SPCOM100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: List Of Knot Terminology, Pitch Shift, Conflict Avoidance

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Speech Communication
• Course: SPCOM100
• Professor: Shannon Hartling

Document Summary

Family: system with two or more interdependent people who have a common history and a present reality, and who expect to influence each other in the future. Two parents (of different or same sex) and their children (biological or adopted) A couple (married or not, heterosexual or not) who live together for a period of time and have a committed, binding relationship. A single parent (married, never married or divorced) who lives with his/her biological or adopted children. Two adults and their children, all, some or non of whom may be offspring of their union. Groups of relatives who have blood or legal ties and who live with or near each other. Way spouses/partners communicate with each other reflects both personal style and their thinking about what their relationship should be like. Three basic types of couples: traditionals, independents, separate and mixed type.