Family Structures and Legacies

Question 1

Consisting a married man and woman and their biological children.

Answer 1

Nuclear Family

Question 2

Either a father or mother who’s singly responsible for the raising of the child.

Answer 2

Single Parent Family

Question 3

Grandparents, uncle, or aunts play major roles in the child’s life.

Answer 3

Extended Family

Question 4

Consists of members from two previous families.

Answer 4

Blended Family

Question 5

One or more of the children has been adopted.

Answer 5

Adoptive Family

Question 6

A member of the family is separated from the rest because of:
• Employment
• Military service
• Incarceration
• Hospitalization

Answer 6

Conditionally Separated Family

Question 7

A child is legally a temporary member of the household.

Answer 7

Foster Family

Question 8

One or both of the parents’ sexual orientation is gay or lesbian.

Answer 8

Gay or Lesbian Family

Question 9

Arrangement where separated parents both have the legal responsibility for their children.

Answer 9

Co-custody Family

Question 10

Where the parents have immigrated to.

Answer 10

Immigrant Family

Question 11

Moves regularly to places where they have employment.

Answer 11

Migrant Family

Question 12

A family who lives in more than one country.

Answer 12

Transnational Family

Question 13

Homes of children from separated families.

Answer 13

Broken Home

Question 14

FUNCTIONS OF THE FAMILY

Answer 14

1. Primary unit for socializing children.
2. Ideally a major source of practical and emotional support for its members.
3. Helps regulate sexual activity and reproduction.
4. Provides its members with a social identity.
5. Plays a very important role in the transmission of cultural values etc.

Question 15

Fulfill their agreed-upon roles and responsibilities.

Answer 15

Functional Family

Question 16

Fails to provide any of the necessary elements of the functions of a family.

Answer 16

Dysfunctional Family

Question 17

Accepting parents-offspring separation.

Answer 17

Unattached Adult

Question 18

What are Childbearing Adults?

Answer 18

They are accepting new members into the family.

Question 19

Commitment to marriage.

Answer 19

Newly Married Adults

Question 20

Accept the new personality of the child.

Answer 20

Preschool-age Children

Question 21

Establish a relationship outside the family.

Answer 21

School-age Children

Question 22

Increasing flexibility of family boundaries to allow independence.

Answer 22

Teenage Child

Question 23

Accept exists from and entries into the family.

Answer 23

Launching center

Question 24

Managing continued ageing.

Answer 24

Middle-aged Adults

Question 25

What do Retired Adults do at this end of the Life Cycle?

Answer 25

They accept retirement and old age.

Question 26

Manage their children’s behavior— from being very controlling and setting few rules and commands. What aspect of parenting is this?

Answer 26

Parental Control

Question 27

Accepting and responsive of their children’s behavior.

Answer 27

Parental Warmth

Question 28

Warm but firm. Invokes the “because I said so” rule. They engage in discussions and debates with their adolescent.

Answer 28

Authoritative Parents

Question 29

Displays little warmth and are highly controlling. They are strict disciplinarians.

Answer 29

Authoritarian Parents

Question 30

Not warm and do not place any demands on their teen. They minimize their interaction time.

Answer 30

Uninvolved Parents

Question 31

Very warm but undemanding. They demonstrate their love is to give in to their adolescent’s wishes.

Answer 31

Permissive Parents

Question 32

Enumerate the Family Life Cycle IN ORDER

Answer 32

Unattached Adults
Newly Married Adults
Childbearing Adults
Preschool-age Children
School-age Children 
Teenage Child
Launching Center
Middle Aged Adults
Retired Adults

Question 33

What are the two aspects of parenting behavior?

Answer 33

• Parental Control

* Parental Warmth