04:192:201 Lecture 6: 04:192:101 Lecture 6: Family communication part 2
3 Apr 2016
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Family socialization (can be also with friends) (teach you proper behavior, certain norms, what to/not to do. How to flirt from friends, help you understand how to convey emotions) Transmission (cultural beliefs of a family, rituals, traditions [eat every night together] ) Emotional support and comfort (helps you develop biologically [venting to people] ) A system is a bounded set of objects that interrelate with one another to form a whole. Subsystems refer to relationships that are formed between just a few members of the larger system. Enmeshed (know everything about what"s going one with everyone else, no privacy or boundaries) Disengaged (more boundaries, privacy, keep to themselves, do not exchange a lot of info. ) Open (what you communicate to your friends and outsiders about your family, people are easily able to interact with the family) Closed (discourages in making relationships outside the home. Family secrets are events or info that family members hide from one another or from outsiders.
