Chapter 1

Question 1

Cenogamy

Answer 1

A form of marriage often referred to as “group marriage,:” in which every man and women is married to each other at the same time

Question 2

Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE)

Answer 2

A person who has demonstrated knowledge (gained through work experience and college coursework) in the following content areas:

• Families in society
• Family dynamics
• Human growth and development
• Human sexuality
• Interpersonal relationships
• Family resource management
• Parent education
• Family law and public policy
• Ethics

Question 3

Childfree

Answer 3

People who deliberately choose not to have children

Question 4

Childless

Answer 4

Couples may consider themselves childless if they are unable to conceive or bear children of their own or adopt children

Question 5

Chosen Family

Answer 5

A type of informal family structure that is common among LGBTQ+ communities and is base on nonbiological kinship bonds

Question 6

Chronosystem

Answer 6

The changes that happen over time, accounting for the collective historical precursors of current social attitudes

(discrimination, the definition of marriage, etc.)

Question 7

Civil Union/Social Union

Answer 7

The legal term that speaks to the commitment, or the marriage contract, made by the partners

Question 8

Cohabiting

Answer 8

Unmarried partners who live together in a single household

Question 9

Collectivist Cultures

Answer 9

Cultures that define their identity in terms of the relationships individuals holds with others, which takes priority over individual needs; group membership is important

Question 10

Contexts

Answer 10

Areas of individual and family development that play a role in the relationship between people and their environments.

These multiple environments surround individuals from birth; a person is in constant interaction with these different contexts.

Question 11

Dealing-with-problems Focus

Answer 11

Education for family living that focused on problems of sexuality, gender roles, marriage, and other social issues

Question 12

Developing-family-potentials Focus

Answer 12

Family life education that aims to build on positive aspects of family life and the family’s potential to enhance personal life and family living by promoting goals ranging from building on family strengths to developing healthy, fulfilling, and responsible interpersonal relationships

Question 13

Diverse

Answer 13

People’s differences in age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultures, sexual orientation, and religion

Question 14

Diversity

Answer 14

The broad spectrum of demographic and philosophical differences among groups within a culture

Question 15

Ecological Model

Answer 15

A theory developed by Russian-born Uri Bronfenbrenner explains the multiple influences that affect individuals’ and families’ development over their lifetimes. The central concept is that people develop in a variety of interacting contexts

Question 16

Ecosystem

Answer 16

Areas of individual and family development that play a role in the relationship between people and their environments

Question 17

Exosystem

Answer 17

The fabrics of society in which policies are made and influenced that ultimately have an impact on the elements of the microsystem and the individual

Question 18

Extended Family

Answer 18

A family unit in which two or more generations of close family relatives live together in one household

Question 19

Family

Answer 19

Two or more people related by birth, marriage, or adoption residing in the same housing unit

Question 20

family Life Education

Answer 20

Borrowing and adapting theoretical frameworks from the fields of sociology and psychology, this perspective provides organized, programmatic education to help families cope with change

Question 21

Family of Origin

Answer 21

The family into which we are born or brought by adoption

Question 22

Family of Procreation

Answer 22

The family unit that is formed when we marry and produce children

Question 23

Family Values

Answer 23

Usually refers to a society’s paradigm or viewpoint that expects its members to adhere to perceived proper social roles, such as marrying and having children, remaining monogamous and faithful to the marriage partner, and opposing same-sex relationships, marriages, and parenting by gay or lesbain couples

Question 24

Fictive Kin

Answer 24

People who are not biologiccaly related but who fulfill a family role

Question 25

General Fertility Rate

Answer 25

The ratio of the number of live births per 1,000 women of childbearing age

Question 26

Household

Answer 26

All people who occupy a housing unit, regardless of relationships

Question 27

Immigrants

Answer 27

Foreign-born people who have been granted the right to permanently live and work in the United States

Question 28

Individualistic Cultures

Answer 28

Culture in which individual goals are more important than the goals of the group.

Individuals define their identity or sense of self by way of personal attributes (wealth, social status, education level, marital status, etc.)

Question 29

Latinx

Answer 29

People of Latin American origin or descent.

The tern is used as a gender-neutral alternative to Latino or Latina

Question 30

Macrosystem

Answer 30

The set of overarching cultural values and beliefs that affect individual development by establishing either implicit or explicit rules about what is or is no acceptable behavior in a society

Question 31

Mesosystem

Answer 31

The ecosystem that shares all of the elements that are present in the microsystem but focuses on the interaction between the various elements rather than on the individual

Question 32

Microsystem

Answer 32

The developmental context nearest the individual and representing those interactions to which people are directly exposed. The elements composing this ecosystem are the individuals, groups, and agencies that have the earliest and most immediate influences on the individual

Question 33

Monogamism

Answer 33

The belief that monogamy is the only one morally and socially appropriate type of marriage or love relationship

Question 34

Monogamy

Answer 34

A dyadic (two-person) form of marraige that involves the practice of having only one sexual partner

Question 35

Native American/Alaska Native

Answer 35

The aboriginal peoples of the United States and their descendants, who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment

Question 36

Nonfamily Household

Answer 36

A householder living alone, such as a widow, or a householder sharing the home with people to whom she/he is not related, such as a widow sharing her home with two friends

Question 37

Nuclear Family

Answer 37

A father, a mother, and their biological or adopted children

Question 38

Polyandry

Answer 38

The practice of a women having multiple husbands at the same time

Question 39

Polygamy

Answer 39

The practive of having more than one marriage partner

Question 40

Polygyny

Answer 40

The practice of a man having multiple wives at the same time

Question 41

Preventing-the-problem Focus

Answer 41

Family life educator Richard Kerckhoff maintained that families faced with radical societal changes only need to be shown how to do the correct things to prevent family problems

Question 42

Single-parent Family

Answer 42

Families with only one parent, as a result of the choice of the parent or of circumstance such as divorce, the death of a spouse, or unmarried parenthood

Question 43

Social Ecology

Answer 43

The perspective that recognizes that individual family member’s experiences, as well as outside social factors and policies, significantly affect the quality and the nature of their relationships

Question 44

Social Identity

Answer 44

Whether the goals of a society/culture emphasize the advancement of the group’s interest or individuals interest

Question 45

Stepfamily

Answer 45

A family formed when, after death or divorce, a parent marries again. A stepfamily is also formed when a never-married person marries someone who has children