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Man, Woman, and Marriage

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Small Group Processes in the Family

Man, Woman, and Marriage

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Man, Woman, and Marriage book

Small Group Processes in the Family
ByAlan L. Grey
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1970
eBook Published 15 November 2008
Pub. Location Boca Raton
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203786550
Pages 232
eBook ISBN 9780203786550
Subjects Social Sciences
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Grey, A.L. (1970). Man, Woman, and Marriage: Small Group Processes in the Family (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203786550

ABSTRACT

In "Man, Woman and Marriage", noted experts discuss such subjects as the ways in which people choose their mates, how the family social system can entrap its members in neurotic "games," and the complex nature of marital love. Each of the essays has been significant in major controversies on family research and represents a progressive exploration of the "psychosocial" aspects of marriage and family life in the United States.Alan L. Grey's penetrating Introduction traces the history of family research, reviews earlier theories of social interaction, discusses typical research approaches, and furnishes a stimulating commentary on each paper that enumerates the key ideas and themes most relevant to the main emphasis of the debate. Representative of the variety of viewpoints highlighted in this book are the pioneer efforts of Robert F. Winch and his co-workers, and the critical evaluations by George Levinger and Roland G. Tharp as they point out the numerous complexities of the interpersonal process. At the same time, Gerald Bauman and his co-workers demonstrate the use of more flexible and sensitive research devices, Melvin Cohen shows evidence of a type of family homeostasis, and Mirra Komarovsky offers a social-class comparison of typical kinds of husband-wife relationships.Despite the contrasting opinion presented in the volume, the central theme runs through much of social science - the quest for better descriptions of small group process and the actual ways in which family participants affect one another. Bringing together original source materials that are both controversial and cross-disciplinary, "Man, Woman, and Marriage" promotes classroom discussion and is of immediate significance to all studies of marriage and family life whatever social-science discipline is emphasized.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|17 pages

The Theory of Complementary Needs in Mate-Selection : An Analytic and Descriptive Study

ByRobert F. Winch, Thomas Ktsanes, Virginia Ktsanes

chapter 2|34 pages

Psychological Patterning in Marriage

ByRoland G. Tharp

chapter 3|7 pages

Note on Need Complementarity in Marriage

ByGeorge Levinger

chapter 4|4 pages

Reply to Levinger’s Note

ByRoland G. Tharp

chapter 5|9 pages

Blue-Collar Families

ByMirra Komarovsky

chapter 6|37 pages

Psychological Study of Whole Families

ByGerald Handel

chapter 7|20 pages

The Individual and the Larger Contexts

ByDon D. Jackson

chapter |20 pages

Discussion

ByGeorge Vassiliou

chapter 8|16 pages

Family Interaction Patterns, Drug Treatment, and Change in Social Aggression

ByMelvin Cohen, Norbert Freedman, David M. Engelhardt, Reuben A. Margolis

chapter 9|10 pages

Interaction Patterns of Parents and Hospitalized Sons Diagnosed as Schizophrenic or Nonschizophrenic

ByAmerigo Farina, Jules D. Holzberg

chapter 10|16 pages

Interaction Testing in the Measurement of Marital Intelligence

ByGerald Bauman, Mel Vin Roman, Joseph Borello, Betty Meltzer
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