Lecture Material

HDFS 511: Family Theory
Material from Class Lectures

Ronald Jay Werner-Wilson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Marriage and Family Therapy Program and Clinic Director
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Iowa State University
Phone: (515) 294-8671

The following material is used as the basis for class lecture material. Please note that this material is only the basis for class lecture and discussion. Much of class discussion -- which should be part of any examination -- features critical review of summary material so reviewing the documents on this page is intended to supplement course participation. I have also included copies of class handouts.

Introduction/Overview:

Introductory material (Boss et al, Chapter 1).

Diversity:

Feminism (Boss et al., Chapter 23).
Race and Ethnicity (Boss et al., Chapter 24).

Attachment:

Conceptual Material related to Attachment (Reader 1, Reader 2, Supplemental Lecture Material, Supplemental Material based on Developmental-Systemic Family Therapy with Adolescents).
Adult Attachment (Reader 3, Reader 4); Handout 1.

Human Development:

Ecological Theory (Boss et al., Chapter 17, Reader 5).
Developmental Psychology (Boss et al., Chapter 12).
Social and Cognitive-Behavioral Psychology (Boss et al., Chapter 21).

Social Constructonism:

Symbolic Interactionism (Boss et al., Chapter 6).

Biosocial Perspective:

Biosocial Theory (Boss et al., Chapter 26)
Social Psychophysiology (Reader 6; Reader 7; Additional Lecture Material)

Family Structure:

Structural Functionalism (Boss et al., Chapter 09; Additional Lecture Material).
Systems Theory (Boss et al., Chapter 14).

Family Interaction:

Family Communication Theory (Boss et al., Chapter 22; Additional Lecture Material from Gottman, et al., 1998).
Family Therapy Theory (Boss et al., Chapter 20; Reader 8).

Life Span:

Family Development Theory (Boss et al., Chapter 10)
Life Course Perspective (Boss et al., Chapter 19, Reader 9).

Resources and Power:

Exchange and Resource Theory (Boss et al., Chapter 16).
Social Conflict Theory (Boss et al., Chapter 15).

Resources and Power:

Family Policy Institutional Framework (Zimmerman, Chapter 5).
Family Policty Rational Choice Framework (Zimmerman, Chapter 6).
Interest Group and Elite Theory (Zimmerman, Chapter 8).

You may email me at rwwilson@iastate.edu.