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Family of origin refers to the early social group a person belongs to in childhood, which is often a person's biological family or an adoptive family. [1] The family of origin is often referred to in contrast to the family of choice independently in adulthood (such as marriage , living independently, etc).
Birth order refers to the order a child is born in their family; first-born and second-born are examples. Birth order is often believed to have a profound and lasting effect on psychological development. This assertion has been repeatedly challenged. [1] Recent research has consistently found that earlier born children score slightly higher on ...
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. [1][2] Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious and unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feelings, and motives. Psychology is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between the natural and social ...
Genogram. A genogram, also known as a family diagram, [1][2] is a pictorial display of a person's position in their family's hereditary and ongoing relationships. It goes beyond a traditional family tree by allowing the user to visualize social patterns and psychological factors that punctuate relationships, especially patterns that repeat over ...
The history of the family is a branch of social history that concerns the sociocultural evolution of kinship groups from prehistoric to modern times. [1] The family has a universal and basic role in all societies. [2] Research on the history of the family crosses disciplines and cultures, aiming to understand the structure and function of the ...
Social identity is the portion of an individual's self-concept derived from perceived membership in a relevant social group. [1] [2]As originally formulated by social psychologists Henri Tajfel and John Turner in the 1970s and the 1980s, [3] social identity theory introduced the concept of a social identity as a way in which to explain intergroup behaviour.
Scientific career. Fields. Psychology. Gordon Willard Allport (November 11, 1897 – October 9, 1967) was an American psychologist. Allport was one of the first psychologists to focus on the study of the personality, and is often referred to as one of the founding figures of personality psychology. [1] He contributed to the formation of values ...
An American nuclear family composed of the mother, father, and their children, c. 1955. A nuclear family (also known as an elementary family, atomic family, or conjugal family) is a family group consisting of parents and their children (one or more), typically living in one home residence. It is in contrast to a single-parent family, a larger ...