The Family
Theories
Couples
Parenting
Middle Age and Old Age
100
The husband and wife live with their children and place more importance on the marital relationship than on relationships with their parents and other relatives.
What is the Nuclear family?
100
The study of human behaviour in societies.
What is anthropology?
100
This is the definition of marriage.
What is "a socially legitimate sexual union, begun with a public announcement and with some idea of permanence, and assumed with a more or less explicit contract” ?
100
A dramatic social change that happened after World War II, from 1947-1966, where families got back together and had lots of babies.
What is the baby boom?
100
This usually begins when an individual and/or the spouse retires.
What is old age? (65 yrs.)
200
This is one reason why humans need two parents to raise their babies instead of just one.
What is: Human infants are born with large heads to hold their large brains which makes them completely helpless for a whole year?
200
This field of study explains the behaviour of individuals as they interact in social groups, such as families and communities.
What is sociology?
200
A legal term meaning that the relationship is not governed by written law but by legal and social customs.
What is a common-law relationship?
200
This is the main role of parents.
What is: being responsible for raising their children and helping them through their early stages of development?
200
The definition of Middle Age.
What is: the transitional years when individuals are “sandwiched” between adult children becoming independent and parents becoming dependent. (45-64 yrs.)
300
A family where divorced parents with children remarry.
What is a blended family?
300
The three theories of attraction that we have studied.
What are: Social Homogamy; Ideal Mate Theory and Attraction as Fair Exchange?
300
The six ways couples can constructively deal with conflict.
What are: 1. express opinions, positions and wants openly and honestly 2. remain focused on the problem at hand 3. try to understand the other person’s perspective 4. recognize your own influence on the other person’s response 5. respond with a positive instead of a negative attitude 6. be willing to compromise and negotiate a solution that satisfies both partners
300
These some of the main reasons why teenage parenting is challenging.
What are: incomplete identify formation; incomplete educational attainment; low-income employment?
300
A generation-based term that refers to the central role that middle aged adults play in society.
What is the sandwich generation?
400
Young adults continue to live in their parents' house after they are married.
What is an extended family?
400
The study of behaviour based on mental processes.
What is psychology?
400
The three phases of the Cycle of Violence.
What are: The Abusive Incident; The Calm-and-Penance Phase; and The Tension-Building Phase?
400
According to Erikson, this is the dilemma that parents face.
What is “generation versus stagnation”.
400
This is the main function of Middle Aged adults.
What is caregiving?
500
“Family is defined as any combination of two or more persons who are bound together over time by ties of mutual consent, birth, and/or adoption/placement and who, together, assume the responsibilities for variant combinations of some of the following: physical maintenance and care of group members addition of new members through procreation or adoption socialization of children social control of members production, consumption and distribution of goods and services affective nurturance-love”
What is the Vanier Institute of the Family's definition of family?
500
The 7 theories that we have studied from the beginning of the course.
What are: functionalism systems theory symbolic interactionism exchange theory the life-course approach conflict theory feminist theories
500
The three main aspects that make up "love".
What are passion, intimacy and commitment?
500
This is a sociological and political theory that looks at how societies are held together by power, not by individuals and groups needing each other?
What is conflict theory?
500
The 5 stages of accepting death.
What are 1. denial 2. anger 3. bargaining 4. depression 5. acceptance ?
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