PSY 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Family Values, Feminist Theory, Structural Functionalism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: carolinesullivan

Document Summary

Skip-generation families (grandparents and grand children in the same dwelling and without the presence of a middle generation parent: a child and his/her lone parent (middle gen) living in a three-generation household. Legal definitions: government regulations determine "family" for services such as immigration, medical benefits, bereavement leave, penitentiary visits, common-law spouses, single parents, same sex couples all considered families under various laws. Social definitions: church, school, hospital, nuclear family, a family consisting of a husband, wife and their children, often called the "standard north american family"; forms basis for what advocates call. "traditional family values: family of orientation: family that we are born into and raised in, family of precreation: family formed through marriage or cohabitation, extended family. Personal definitions: definitions of family can be personal. In cases of conflict (divorce) a family member might not be considered as belonging. Intentional families: modern society encourages frequent and dramatic changes (moving to another country for work)