Theoretical Perspectives

Major principles

________: Individuals are part of a group of concentric systems that impact their development and growth.

Breadwinner and homemaker

________ family) that contributes to a harmonious society.

Family life

Relation to ________: Emphasizes the motivation for familial relationships: that each person is giving and gaining within the family.

Family life is impacted by

Relation to ________: ________ is impacted by large national and international events: wars, natural disasters, pandemics, and economic depressions.

Family life in symbolic interactionism

Relation to ________: Changing roles and symbols affect the ways family members interact with each other and with society.

Family life in the conflict theory

Relation to ________: Emphasizes the competing interests of familial roles including the male dominating the family and providing stability to society.

Major principles

Opposition, power, and conflict within the family and society are needed for society to develop and change

Relation to family life

Emphasizes the competing interests of familial roles including the male dominating the family and providing stability to society

Conflict Theory Keywords

Society, Conflict, Interests, and Power

Ecological Systems Major principles

Individuals are part of a group of concentric systems that impact their development and growth

Relation to family life

Children are influenced by the people and environments in which they spend the most time, as well as the greater social events, trends, and values

Ecological Systems Keywords

Micro, Meso, Exo, Macro, and Chronosystems

Social Exchange Theory Major principles

Individuals have different strengths, resources, and weaknesses and enter into relationships via the evaluation of benefits and costs

Social Exchange Theory Keywords

Costs, Benefits, Resources, and Personal Gain

Feminist Theory Major principles

Society is structured in a way that privileges men over women; the theory works to understand and transform inequalities

Feminist Theory and the Relation to family life

This theory emphasizes the way that gender roles are constructed within the family including the socialization of children

Feminist Theory Keywords

Gender, Inequalities, Patriarchy, and Gender roles

Functionalism Theory Major principles

Social institutions function together in order to meet individual and group needs

Functionalism Keywords

Social Institutions, Function, Needs, and Individual

Life Course Major principles

Significant social and historical events shape the trajectories of birth cohorts and the individuals in them

Life Course Keywords

Family, Cohort, Relation, and Events

Symbolic Interactionism Major principles

This theory focuses on the changing nature of symbols and the ways we interact with one another based on those symbols

Symbolic Interaction Theory Relation to family life

Changing roles and symbols affect the ways family members interact with each other and with society

Symbolic Interaction Theory Keywords

Expectations, Symbols, Interaction, and Perception