Midterm Review Flashcards
(23 cards)
Paradigm shift:
When one set of attitudes, philosophies, viewpoints, procedures or
methodologies dominates scientific thinking: in the 1900 focus was on individual and shifted
focus on family as a unit.
Family view points:
We now have a more pluralistic view of what family means, not just the traditional view of what a family is
Reciprocal determinism/Circular causality
individuals, behaviors, environments all impact each other. Not just A causes B, which is Linear determinism.
Cybernetic:
The study of feedback loops in a system. It includes the idea that the therapist is not an outside observer, he is part of the system.
An enabled family system balances the family needs while also
serving the individuals’ needs
Family life-cycle model
The longitudinal stages that mark a family’s life.
Family stage markers
Life events that force the family to change
Developmental tasks
problems to be overcome during different stages
Continuous
orderly, gradual
Discontinuous
Sudden, disruptive
Feminists reject
circular causality
feminist family therapy
an egalitarian approach that can be used for both men and women, it addresses gender roles and other social factors.
Gender-Sensitive Family Therapy
It’s a perspective that can be applied to any type of therapy theory.
It examines the influence of gender.
The goal is for people to be sexist-free.
Gender
a learned set of attitudes and behaviors. It’s associated with being biologically male/female, but not the same thing.
the defining characteristics of a social group that shares cultural traditions, passed over generations
Ethnicity
Shared behaviors, meanings, values passed over generations
Culture
characteristics of a family system: Organization
the idea that the parts of a system relate in an organized way.
These relationships between the parts is the structure of the system
Wholeness: the whole is
greater than the sum of the parts
Rules show
values
Roles are determined by
family rules
The longest lasting family subsystems are
spousal, parental, and sibling
Entropy
the tendency of a system to go into disorder
Ecosystem approach
An approach to therapy that emphasizes how the family interacts with larger systems, like the community
