Lecture 9 FAD2230 January 28 2013 2013 Spring Berarducci Nari Week 4 Outline of Last Lecture I Family Theories i Exchange Theory ii Two Principle Outline of Today s Lecture II Theoretical Perspectives on the Family i Family Development Theory ii Stages of Family Life Cycle iii Family Development Tasks iv Family Development Concepts v Systems Theory vi Systems Theory Concept vii Ecological System Theory viii Microsystems ix Mesosystems x Exosystems xi Macrosystems xii Chronosystems Today s Lecture Family Development Theory Describes and explains the processes of change in families over the time of the lifespan Consists of stages that build upon each other marriage birth adoption growth leaving home and retirement designate designate new stages Determined by age of the oldest child Stages of Family Life Cycle Married couples without children Child bearing families oldest children up to 30 months Families with preschool children oldest child between 30 months and 6 years Families with school aged children 6years 13 years Families with teens 13 20 Families with launching centers 1st child gone to last child leaving Middle aged parents empty nest to retirement Aging family members retirement to death Lecture 9 FAD2230 January 28 2013 2013 Spring Berarducci Nari Week 4 Family Development Tasks Tasks for individuals and the family which arise within each developmental stage Have certain themes negotiating family roles and boundaries economics housing romance sex developmental needs of children Family development concepts Role A set of behavioral expectations for an individual In a group over time Position A certain location in social groups to which we are assigned rights and duties ex Wife sister daughter mother aunt Systems Theory A system is a set of elements standing in interactions put together in such a way that whatever effects one part also affects other parts A family is a system made up of individuals Each individual is unique and serves his her own functions to contribute to the overall family identity Systems Theory Concept Boundaries define who what is allowed in or out of a certain system physical psychological emotional closed open random Subsystems part of the system that carries out its own unique function spousal parent child sibling sibling Ecological Systems Theory Explains how humans develop in their various environment systems context Systems are nested within each other the individual is the smallest system individual is nested within a family system individual and family system is connected to each others system work or school these other systems relate to each other individual family and other systems are nested within the largest system Lecture 9 FAD2230 January 28 2013 2013 Spring Berarducci Nari Week 4 Microsystems The individual and what they are directly in contact with Experience by the developing person in face face setting activities social roles interpersonal settings Ex Family school peer groups workplace Meso Systems Linkages and processes taking place between 2 or more settings containing the developing person Ex Interaction between home and school school and workplace Exosystems Linkages and processes taking place between two or more settings but at least one which does not contain directly the developing person that one indirectly influences the immediate setting of the developing person Ex How the parents work place affects a child Macrosystems Overarching patterns of micro meso and exosystems characteristic of a given culture or subculture Ex Belief systems body of knowledge material resources customs life styles life courses option Chronosystems Passage of time Chronological age Life course Historical time
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