Assignment 3

1.    1.   Instrumental Leader-“ Led the group discussion about how to solve the task they were assigned.”

Expressive Leader-Keeps everyones spirits up in a situation.

The family was directly connected to these leader roles. The father was portrayed as the instrumental leader and led the family and the mother was the emotional support that kept everyone together

1.      2. The main demographic change in families in the 1960-1970s was women going to work. This took over the mans role of breadwinner and allowed females to be bread winners as well.

1.      3. The main theme of the conflict theory is the constant fight for power in a relationship.  Men are portrayed as the more powerful ones and women as less powerful. Men are more powerful due to physical force and economic power. Women are seen as less powerful because of their lack in economic resources.

1.       4. The social exchange theory is based off of economists. Husbands have a strong “bargaining” power when they are the sole breadwinners. When a wife has her own job the power from the husband decreases.

1.    5.    Feminist perspective is based off of gender. It involves the inequalities between men and women.

6A) The relationships between children from stay-at-home moms versus the relationship between moms who work and how both have affected the family dynamic.

6B)  I would work on a micro level to focus on each member of the family and get their individual input.

6C) I would use field research to gain in depth answers through interviews and I would use participate observation to see how they interact.

6D)  I would have about 40 individuals within families in my study.

6E)

– Do you feel that because you are working/stay-at-home  your relationship with your children is close or distant and why?

- Do you feel completely involved in your child’s life?

- Do you feel like you are appreciated for the work you do for your children?