Family Communication Theories

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According to Salvador Minuchin, what metaphor does he use to describe how we live our lives?

Pieces of a mosaic

Patterns in a puzzle

Threads in a tapestry

Chips in a kaleidoscope (correct)

What does Social Construction theory focus on in communication?

Resolving conflicts

Establishing power dynamics

Creating new relationships

Constructing meaning (correct)

According to Turner & West, where does meaning exist in communication?

In one person's head

In shared experiences

In written texts

In the practice of communication (correct)

What is the process by which families make and remake their worlds?

Negotiation Signup and view all the answers

What does Relational Dialectics theory suggest about family systems/members?

They experience tensions between contradictory impulses Signup and view all the answers

How are the contradictions in Relational Dialectics theory viewed?

As normative Signup and view all the answers

Where are the dialectics located in the context of the family?

Within the family's communication interactions Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of Social Construction theory?

Creating shared meanings Signup and view all the answers

According to Turner & West, how do people make sense of the world?

Through constructing explanations through language Signup and view all the answers

What is the active and cooperative enterprise of persons in a relationship according to Turner & West?

Meaning-making Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following strategies for managing relational dialectics involves favoring one pole in one domain of family life and the polar other in another?

Segmentation Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, which of the following is NOT one of the techniques for integration in managing relational dialectics?

Integrating Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, which theory emphasizes that human experience is rooted in stories and individuals accept or reject stories based on history, biography, culture, and character?

Narrative Theory Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, which theory suggests that the beliefs, values, institutions, customs, labels, etc. that make up our social realities are constructed by the members of a culture as they interact with one another?

Social Constructionism Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, which theory focuses on the interactions among the family, its individual members, and the larger social and cultural systems?

Dialectic Theory Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, which technique for integration in managing relational dialectics involves transforming the dialectic so that they no longer appear to be contradictory?

Reframing Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, which technique for integration in managing relational dialectics involves exempting certain issues from the general pattern?

Disqualifying Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, which theory recognizes that stability and change co-exist and reinforces the ecosystem approach?

Dialectic Theory Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, which theory suggests that humans experience the world as a set of stories and stories are chosen to create and recreate experiences?

Narrative Theory Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, which metaphor is used to describe how maps represent our identities and events that don't make it into the map don't exist in the map's world of meaning?

Map Metaphor Theory Signup and view all the answers