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    Family Systems Theory

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    Family Systems Theory This theory emerged from General Systems Theory by scholars who found it had many applications to families and other social systems. Any system is defined as a bounded set of interrelated elements exhibiting coherent behavior as a trait. (Constantine‚ 1986). Another definition is an assemblage of objects related to each other by some regular interaction or interdependence (Webster). Families are considered systems because they are made up of interrelated elements or objectives

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    Family Structural Theory

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    Using the family structural theory‚ how can families created following second marriages learn to function as one? Families go through several different developmental stages‚ usually at a milestone such as marriage‚ birth‚ death‚ etc. At each stage‚ the members of the family will need to adapt to the current environment or situation and new roles and responsibilities that come with that role. Some may take longer than others may to adapt. (Edelman 152). With second marriages‚ there have already been

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    FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY Why study families? • Traditional psychology - problem an individual one - Externalise distress - act out - Internalise distress - withdraw Theorists - Psychoanalytic - e.g Freud - fixated at a phase due to trauma and regress to this level - Behaviourists - e.g learn inappropriate response - Attachment - insecure primary attachment • Sociological perspective Bronfenbrenner’s model - ecological approach a) Life cycle stresses

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    Family Development Theory (including family life cycle) (Pg. 73 – 80 in the textbook) Definitions of key terms  Family of orientation: The family that you are born into; the family of origin.  Family of procreation: The family they may help to found‚ i.e. the after marriage family.  Developmental tasks: Adjustments that people need to make in order to cope with the changes in the family life cycle as well with changes in their own life cycle.  Dysfunctional: The ineffective families

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    Living spiritually and living happy My interviewee is a woman who is named “Mary”; she has been my neighbor for ten years now. I have become very close to her. Her age is 76 and resides in the beautiful city of La Verne‚ CA. She is female‚ oldest of three children who came from the mid-west‚ Iowa/Minnesota area. She came to California when she was seven years old. She has been happily married to her husband‚ a recently retired pastor‚ for 55 years. They have two daughters‚ and three grandchildren

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    The theory of functionalism and conflict theory differ in several ways. They focus on different values‚ assume different things about society and differ in their explanations of power. Functionalism is defined as ?the analysis of social and cultural phenomena in terms of the functions they perform in a sociocultural system. In functionalism society is conceived as a system of interrelated parts in which no part can be understood in isolation from the whole (Wallace‚ Wolf‚ 18).? On the other hand

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    In Sociology‚ the conflict theory explains that individuals interact only by shared conflicts and not by their agreements. It is normal for there to be conflict among people‚ but odd for there to be unity. Most of the time when the social conflict theory is discussed‚ it is about class structed‚ but it can also be seen within families. When looking at family‚ it can see that they usually perpetuate social inequality per the social conflict theory. The idea of conflict in families is mainly started

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    Structural Functionalism & Conflict Theory Karl Marx and Max Weber were the first conflict theorists in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Following Marx and Weber were three mid-20th century conflict theorists: Lewis Coser‚ Ralf Dahrendorf‚ and Randall Collins. Coser draws his theoretical ideas from Simmel. Like Simmel‚ Coser maintains that conflict is healthy for society. In contrast‚ Dahrendorf combines theoretical ideas from Marx and Weber. Dahrendorf sees power as the main feature in all

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    Discussion #2 According to the book‚ conflict theory recognizes that tensions‚ stressors‚ and divergent interests are an integral and normal part of family life. Furthermore‚ conflict theory is rooted in the assumption that conflict is an integral component of human nature (Walsh‚ Deflorio‚ Burnham‚ & Weiser‚ 98) and I agree. Therefore‚ the way my family handle conflict is we try to come to some type of agreement by negotiating with each other‚ that way everybody is satisfied to some degree‚ for

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    This theory is like structural-functional theory‚ as far as the level of analysis of being a macro-level (Macionsis‚ 2013). Furthermore‚ how the economy is will determine the type of jobs people can access. In addition‚ social-conflict theory also interpret that work place problems are a result of the disruption from the economy. In fact‚ “conflict is the most basic feature of social life (Conflict theory‚ 2001)”. Those that have the power to exploit labor workers‚ forcing them into lesser paying

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