Psychology 632
Description of Overall Signature Assignment
You will interview a family (it could be your own family) and prepare and present a three-generation (if possible) genogram of the family. This should describe members, roles relationships, occupations, alliances, degrees of closeness/separation, physical/mental health, migrations, and any other events/dynamics that are important to family function/ dysfunction. In addition to developing the genogram, you will write a paper analyzing your findings. It must include a theoretical theory or a combination of theories of family systems to explain the dynamics of the family. The length of the paper should be at least 10 pages using APA style (not including cover and reference pages). You must include at least three references from journal articles or books. Internet writings from websites will not be accepted as valid references. References must be cited in the paper’s body (in-text citations) , as well as the reference page.
This assignment is continued.
Background
This is the second part of the Signature Assignment and involves interviewing the family you identified. The interview should include the completion of a genogram. Use the family interview as an opportunity to apply some of the family therapy concepts learned in the course and practice some of the related interventions. Be sure to take some notes from the interview so you can analyze key concepts such as: family roles, relational patterns, and systemic factors.
Instructions
For the second part of the Signature Assignment, you will interview the family you identified for the course (it could be your own family). As part of the interview, you should prepare and present a three-generation (if possible) genogram of the family describing members, roles relationships, occupations, alliances, degrees of closeness/separation, physical/mental health, migrations, and any other events/dynamics that are important to family function/ dysfunction. Try to take some notes during the interview. You will use your notes to help construct the family genogram and the family analysis.
The full Signature Assignment will be compiled into the Final Assignment delivered during Week 4 by midnight on Sunday of Week 1.
Length: This assignment must be 1–3 pages.