FMSC 383 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Family Therapy, Human Services, Feminist Theory
27 Mar 2018
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Social and human services reach you out into your community services that are available to you, human services emphasizes transactional relationships, which distinguishes it from other fields such as psychology or psychiatry that are more intrinsic in nature. Involves environmental, behavioral, and cognitive factors (these 3 determine human behavior) Child of parent with ptsd is more likely to show signs of anxiety. Pstd symptoms of parent influence what child will manifest in their life. Looking at how the people within any defined family unit is interdependent, one"s behavior influences another"s. Involves critical periods that act as prerequisites (one of the critiques of this theory) People act in their own benefit interest, in a way that"s going to give them the greatest benefit. Treat human interactions as economic transactions; weighing out the costs and benefits benefits. Stems from conflict theory which is about power relations.
