Lesson 11

• Extended Family


  also called a Complex Family
• Extended Family


  This type of family includes other relative other than just the parents and their children.
• The family Life Cycle

  Refers to the changes in the emotional and intellectual life of a person as one passes through from childhood to the retirement years.
• Independence


  The first stage of the Family Life Cycle
• Marriage


  The second stage of the Family life cycle where one is expected to separate from his family of origin to build his own.
• Parenting


  The third stage of the Family life cycle where one starts building his or her family and starts raising children.
• Retirement


  The last stage of the Family life cycle where parents rest from the daily grind of work and enjoy the remaining years with grandchildren.
• Dr. Murray Bowen (1913)


  Who introduced the Family Systems Theory?
• Dr. Murray Bowen


  an American psychiatrist, who suggests that individuals cannot be understood in isolation from one another, but rather as a part of their family.
• Behavioral problems typically arise during adolescence
• The Family Systems Theory


  Suggests that family members are interdependent and cannot be understood in isolation from each other.
• The Family Life Cycle

  Refers to an individual's emotional and intellectual life changes from childhood to retirement.