Question 1

Briefly distinguish between the interactionist and the attachment theoretical perspectives of families.

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Question 2

Theories help us understand a situation or event from a particular viewpoint. Analyze your transition to college from the viewpoint of structure-functional theory. Describe the various functions your family performed in order for you to make it to college. What would you identify as having been the most important functions your family performed? Why?

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Question 3

The perspective on the family is characterized by concepts linking psychosocial factors to physiology, genetics, and evolution.

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Question 4

data can show change in individuals over time.

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Question 5

You have been trying to encourage a classmate to enroll in the marriage and family course you are presently taking. Your friend states that he does not need to learn about families because he knows all he needs to know from his own "experience." Using scientific investigation, present an argument against personal experience as a means to adequately understand marriage and families.

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Question 6

Discuss the role of the institutional review board (IRB) in family studies.

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Question 7

How does "laboratory observation" differ from "naturalistic observation"? Give an example of each.

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Question 8

Choose five theoretical perspectives on the family and provide a one-sentence summary of how each theory views families.

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Question 9

When using the research method, a researcher lives with a family, spends extensive time with them, and carefully records their activities, conversations, gestures, and everyday behaviors.

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Question 10

Briefly distinguish between the family ecology perspective and the family systems perspective.

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Question 11

Using allows researchers to analyze large data sets without conducting their own surveys.

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Question 12

Briefly distinguish between the structure-functional perspective and the feminist perspective on families.

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Question 13

Think of a family-related topic and consider how you might study it. What theoretical perspective would you use to help frame your research questions? What research methods and data gathering techniques would you use?

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Question 14

When conducting telephone, or online.

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Quiz 2: Exploring Relationships and Families