Chapter 12: Communication in Families



Chapter 12: Communication in Families

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Key Concepts

|cohabitation |traditionals |

|emotions |thoughts |

|equity |separates |

|independents |Social exchange theory |

|marriage |words |

Chapter Outline

I. Families have changed a great deal over the years. ____________________ effectively is important in families. Families today are very diverse.

A. The most common forms consist of marriage and cohabitation

B. People have different reasons and ___________ for being part of a long-term relationship.

C. Across cultures, views vary about family.

D. Couples take a variety of paths to commitment.

a. The first path involves a ________________________ toward

commitment with a number of ups and downs along the way.

b. The second path is a rapid escalation toward marriage with no downturns or serious conflict.

c. The third path includes a medium-length courtship and progressive ________________, followed by a hesitation and rethinking of the relationship, then marriage and strong commitment.

d. The fourth path follows a prolonged courtship period with many ups and downs and substantial, sometimes stormy conflict.

II. Many couples have long-term ______________________ with each other.

A. There are many reasons why some people choose not to marry.

a. Many individuals cohabit for various reasons, such as a permanent alternative, less restrictive than marriage, or same-sex cultures.

b. Although the number of cohabitating couples has _____________, marriage is the most popular form of long-term commitment.

B. There are different types of relationships. Fitzpatrick categorized relationships into three types.

a. ________________ couples share conventional views of marriage and family life and they engage in conflict regularly.

b. ________________ hold less conventional views of marriage and family life.

c. ________________are highly autonomous and give each other plenty of room and they share less emotionally than the other two types.

C. Communication and satisfaction in long-term commitments are very special.

a. ________________ impact a relationship. How partners talk and behave towards each other influences partners’ self-esteem and feelings about the relationship.

b. ________________ refers to how partners think about each other and the marriage.

c. ________________ refers to how we feel based on what we say to others and what we communicate to ourselves through self-talk.

III. The family cycle has patterns that are unique and different compared to friendships and romantic relationships.

A. Couples who _________________________ would not engage in stages 2, 3, 4, and 5. They might go through other stages in their family life cycles, but raising and launching children would not be phases in their relationship.

a. Stage 1: _________________ a Family is where a couple settles into a marriage or a cohabiting relationship and works out.

b. Stage 2: Enlarging a Family is one of the major changes in many families’ lives is the addition of children.

c. Stage 3: __________________________ involves investing a great deal of time, thought, and energy in raising the children.

d. Stage 4: Encouraging Independence is where children seek greater autonomy from families.

e. Stage 5: Launching _________________ is a vital change for most families, it happens when the last child leaves home to go to college, marry, or live on their own.

f. Stage 6: __________________________ of children happens after the departure of children from the home and spouses have to redefine their marriage.

e. Stage 7: Retirement being about further changes in family life, because it can be either positive or negative.

IV. There are four guidelines for effective communication in families.

A. One of the most important guidelines for sustaining healthy families is to make fairness a high priority.

a. _______________________ states that people apply economic principles to evaluate their relationships.

b. _____________ is fairness, based on the perception that both people involved in the relationship benefit similarly from their investments.

B. The second important guideline for communication that sustains families to be aware that families are creative projects that reflects the choices people in them make to enhance intimacy.

C. For families to remain healthy and satisfying, family members need to ____________________________ that they value and respect each other.

D. It is also important to no sweat the _______________________.

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