PSY 171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Family Therapy, Sibling Rivalry, Enmeshment
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Sibling relationships: social learning theory: you learn from your siblings imitate them, sibling deidentification: you want to stand out from sibling. Sibling rivalry: spirit of competition, jealousy, resentment between siblings: begins when younger sibling is born, lessens when parent has close relationship with first kid. Make older kid feel like they"re responsible for younger kid (eg. , ask. Only children them for help with taking care of baby: have relatively high self-esteem, achievement motivation, tend to be more obedient, intellectually competent, likely to establish good relationships with peers. Family systems theory: families operate to meet goals, make decisions, resolve conflicts system: many subsystems make up larger family (eg. , spousal, parent-child, sibling, key constructs. Wholeness: families must be understood as interactions between subsystems. Interdependence: anything that affects one person in family will affect others in family to some degree. Patterns: recognizable patterns help guide behavior within family (eg. , family routine, bedtime, traditions) Equifinality: families have similar goals, but reach them differently.
