FAMILY COMMUNICATION EXAM 1 COOMM 3800 REAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE | RATED A+ NEW!!
Is the Family In Decline? - ANSWER: Arguments can be made for and against this
statement. The family however, isn't necessarily in decline, but rather the
"definition" of family has just altered from the " nuclear family view". There are pro
and cons to both sides.
... - ANSWER: Because no traditional family has existed, its hard to say that the family
has decline from somewhere or that there is a certain model for which we can revert
back to.
"The nuclear family"
Arguments - ANSWER: The % of divorce in family has risen greatly. Half of kids now
live in non-intact families. In addition, families can experience divorce more than
once.
Values have changed: divorce, living together and not being married (cohabitation),
premarital sex, single parenthood, having children out of wedlock. Affairs, multiple
partners.
In comparison to a "2 parent family" there are advantages and have suggested that
those in single or step families are ...
less successful as adults
more behavioral/ emotional problems
more likely to live in poverty
more likely to have problems with future romantic
relationships and partners.
Nuclear families
Support more higher achieving-sucessful individuals
Society benefits when men are married
Families: Current Status (demographic trends, economic, ethnic issues, functional
families) ch.1, articles, L - ANSWER: Today families come in all sorts of forms:
Society has shifted from Collective to Individualism:
Families are having fewer kids
Parents are more selfish, more focused on careers.
(women especially)
Women are waiting and marrying older
Functions of Family Comm. - ANSWER: (primary functions, dialectical interplay,
supporting functions, family of origin influences)
Primary Functions: Family Cohesion & Flexibility - ANSWER: 1. Family Cohesion:
,The Emotional bonding that family members experience:
Emotional Bonding and autonomy
High,"Enmeshed"
Low Cohesion "Disengaged"
Changes over time
Varies with culture
2. Family Flexibility
The amount of change- power structures, roles, and rules in response to stressors
High adaptability "chaotic"
Low Adaptability "Rigid"
Change with Time
Changes with Culture
Supporting functions - ANSWER: 1. Establishing a congruence of images
a metaphor or mental image
different members see family in different
ways
Making Modes of interaction Family Theme
Est. a position in the world
The "Should" of the Family
Themes reflect and affect behavior
i.e Family made of survivors
Hardworking
Give to others
2. Establishing Boundaries
Defines person or system by separating
from others.
Boundaries:
External, internal, rigid, flexible
3. Deal with Biosocial issues
Gender, Power, Age, Roles
Family of origin influences - ANSWER: Multigenerational transmission
Transmission of attitudes and behaviors, rules, from one generation to the next
Multi-Issues:
Gender Roles
Managing losses
Ethnic Patterns of closeness/ distance
Family Themes
Boundary Management
Conflict Patterns
Parenting styles
, Members ethnic heritage
Characteristics of family systems (slides and ch. 3) - ANSWER: System: set of
components that interrelate with one another to form a whole
Interdependence: parts depend on other for functioning
Wholeness: whole great than sum of its parts
Patterns/ self regulation : patterns that make life predictable
Interaction complexity: cause and effect
Openness: environment affects system
Complex relationships:
Family Theories (Ch.3) - ANSWER: systems theory, social constuctionism/symbolic
interaction, dialectical theory, narrative/narrative performance theory,
communication privacy management
Systems Theory - ANSWER: Individuals come together to form relationships, which
creates a larger sum of a system.
Individuals come together to form a
family system.
Family system: interconnected
Social constructionism / Symbolic interaction - ANSWER: 1. Emphasize the centrality
of social interaction and the joint action necessary to maintain interaction while
stressing the significance of symbols, primarily language
2. What separates them is that social constructionism..... is centrally concerned with
how people make sense of the world, especially through language, and emphasizes
the study of relationships;
3. whereas symbolic interaction's central concern is making sense of the self and
social roles
Dialectical Theory - ANSWER: • Reflects social theorist's Mikhail Bakhtin's view that
social like is an open "dialogue" characterized by multiple voices and variability
• Relies heavily on the concept of multivocality
• Asserts that meanings emerge from the struggle of different, often opposing
discourse
Narrative/ narrative performance Theory - ANSWER: 1. Humans experience life in
narrative form and find personal meanings for their stories through interpretation,
not objective observation
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE | RATED A+ NEW!!
Is the Family In Decline? - ANSWER: Arguments can be made for and against this
statement. The family however, isn't necessarily in decline, but rather the
"definition" of family has just altered from the " nuclear family view". There are pro
and cons to both sides.
... - ANSWER: Because no traditional family has existed, its hard to say that the family
has decline from somewhere or that there is a certain model for which we can revert
back to.
"The nuclear family"
Arguments - ANSWER: The % of divorce in family has risen greatly. Half of kids now
live in non-intact families. In addition, families can experience divorce more than
once.
Values have changed: divorce, living together and not being married (cohabitation),
premarital sex, single parenthood, having children out of wedlock. Affairs, multiple
partners.
In comparison to a "2 parent family" there are advantages and have suggested that
those in single or step families are ...
less successful as adults
more behavioral/ emotional problems
more likely to live in poverty
more likely to have problems with future romantic
relationships and partners.
Nuclear families
Support more higher achieving-sucessful individuals
Society benefits when men are married
Families: Current Status (demographic trends, economic, ethnic issues, functional
families) ch.1, articles, L - ANSWER: Today families come in all sorts of forms:
Society has shifted from Collective to Individualism:
Families are having fewer kids
Parents are more selfish, more focused on careers.
(women especially)
Women are waiting and marrying older
Functions of Family Comm. - ANSWER: (primary functions, dialectical interplay,
supporting functions, family of origin influences)
Primary Functions: Family Cohesion & Flexibility - ANSWER: 1. Family Cohesion:
,The Emotional bonding that family members experience:
Emotional Bonding and autonomy
High,"Enmeshed"
Low Cohesion "Disengaged"
Changes over time
Varies with culture
2. Family Flexibility
The amount of change- power structures, roles, and rules in response to stressors
High adaptability "chaotic"
Low Adaptability "Rigid"
Change with Time
Changes with Culture
Supporting functions - ANSWER: 1. Establishing a congruence of images
a metaphor or mental image
different members see family in different
ways
Making Modes of interaction Family Theme
Est. a position in the world
The "Should" of the Family
Themes reflect and affect behavior
i.e Family made of survivors
Hardworking
Give to others
2. Establishing Boundaries
Defines person or system by separating
from others.
Boundaries:
External, internal, rigid, flexible
3. Deal with Biosocial issues
Gender, Power, Age, Roles
Family of origin influences - ANSWER: Multigenerational transmission
Transmission of attitudes and behaviors, rules, from one generation to the next
Multi-Issues:
Gender Roles
Managing losses
Ethnic Patterns of closeness/ distance
Family Themes
Boundary Management
Conflict Patterns
Parenting styles
, Members ethnic heritage
Characteristics of family systems (slides and ch. 3) - ANSWER: System: set of
components that interrelate with one another to form a whole
Interdependence: parts depend on other for functioning
Wholeness: whole great than sum of its parts
Patterns/ self regulation : patterns that make life predictable
Interaction complexity: cause and effect
Openness: environment affects system
Complex relationships:
Family Theories (Ch.3) - ANSWER: systems theory, social constuctionism/symbolic
interaction, dialectical theory, narrative/narrative performance theory,
communication privacy management
Systems Theory - ANSWER: Individuals come together to form relationships, which
creates a larger sum of a system.
Individuals come together to form a
family system.
Family system: interconnected
Social constructionism / Symbolic interaction - ANSWER: 1. Emphasize the centrality
of social interaction and the joint action necessary to maintain interaction while
stressing the significance of symbols, primarily language
2. What separates them is that social constructionism..... is centrally concerned with
how people make sense of the world, especially through language, and emphasizes
the study of relationships;
3. whereas symbolic interaction's central concern is making sense of the self and
social roles
Dialectical Theory - ANSWER: • Reflects social theorist's Mikhail Bakhtin's view that
social like is an open "dialogue" characterized by multiple voices and variability
• Relies heavily on the concept of multivocality
• Asserts that meanings emerge from the struggle of different, often opposing
discourse
Narrative/ narrative performance Theory - ANSWER: 1. Humans experience life in
narrative form and find personal meanings for their stories through interpretation,
not objective observation
