MFST Mid-Term Flashcards
Families
Unit to meet the needs of all members
Resources
Tools to help meet needs/goals
Why we have resources?
For survive
physical growth
Personal growth
Janis (Chp. 1)
Rational Making Decision
Rational Making Decision
Used for decisions with long lasting impact
Pfeffer (Chp.1)
Bureaucratic Model
Political Model
Bureaucratic Model
Used for low risk and uncontested decisions, habitual
Political Model
Outcomes related to power of individuals within the group
5 step Decision Making Model
- recognize existing needs
- identify alternatives to fulfill identified needs
- evaluate identified alternatives
- select and implement alternatives
- reflect and evaluate alternative selected
Example of Recognizing Needs
High School to higher education
Example of Identify alternatives
Colleges: CCBC, TU,UMD
Example of Evaluate Needs
Pros and cons of each college
Example of Select and Implement alternatives
Chose TU
Example of Reflect and Evaluate Selection
Great choice or not
Worldview
The common concept of reality shared by a particular group of people
Kluckhohn & Strodtbeck (Chp.1)
Most cultures have beliefs systems for decision making process
-Human Nature
-Humans and Nature
-Human Activity
-Human Relations
Human Nature
People viewed as:
Good
Evil
A mix
Humans and Nature
Humans can be submissive: no control over, in harmony with nature, or mastery: control over nature
Time
Past, present, and future
Time: Past
Devote time, study, and practice of past rituals
Time: Present
Focused on the immediate
Time: Future
Planning and preparing
Human Activity
Being present, becoming improved, and doing accomplishments
Human Relations
Lineal: in chain line
Collaborative: team
Individualistic: autonomy
Family
Basic unit of society
Modern family
bread-winning Dad
Housewife
Children
Democratic family
choosing your mate
Companionate family
Spouses are a unit in the household
Post-Modern family
extremely diverse
Cohabitation
…
Lamanna & Riedmann (Chp.2)
Economic unit
Care for the young
Identity attached to group
Maintaining over time
Social Exchange Theory
Humans are motivated to ac and behave based on what they value most
Symbolic Interaction Theory
the everyday behavior of the individual
symbol represents something, controlling their image, spending money on this image
Human Ecological Theory
A Family influences or influenced by its environment
Family development Theory
The changes that families experiences over a lifespan
Family Systems Theory
An event or problem affect behaviors and can be passed through generation
Conflict Theory
how groups disagree
struggle for power and compete
Feminist Theory
Social, economic, and political inequality between women and men
Family Strength Theory
what is right with families, not wrong.
commitment to family
enjoyable time together
Needs
Necessity: Food, water, clothing, and shelter
Wants
not essential but desired
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs Pyramid
physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self-actualization
Physiological
must have, basic needs such as air, water, food, shelter
Safety
Protect one another from danger or fear of danger. need to be free from fear, danger, deprivation
Loving/Beloning
First, lasting, meaningful relationships of family. foundation to relate to others
Esteem
Self-respect, status, recognition (as family) working together to allow each member to be the best they can
Self-actualization
Motivate to be the best you can, become it by reaching potential, can help members move up *may never reach
Britsow & Mowen - CREM
Embellished Maslow’s work
Consumers manage resources to meet their needs
4 basic assumptions
Physical, Social, Financial, and Information
FRM lens (categorical of needs)
Needs of families: economic, physical, psychological, social
Value
worth in usefulness or importance to
Kholberg
Human morals evolve as they mature (socially and intellectually)
Family Values
members values will clash and there’s gender differences
Personal Values
Values frame what is right or wrong - morals
Folbre
love, obligation, reciprocity. work in family unpaid
Attitudes
how we feel
reflections of values. learned
can change with experience and education
not consistent
Behaviors
In decision making process: choices made, actions taken.
Manning & Reece
Buying motives for purchasing one thing over another, brand, quality, price, and design preference
Brand Preference
Consumers are less brand loyal today, history of satisfaction adds value, can charge more money
Quality Preference
Better materials, workmanship, quality control, higher price doesn’t equal higher quality. name brand doesn’t equal higher quality
Price preference
Many items start expensive and gradually lower, generic products can be truly same as branded ones
Design Preference
Influenced on style, color, size, comfort. changes are aesthetic or functional. design process takes time and trials
