Exam 2: Exploring Relationships and Families

The family ecology perspective stresses the interdependence of all the world's families-not only with one another but also with the environment.

The __________ perspective points out that all social scientists assume one basic premise: that families are an important social institution performing essential social functions.

The ecology perspective helps to identify factors that are important to ______________ support for all families.

You have been asked to develop a survey that examines how a wife's employment affects marital satisfaction: a. Suggest different ways you could ask people to complete your survey. b. What is a representative sample? Why would you need one? c. What are the advantages in using the survey technique? d. What are some of the disadvantages in using the survey technique? e. Why would it be problematic to study this issue using an experimental design? f. What other technique could you use to explore the same question? Why?

How the family changes over time, going through a series of developmental tasks and stages, is the focus of the __________ perspective.

According to the family development perspective, each developmental task has "on-time" transitions and a certain order in which major transitions to adult roles take place, called _______.

Theories help us understand a situation or event from a particular viewpoint. Analyze your transition to college from the viewpoint of structure-functional theory. Describe the various functions your family performed in order for you to make it to college. What would you identify as having been the most important functions your family performed? Why?

Of the nine theoretical perspectives covered in this chapter, list any five and for each of the five give a one-sentence summary of how the theory views families. (p. 29-41)

According to the text, one disadvantage of survey research is the

Demographic and economic data, legal records, and old diaries are especially useful for analyses of families in the past. This is an argument for using

Briefly distinguish between the interactionist and the attachment theoretical perspectives of families.

The question of how two previously separate individuals come together and over time create a shared view of themselves as a couple would be best answered using which perspective?

Realistic flavor and vivid detail are most likely to be found in which type of research method?

When researchers conduct follow-up investigations by means of interviews or questionnaires over a period of years, they are using the __________ research method.

The family development model assumes that family life is erratic and seldom follows usual, typical, or conventional patterns.

The __________ perspective explores how a family influences and is influenced by the environments that surround it.

The theory most likely to compare a family to the human body with its many parts, or to a computer program with its many interrelated components, is _________

Treatment and control groups are part of the __________ research method.

To help accomplish ethical standards, most researchers now must have their research plans reviewed by

Because a person's attachment style develops so early in life, it is impossible to change as an adult.