Theories in Families?
Remember as a child when you were playing with your siblings while Mom was on the phone? You were being a little rambunctious and noisy, but didn't think it was that big of a deal. Then, mom looks at you and snaps. You know, just from the snap, that if you don't shut your mouth right then and stop moving, you will be busted and get in so much trouble. This is an example of a "family rule". There are so many different things that you say, do, mimic, follow, etc. in your family that seem like "rules" because they are always done, even though they never were really intentionally laid down as rules. In my opinion, I believe that these help to unite a family. You specifically have things that you do with them that connect all of you, and not anyone else. There are four different theories that family scientists tend to use when researching the family. You have: -Systems Theory -Exchange Theory -Symbolic I...