PSY 254 Lecture 3: Family Psy 254 3
Document Summary
Factors affecting the ability to maintain intimate family relationships: Life experiences abuse, poverty, even money and education doesn"t guarantee anything. Why culture matters how a family functions is unique to them. Family members learn and pass on to their children: What i means to be male and female. Relying on cultural heritage is the most effective way for people to be: Resilient being able to power through difficulties and draw from their strength instead of preventing" a problems. Capable of handling difficulties able to bounce back from shit. Essential to building resilience and strong families. Strong marriages = strong families parents set the tone and children mimic, strong hierarchy. Strong families are not perfect they don"t always have to be strong to be a strong family. The new normal" - post modern family (80s- present) The family is whatever the individual wants it to be, based on: beliefs, cultures, ethnicity and/or situational experience.
