Love and hate in families

Question 1

what is definition of family

Answer 1

network of communal relationships characterised by degrees of interdependence

Question 2

What did brody find about favourtism

Answer 2

65% reported favourtism and 24% disfavourtism

Question 3

What are the effects of disfavourtism?

Answer 3

Lower family cohesion, higher conflict and disengagement. Increased anxiety, shame, resentment and depression

Question 4

Evoltionarily, why scapegoat?

Answer 4

Some offspring are ‘risky’ investments
Some offspring jeopardize own or siblings’ reproductive success
Tendency to invest more in genetically related children than non-genetically related children (Daly & Wilson, 1998

Question 5

What did the black sheep study find?

Answer 5

Aims- the explore account of familial favourtism and disfavourtism
69% reported a family favourite
48% reported self
35% reported brother
17% reported sister
58% of first borns claimed to be favourite
62% of last borns claimed to be favourite
31% of middle borns claimed to be favourite

Question 6

In the black sheep study, how many reported there was a family black sheep?

Answer 6

80%
38% of middle-borns reported being the black sheep
7% of first borns
18% last borns

Question 7

What was the most defining factor in black-sheepness

Answer 7

Difference and badness

Question 8

What is the typical treatment of the black sheep?

Answer 8

Rejecting behaviours:
Exclusion or ostracism of black sheep (42%)
Cold, distant, chilly polite (16%)
Criticism, nagging, mean behaviour (33%)
Negative consequences throughout life