FAD Final Review Chapter 11 o Coercive power power that individuals have to punish one another o Reward power ability to reward something monetary attention praise etc o Expert power power that an individual has when they have expertise in a certain area o Informational power power you have when you have information that someone else doesn t you don t need expertise in the area o Referent power power that an individual who doesn t have a lot of power gives to o Legitimate power power given to someone by another body entity person their superior o Blood and Wolfe Asked women who had more power in marriage hypothesis spouse with more resources has more power 72 said equal 25 said husband 3 said themselves o When do husbands have power resources and culture Culture gives power resources dominance Culture gives power less resources dominance Culture doesn t give power resources dominance not as often Culture doesn t give power less resources equal or wife has power o Classes and equal marriage Upper not usually equal marriages 1 spouse providing for the other Middle and lower usually pretty equal both spouses usually work equal financial power o Couple types heterosexual married heterosexual cohabitating lesbian gay Heterosexual have most power differences Gay lesbian share domestic duties more Gays more competitive lesbians more romantic o Peer marriages 60 40 power sharing o Near peer marriages partners want to have equality but they are influence by the arrival of children and maximizing income o Traditional marriages husband dominated and wife is okay with that o Intimacy and power intimacy is greatest with equal power sharing o Power politics leaving threatening withholding distancing not sharing with your partner what you have to bring pouting sulking constantly reminding your partner you re upset with them infidelity either cheating or letting them know cheating is an option o Phases of cycle of abuse Tension created due to minor altercation situation escalates violent episode violent person becomes very apologetic and loving usually what brings the victim to stay o Intimate partner violence violence committed by spouses ex spouses or current former boyfriends or girlfriends o Patriarchal terrorism controlling the partner through fear and intimidation o Common couple violence mutual violence with a specific argument o Child abuse an act Emotional Physical marked by leaving a physical mark for 24 hours or more Sexual physical acts exposing children to pornography exposing them to sexual activity and or discussing sexual matter o Child neglect withholding things from children that they need o Incest family members having sexual relations with other family members o Crisis critical change of events that disrupts the functioning of a person s life keeps you from functioning function o Family stress tensions that test a family s emotional resources taxing but you can o Acute stress short term stress o Chronic stress long term stress Finances and children are the top 2 in marriages o Phases of family crisis 1 Event causes crisis 2 Period of disorganization 3 Reorganization o ABC X Model model designed to help us understand the variation in the ways that families cope with a single stressor crisis o Double ABC X model model designed to help us understand the effects of the accumulation of stresses and crises and how families adapt to them o General adaptation syndrome GAS Alarm Reaction resistance exhaustion o Conflict Tactics Scale CTS Non aggressive responses discussing issues getting information to support your side cry bring in a third party Psychologically aggressive responses insulting swearing sulked or refused to talk storming out of the room did or said something out of spite Physically aggressive responses threatened to or hit threw something etc o Learned helplessness the psychological conditioning of having low self esteem feeling helpless and having no control that is cause by repeated abuse possible reason why victims stay in abusive relationships o Battered Women s syndrome someone who has been the victim of consistent and or severe domestic violence o Trafficking recruitment transportation harboring or receipt of person by means of threat or force for the purpose of exploitation o Sex trafficking an industry in which children are coerced kidnapped sold or deceived into sexual encounters as many as 1 4 million a year o Elder abuse abuse of an elderly person that can include physical abuse sexual abuse psychological abuse financial material exploitation and neglect o Intergenerational transmission of violence a cycle of violence that is passed down to dependents we learn norms and behaviors including violence by observing others Chapter 12 o Divorce rates 40 50 of first marriages 65 of remarriages Formula number of divorces per 1 000 women over the age of 15 o Economic interdependence binding factor if both partners make a good amount of money the family can be rather well off o Legal social and moral constraints binding factor still has negative associations societal moral values say it s good to have a lifelong partner it s expensive o Spouse s relationship binding factor they aren t happy but they still don t want to hurt their partner it may get better in time o Independence effect when women work they feel much more independent emotionally and psychologically they feel like they could take care of themselves o Income effect with work they get money and could support themselves if needed o Expectations of marriage shifted from arranged to choice we want romance not just providing we want a companion o Intergenerational transmission of divorce there are now multiple generations in families that have divorced easier more accepted to get divorced o Emotional divorce part or the divorce where one or both people start withdrawing love and affection from their partner o Legal divorce actual division of couple assets custody etc o Community divorce division of built social network who gets what friends church etc o Psychic divorce psychological transition from we to I o Economic divorce part of legal splitting of property and resources o Equitable division of property property will be given to who can afford it o Life stress perspective children have to go through series of stressful events having to move leave school give up friends etc o Parental loss perspective children don t have access to both parents are the same time when you re with one you miss the other o
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