Chapter 1 Flashcards
A functional family implies that the husband, the wife, and other family members are aware of their differences in ____________, ____________, __________
attitudinal, communicational, and behavioral rules
Their individual differences are understood and accepted as neither ____________ or _________
right or wrong
Also, conflict is __________ when various family factors clash.
inevitable
However, it is healthy when conflict manifests an ______ _______ or the freedom to express their differences.
open system
Aside from this, each one has ____________ that are sometimes contextually __________ and _____________
expectations; unrealistic; unattainable
To dream and to fantasize is __________.
natural
However, our experiences and observations may have given us information that there are ______ ______ _________ but would still wish for a perfect one.
no perfect families
This is the one that will make my dream a __________
reality
- a group of persons united by ties of ____, ______, or _______
- constituting a ______ household unit;
- ________and _________ with each other in their respective social roles of husband and wife, mother and father, son and daughter; and
- creating and maintaining a ______ culture or established standards.
Family
- marriage, blood, or adoption
- single
- interacting and communicating
- common
Considering that a family is dynamic in terms of values, norms, and behaviors, the concept “______ _______” was coined.
family realm
The ______ process creates the family realm, establishes ties across generations, and includes characteristics of __________ and a concern with ________ persons.
birth; permanence; total
This process orientation grows out of ____________, the unique and intense ____________
caregiving; emotionality
which emphasizes quality purposes and processes, an __________ orientation, and a __________ form of governance
altruistic ; nurturing
We are a society, and within a society, _________ exist to provide means and control for stability,
institutions
According to William Stephens, “________ is a socially legitimate _____ ______, begun with a______ _______, undertaken with some idea of performance, and assumed with a more or less explicit _______ ________, which spells out reciprocal obligation between ___________ and their ____________.”
marriage ; sexual union; public announcement ; marriage contract ; spouses and their children
From the definition, what differentiates a married couple from other cohabitating couples is the _______ _____. Aside from the universal function of the __________ of children,
marriage contract ; legitimization
The contract is a _______ _________ that:
- Establishes union as one with an expectation of _________
- Formalizes and specifies _________ rights and obligations that each of the couples is to provide for the other
- Protects the ________ rights of any children the couple may have
- Establishes ________relations with members of each of the couple’s families.
public declaration ; permanence ; reciprocal; legal; kinship
Once signed, the marriage contract becomes _____ and ________.
legal and binding;
Therefore, it comes with it are the __________ and _________ implications brought about by the ______, ______ __________, _________, and _________.
psychological and emotional ; legalities, social recognition, approval, and expectations
The couple is recognized as _____ unit and is expected to act so. The relationship is characterized by __________ cooperation, as stated in the phrase “for _________ and poorer, ________ and health.”
one ; economic ; richer ; sickness
The relationship is expected to last until separated by ________, as in “till ________ do us part.” The couples settle for this contract. They are obliged to cooperate and to stand by the contract.
death ; death
All their actions are somehow bound by ___________. Somehow, the contract becomes a factor that sets the condition to foster __________ because it creates an order that systematizes one’s way of life and experiences his life as making sense.
commitment ; success
Despite wide variations, marriages today have an important element in common: the _________ that partners make publicly to each other and to the institution of marriage itself
commitment
Put another way, getting married, as opposed to “__________ __________,”
living together
