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Workplace Communications The Basics and MyTechCommLab Student Valuepack Card Package

ISBN: 9780205072415 | 0205072410
Edition: 5th
Format: Package
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 12/27/2010

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Table of Contents
Preface
Understanding Marriage and the Family
Marriage and Family: Disciplinary and Theoretical Approaches
Disciplines Involved in Family Study
Social Science Approach to the Family
Nature of Research and Theoretical Frames of Reference
Theories and Frames of Reference
Appraisal and Expansion of Contemporary Family Theory
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Family as a Social Institution
Families as Groups and Systems
Characteristics of Marriage, Family, and Kinship Groups
The Family and Other Systems: A Focus on Work
Relations Between the Family and Other Systems
Work Roles of Family Members
II
U.S. Families: Characteristics, Change and Issues
Characteristics of U.S. Families
Today's Families: Significant Changes
Issues in U.S. Families
African American Families
African-American Family System
Hispanic American, Asian American, and Native American Families
Hispanic American Family System
Asian-American Family System
Native American Family System
Social Class Variations in U.S. Families
Meaning of Social Class
Determination of Social Class
Consequences of Social Class to Families
Social Categories of Families
Single Parents and Poverty
Social Mobility: Changing Family Life Styles
Partner Selection and Intimate Relationships
Patterns in the Selection of Intimate Partners
Homogamy and Endogamy in the Selection of Partners
Intermarriage
Social/Structural Characteristics
Explanations of Partner Selection
Arranged Marriage versus Free Choice of Intimate Partners
Individualistic Explanations of Partner Selection
Sociocultural Explanations of Partner Selection
Processes of Status Change: Single to Married
Nonmarital Cohabitation
Sexual Norms and Relationships
Social Regulation of Sexual Relationships
Biological versus Sociological Approaches to Sexual Behavior
The Social Dimensions of Sexuality
Nonmarital Sexual Behavior
Premarital Sexual Intercourse
Sex and Marriage
Extramarital Sex
The Life Course of Family Relationships
The Marital System
Marriage and Marriage-Like Relationships
Marriage Trends and Characteristics
Power in Conjugal and Intimate Relationships
Marital Quality
The Parental System
Transition to Parenthood
Social Consequences of Parenthood
Young and Unwed Parenthood
Family Size and Related Factors
Parent-Child Interaction and Socialization
Socialization of Parents and Children
Theories of Socialization Processes
Socialization in Adolescence and Beyond
Gender Identity and Sex-Role Socialization
The Aging Family
Postparental Period: The Middle Years
Grandparent Status
Families of Later Life and People who Are Aged
Common Problems of People who Are Aged
Socialization in Later Life
Retirement
Dying and Death
Widows and Widowers
Family Crisis and Social Policy
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