PSY210H1 Study Guide - Sexual Orientation, Black Kids, Single Parent
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12/16/2012 8:21:00 pm: evolutionary origins, functions of the family, family as a social system, socialization within the family, family lifestyles and transitions, vulnerable families: child abuse, evolutionary origins. Family due to bipedularism: more ability to hold things = sharing. Survival increased via care of the family: functions of the family. Family provides the following services for society: reproduction, economic services, social order, socialization, emotional support. More complex society = these services are taken on by other institutions: political and legal institutions for social order. Family still now provide reproduction, socialization and emotional support. Social systems perspective viewing the family as a complex set of interacting relationships influenced by the larger social context: the family as a social system. Bronfenbrenner"s ecological systems theory very similar to social systems perspective. Bidirectional influences exist between parents + children: family members mutually influence one another. Direct influences of family systems: firm + warm parenting = better for discipline.
