Understanding Our Families

This week we talked about Theories and Understanding Families.

I really enjoyed everything we learned and i hope you enjoy reading what i have to say about it :)

A theory is an attempt to explain a phenomenon.

Systems Theory- Individuals influence each other in ways. Look at a family as a system. How they influence each other.
Your birth order and influence helps what you do. Good or Bad.
We're all born into a changing system. Every system needs someone to play a specific role.
- Rules.
-- Learn the rules by violating them
-- Parents may not know the rules, until the child does something.

Exchange Theory-  costs are lower than your rewards. ( what do i get out of it? the same i put in?)
-- You withdraw

Symbolic Interaction Theory: ( what it means to you) Are behaviors have meaning. We create meaning out of experiences. Biggest problem is communication. The behavior changes, depending on how they react to it.
-- Interaction- action that happens between two people.

Conflict Theory: Conflicting doesn't mean you don't like a person; you simply just don't agree.
-Power can be overt
-All families find ways to fix conflict.

Do all things out of love. <3

- Systems theory helps people have a new experience. We can and we should use all theories together. **