COM 310 Family Communication
Unit Four RAT
Chapter 8 |
"Power operates transactionally in a family. It does not belong to an individual; rather , it is a property of a relationship between two or more persons." |
Power bases
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Orchestration and/or implementation power |
Spouses and Power: one-spouse, syncratic, autonomic |
Direct influence strategies: bargaining, reasoning, and asking |
Indirect influence strategies: hinting and withdrawal |
Adolescent influence strategy categories
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Decision making
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Chapter 9 |
Conflict: definition |
"couples conflict over the same issues 69% of the time (Gottman and DeClaire, 1997)" |
Rules for family conflict:
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Four Horseman of the Apocalypse:
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Conflict styles
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Covert destructive conflict
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Gunnysacking |
Common couple violence |
Direct strategies --->marital satisfaction Indirect coercive strategies (complaining, criticizing, put-downs and ignoring) -->unproductive negative outcomes |
Constructive conflict:
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