H D 204 1nd Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I What is Communication II Communicating III Levels of Communicating IV Dialectical Tensions V Dialectical Management Outline of Current Lecture II Purpose of Communication III Dimension of Family Behavior IV Cohesion V Levels of Cohesion VI Parenting Styles VII Family Flexibility VIII Levels of Family Flexibility IX The Circumplex Model Current Lecture Purpose of Communication o Establishes a pattern of cohesion Identify boundaries Open or closed to new ideas Openness to new relationships o Establishes patterns of adaptability Styles of leadership Order Decision making Dimension of Family Behavior o Family cohesion o Family flexibility o Family communication Cohesion o Emotion bonding that family members have toward one another Disengaged Enmeshed Levels of Cohesion These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o Disengaged extreme separateness little family loyalty o Connected emotional independence some involvement and belonging o Cohesive emotional closeness loyalty involvement and belonging o Enmeshed extreme closeness loyalty little to no individuality Parenting Styles o Authoritarian high levels of control low warmth o Authoritative balance of control and warmth o Permissive low level of control high in warmth Family Flexibility o Allows families to change and adapt by creating shared meanings Some adapt fluidly with ease Some are rigid cannot adapt easily Some change too much no stability o Family flexibility adaptability how family systems manage stability and change Rigid families low Chaotic families high Levels of Family Flexibility o Rigid autocratic decision making styles and strict roles and rules o Structure authoritarian some equalitarian leadership and stable roles and rules o Flexible negotiation and decision making and easily changed roles and rules o Chaotic no leadership confused decision making and varied roles and rules The Circumplex Model o Crossing the axes of flexibility and cohesion Olson created this model to better understand the family process
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