PSYCH 3AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Parenting Styles, Phase Transition, Mental Model
8 Dec 2015
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The relationships within a family system are dynamic. Orange arrows showing how the relationship between two family members are bi-directional. Purple arrows showing how the relationship between two family members influences other family members. Green arrows showing how the actual relationships between two family members has an influence on the relationship between two other family members. A father asks his son to clean his room, (demanding), leads to the son being deviant (he"s busy) this forms a feedback loop in that the father becomes more aggressive, riles up the son even more. Negative feedback loop: the actions of one family member influence the actions of another family member in an opposite direction, e. g. A father asks his son to clean his room, (demanding), son says he"s busy, hell do it after dinner. Phase transition: a situation in which there is significant change in the family, e. g.
