Module 6: Role of Culture, Social Interactions, and Interpersonal Factors in the Development

Question 1

What are the Sociogenic Factors?

Answer 1

1. Unemployment
2. Poverty
3. Crime
4. Poor Educational Level

Question 2

In terms of sociogenic factors, who are the people who are most likely to become depressed?

Answer 2

People who are isolated and lack social support or intimacy in their lives are more likely to become depressed when under stress and to remain depressed longer than people with supportive spouses or warm friendships.

Question 3

What do people’s online relationships tend to parallel?

Answer 3

People’s online relationships tend to parallel their offline relationships.

Question 4

Family Systems Theory

Answer 4

+ family is a system of interacting parts who interact with one another in consistent ways and follow rules unique to each family
+ structure and communication patterns of some families actually force individual members to behave in a way that otherwise seems abnormal

Question 5

In what context is an individual’s behavior (whether it is normal or abnormal) best understood in?

Answer 5

It is best understood in light of the individual’s unique cultural context.

Question 6

Multicultural Perspective

Answer 6

+ each culture within large society has a particular set of values and beliefs, as well as special external pressures, that help account for the behavior and functioning of its members
+ Culturally Diverse Perspective