Chapter 10

Question 1

Traditional Family life cycle

Answer 1

Represents the life stages of a typical family. It is a composite variable that combines marital status, size of family, age of family members and employment status of the head of household, and then classifies the family into a “typical” stage.

Question 2

Nontraditional families

Answer 2

Families that do not readily fit into the traditional family life cycle.

Question 3

Stages in the family life cycle

Answer 3

Bacherlorhood - Honeymooners - Parenthood - Post parenthood - Dissolution

Question 4

Socialization agent

Answer 4

Is the person or organization involved in the socialization process because of frequency of contact with the individual and control over the rewards and punishments given to the individual

Question 5

Social Class

Answer 5

The division of members of a society into a hierarchy of distinct status classes

Question 6

Family

Answer 6

Two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption residing together.

Question 7

Household

Answer 7

Marketers monitor households’ consumer behavior—the products they own and buy, the media they watch or participate in, and families’ decision-making

Question 8

Nuclear family

Answer 8

The nuclear family is the cohabiting family formed by the members of a single-family nucleus, the group formed by the parents and one or more children.