Chapter 2 Vocab

Question 1

Single Parent Families

Answer 1

Families headed by one adult

Question 2

Joint custody

Answer 2

Term used to describe the shared legal right of parents who are not married to provide care and make decisions about their children’s lives

Question 3

Extended Family

Answer 3

Family in which several generations live together

Question 4

Stepfamilies

Answer 4

Families formed when a single parent marries another family

Question 5

Adoption

Answer 5

Process by which a child of one pair of parents legally becomes the child of other parents (or parent)

Question 6

Adoption Agency

Answer 6

State-funded or private agency licensed by the state to handle adoption

Question 7

Independent Adoption

Answer 7

Adoption in which a person, such as a lawyer or physician, works out the details between the birth parents and adoptive parents

Question 8

Illegal Market Adoption

Answer 8

Adoption in which a child is bought or sold. This us against the law in all states.

Question 9

Closed Adoption

Answer 9

Adoption in which the identity of the birth parents and the adopting family are not revealed

Question 10

Open Adoption

Answer 10

Adoption that involves some degree of communication between the birth parent(s) and adoptive family

Question 11

Foster Families

Answer 11

Families in which adults provide temporary homes for children who cannot live with their birth parents

Question 12

Guardian

Answer 12

Person often chosen by a child’s biological parents to take responsibility for the child in the event of the birth parents death or extended absence

Question 13

Family Life Cycle

Answer 13

Series of six stages that many families go through over the years

Question 14

Nurturance

Answer 14

Providing all aspects of care for a child, which includes meeting physical, mental, and social-emotional needs

Question 15

Guidance

Answer 15

Words and actions parents use to influence their children’s behavior

Question 16

Discipline

Answer 16

Use of method and techniques to teach children self-control

Question 17

Power Assertion

Answer 17

Discipline Technique in which parents use or threaten to use some form of punishment

Question 18

Love Withdrawl

Answer 18

Discipline techniques in which parents threaten children with being unloved or suggest some form of parent/child separation

Question 19

Induction

Answer 19

Technique in which parents discipline by reasoning and explaining

Question 20

Authoritarian

Answer 20

Parenting style in which the main objective is to make children completely obedient

Question 21

Permissive

Answer 21

Parenting style in which parents give children almost no guidelines or rules

Question 22

Democratic

Answer 22

Parenting style in which parents set some rules, but allow children some freedom; also called authoritative

Question 23

Cultural Diversity

Answer 23

Having more than one culture represented

Question 24

Multicultural Families

Answer 24

Families with members from two or more cultural groups

Question 25

Five characteristics of successful multicultural families

Answer 25

1) Verbal & nonverbal communication differences between cultures
2) differing cultural expectations, roles, beliefs, & values
3) differing traditions including religious beliefs, rituals, and holidays
4) differing views regarding family life
5) expressions of bias or exclusion from others, especially family members

Question 26

Family Life Cycle Stages

Answer 26

Beginning stage, Childbearing stage, Parenting stage, Launching stage, Mid-Years stage, Aging stage

Question 27

Nuclear Family

Answer 27

Family consisting of a father, a mother, and their biological child or children who live together