

Answer 2

A group of people related by blood or marriage, who usually reside in the same household. This includes gay couples, single parents, foster children, ABS at least one person in the family has to be 15 years or older

Question 3

Paradigm

Answer 3

Patern or a model (Beleifs, ideas or values)

Question 4

Enabled Family

Answer 4

Individual and group needs are blanced

Question 5

disabled

Answer 5

Individual needs met at the expense of group needs other families needs

Question 6

Family social systems influences

Answer 6

set of rules can be overt or covert, assigned roles, Have a power structure, shared history, sense of purpose, can grow, change and repair

Question 7

what is resilience in families

Answer 7

a families ability to thrie and maintain relative stability psychologically and physically under adverse conditions

Question 8

Postmodernism

Answer 8

sees reality as being socially constructed

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1st Era of Family Therapy

Answer 9

19th cent 40s and 50s - Social work movement. Milton Erickson

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2nd Era of Family Therapy

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60’s MRI brief therapy, Bowlby attachement Theory

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3rd Era of Family Therapy

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late 70’s post feminisim post modernism - 80’s soluation focused bried therapy

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4th Era of Family Therapy

Answer 12

current - intergrated models psychodanamic models reviesed

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Impacts on Family Therapy

Answer 13

Gender, race, culture, gender, social class/income, education, religion

Question 14

Freud focused on which member/s of family

Answer 14

individual only displaying/coming with symptoms

Question 15

Epistemology

Answer 15

Refers to how one goes about gaining knowledge and drawing conculsion of the world

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Cybernetics

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Cybernetics is the study of systems whether they are electrical, social, physical, mechanical, biological, or even psychological.

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First order Cybernetics

Answer 17

The therapist perceives reality as something that one can discover through a process of observation without being influenced by this process.

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Second order cybernetics

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vies the reality of the problem as linguistically shaped by those interacting around it, including the therapist

Question 19

Identified Patient

Answer 19

the member with the presenting problem

Question 20

Weston and QU

Answer 20

captured the impact of societal trends on family life and the impact of family life on its individual members