THEORETICAL

FRAMEWORK FOR
VIEWING MARRIAGE
AND FAMILY

CHARESS E. GOLES, MAVED

 Many of us tend to make our parents and family as
an example and models in making our future families.
Although we emphasize choices in relationships as
the framework for viewing marriage and family, other
conceptual frameworks are helpful in understanding
the context of relationship decisions. All theoretical
frameworks are the same in that they provide a set of
interrelated principles designed to explain a particular
phenomenon and provide a point of view. In essence,
theories are explanations.
DIVIDE THE CLASS INTO 11 GROUPS. EACH GROUP IS ASSIGNED TO THE
FOLLOWING THEORIES. MAKE A PRESENTATION OF THE ASSIGNED
THEORY. PRESENT THEM ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

• Social Exchange Framework

• Family Life Course Development Framework
• Structural-Functional Framework
• Conflict Framework
• Symbolic Interaction Framework
• Family Systems Framework
• Social Organization Framework
• Feminist Framework
• Human Ecological Framework
• Transpersonal Psychology Framework
• Game Framework