ic chapter 10 relationships part 4 (family)

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

CHAPTER TEN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS- FAMILY

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DEFINITION OF FAMILY MODELS OF FAMILIES IMPROVE COMMUNICATION TYPES OF MARRIED COUPLES SIBLINGS

PRINCIPLES OF RELATIONSHIPS 

FAMILY

FAMILIES CAN BE DEFINED CATEGORICALLY (EXPERT’S LANGUAGE)

OR BY TYPE

FAMILY-DEFINITION (CATEGORICAL)

SELF-DEFINED UNIT

MADE UP OF ANY NUMBER OF PERSONS

WHO LIVE OR HAVE LIVED IN RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER OVER TIME

IN A COMMON LIVING SPACE

AND WHO ARE USUALLY, BUT NOT ALWAYS, UNITED BY MARRIAGE AND KINDSHIP

-BEEBE AND BEEBE

FAMILY TYPES

NATURAL OR NUCLEAR FAMILY

MOTHER, FATHER, AND THEIR BIOLOGICAL

CHILDREN

EXTENDED FAMILY

RELATIVES SUCH AS AUNTS, UNCLES,

COUSINS, OR GRANDPARENTS

AND/OR UNRELATED PERSONS WHO ARE

PART OF A FAMILY UNIT

FAMILY OF ORIGIN

FAMILY IN WHICH A PERSON IS RAISED

BLENDED FAMILY

TWO ADULTS AND THEIR CHILDREN.

BECAUSE OF DIVORCE, SEPARATION, DEATH, OR

ADOPTION,

THE CHILDREN ARE THE OFFSPRING OF

OTHER BIOLOGICAL PARENTS

OR OF JUST ONE OF THE ADULTS WHO ARE RAISING

THEM

SINGLE PARENT FAMILY

ONE PARENT RAISING ONE OR MORE

CHILDREN

MODELS OF FAMILY INTERACTION

TWO MODELS OF FAMILY INTERACTION

CIRCUMPLEX MODEL OF FAMILY

INTERACTION 

MODEL OF THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG FAMILY ADAPTABILITY,

COHESION, AND COMMUNICATION

FAMILY COMMUNICATION PATTERNS MODEL

A MODEL OF FAMILY COMMUNICATION BASED

ON TWO DIMENSIONS: CONVERSATION AND

CONFORMITY

CIRCUMPLEX MODEL-ADAPTABILITY

FAMILY'S ABILITY TO MODIFY AND RESPOND TO CHANGES

IN THE FAMILY'S POWER STRUCTURE AND ROLES

CIRCUMPLEX MODEL-COHESION

EMOTIONAL BONDING AND FEELINGS OF

TOGETHERNESS THAT FAMILIES EXPERIENCE

BASIC IDEA-CIRCUMPLEX MODEL: A FAMILY IS DEFINED BY:

1) HOW CLOSE IT IS

2) HOW WELL IT RESPONDS TO CHANGE IN POWER, AND

3) HOW WELL IT COMMUNICATES

BASIC IDEA-FAMILY COMMUNICATION

PATTERNS MODEL: FAMILY DEFINED BY:

1) DEGREE TO WHICH COMMUNICATION IS ENCOURAGED AND

2) THE DEGREE TO WHICH SHARING OF ATTITUDES, VALUES AND BELIEFS ARE ENCOURAGED

CONSENSUAL FAMILIES

FAMILIES WITH A HIGH ORIENTATION TOWARD BOTH CONVERSATION

AND CONFORMITY

FAMILY COMMUNICATION PATTERNS MODEL

PLURALISTIC FAMILIES

FAMILIES WITH A HIGH ORIENTATION TOWARD CONVERSATION BUT A

LOW ORIENTATION TOWARD CONFORMITY

FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS PATTERN MODEL

PROTECTIVE FAMILIES

FAMILIES WITH A LOW ORIENTATION TOWARD

CONVERSATION BUT A HIGH ORIENTATION TOWARD

CONFORMITY

FAMILY COMMUNICATION PATTERNS MODEL

LAISSEZ-FAIRE FAMILIES

FAMILIES WITH A LOW ORIENTATION TOWARD BOTH CONVERSATION

AND CONFORMITY

FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS PATTERN MODEL

IMPROVING FAMILY COMMUNICATON

IMPROVING FAMILY COMMUNICATION

TALK ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS AND FEELINGS

LISTEN ACTIVELY AND CLARIFY MESSAGES

SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER

USE PRODUCTIVE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

SPECIFIC FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

COMMITTED PARTNERS:

TRADITIONAL COUPLES

PARTNERS WHO ARE INTERDEPENDENT AND WHO EXHIBIT A LOT OF

SHARING AND COMPANIONSHIP

INTERDEPENDENT COUPLES

MARRIED PARTNERS

WHO EXHIBIT SHARING AND COMPANIONSHIP

AND ARE PSYCHOLOGICALLY INTERDEPENDENT

BUT ALLOW EACH OTHER INDIVIDUAL SPACE

SEPARATE COUPLES

MARRIED PARTNERS

WHO SUPPORT THE NOTION OF MARRIAGE

AND FAMILY

BUT STRESS THE INDIVIDUAL OVER THE

COUPLE

MIXED COUPLES

MARRIED COUPLES

IN WHICH THE HUSBAND AND WIFE EACH ADOPT A

DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE

MARRIAGE

PARENTS AND CHILDREN

CHILDREN LEARN COMMUNICATION SKILLS

FROM PARENTS IN 3 WAYS: 

BY INTERACTING WITH THEIR PARENTS

BY INSTRUCTION FROM THEIR PARENTS

BY OBSERVATION OF THEIR PARENTS' BEHAVIOR

SIBLINGS

SIBLINGS

THESE RELATIONSHIPS INFLUENCED BY SEX, AGE,

AND NUMBER 

CHANGE AS PARTNERS GO THROUGH STAGES OF

DEVELOPMENT OVER TIME 

PATTERN IS TO BEGIN CLOSE, GROW APART, AND THEN

COME CLOSER TOGETHER LATER IN LIFE

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

DEFINITION OF FAMILY

MODELS OF FAMILIES

IMPROVE COMMUNICATION

TYPES OF MARRIED COUPLES

  SIBLINGS

PRINCIPLES OF RELATIONSHIPS

1. RELATIONSHIPS ARE NOT PERFECT2. RELATIONSHIPS DO NOT GIVE YOU EVERYTHING3. RELATIONSHIPS NEED TO BE NURTURED4. RELATIONSHIPS ARE BOTH PLEASURABLE AND PAINFUL5. RELATIONSHIPS REQUIRE FLEXIBILITY

 SUMMARY:

DEFINITION OF FAMILY MODELS OF FAMILIES IMPROVE COMMUNICATION TYPES OF MARRIED COUPLES SIBLINGS

PRINCIPLES OF RELATIONSHIPS