Using Gerstel and Sarkisian's Reading, Describe Three Aspects of Contemporary

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Essay

Using Gerstel and Sarkisian's reading, describe three aspects of contemporary American culture that contribute to the community decline in the face of marriage.

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Definitions:

Enmeshed Family Pattern

A family system in which members are overinvolved with each other’s affairs and overconcerned about each other’s welfare.

Salvador Minuchin

A notable psychiatrist known for his work in family therapy and the development of structural family therapy.

Weight Set Point

The theory that the body has a natural or optimal weight that it strives to maintain through its metabolic and physiological mechanisms.

Hypothalamic Activity

Pertains to the actions or functions of the hypothalamus, a small region of the brain that regulates many bodily functions including hunger, thirst, and temperature.