HDFS 2300: EXAM 2
45 Cards in this Set
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Communication (shared meanings)
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a symbolic, transactional process that involves creating and sharing meanings through consistent patterns of interaction
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Confirmation
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A type of communication feedback that conveys the message to a partner that he or she is valued. Also involves conveying an enthusiasm for the relationship, an interest in its welfare, and a deep and ongoing commitment to making it work
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Congruent
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a message in which all of its different components (verbal/non-verbal, content/relationship) convey the same meaning
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Content level of Communication
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The literal content of a message or what is communicated
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Conversational style
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the unique ways in which individuals shape and frame messages when interacting with others
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Framing
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the personal, subjective meaning attributed to the metamessages that accompany a literal message.
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Message
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the information that is exchanged when we communicate. They carry information at 2 levels; content level and relationship level
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Metacommunication
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communication about the communication process- a process of talking about the communication process that can lead to greater clarity and experience of intimacy
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Metamessage
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the information conveyed in how a message is expressed "the message about the message". Can be conveyed in the behaviors and non-verbal cues that accompany literal messages
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Nonverbal symbols
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gestures and behaviors that accompany interaction that have symbolic value attributed to them
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Private message system
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a system of rules for communication within an intimate relationship. This gives the couple's relationship its distinctive quality, helps organize strategies that will be needed to face the many tasks and issues that will arise, and influences how couples feel about the relationship
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Relationship level of communication
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the way in which the information contained in how the content of a message is expressed is used to determine how to interpret the literal content of the message
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Rule of reciprocity
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the tendency for individuals to match the disclosures of their own that are equally revealing
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Self-disclosure
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the process of revealing personal information about the self
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Self esteem
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the level of positive feelings individuals have toward themselves. The greater the ___, the more likely he or she is to be open to the verbal and nonverbal expressions of others and to interpret another's communications accurately
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Situational adaptability
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the ability of individuals to adapt their manner of communication to various social situations
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Transaction management
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a part of the communication process that fosters intimacy and manages conflict; the ability to establish realistic communication strategies and rules for interaction, and to exercise the self-control needed to keep the communication flowing toward desired goals
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Alignment
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yield "heart meaning"; talk binds individuals; linking family members to each other like dots in a coloring book; can create connection feelings or rejection feelings
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Conflict
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in intergenerational models, a strategy for maintaining distance from others and protecting one's sense of self; ____ and disagreement can help maintain an illusion of difference
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Fusion
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the tendency to submerge one's sense of self in relationships with others, thereby losing the distinctions among emotional and intellectual functioning, self and other
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Routine
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involve more than one family member, overt behavior, repetition in the form and content of what is done, they have continuity and change, less symbolism, less emotion, and more ordinary behaviors
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Ritual
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involve more than one family member, overt behavior, repetition in the form and content of what is done, they have continuity and change, more symbolism, more emotion, and more extraordinary behaviors
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Symbol
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the practice of representing things with symbols or of investing meaning into events or objects
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Morphostasis
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processes operating within systems that resist changes in existing strategies
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Morphogenesis
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those processes operating within systems that resist changes in existing strategies
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Adaptability
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the capacity of the system to change its rules and strategies in response to situational or developmental stress
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Stress
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information transmitted to the system about whether established interactional patterns require alteration
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Context
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the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, individual or family
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Structure
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the invisible set of functional demands that organizes the way family members interact with one another over time
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Subsystem
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a group formed within a larger system that shares common functions or other features such as gender, generation, or interest
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Hierarchy
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the idea that well organized systems have clear distinctions between the levels of the system; clear lines of authority in families between generations usually
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Parentification
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when power and control rests with the children, or when parents rely on their children for nurture, support and care; can undermine the ability of the family to address the needs of the children responsibly and increases likelihood that the family will become dysfunctional
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Boundaries
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the concept used to delineate one system or subsystem from other systems or subsystems, or from the surrounding environment
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Disengagement
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the lack of involvement among family members that results from rigid boundaries
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Enmeshment
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the over-involvement among family members that results from diffuse boundaries
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Alliance
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a pattern of interaction formed when two family members share an interest with one another that is not shared by others
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Coalition
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an interactional pattern characterized by one family member siding with a second member against a third
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Cross-generational coalition
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an inappropriate alliance between one parent and a child against the other parent that undermines the executive functions and authority of the parental subsystem
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Adaptation
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how the family reorganizes its structure in response to internal demands and external social or environmental events
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Generation
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one's place or position within a kinship structure (parent, child, grandparent, etc).
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Generational transmission
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when families tend to transmit family styles to their children (ideally effective strategies and styles that will contribute to the functionality and health of future generations)
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Cross generational alliance (intergenerational)
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instances in which family members from separate generations (mother and child) form a relational alliance to the exclusion of other family members of that generation. Such an alliance often occurs because of the failure or absence of normal generational bonds
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Acculturation
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a process of learning about a new culture and deciding what aspects are to be retained or sacrificed from the culture of origin
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Assimilation
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the process by which a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture
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Culture
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a group of people who share particular habits, customs, rituals, concepts and interpretations of the world because of geography, historical period, religion and other factors that play a role in establishing a degree of homogeneity of their views
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HDFS 2300: EXAM 2