04:189:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Homeostasis, John Gottman

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication and Informatio
• Course: 04:189:101
• Professor: J E N Mandelbaum

Document Summary

Theories of family communication: roles theory, family systems theory, rules theory. If parents don"t fulfill their roles there"s different expectations: example: fake job - real interview video (moms, roles as categories , categories, associated obligations, rights and expectations, categories are inference-rich, ex. What do we associate with the category mom : tracking keeping track of someone else"s life (the closer the relationship, the higher level of tracking, ex. Issues involved in becoming a parent: differences (breast feeding vs bottle feeding, working vs stay at home mom, reusable diapers vs disposable, strollers vs holding baby, screen free parent) How do we do family roles through communication: doing being a parent , what does this involve in communicating with children, doing being child . Communication practices for doing being parent and doing being child: video in market example: reversible roles, violated rules, throwing tantrums, begging.