FMST 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Chronic Condition, Baby Boomers, Voluntary Childlessness

• School: Towson University
• Department: Family and Human Services
• Course: FMST 302
• Professor: Bethany Willis Hepp

Document Summary

Basic assumptions: 1) just like individuals, families change over time understanding the process = understanding family, 2) tasks associated with each stage of development, 3) institutional norms regulate family behavior, 4) development is reciprocal. Family, the individual, and the community all influence one another: 5) families must be viewed in multiple levels of analysis. Must think about familial, individual, and societal levels of analysis: 6) families should be viewed overtime. Static regulate behavior expectations within a stage. College students" (cid:271)rains not full(cid:455) developed (cid:455)et in order to regulate behavior. Process regulate timing and sequencing of expectations. Expect students to go to college after high school and graduate within 4 years. Family development theory today: life course perspective: better (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause . Accounts for dynamic nature of family life. Continuity and change over time (values, obligations, rights, exchanges, roles can be examined over time)