1. Introduction
2. Organization of the Course
3. Systemic Approaches to Human Behavior
4. Bioecological Model
5. Contexts
6. Influence
7. Family Life Cycle Model
8. Approach
9. Jay Haley
10. Why look at transitions?
11. Life Events Precipitate Change
12. Two Types of Family Changes
13. Dysfunctional Families
14. Stressors on Family System
15. Six Stages of Predictable Family Changes
16. Thought Questions
17. Timing and Dysfunction in This Systems Model
18. Lesson 1A Assignments

Approach Argues

This approach argues the best way to look at the family and its processes is to examine how it makes the transitions it encounters through the life cycle.

• predictable developmental events (factual)

examples: deals with a  death, plans a marriage


• unpredictable events

examples: divorce, war