05 March 2013 Lecture Notes THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILY STUDIES Functionalist Perspective Functionalist theories are macro in nature and focus on the structural properties and functions of the family system. They are based on the idea that if a society is to survive and operate with some measure of effectiveness‚ it has to ensure that specific functions are performed. Although families change constantly‚ they fulfill recurrent functions in society. Societies are
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The Different Values Between Chinese Families and American Families Chinese families and American families have big impact in their children’s lives. Chinese families as well as American families value education. Chinese and American family feel family is important to them‚ but they have differences in the way they treat education‚ money‚ and how they treat family. The reason why American families believe education is important for their kids because they‚ as parents are responsible for their children’s
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The differences between Chinese family and American family Abstract：Family is the basic miniature of the social economic activity‚ and it is the basic unit that constitutes the society. The values of the society rely on people’s family values in a large degree. However‚ due to the difference of geographical and historical background‚ religion and belief‚ different nations have their own family values.A clear and direct contrast between Chinese and American family values can bridge over their communication
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Jarrett’s‚ an upper-middle class family in Illinois‚ following the death of the eldest son‚ Buck‚ in a boating accident. It depicts what might happen to a family when a tragedy unexpectedly happens. The boating accident disrupted the Jarrett family’s normal developmental flow and inevitably produced relationship changes within the family system. While watching the film‚ the audience begins to understand that the boating accident was so disruptive and impeding to the family that they suddenly and profoundly
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ESSAY Before I go with the topic to express “Why I want to be a part of Yashoda’s Young Doctor’s Camp”. I like to tell a small incident that had changed my goal and the way I really got admired. The incident took place when I was studying in class 6.I was suffering with high fever‚ and then usually my parents took me to the nearby doctor. This was the time when my brain was concentrating seriously‚ I observed that all the patients were keen to meet the doctor and express their disarray. They relied
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SUCCESS Success can be a rather abstract term and it can mean very different things to different people. Trying to define what success is is not easy. To most people‚ success means achieving a goal. In order to achieve a goal‚ a person usually has to work hard and believe in himself. Being successful at what you do can also be very motivating. People who are successful in one project‚ tend to be more successful in other projects. This is because they get the feeling that their hard work pays
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Salvador Minuchin’s structural family theory is a systems theory upholding that therapy must address the person as a part of the family‚ versus just looking at the individual. We better understand Minuchin’s theory when it is framed within the principles of Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s general systems theory‚ the premise on which all other systems theories are based. He says‚ like Minuchin‚ it is more therapeutically beneficial to look at the relationships between people rather than focusing on the individual’s
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Family Approach Research Paper Liberty University Abstract This research paper will in detail find influences donating to the degeneration of African American marriages‚ increase of African American divorces‚ and how structural family therapy can impact it. Structural Family Therapy was developed by Salvador Minuchin and his associates in the 1960s due to the growing curiosity in alternative ways of hypothesizing suffering and familial dilemmas. Structural family therapy is reinforced by an
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Families are the backbone of today’s society. They provide the support and normalcy that humans need to thrive in the 21st century. Although there are many different types of families‚ nuclear and blended seem to be the most common. Nuclear families consist of two parents and their children whereas blended families include a couple and their children from this and all previous relationships. These two types of families can be compared or contrasted based on structure‚ bonds and support‚ and who has
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Family Systems Theory / Micro & Macro Assessment A system theory is utilized in investigating or describing how something or someone functions together. “Family systems theory describes the family as an open‚ complex system in which all‚ of the members are interconnected” (Pender‚ Murdaugh‚ & Parsons‚ 2015‚ p.15). The five concepts that help define a unit are: family system as part of a larger supra system and composed of other subsystems‚ family as a whole greater than the sum of its parts‚ change
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