FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ecological Systems Theory, Family Therapy, Family Values
30 Mar 2017
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Motivational theories: you choose/determine why/ how you do something. Normative theories: social norms predict behaviour and action, formal vs. informal norms, age-graded vs. stage-graded norms. Macro-historical theories: forces beyond the individual or society create change. Microsystem: consists of people and objects in an individual"s immediate environment who are closest to them (ex. Parents and siblings: more than one microsystem is possible. Mesosystem (inter-connected: what happens in one microsystem will influence the others. Ex: bad day at work makes you cranky at home. Exosystem: social setting that you might not experience first hand or directly, but still influences development. Macrosystem: subcultures and cultures that the other three systems are embedded in. Broader social and cultural context the family lives in. Chronosystem: all the systems change over time. Not static, but always changing: examples of changes: Family"s exosystem changes when a mother leaves an easy job for a more demanding, high-paying job.
