sfl 336 final Flashcards

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carl g. maeser - BYU should have the teachers do nothing that…

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the students can do for themselves

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elder holland - this church is always one generation away from…

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extinction

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president packer - what percentage of your BYU tuition is covered by sacred tithing funds?

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75%+

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principle of lived invitation

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our behavior is permission to others to behave similarly. but it is more than that, it is an invitation to do so.

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three levels of application for this class

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  1. personal/familial
  2. community/faith community
  3. professional/academic
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smith & hamon - 3 central features of theory

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  1. assumptions
  2. concepts
  3. propositions
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from a social scientific standpoint, propositions should be…

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testable

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what is a paradigm shift

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TLAS - when you encounter new information that changes the way you view things (ex. finding out tamara was in a concentration camp)

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what is the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning

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TLAS - inductive is building something small to big, deductive is working backwards from big to small

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cooley’s “looking glass self”

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we incorporate our judgments of how others perceive us into our sense of self

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elder maxwell - scholarship is a form of…

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worship/discipleship

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the only family theoretical perspective to explicity embrace human agency

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life course

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how many stages are there in family development theory

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8 stages
TLAS - briefly name a related problem

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what does it mean that development is reciprocal according to FDT?

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children help their parents develop too

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thomas theorem

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if people define situations as real, they are real in their consequences

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elder maxwell / Jesus - how do we really know something is true (the Lord’s epistemology)?

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john 7:17
we must ACT to know if something is true

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17
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what scholar was integral in the development of both FDT and stress theory

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reuben hill

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what percentage of couples decrease in marital satisfaction after the birth of their first child? what makes those who increase in satisfaction different?

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4/6 decreased satisfaction
1/6 increased satisfaction have love maps - awareness of your partner’s emotional world

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what are the 4 epistemologies

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HERS
- hermeneutics: story telling and meaning making
- empiricism: sensory experiences
- rationalism: reasoning and logic
- social construction: learn from others around you

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define bonadaptation and maladaption in family stress theory

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TLAS
alma 62:41 - whether you become softened or hardened by stress

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2 key takeaways from the worlds apart reading

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  1. empirical data does not negate personal experience
  2. personal experience does not negate empirical data
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systems theory - the whole is greater than…

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the sum of its parts

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systems theory - the person is not the problem, it’s the…

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system. what does that imply?

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strong relationship pyramid

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TRUST
respect
love
friendship

***trust and respect are different because they must be earned, they cannot be given as a gift

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bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory - examples of micro, exo, and macrosystems

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micro: family, school, peers
exo: parent’s workplace
macrosystem: societal norms, goverment

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what is the hegalian dialectic?

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a pendulum swing of ideologies
- ex: premarital sex is morally wrong swung from 85% yes in 1967 to 85% no in 2000

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2 basic assumptions of conflict theory

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  1. conflict is inevitable
  2. resources are scarce
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2 different groups of people in conflict theory

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  1. the “haves”
  2. the “have-nots”
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what do most conflict theorists believe?

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conflict is beneficial

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3 attachment types from bowlby and ainsworth

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  1. secure
  2. anxious
  3. avoidant
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attachment - granqvist et al. portrays God as…

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an attachment figure

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2 assumptions of social exchange theory

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  1. people are motivated by self interest
  2. the goal is to maximize gains and minimize losses
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2 research findings from “doing what she thinks is best”

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  • it is not whether or not a mother works that influences her mental well being postpartum, but rather how closely her work situation resembles her desired situation
  • 71% of mothers did not achieve their desired work situation, which significantly predicts depression 3 years postpartum
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on what 2 points do leading human development theorists agress?

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  1. theory matters and it matters a lot
  2. the 0-6 age range is when the template for later life is set down
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35
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what is ZZZT and how long does it last?

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little shot of hormones that indicate a spark of physical attraction
- lasts 60-70 days
- TLAS: why does this matter?
- after the ZZZT wears off, you need to make sure you choose someone with meat and potatoes

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36
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briefly summarize propositions 1 & 2 from sacred theory

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the sacred matters and it matters a lot

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37
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briefly summarize propositions 3 & 4 from sacred theory

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how you act on your beliefs matters much more than what you say you belief

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38
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what do the van lang studies teach about sacrifice?

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the best marriages are made up of two partners both sacrificing for each other

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39
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what did abraham maslow see as the pinnacle of human development in his early career?

what about 30 yrs later?

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  • self-actualization
  • self-transcendence
  • TLAS: so what? why does that matter?
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40
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what did wes burr find as the thing that matters most in 50 yrs of social science research? + lee gottard studies

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kindness
(aka charity)

41
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explain gottman’s magic ratio

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5:1, 5 positive relationship events needed to outweigh 1 negative one

42
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what did frankl teach about the meaning(s) of life?

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there is no one meaning of life
- life asks YOU to find YOUR meaning
- it’s different for everyone (what life expects out of you)

43
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mahan principle vs. consecration

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mahan: turning life/quality of life into money
consecration: turning money into life/quality of life

44
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what scriptural passage teaches about generations? what curse does this passage refer to?

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malachi 4:5-6 - the hearts of the fathers turned to the children and the children to the fathers
- curse: cut off from roots and branches

45
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morality continuum

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aboslute relativity –> aristotle’s golden mean <– absolute truth

46
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horizontal vs. vertical morality

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  • horizontal: social construction, majority rule
  • vertical: divine, pure, revealed from God
47
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4 most advanced family processes

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  1. forgiveness
  2. repentance
  3. charity
  4. covenant-keeping
    TLAS: if you had to pick a 5th what would it be?
48
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symbolic interactionism key author(s)

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white

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symbolic interactionism key concepts

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  • interpretation/meaning
  • salience of symbols
  • roles, rituals, norms
  • generalized other
  • looking glass self
50
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symbolic interactionism strength/weakness

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S: high explaining power, low predictive power
W: looking glass self ignores internal identity

51
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symbolic interactionism 1 sentence summary

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family interactions are explained by the meaning individuals give to different symbols which define their reality

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family development theory key author(s)

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hill & duvall

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family development theory key concepts

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  • 8 stages
  • family developmental tasks in each stage
  • development is reciprocal
  • timing (when each transition occurs)
54
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family development theory strength/weakness

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S: 8 stages are descriptive
W: 8 stages aren’t all inclusive/don’t describe every family

55
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family development theory 1 sentence summary

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family experiences are predicted by their passage through 8 normative stages and their completion of various developmental tasks for each stage

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family stress theory key author(s)

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hill & boss

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family stress theory key concepts

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  • stressors
  • resources
  • perceptions
  • crisis
  • bon/maladaptation
58
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family stress theory strength/weakness

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S: predicts family resilience
W: stressors aren’t isolated events

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family stress theory 1 sentence summary

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how families respond and adapt to stress depends on the resources and perceptions available to them

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family systems theory key author(s)

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broderick, burr, & hill

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family systems theory key concepts

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  • whole is greater than the sum of its parts
  • entropy
  • boundaries
  • family roles
  • explicit/implicit rules
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family systems theory strength/weakness

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S: focuses on system to get the big picture
W: may remove individual accountability for actions

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family systems theory 1 sentence summary

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individual behavior must be understood in context of the entire family system, each individual plays a role and influences the system

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ecological theory key author(s)

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bronfenbrenner

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ecological theory key concepts

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  • microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem
  • environment
  • niche
  • adaptation
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ecological theory strength/weakness

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S: gives context (nature) to explain external influences on behaviors
W: no explanation for the transitional character

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ecological theory 1 sentence summary

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the environmental systems in which families exist influence and predict their behaviors

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conflict theory key author(s)

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karl marx

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conflict theory key concepts

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  • scarcity of resources
  • competition
  • conflict is inevitable / good
70
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conflict theory strength/weakness

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  • applicable to various experiences
  • no conflict resolution acknowledged, doesn’t help families improve
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conflict theory 1 sentence summary

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family interactions can be explained by a scarcity of resources and the conflict that results from the competition to obtain resources

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social exchange theory key author(s)

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thibaut & kelly

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social exchange theory key concepts

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  • cost-rewards analysis
  • profits
  • norm of reciprocity
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social exchange theory strength/weakness

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S: explanatory power, appeals to reason
W: encourages selfish behavior

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social exchange theory 1 sentence summary

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family interactions are exchanges intended to maximize rewards and minimize costs

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attachment theory key author(s)

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bowlby & ainsworth

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attachment theory key concepts

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  • secure base
  • safe haven
  • stronger & wiser attachment figure
  • secure/anxious/avoidant attachment
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attachment theory strength/weakness

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S: promotes good child care in early life
W: limited research on adult attachment

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attachment theory 1 sentence summary

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how relationships between infants and parents influence relationships in adult life

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feminist theory key author(s)

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osmond & thorne

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feminist theory key concepts

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  • gender is socially constructed
  • focus on social change
  • the experiences of women are overlooked
  • privilege
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feminist theory strength/weakness

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S: commitment to equality/considers perspectives of women
W: can minimize the perspectives of other family members, especially men

83
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feminist theory 1 sentence summary

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family life through the lens of women, who are underprivileged but central to family experiences

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biosocial theory key author(s)

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darwin, eynsenck

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biosocial theory key concepts

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  • social + biological
  • adaptation/natural selection
  • fitness/survival of the fittest
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biosocial theory strength/weakness

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S: considers both nature and nurture
W: some things cannot be explained by either

87
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biosocial theory 1 sentence summary

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how both biology and external environment shape family behavior

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life course theory key author(s)

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hareven & elder

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life course theory key concepts

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  • linked lives
  • transitions (on/off time)
  • paradigm shift
  • human agency
90
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life course theory strength/weakness

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S: explicitly acknowledges human agency
W: may be overly broad, considering a lot of factors

91
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life course theory 1 sentence summary

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people shape their lives by making decisions within their social and historical contexts

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sacred theory key author(s)

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burr & marks

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sacred theory key concepts

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  • sacred = salient
  • the sacred as both harmful and helpful
  • beliefs don’t matter as much as how one lives them
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sacred theory strength/weakness

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S: considers the sacred unlike other social science research
W: not all families participate in the sacred

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sacred theory 1 sentence summary

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the sacred helps families to be successful, but can also be harmful at times

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logotherapy key author(s)

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frankl

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logotherapy key concepts

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  • will to meaning
  • freedom of choice
  • meaning in suffering
  • sovereignty of will
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logotherapy strength/weakness

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  • encourages responsibility to compliment freedom
  • very focused on philosophical/spiritual concepts, may not be helpful for individuals who don’t have existential problems
99
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logotherapy 1 sentence summary

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individuals must find meaning in life through accomplishment, connection, or suffering