PSY 3123 Lecture 1: PSY3123 fam dynamics
28 Dec 2016
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Social de nitions: church (same-sex couples may not be considered family to a church), school, hospital, nuclear family. Family consisting of a husband, a wife, and their children. Often called the standard north american family ; forms basis for what: extended family. Personal de nition: def of fame can be personal, sometimes close friends are considered family members, in cases of con ict (e. g. , divorce), a family member might not be considered as belonging. Friday, september 9, 2016: modern society encourages frequent and dramatic changes (e. g, moving to another country for work) Macro or micro: macro: looks at big picture, studies how societal values affect the family. Social scripts (unwritten rules of how things should happen: strength: explains how family relates to other institutes and contributes to society on whole, weakness: not clear in explaining why family and society change.
