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Sociological Orientation - Coggle Diagram
Sociological Orientation
Family systems theory
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All parts are connected, understanding the whole is important to understand each part, and families are affected by the environment.
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Social exchange theory
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Critics: it overlooks how societal influences shape personal views of rewards and costs in relationships.
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Structural-functionalism
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Family's functions:
regulating reproduction, socializing the young, and providing emotional support.
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Conflict theory
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Families both being affected by and contributing to social inequality, rejecting the idea that families are separate from broader social influences.
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Focus: the importance of socioeconomic resources for family well-being and may highlight conflicts within families, such as between parents and children or spouses.
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Feminist theory
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Focus: the unpaid labor performed by women in the home, which leads to an unequal division of family labor and affects women's health.
Some feminists connect this inequality to the cultural belief that women are inherently caregivers and solely responsible for caregiving in families.
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similar to conflict theory, challenges the idea of the family as a private refuge and highlights the presence of inequality and conflict in human relationships.
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Ecological Theory
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Focus: how individuals are initially dependent upon families for survival & families must adapt to their socioeconomic environments
Prioritise basic requirements, interdependence of individuals, families and larger systems
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