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Family Communications
This series consists of the 26 products
- Grade Level: Adult
- Subjects: Relationships / Family / Parenting, Sociology
- Produced By: Governors State University
- Year: 1997
- Country: United States
- Language: English
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This series consists of the following products
Introduction: Communication Patterns and Families
By Governors State University - 1997
Includes a description of the course's philosophy and goals, and defines the basic assumptions challenged in this course. Together Dr. Galvin and the…
Family Communication Framework: Part I
By Governors State University - 1997
Reviews the powerful role of communication patterns in the family. Positive, negative, conscious, and unconscious patterns are discussed. The class…
Family Communications: Part II
By Governors State University - 1997
Reviews the supporting functions of a family system, including the creation of congruent images and central family themes. Students learn to discern…
The Family as a Communication System
By Governors State University - 1997
Uses discussion of a hypothetical family in therapy to illustrate the interconnectedness/systemic nature of the family structure. Several key…
Multigenerational Influences: Family-of-Origin Patterns
By Governors State University - 1997
Explores the basic dynamics of a multi-generational family. Dr. Galvin introduces genograms - a system of symbols that help students create a family…
Multigenerational Influences: Cultural Patterns
By Governors State University - 1997
Explores communication challenges in multi-generational families from a standpoint of ethnic and cultural influences. Class begins with a definition…
Communication Rules and Family Secrets
By Governors State University - 1997
Examines how family rules and secrets influence communication. Concepts explored in the class include how family rules are created and the purpose…
Family Stories: Messages and Meanings
By Governors State University - 1997
Explains the four functions of family stories. Students learn how family stories provide moral lessons, help to connect generations, shape personal…
Developing Intimate Family Relationships
By Governors State University - 1997
Considers the impact of relational culture, dialectical tensions, and relational currencies (ways of sharing affection). Definitions for and examples…
Sustaining Family Relationships: Communication Rituals
By Governors State University - 1997
Focuses on the importance role of rituals in creating, managing, and maintaining relationships. Discussion explores verbal and non-verbal marital…
Sustaining Family Relationships: Talk and Self-Disclosure
By Governors State University - 1997
Focuses on the role of everyday conversation in creating and maintaining a family relationship. The class explores the three faces of talk…
Sexuality and Communication
By Governors State University - 1997
Discusses the difficult but necessary function of talking about sexuality in the family. Students see how discussions about sex help children…
Constructing Family Roles through Communication
By Governors State University - 1997
Focuses on how communication shapes family roles. A discussion about role expectations and role enactment sets the stage for this discussion on…
Communication and the World/Family Juggling Act
By Governors State University - 1997
Focuses on the challenges and dilemmas that families face when they attempt to balance work and family. The class explores the problem of "overload…
Family and Marital Typologies and Communication
By Governors State University - 1997
Describes the characteristics of various family and marital typologies. Lehr's family types - open, closed and random - are explained. Discussion…
Decision Making and Power in Families
By Governors State University - 1997
Explores the dynamics of power and decision-making in families. The class includes discourse on the difficult decisions families face today, ranging…
Family Conflict Patterns
By Governors State University - 1997
Reinforces the idea that marital and family conflict is a normal side of life that needs to be managed for healthy family communication. Conflict is…
Destructive/Constructive Family Conflict
By Governors State University - 1997
Focuses on destructive and constructive family conflict patterns, and pays particular attention to verbal aggression as a destructive pattern. The…
Studying Marital Interaction: John Gottman's Research Program
By Governors State University - 1997
Looks into over two decades of research on marital interactions conducted by John Gottman and his associates. The class begins with an overview of…
Developmental Change: Life Cycle Communication Patterns
By Governors State University - 1997
Focuses on the various developmental changes families face over time and the impact those changes have on family communication. The class delves…
Developmental Change: Communication Related Issues
By Governors State University - 1997
Focuses on how transitional periods influence family communication. Discussion reveals how conflict patterns and marital satisfaction change over a…
Family Stress and Communication: The Divorce Process
By Governors State University - 1997
This episode focuses on how family communication is affected by stresses that cannot be foreseen from either a developmental or a life course…
Communication in Single Parent and Other Family Forms
By Governors State University - 1997
Presents an overview of the specific communication dimensions of single parent families, gay male and lesbian families, and adoptive families…
Communication Patterns in StepFamilies
By Governors State University - 1997
Examines the various ways stepfamilies are formed and their key characteristics. The class introduces the four stages of stepfamily development, and…
Improving Family Communication: Instruction and Therapy
By Governors State University - 1997
Provides an introduction to the wide range of approaches used to improve family communication. The various theoretical approaches to these strategies…
Optimal Family Communication Patterns
By Governors State University - 1997
Provides a course review that recaps the ways in which individuals, partners and family members communicate in order to enhance everyday interaction…