FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Social Exchange Theory, Child Discipline, Multiple Sex Partners
29 Mar 2017
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Origins and explanations of harmful dysfunction: 4 explanations, sociobiology and evolutionary psychology, psychological explanations, sociological explanations and both macro and micro level, family theory explanations. Sociobiology and evolutional psychology: nature vs. nurture debate: debate over how individual characteristics are developed. It almost exclusively involves males causing extensive bodily harm to or the death of their female partners. Family theory explanations: highlight two theories: family development theory and family stress theory, family development theory: focused on the systematic and patterned changes that families experience over the life course. Stress, conflict and abuse across the life course. Cohabitation: cohabitation as a relationship status correlates to higher rates of partner violence, 62% of men who fatally abused their children were not the biological father. Martial adjustment: poor marital adjustment may led to increased risk for physical aggression by ones partner. Expectations: those who have the highest expectations for married life will be the least happy spouses.
