HD 204 1st Edition Exam 1 Study Guide Lectures 2 14 Lecture 2 August 21st Introduction to the Family Know the traditional family Know what traditional means Know the anomaly history of the traditional family Know the realities of the 1950 s Traditional family The traditional family includes the breadwinner father the full time homemaker wife and mom and the dependent children This was called the nuclear family and less than 10 of American families would be considered traditional Traditional means The word traditional no longer has a strict definite meaning anymore Is it inclusive for all ethnic cultures Does it define include all socioeconomic class Has it always existed Does it still even exist Anomaly history In the 1950 s white middle class families migrated to the suburbs where men s education levels were higher and the birth rate was increasing The nuclear family was a symbol of prosperity and a central source of happiness self worth and fulfillment Everyone strove to maintain an image and housing was more affordable Realities of the 1950 s The reality of the 1950 s were that 25 of Americans lived in poverty 1 3 of families had both parents who worked American families were considered white middle class and the minorities were shut out of the American Family Dream Lecture 3 August 23rd Introduction to the Family cont Know about diverse families Know about the changing times in the 1960 s Know about today s trends Know about the economic realities Know about the wired family Diverse families What is consider a family in the eye of society has changed there are now single primary parents two biological parents blended or step parents co habiting gay and lesbian families intentional or fictive kin and extended families Changing times In the 1960 s there was the birth of the women s movement sexual liberation and larger proportions of women working progress to more open families and discrimination changed Today s trends Americans are still continuing to marry with 53 of households having married couples and more couples are childless Divorce rates are stabilizing remarriage rates are dropping stepfamilies are increasing through remarriage and cohabitation and single parent families are increasing Other trends include that more adult children are living at home more partners are cohabiting gay and lesbian couples are increasing extended families are flourishing and families are living longer Economic realities 64 of married couples are both working 70 of single moms work 67 of moms with children under 6 years old work 73 of mothers with children under 18 years old work and those families that are poor are more likely to be ethnic Wired family The wired family means that the internet has had an effect of families people are working around the clock due to the advancement of the phones Face to face communication is declining and interpersonal communication skills are poor and teenagers are creating a false selves through the internet Lecture 4 August 26th Defining Family Know about defining a family Know vocabulary Defining family When defining family there is no right way to be a family there is no right way to communicate in a family Vocabulary Nuclear family means two adults with their biological children Family of origin is the family in which we have been raised in Involuntary family is family bound by law or birth Voluntary family is family bound by choice or necessity Lecture 5 August 28th Communication in the Family Know what communication is Know the levels of communication Know about dialectical tensions Communication Communication is the processing of sharing and creating meaning The dynamics of communication is always changing with contexts players roles and perception The transactional process is when both people are affected and the focus is on the relationships instead of the individual Levels of communication There are two levels of communication meta communication and verbal and non verbal Meta communication is establishing rules of communication and verbal communication is the actual words or message being said non verbal communication is the underlying message Dialectical tensions Dialectical tension is the push and pull of receiving and sending messages disclosing information without hurting someone stating needs without offending and know the difference between competition and cooperation Lecture 6 September 30th Types of Families Know the purpose of communication Know the dimensions of family behavior Know the levels of cohesions Know the parenting styles Know about family flexibility Know about levels of family flexibility Purpose of communication The purpose of communication is to establish a pattern of cohesion identifying boundaries being open or closed to new ideas and being open or closed to new relationships and to establish patterns of adaptability styles of leaderships order and decision making Dimensions of family behavior The dimensions that make up family behavior is family cohesion family flexibility and family communication Levels of cohesions There are four levels of cohesion disengaged connected cohesive and enmeshed Disengaged is extreme separateness with little family loyalty connected is emotional independence with some involvement and belonging cohesive is emotional closeness loyalty involvement and belonging and enmeshed is extreme closeness loyalty and little to no individuality Parenting styles There are three types of parenting styles authoritarian authoritative and permissive Authoritarian has high levels of control and low levels of warmth authoritative has a balance of control and warmth and permissive has low levels of control and high levels of warmth Family flexibility Family flexibility allows families to change and adapt to creating shared meanings Some can adapt easily some are rigid and cannot adapt easily and some change too much and have no stability Levels of family flexibility There are four levels of family flexibility rigid structure flexible and chaotic Rigid flexibility is autocratic decision making and strict roles and rules Structure flexibility is authoritarian some equalitarian leadership and stable roles and rules Flexible flexibility is negotiation and decisionmaking and easily changed roles and rules Chaotic flexibility is no leadership confused decision making and varied roles and rules Lecture 7 September 4th Communication and Boundaries Know about Olson s cimcumplex model Know the supporting functions of