SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes -Sociobiology, Elder Abuse, Child Discipline
Document Summary
Chapter eleven: stress, conflict, and abuse across the life course: Universal taboo is not neglecting children, but sexually abusing them. Sociobiology concerned with examining the combination of sociobiological and biological factors. Men are more concerned with short-term strategies than are women, but both must come to to explain human behavior consensus in order to survive. Borderline personality organization unstable sense of self, uncomfortable being alone, suffering from abandonment anxiety, having intense anger, being demanding and impulsive, and usually connected to substance abuse and promiscuity. Situational couple violence: distinct from the more severe category of intimate terrorism in that it tends to be less severe and more mutual. Family development theory: systematic and patterned changes the families experience over life. Stress, conflict, and abuse across the life course: Abc-x model: focuses on how families deal with stressors to the family system.
