Week 8- 12 EXAM 2 Flashcards
(45 cards)
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The Changing American Family Video: What things have changed in relation to the family?
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- Portraying families white families on TV
- –> Today, TV portrays divers/multicultural families
- 2 same-gender couples not being able to adopt/mary
- ——>Today same-sex marriage is now legal/adoption for same-sex couples
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The Changing American Family Video: What things have stayed the same in relation to the family?
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- Gender stereotypes
- —-> positions/jobs certain people are “supposed” to have
3
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What is men’s and woman’s spheres?
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- It is the emergence of separate spheres
- woman and men have their separate lives
INDUSTRIAL IDEA
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What are the spheres of men and women?
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Men Speheres: Wprld outisde the home
Woman Spheres: Home, relatives, and children
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What is the Companionship Family?
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- An IDEAL type of family characterized by the mutual affection, equality, and comradeship of its members
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What is Companionate Marriage?
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- A view of marriage as companionship, a friendship, and a romance, rather than as a practical platform for cooperation and survival
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How is marriage typically viewed?
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- As a buisness arangemnt
- Women need financial security, exchange goods/ favors between families
8
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What is the Birth Rate Plunge?
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- Woman had an average of 1.8 children
- Both men and woman are delaying marriage
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What is cohabitation?
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- Sharing of a household by unmarried persons who have a sexual relationship
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What were the effects of cohabitation ?
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- Divorce rates doubled during the 1960s and 1970s
- Married woman continued to woke outside the home( “white woman”: POC were always working because of poverty)
11
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Change in one aspect of families Marriage
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- In 1960, 50% of all woman were married before they turned 21
- Today, less then 20% of woman are married before they turn 21
12
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What is Implicit Bias?
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- Attitudes or stereotypes that we develop toward certain groups of people can affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner
13
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Is everyone biased?
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- YES! even people who work on this, or think about it? why?
- —> People are biologically programmed to put things into categories; to determine if someone is safe or not safe, discriminate, or to not discriminate, make decisions, etc.
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How can we overcome bias and stereotypes?
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- Educate yourself
- Questioning your own biases
- Having discussions
- Perspective-taking
- Reflection Introspect
- Recognition
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What factors impact families?
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- Discrimination and Microagressions
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What is Microagression?
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- Backhand comments that people think are positive, but really are negative
- Hostile communication; derogatory or negative racial insults towards people of color
- daily occurrences; “put-downs”
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What are some exampled of microsgression?
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- ” You are so articulate!”
- Saying to an Asian person: “ Can you help me with this math problem?”
- “you are not like the rest of them, you’re different, you work hard”
- “Everyone can succeed in this society If they work hard enough”
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What is discrimination?
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- Targeting someone
- The practice of unfairly targeting a person/group of people diff. from other people based on certain characteristics
- Historical patterns of discrimination in the U.S that have become systematic forms of oppression
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What are some impacts of discrimination on individuals and families?
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- Racial discrimination is associated with mental health disorders (depression, anxiety, drug use,)
- Increased stress in the body is associated with the decreased immune system, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes
- The more young people felt discriminated against, the less they identified as American
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Implications for research?
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- Discrimination and racism HAVE to be considered when working with families who ar remembers of ethnic-racial minority groups
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What is Racial Socialization?
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- Set of parenting strategies designed to prepare children for the developmental challenges of being a person of color
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What is the development of collective identities?
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1) Emotional protection from discrimination
2) a sense of affiliation to an ingroup
3) A way to understand and relate to other cultures and groups
- Education
Understanding and open-mindedness
23
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What are the demographics of immigrant families over the life course?
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- U.S foreign-born population= 44.9 million( 13.7% of the total population)
- this includes documented and undocumented*
- 23.2 million female immigrants in the U.S (51.8%) of foreign born
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How does immigration today compare to past years?
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- 13.7 % in 2019
- 4.7% in 1970
- 14.8 % in 2018
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Immigration: What are the leading sending countries?
- Mexico: 25%
- China: 6%
- India: 6%
- Philippines: 4%
- El Salvador: 3%
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Immigration: What are the leading resettlement states?
- California: 24%
- Texas: 11%
- Florida: 10%
- New York: 9%
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Immigrant Patterns over the Life Course?
- The life course state at which migration occurs can affect multiple and various aspects of family life
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First vs Second generation?
* Children with immigrant parents*
- First-generation: Immigrants who are born outside of the U.S ( also known as foreign-born)
-Second Generation: U.S born children with at least one foreign-born parent
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What is 1.5 generation?
- Those who emigrate to the u.s prior to age 12ish ( or prior to adolescence)
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Children of immigrant youth?
- immigrant youth are the faster-growing population of children in the United Staes
- In 201, 17.8 million children under the age of 18 lived with at least one immigrant parent --> 26% of all U.S citizens
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What is the immigrant paradox?
- Contradiction/ offset
- As immigrant children and adolescents acculturate to the U.S( over time and generations) Their devolvement outcomes become less optimal
- Most noticeable in education outcomes and hath outcomes
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Family Interactions?
- Many immigrant families are characterized by collectivist values and beliefs
- Acculturation gap exists in many immigrant families
- Children often serve as cultural brokers
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What is the acculturation gap?
- The group that exists among parents are their children in the level of acceleration to the mainstream culture
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What are the implications for research and practice?
- immigrant children and families have unique needs
- cultural factors should be taken into account whenever possible
- - Strengths and resilient factors should be acknowledged
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Who is a refugee?
- A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her own country because of prosecution, war, or violence( No preparation, very sudden)
- War and ethnic, tribal and religious violence are leading causes of refugees fleeign their counties
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Refugees worldwide?
- One person becomes diplaced evrey 2 seconds
- 84 million forcibly displaced individuals
* 26.6 million refuges in the world, 48 million internally displaced people, 4.4 million asyum seekrs
- 53% of refuges are school aged children under the age of 18 ( half are school aged children)
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Break down of displaced individuals?
- refugees: anyone who feels their own country into another country; crossing boarders
- Dsiplaced people: A war/conflict happening that makes family flee aboher part of the country they are originally from
- Asylum Seekers; Going to a diffenrt country because their life is at stake and cant return to their homeland
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Refugees in the United states?
- United States caps number of refugees it can admit per year
- --> in 2021, 12500 refugees resettled in the United Staets
- -> TX, CA, and NY resettle the most refugees ( and immigrants) about 25% of the U.S. total
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What is the refugee experience ??
- Pre migration
- Migration
- Post migration
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What happens during Pre Migration?
- Chaos, upheaval, violence, and trauma
| - Disruption of schooling, very common fro refugee children
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What happens during Migration?
- Resettlement into a new country; lots of uncertainty
- Seperation of Family members
- Witnessing trauma and violence in refugee camps is common
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What happens during Post Migration ??
- Mourning the loss of home, family, an friends,
- Expectations of the new country and the new environment
- Children experiencing completely new school system
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Mental Health of Refugees?
- PTSD
Depression and anxiety
- Conduct problems ( behavioral problems such as aggression, fighting, hitting others, ect)
- Peer problems; issues forming friendships and relationships
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Resilliance of refugees?
- refuges have been shown to have a remarkable degree of both resistance and resilience to mental health difficulties
- not all refugees suffer from mental health issues!
- Majority do not have a long term mental health issues
- Factors that contribute to resilience: attachment relationships, soicla support, caregiver mental health, religious institutions, etc.
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Immplications for Practionioners and researchers ?
- refugee children and famlies have unique needs
- Strenghths and resilent factors should be acknowledged and recognized
- Provide culturally competent services
- Integrate evidence based practices
Address secondary trauma
