Family Structures
A family structure where adults care for children temporarily due to safety, wellbeing, or legal concerns.
Foster Family
This term describes the roles individuals perform to meet the needs of family members, such as nurturing, socialising, and providing economic support.
Family Roles
A group of people who share common interests, relationships, or a sense of belonging — not just a geographic area... is what?
Definition for "community"
Types of support which include relatives, friends, neighbours
Informal Support
Name the 5 stages of the life span
infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, aged
A family structure formed when two adults with children from previous relationships create a new household.
Blended Family
The process through which families teach values, norms, and behaviours that help individuals function in society.
Socialisation
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) demographic data used to identify groups within a local community do so by...
Census data
Two types of formal support from syllabus...
Government agencies
Community organisations
The CAFS concept describing how friends shape behaviour through acceptance, expectations, and shared experiences. Socialisation through...
peers
A family type where children live with one parent due to divorce, separation, or choice.
Sole Parent Family
This term refers to the shared expectations about how individuals should behave within their family group.
Family NORMS
The 4 levels of community organisation from the syllabus are...
local, state, national, & global
Term used to describe the ability of a family or community to adjust to new circumstances...
adaptability
Secondary research method learned within the unit of socialisation of individuals within families and communities
literature reviews
The most common family structure in Australia, consisting of two parents and their children.
Nuclear Family
Why is coming up with one definition of "family" so difficult?
There is so much variation (11 family structures for the course)
A reason for community formation because individuals share a similar purpose or interest, such as a sporting club or volunteer group.
Interest based
Name 3 of the 5 options from the syllabus under "impact of change on families and communities"
family & community wellbeing
roles individuals adopt
environmental
legislation
technology
Hearing "boys don't cry" at a young age is an example of...
construction of gender norms
A family type where relatives such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins live together or maintain close connections.
Extended Family
Name the 3 roles individuals adopt within families
Satisfy specific needs
Build positive relationships
Promote Wellbeing
A reason for community formation due to people living in the same physical location, such as a suburb or town.
Geographical location
The 3 ways nature of change can be defined as...
internal/external
planned/unplanned
temporary/permanent
Name 5 of the 7 influences on socialisation
relatives, peers, paid carers, health professionals, online networks, media, print & digital information