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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Reviewer
Family - The Bureau of the Census defines family as Emotional abuse - is anything that harms your self-
"two or more persons who are related by birth, marriage, esteem or causes shame.
or adoption and who live together as one household."
BASIC RIGHTS IN A RELATIONSHIP
Friendship - can be thought of as a close tie between
two people that is often built upon mutual experiences, ❖ The right to emotional support
shared interests, proximity, and emotional bonding.
❖ The right to be heard by the other and to respond
Partnerships - romantic partnerships, including
marriage, are close relationships formed between two ❖ The right have your own point of view, even if this
people that are built upon affection, trust, intimacy, and differs from your partner’s
romantic love.
❖ The right to have your feelings and experiences
Mother and Child – very first meaningful relationship acknowledged as real
1. Compliance - Is when a person seems to agree, and 3. Step-families: One consequence of high rates of
follows what is requested or required of him or her to do divorce and remarriage (or cohabitation) is an increase
or believe in, but does not necessarily have to really in the number of families headed by step-mothers and
believe or agree to it; step-fathers.
2. Identification -is when a person is influenced by 4. Single parent family: This can be either a father or a
someone he or she likes or looks up to, like a movie star, mother who is individually responsible for the raising of a
social celebrity, or a superhero. child.
3. Internalization -is when a person is able to own a 5. Adoptive family: A family where one or more of the
certain belief or act, and is willing to make it known children has been adopted
publicly and privately.
6. Blended family: A family that consists of members
from two (or more) previous families.
OTHER TYPES OF SOCIAL INFLUENCE
7. Conditionally separated families: A family member
1. Conformity / Pagsang-ayon - a type of social is separated from the rest of the family. This may be due
influence that involves a change in behavior, belief, or to employment far away; military service; hospitalization;
thinking to be like others. etc.
2. Conversion / Pagbabagong-loob - occurs when an 8. Foster family: A family where one or more of the
individual whole-heartedly changes his or her original children is legally, a temporary member of the household
thinking and beliefs, actions, and attitudes to align with
those of the other members of a group. 9. Gay or Lesbian family: refers to lesbian and gay
individuals or same sex couples and their children.
3. Minority influence - happens when a bigger number
of people are influenced by much smaller number or 10. Bi- racial or multi-racial family: those consisting of
people and when the minority’s way of looking at and parents of different races and their biracial/multiracial
doing things are accepted. offspring.
4. Reactance - is when there is a willing rejection of a 11. Trans –racial adoptive family: a family adopts a
social influence being exerted on an individual or group. child of a different race.
5. Obedience – is another form of social influence 12. Immigrant family: at least one of the parents was
wherein a person follows what someone tells him or her born outside of the country of residence.
to do, although it may not necessarily reflect the 13. Migrant family: a family that moves its residence for
person’s set of beliefs or values. the purpose of employment in agricultural labor.
6. Persuasion - is used by one person or group to
influence another to change their beliefs, action, or
attitudes by appealing to reason or emotion.