FAMILY DYNAMICS

Paper Code: 
HHD 122
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to :

 
 
  1. Understand the goals, significance and functions of marriage
  2. To understand the concept of family , parenthood and parent child relationship
  3. Analyze family life cycle.
  4. Evaluate problems related to family and women.
  5. Remember social structure.

Course Outcomes (CO’s):

Course

Learning Outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and Teaching Strategies

Assignment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

HHD 122

Family Dynamics

Student will be able to –

 

COHD5: Discuss the concept of  family dynamics and Identify the macro level changes and its impact on Indian family.

 

COHD6: Describe  the types of Kinship  and society.

 

COHD7: Develop the familiarity with the marriage and its related issues and adjustments.

 

COHD8: Construct the alternate forms of family and identify the reasons and characteristics for their formation

COHD9: Discuss the status , issues and interventions related to women.

 

 

Approaches in Teaching:  Interactive Lectures,  Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation,

 

 

Learning activities for the Students:

Relevant books, papers – students read, collate and make presentations on selected theme

Quiz. PPT, Group projects, assignments, CA test , Semester End Examination.

 

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Family
  1. Definition of family from different perspectives.
  2. Approaches to family study-
    1. Development approach
    2. Interactional approach
    3. Institutional approach
    4. Structural functional approach
    5. Systems approach
  3. Changing structural and functional aspects of Indian family.
  4. Family life cycle and their developmental task
9.00
Unit II: 
Personality and society

a) Kinship: Types of Kinship, degree of kinship, range of a kinship system, kinship descent, kinship usages, kinship and their influence on the child.

  1. Society: Structure- rural & urban, modern society and its influence on the family.
  2. Personality and society - Inter-relation, cultural influences on human personality and social behavior1
  3. Family life education.
9.00
Unit III: 
Marriage
  1. Marriage -Concept, need, importance
  2. Readiness for marriage- physiological, social, psychological, economical etc.
  3. Adjustments in marriage- sexual, economical, in- laws, parenthood and problems in marriage desertion, separation, divorce, widowhood and remarriage.
  4. Legal aspects of marriage- Legislation pertaining to marriage, property, Hindu-marriage act, Hindu succession act, Anti dowry  act.
  5. Marital  and pre-marital counseling
  6.                                                                                                    
9.00
Unit IV: 
Changing Trends
  1. Effect of modernization on marriage.
  2. Employment of women and family conflict& adjustment
  3. Generation Gap and adjustment
  4. Alternatives to marriage – co-living, living single, child marriage, group marriage, lesbianism and gay culture.
9.00
Unit V: 
Issues and Interventions
  1. Status of women- Demographic, political, social, educational, economic, legal.
  2. Factors influencing status, roles and responsibilities of men and women.
  3. Problems of women- Dowry, suicide, health, women and mass media, sexual exploitation, women criminals,  prostitution, eve teasing , rape.
  4. Woman and the Law: Legislation pertaining to marriage, property, Hindu-marriage act, Hindu succession act, Anti dowry  act.
  5. Intervention and relief programs- family violence, battered women, child maltreatment, sexual abuse, separation and divorce, mother employed outside.
References: 
  • Duvall, E.M. Family, The Macmillon Company, New York 1961.
  • Lanois, F.R. and Landis, M.O. Personala adjustments in Marriage and family living, Prentice Hall Inc., New York 1955.
  • Renkel, F. The Family in perspective. Appleton Contury, Crofts, Inc. New Delhi, 1960.
  • Rao. C.N.S.Introduction to Sociology. Vol. 1. S. Chand & Company (pvt.) Ltd.
  • Kapur,S.Changing status of working women in India,Vikas1974.
  • Mandelbaum,D.G.,Society in India,Popular Prakashan,1972.
  • Nye,I and Berardo,the family its structure and interaction.Macmillan,1973.
  • Jack,N.Modernsociety,Georage Allen and union,1981.
  • Rai,B.C.,SocialPsychology,Prakashan Kendra,1982.
  • Nye and Berarde,Emerging conceptual framework in Family Analysis.
  • KapadiaK.M.Mirrage& Family in India Madras,Oxford University Press,1955.
  • Newman and Newman: Infancy and Childhood development and its Context, John Willey, 1978
Academic Year: 
2019-2020
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