Chapter 11 - The Family

Question 1

Adoption

Answer 1

To take in and raise a child of other parents legally as one’s own.

Question 2

Age in place

Answer 2

The trend toward making accommodations to ensure that aging people can stay in their homes and live independently.

Question 3

Anxious-avoidant

Answer 3

Attachment style that involves suppressing one’s own feelings and desires, and a difficulty depending on others.

Question 4

Anxious-resistant

Answer 4

Attachment style that is self-critical, insecure, and fearful of rejection.

Question 5

Attachment theory

Answer 5

Theory that describes the enduring patterns of relationships from birth to death.

Question 6

Authoritarian parenting

Answer 6

Parenting style that is high in demandingness and low in support.

Question 7

Authoritative parenting

Answer 7

A parenting style that is high in demandingness and high in support.

Question 8

Blended family

Answer 8

A family consisting of an adult couple and their children from previous relationships.

Question 9

Boomerang generation

Answer 9

Term used to describe young adults, primarily between the ages of 25 and 34, who return home after previously living on their own.

Question 10

Child abuse

Answer 10

Injury, death, or emotional harm to a child caused by a parent or caregiver, either intentionally or unintentionally.

Question 11

Childfree

Answer 11

Term used to describe people who purposefully choose not to have children.

Question 12

Childless

Answer 12

Term used to describe people who would like to have children but are unable to conceive.

Question 13

Cohabitation

Answer 13

Arrangement where two unmarried adults live together.

Question 14

Coherence

Answer 14

Within attachment theory, the gaining of insight into and reconciling one’s childhood experiences.

Question 15

Elder abuse

Answer 15

Any form of mistreatment that results in harm to an elder person, often caused by his/her adult children.

Question 16

Empty nest

Answer 16

Feelings of sadness and loneliness that parents may feel when their adult children leave the home for the first time.

Question 17

Engagement

Answer 17

Formal agreement to get married.

Question 18

Family of orientation

Answer 18

The family one is born into.

Question 19

Family of procreation

Answer 19

The family one creates, usually through marriage.

Question 20

Family systems theory

Answer 20

Theory that says a person cannot be understood on their own, but as a member of a unit.

Question 21

Foster care

Answer 21

Care provided by alternative families to children whose families of orientation cannot adequately care for them; often arranged through the government or a social service agency.

Question 22

Heterogamy

Answer 22

Partnering with someone who is unlike you in a meaningful way.

Question 23

Homogamy

Answer 23

Partnering with someone who is like you in a meaningful way.

Question 24

Intimate partner violence

Answer 24

Physical, sexual, or psychological abuse inflicted by a partner.

Question 25

Joint family

Answer 25

A family comprised of at least three generations living together. Joint families often include many members of the extended family.

Question 26

Learned helplessness

Answer 26

The belief, as someone who is abused, that one has no control over his/her situation.

Question 27

Marriage market

Answer 27

The process through which prospective spouses compare assets and liabilities of available partners and choose the best available mate.

Question 28

Modern family

Answer 28

A family based on commitment, caring, and close emotional ties.

Question 29

Multigenerational homes

Answer 29

Homes with more than one adult generation.

Question 30

Neglect

Answer 30

Failure to care for someone properly.

Question 31

Nuclear families

Answer 31

A core family unit comprised of only the parents and children.

Question 32

Permissive parenting

Answer 32

Parenting that is low in demandingness and high in support.

Question 33

Physical abuse

Answer 33

The use of intentional physical force to cause harm.

Question 34

Psychological abuse

Answer 34

Aggressive behavior intended to control a partner.

Question 35

Sandwich generation

Answer 35

Generation of people responsible for taking care of their own children as well as their aging parents.

Question 36

Second shift

Answer 36

Term used to describe the unpaid work a parent, usually a mother, does in the home in terms of housekeeping and childrearing.

Question 37

Secure attachments

Answer 37

Attachment style that involves being comfortable with depending on your partner and having your partner depend on you.

Question 38

Sexual abuse

Answer 38

The act of forcing a partner to take part in a sex act against his or her will.

Question 39

Single parent family

Answer 39

An individual parent raising a child or children.

Question 40

Stepfamily

Answer 40

A family formed, after divorce or widowhood, through remarriage.

Question 41

Traditional family

Answer 41

Two or more people related by blood, marriage, and - occasionally - by adoption.

Question 42

Two-parent family

Answer 42

A family consisting of two parents - typically both of the biological parents - and their children.

Question 43

Uninvolved parenting

Answer 43

Parenting that is low in demandingness and low in support.

Question 44

Working models

Answer 44

An understanding of how relationships operate; viewing oneself as worthy of love and others as trustworthy.